Will Rosie Peddle 9/11 Nonsense on MSNBC?

Source: http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/mixed-media/2007/11/06/will-rosie-peddle-911-nonsense-on-msnbc

Nov 6 2007 11:59AM EST

Will Rosie Peddle 9/11 Nonsense on MSNBC?

How desperate is MSNBC for another Keith Olbermann-sized hit? Desperate enough, apparently, to give over a big chunk of primetime to someone who honestly thinks the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks. That would be Rosie O'Donnell.

I'm all for representing a diversity of views on TV, but there's opinionated and then there's ignorant. Like Creationists and Holocaust deniers, "Truthers," as 9/11 conspiracy types prefer to be known, are by definition people who can't be persuaded by evidence, such as Popular Mechanics's definitive guide to the physics of the Towers' collapse. And what's the point of holding a public debate if one party can't be persuaded?

I know one person who probably agrees with me on this: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. Back in March, when O'Donnell first started regurgitating her Loose Change-derived nonsense on the air, Scarborough chided Barbara Walters for giving her a platform:

I am very discouraged that ABC and Barbara Walters would continue to allow Rosie O'Donnell to use their air time to continue spewing this type of hatred..... [T]he real tragedy here is that Barbara Walters, a woman who's been a real pioneer in journalism, the reason why so many people decided to become journalists is sitting there allowing this to happen on her show for ratings. It's, it is a sad, sad demise for a once great journalistic figure.

Ironically, the talks between O'Donnell and MSNBC now center on her taking over the 9 p.m. hour -- Scarborough's old slot. I've left him a few messages to see how he feels about that; no word back yet.

Will MSNBC allow O'Donnell to use her show as a venue for baseless, inflammatory and noxious theories that don't stand up to logic, much less evidence? Or will it try to muzzle her? And will other hosts on the network be allowed to critique the famously thin-skinned comedian on their own programs?

If this deal happens, I predict O'Donnell's tenure on MSNBC will be even shorter than her stint on The View.

If this happens I will once again watch MSNBC

Quote "If this deal happens, I predict O'Donnell's tenure on MSNBC will be even shorter than her stint on The View."

My response, if this happens I will once again watch MSNBC.

Yeah, MSNBC must be watching

Yeah, MSNBC must be watching the numbers and the greedy lil bastards know the numbers dictate how much $$ they can charge for advertisement.

If the deal goes forward I would have to assume that Rosie will be given total control of the content, after the crap she had to deal with on the View, I doubt she would agree to anything less.
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...as Loose Change would not agree to anything less.

Lawnmower Officianado

Unbelievable.

"Truthers," as 9/11 conspiracy types prefer to be known, are by definition people who can't be persuaded by evidence, such as Popular Mechanics's definitive guide to the physics of the Towers' collapse.

They can only keep getting away with peddling Lawnmower Officianado as THE authoritative final word if you let them. It's simple. An official government acount should not require Poopular Mechanizations for credibility. Such an account should stand or fall on its own. Please, go to this ridiculous blog and post a comment.

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"We are unable to provide a full explanation of the total collapse."(NIS)

They will put a gag order on her, for sure

I'd bet that she won't be allowed to even mention 9/11.

I disagree

Rosie would never agree to that.

MrEguy

Hee hee hee hee

"definitive guide"

Hee hee hee hee

*snark*

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