Zbigniew Brzezinski Calls Joe Scarborough 'Stunningly Superficial'

Huffington Post, MSNBC by Jason Linkins, Zbigniew Brzezinski | Dec. 30, 2008 (Interview)

you'll want to just skip to the end of this clip, where host Joe Scarborough attempts to ask for Brzezinski's daughter Mika's hand in marriage or something by insisting that "you cannot blame what's going on in Israel on the Bush administration." This prompted Zbig to reply, "You know, you have such a stunningly superficial knowledge of what went on that it's almost embarrassing to listen to you." Burn! Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Business, Media
Topics: Middle East, Israel, Mainstream Media, Gaza
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Dec 30, 2008 - 11:49 PM PST
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Edited by: Dwight Rousu - Dec 30, 2008 - 11:49 PM PST

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Dwight Rousu
4.4
 by Dwight Rousu - Dec. 31, 2008

Scarborough thrives via a loud voice and aggressive overtalking, with only the blindered view created by big corporate media misinformation to guide him. Brzezinski here skewers Scarborough wonderously, in a way that should be repeated for many of the talking heads in our misinformation network called news.

Watch the video. I am no great fan of Brzezinksi, but he put one dose of needed medicine on the airwaves here.

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Karen McKim
3.2
 by Karen McKim - Dec. 31, 2008

Rating this is difficult--Brzezinski is balanced, informative, factual, calm, unflappable; Scarborough is (as Brzezinski so aptly points out--why cannot more interviewees do the same--PLEASE!) superficial and reliant on catchphrases and slogans; the anonymous blonde beside Scarborough's is ignored and merely decorative; Linkins' review is funny and attention-getting, but not informative in itself.

I am desperately interested in finding some way to get the American people to understand that what is packaged and advertised as mainstream news for the purpose of educating a democratic citizenry is, in fact, entertainment that is designed to keep them amused and watching, so as to pull in the advertising dollars and get them to support the corporate media owners' economic interests. William Randolph Hearst used Spain and the Maine; modern corporate media uses things like Saddam ... More »

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Tanya J. Maurer
4.1
 by Tanya J. Maurer - Jan. 1, 2009

The interviewee seems to be the better journalist.

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Geneva Chapman
4.8
 by Geneva Chapman - Jan. 2, 2009

Balanced and fair, this reflects the kind of journalism the American public is so sorely missing with the emphasis on infotainment from the major networks! Thanks for a thoughtful alternative.

Bush-apologist Joe Scarborough finally got his come-uppance from foreign policy expert Zbigniew Brzezinksi on his show "Morning Joe," which I confess to watching every day - not because of Joe, but because of the variety and quality of the guests who provide a much more balanced "sound byte" view of current political events the rest of MSNBC's "news" programming. The problem is that shows that try to deal with the complex issues that constitute politics generally and foreign policy ... More »

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