Radio host Ingraham distorted my words, then cut my mike

[babylonsister]

http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2009/11/10/ingraham#story_full_4d1010ce1f701ae2205dddfbb866a493

Radio host Ingraham distorted my words, then cut my mike

I tried to have a real conversation about Fort Hood with the conservative talker, but she wasn't interested
Audio at link~

By Mark Benjamin


Note to Laura Ingraham: If you are going to selectively edit my TV quotes to construct a straw man argument, don't invite me on your radio show to discuss it. The problem, of course, is that it is pretty easy to point this out when I appear as a guest. And the wonders of Google allow anybody to pull my full quotes, later, and write about it.

Of course, you could always just cut off my microphone if you don't like what I have to say about that. It worked today.

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"Well," Ingraham admitted. "I don't watch MSNBC often. Nor does anybody," she said. "I did see the Rachel Maddow piece and I'm pretty sure you did not mention Jihadism."

True. I mentioned "Muslim extremism." And in the world of pixie dust, fairies and death panels, I guess that's not the same. Up is down. Black is white. I didn't say what I said.

At one point, Ingraham went so far as to suggest I was blaming U.S. troops for the massacre, since their experiences in war were so troubling. She summarized my alleged argument as, "Yeah. We suck."

Later, via e-mail, I sent Ingraham my entire quote from Maddow and asked her if what she did on her show "was an accurate portrayal of my position."

"Not playing an entire previous interview of a guest is hardly misrepresentation," she responded, though I had not sent along the full transcript.

During the radio interview Tuesday, Ingraham apparently became frustrated with my efforts to discuss this matter, telling her producer to "put down his mike or this ends right here."

I then found that my end of the conversation had become muted. I could no longer be heard on the radio -- only she could. So, I hung up. In an e-mail afterward, Ingraham recounted this as, "It was your choice to hang up before the interview was over."

Finally, something accurate. Technically.

"Oh, he hung up," she'd said on the radio after she cut off my mike. "The left really don't want to have a conversation."

[Postman]

1. Right-wing assholes are always projecting...

No, you ignorant asshole, it is you - the right-wing - that doesn't want to have a conversation. You just want to propagandize.

[AndyA]

2. Censorship is the answer for the right wingers.

The truth doesn't always mesh well with their propaganda.

[KharmaTrain]

3. And He Thought He'd Get A Fair Hearing...

Serves him right...hate radio has no accountability nor cares to. It's controlled by right wingers from the corporate suites to the nut behind the microphone. It's a major reason radio is on the verge of bankruptcy as its driven away millions to cater to a small and shrinking minority.

As Barney Frank said last summer..."I'd rather have a conversation with a table...."

[Vinnie From Indy]

9. Barney never fails to make me chuckle.

He routinely kicks these right-wingers in the ass with humor.

[itsrobert]

4. What did he expect?

It's common knowledge how the right wing wackos operate.

[winston61]

5. Why are you talking to this asshat in the first place?

That's the problem with hate radio. They thrive on attention. If we ignore them, you defeat them. Does anyone really care what these 'people' have to say?

[babylonsister]

6. Benjamin didn't know who she was. From the article...

(I didn't know who Ingraham was either. She is a right-wing radio host, sort of a poor man's Ann Coulter. I say poor man's Ann Coulter because, for example, earlier on Tuesday Ingraham's Web site featured photos of Nancy Pelosi and Steven Tyler side-by-side, with a caption that reads, 'Separated at Birth?' That's so funny. Get it? Nancy Pelosi looks like a man!)

[TwilightZone]

11. Re: Nancy Pelosi looks like a man

More likely, the comparison was made thinking that Tyler looks like a woman.

The Boston Globe made a similar claim: http://www.boston.com/ae/celebrity/more_names/blog/2009/08/dude_looks_like_a_little_old_l.html

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. Ingraham just wants to be one of the guys - literally

I'll be she has artificial nuts under her skirt.

[TheCowsCameHome]

7. She's a complete dirtbag. Typical conservative talk host.

A piece of crap with an audience.

[malaise]

8. Hey Laura

I watch MSNBC all the fugging time. It's the best of a bad lot. Now fuck you very much!!

[Berry Cool]

10. What cracks me up about her saying that is that Laura used to HAVE A SHOW on MSNBC

way back in the early days, when very few people DID watch it. Most likely because they were giving shows to people like her.

Nowadays she just snipes at MSNBC to get back at them for firing her, and to get back at Keith Olbermann (they dated at one time) who never fails to reference her without doing an imitation of her whiny, annoying-as-all-hell voice.

[malaise]

13. Great point

I hate these whiny morans.