Did you just see NBC Nightly News . . .busted FAUX and FRIENDS for. . .

[wndycty]

. . .laughing on air as the guy in LA got beat up by the police. They were doing a story on the beating and said "even one cable TV show laughed about it as it was happening," and then they showed a clip of FAUX & FRIENDS laughing about it. This guys are not journalists whatsover and you know they will not get into any trouble for it nor will they apologize.

[Bluebear]

1. Yes I saw it "Whoa!!! Whee!!!" said the FAUX Friends, yukking it up

[rumguy]

4. good god - they have no sense of shame.

[Scairp]

25. On now here

In SoCal.

On edit: Oh my Lord! Those people are nothing but sadistic, cruel imbeciles. They really were laughing at the guy getting beaten. Remarked about how bad a start his day had gotten off to. What the hell is wrong with them?

[wndycty]

34. Did you tape it?

:kick:

[Scairp]

37. No, sorry

I had no time to dig up a tape. I read about it here right before it came on. Don't quote me, but I do believe you can get tapes and transcripts of these news broadcasts from any of the big three. Will check into it and post again.

On edit: Here's a link. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3303539/

[daa]

2. Its about time nt

[rumguy]

3. I did not know that Faux and Friends did that

...what dipshits. And I'm really fuckin' surprised that NBC brought it up...good for them.

[David Zephyr]

5. Wndycty, Thanks. Let's Keep This Story Alive.

We can not let Fox get away with this shit.

[Nikki Stone 1]

8. You gotta be kidding!

You know, I think some of these FAUX guys think confuse Rush Limbaugh with what a news service is. That's a Rush tactic: laughing at Rodney King and similar types of abuse.

The fact that FAUX viewers were not outraged means that the dumbing down of America is further along than I thought. :(

[Taylor Mason Powell]

21. Don't confuse "Fox Viewers" with "America."

The dumbing down of America may well be very very far along, but Faux news isn't really useful evidence of that one way or the other. Only a tiny fraction of America watches FNC. (Thank god...)

[merh]

23. Our administration has condoned violence and abuse.

Its the good guy versus bad guy mentality. Good guys can do whatever they want to bad guys, beat the hell out of 'em, torture them, hang 'em high. Bad guys are bad and deserve it, cause they are bad.

Ask Rummey, Chaingang, Weed boy, et al.

[Nikki Stone 1]

26. You are right about labels

Label someone a bad guy and anything goes.

I fear that more people have the FAUX mentality than is indicated by their viewership numbers. Remember that Rush has a huge audience. If FAUX is doing it, then Rush is doing it.

The guys on FAUX remind me of frat boys. Maybe that's why the frat boy image came so easily to Rush when was trying to explain away Abu Ghraib.

[wndycty]

6. PLEASE PLEASE WEST COAST DUers TAPE IT!!!

We need this to show what type of fricking fascists they are. This needs to be put on BLAST! We need this, even if FAUX does not (which I do not expect them to) the public needs to call them out!

TAPE THE NBC NIGHTLY NEWS, WEST COAST DUers TAPE THE NBC NIGHTLY NEWS!!!

[fdr_hst_fan]

9. That's as bad as reporting on a flood

and laughing as the video shows people being swept away! FAUX NEWS sucks the great hairy!

[wndycty]

41. Kick

:kick:

[0007]

13. Keep the heat on these crock shuckers, I hate, 'em?

[VolcanoJen]

7. Does anyone have a link to other DU discussions about this?

I saw the video only a short while ago, and I was sickened. It was the first I'd seen or heard of the incident.

Did any DUers watch Fox and Friends while this was happening?

[fdr_hst_fan]

10. Appreciate your quote of Bob Dylan;

The Byrds did a great rendition of that song in 1965! That sentiment still holds true today!

[alarcojon]

18. Here is a discussion

I thought it was going to sink, but maybe not.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x642028

[VolcanoJen]

19. Thank you very much, alarcoeg!!! (n/t)

:D

[Jacobin]

11. They are openly racist pricks

[Fenris]

12. OMG! I totally saw that, but I figured since it was F&F it was normal.

Steve Douchebag and the rest of the Morning crew are full-on shitheads.

[whistle]

14. These are the same people who would like to do a reality TV show...

...based on Abu Grihaib prisoners and prison guards. The shows title, "Survival, Shock and Awe". Hey, has anyone seen the connection between the name given to be beginning of the Iraq war, Shock and Awe, and the prisoner abuse especially with the electric probes and the awe brought through the humiliation of the Iraqi prisoners?

[wndycty]

15. Who has $110??? You can order clips from Video Monitoring Service

http://www.vmsinfo.com

[Deja Q]

16. KQRS morning repukes laughed it off too.

Apparently, if we don't do any crimes then we won't get beaten.

Uh-huh.

Sorry, if the guy is a violent whako then he needs to be subdued. That's fair, the cops' lives are in danger too you know. If he's sitting, kneeling, or lying on the ground - clearly looking docile - and he still gets whacked, I can't see many situations that justify such brutality.

_|_ you KQRS. x(

[Parche]

17. arrest

I saw it live, and thought, he didnt need to do that with his flashlight, another beating on the way.

[rumguy]

20. Head's up - it's coming up on the West Coast

[JI7]

22. those on fox and friends are disgusting skanks

the weekend fox and friends with julian philips and mike jarrek(sp?) is ok. but the fox and friends on weekdays with that idiot steve doofus and that dark haired guy and that woman that is always pregnant is disgusting. they are right wing whores. pro bush all the way.

[Dekapo]

24. Give me some more background info ...

If this was police brutality, then this is sickening. And even if it was justified, it's no laughing matter.

[wellstone dem]

33. it was one of those chases that the news shows broadcast

live in LA.

The driver got out of the car and ran.
After a foot chase, he stopped raised his hands, started to kneel down. Two cops jumped on in. A third moved him and hit him 11 times with a flashlight or club. The guy was surrendering and got beat while 6 or 7 cops watched.

[AntiCoup2K4]

27. I'd pay good money to see...

Brian Kilmeade from FAUX and Friends ( or whatever his name is) get the shit beat out of him by the fascist pigs of the LAPD on live TV. That guys as big of a prick as Hannity.

[rumguy]

28. Brian Kilmead is a ratty little puke

[TacticalPeek]

29. Faux and friends

Two twits and a twat.

[rumguy]

30. lol

[Cheswick2.0]

38. why not just three twits?

Twit is gender nuetral. Your remark was sexist and offensive. Is that really the best way to express your disgust with their offensive and insensitive behavior, by matching it with your own?

[SoCalDem]

31. Like I always say.. Somewhere in Dubuque, a Dairy Queen is missing

all of it's night shift.. That's what the Faux "talent" always reminds me of.. All that's missing is the paper hat

[ithinkmyliverhurts]

32. We need to alert the Daily Show.

John Stewart eats this kind of thing up.

He will not have any comments. He'll just raise his eyebrows and smirk.

[donhakman]

35. I hate to admit it but...

If I was watching a tape of W getting that beating, I might hoot and hooler too.

[wndycty]

36. Do you have contact info

:kick:

[wndycty]

39. Write Media Matters and let them know!

[e-mail]

[JI7]

40. kick