VIDEO: Dylan Ratigan throws racist teabagger off his show

By GottaLaff



I referred to this in my previous post on the rise in hate groups ("There's a great deal of overlap between the Tea Party movement and militias.") over the past year.

Now here's the video of Ratigan cutting the mic of a racist Tea Bagger.

VIDEO- Hate groups at record levels + Dylan Ratigan cuts Tea Partier's mic

By GottaLaff



UPDATE: VIDEO OF RATIGAN CUTTING TEABAGGER'S MIC HERE.

Dylan Ratigan is discussing a rise in "Anger in America". Just jotting down random notes:

The election of the first black man in the White House who of course, wants to put us all in concentration camps, has something to do with it. Fear mongering, hate groups, are on the upswing.

Tea Tantrumer Mark Someone-or-other won't respond to Dylan's question. Dylan keeps pushing hard, but gets nowhere, and is getting really annoyed.

Oh wow, Dylan just cut his mic, said he was offensive because he just came on the show to spread his hate!

I'll try to get the video later. I got a phone call while writing up the post and missed a minute or two.

Meantime, via the Southern Poverty Law Center:

Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) released its annual “Year in Hate and Extremism” report. The number of extremist groups in the United States exploded in 2009 as broad-based populist anger at political, demographic and economic changes in America ignited an explosion of new extremist groups and activism across the nation.

Watch the video. "There's a great deal of overlap between the Tea Party movement and militias." Scary.

MSNBC changes line-up

By GottaLaff

Shuster has his own spots, as does Tamron Hall:

TVNewser has learned that effective Monday, David Shuster will anchor at 10amET and 3pmET, Tamron Hall will anchor at 11amET and 2pmET and Contessa Brewer will anchor at 12N.

Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie begin the dayside hours at 9am ET. Andrea Mitchell remains at 1pmET and Dylan Ratigan at 4pm.

Norah O'Donnell and John Harwood have been canceled, along with CNBC's Melissa Francis

And so it goes...

May I just say

That I find everything about the new Dylan Ratigan show set up annoying as hell. The music is jarring, the visuals suck, his little no chemistry camaraderie bs with the other talking heads is fake like Vegas boobies and his talking style makes me want to push him off a cliff. Into a volcano.

Video- MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan Yells at Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)

I don't think she ever really answered the question, but she didn't deserve to be bullied like that. Via TPM.

Video- First State Dinner Preview

I'm actually pretty curious about all of the hoopla over this. An updated guest list for tonight is here.

Video- Howard Dean on Reconciliation as the way

My mantra lately? Mow 'em over to the finish line, no more pussyfooting. Amen Dr Dean. Thanks to Taylor Marsh for the vid.

Video- Rep. Alan Grayson on Auditing the Fed

This could be very interesting.

Video- Dylan Ratigan Calls Out FRC's Ruse for Lying About Stupak Amendment

Sometimes I have no clue what he's talking about, but this "factual reality" place sounds very interesting. Via Heather.

Video- Morning Meeting: Rep. King Spouts Anti-health Reform Teabagger Talking Points

Rattigan may be a whack job, but if you lie to him he'll cut you no slack. Vid via FDL.

Video- Anthony Weiner/Dylan Ratigan vs Betsy McCaughey on Health Care Reform

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"You're so meeeaaan!!! Let me finish my lies before you start calling me on them!!! Bad moderator, BAD!"

Video- Dylan Ratigan Yells Down Orly Taitz

Vid via FDL.

Video- MSNBC's Ratigan to GOP Strategist: You Don't Care About America

Ratigan is an ass and a blowhard, but sometimes he gets it right**. He slapped Orly Taitz around just now, so he must be extra cranky today. Vid via FDL.

**I consider yelling at Brad Blakeman every American's civic duty.

Video- Dylan Ratigan tries to get an answer out of astroturfer Eric Odom on health care reform

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I may not agree with Rattigan, but I aplaud his attempts to get an answer out of the toad Odom. (Gotta posted about Odom yesterday here)

VIDEO: Dylan Ratigan, Arianna Huffington use dolls to explain health care

By GottaLaff

It's come to this:

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I cannot watch Ratigan. I've been driven to switch to CNN until he and "Dr. Nancy" hand off the baton to Carlos Watson or even ::shudder:: Andrea Mitchell.

Carlos Watson Gets 11am Slot on MSNBC

Very glad to see, even if Carlos went to Ransom (ptooey). They don't mention, but I'm pretty sure Shuster is sticking around in the 3p-5p slot, with Tamryn Hall.

First on TVNewser: Carlos Watson, who officially joined MSNBC as a dayside anchor in March, will be the host of the 11amET hour. His first day was today.

The move continues to fill in the gaps on MSNBC dayside ahead of the June 29 move to HD and addition of programs at 9amET and NoonET.

Initially, it was reported David Gregory would anchor one day a week at 11amET. Norah O'Donnell was also slated for a morning hour. She told TVNewser in April: "I look forward to my new hour in the mornings!"

Now it appears the morning line-up is set, with Dylan Ratigan anchoring 9-11am and Dr. Nancy Snyderman at Noon.

Hmmm, looking over the line up, I have to admit this is a pretty young leaning bunch with Snyderman by far the oldest at 59. Very good. Added- Oops, almost forgot about Andrea "Can't Read A Teleprompter After 30 Years" Mitchell who is well into her 80's.

David Gregory To Anchor Weekly MSNBC Show

Jeebus christo, just what the hell MSNBC needs, another wussy white guy who isn't David Shuster. They hire Carlos Watson and then delegate him to anchor desking, they throw out that Shuster is getting an afternoon show, then put up Ratigan and Gregory first. WTF?

In an interview with the Baltimore Sun's David Zurawick, NBC's David Gregory confirmed what has been buzzed about for a few days - that he'll be hosting a one-hour weekday show on MSNBC.

When asked for specifics on the heightened MSNBC presence, Gregory said, "What I'm going to try to do is appear where I'll be anchoring an hour once a week at this stage, because I want to be a presence on all of our platforms. And our cable operation MSNBC is terrific....We haven't worked out the details, but the thinking is we'll try to do it Wednesdays at 11 a.m."

Dylan Ratigan gets show on MSNBC

By GottaLaff

On Countdown right now, Keith Olbermann is introducing Dylan Ratigan's new MSNBC show. What about David Shuster?

Apparently, he's getting a 2-hour long morning show.

Who the heck is Dylan Ratigan, anyway? Paddy says he is one of the saner voices on CNBC. I've never heard of him. Have I been too sheltered?

Paddy Note- I saw a blurb earlier this am saying Ratigan was staying with NBC and MSNBC instead of CNBC (he had abruptly quit a while back) but didn't care enough to read it. I've seen him try and tamp down Joe S's insanity a few times in the am, and he seems okay, but since I don't do finance I never really paid any attention. But I'm really, really disturbed that Shuster got shut out.