Embattled Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich recently wrapped up a two-day media blitz of national media, chatting with just about anyone with a mic and national airtime, from Larry King to the panel on “The View.”
‘Blago’ was a soundbyte machine during his two-day media blitz. He plead his case to any and all who wanted to hear ‘his side’ of the story. And practically every man, woman and reporter who called themselves ‘journalist’ wanted a piece of ‘Blago.’
Thank god for Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ program.
“This guy (Blagojevich) is completely using the media for his own benefit – to make money, to escape going to jail as well as perhaps maybe get a book deal out of it,” Brzezinski proclaimed on ‘Morning Joe’ today. “And all of us reporters and all of us media entities are being completely used.”
Brzezinski added a disclaimer, saying that they would be running a couple of clips from Blagojevich’s recent interviews.
“He’s making fun of all of us and we’re all falling for it – it’s fabulous. We’re a bunch of idiots.”
This is not the first time Brzezinski voiced her journa-ethics live on-air. She once refused to read a story about Paris Hilton during the ‘news’ segment.
Brzezinski is a credit to the news profession.
Blagojevich is a major news story. It would be poor news judgement to gloss over the incredible allegations a governor of a powerful state faces.
But ‘Blago’ is absolutely using the media, which is always happy to oblige. The governor yukked it up with the women of the ‘The View‘ and proclaimed that he has done nothing wrong on ‘Larry King Live’. He is exploiting the weaknesses of a pathetic, entertainment focused ‘news’ industry.
And when Ms. Brzezinski, who could barely tolerate a couple of ‘Blago’ clips, was faced with the possibility of watching MORE of the coiffed one, she had only one question …
“Do we have to listen to anymore?”
