Mark Halperin visibly shaken when Brian Williams calls out his fawning coverage of Trump

[DonViejo]

Bloomberg co-managing editor and MSNBC senior political analyst Mark Halperin spent much of the 2016 election as a de facto hype man for Donald Trump, often providing uncritical coverage of the Republican nominee. During a panel segment Friday, MSNBC host Brian Williams tore into Halperin for his overt partisanship, arguing he’s “gone out of [his] way” to forge a path for the GOP candidate.

“When Donald Trump complains that he is not getting favorable coverage on the MSM, he has not been listening to you this cycle,” Williams said. “I think you’ve gone out of your way to find the path, argue for the path, forge the path for him in an argumentative way with your co-host to the nomination.”

“Tonight I thought you were interestingly optimistic,” he continued. “Where are you getting the path of positivity laid out on your broadcast?” Halperin looked visibly shaken by William’s question, insisting it’s “not a question of optimism” but a question of looking at the data. Still, the Bloomberg editor admitted Clinton is “overwhelmingly the favorite” to win the election.

Watch the video below, via MSNBC.

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/11/watch-mark-halperin-visibly-shaken-when-brian-williams-calls-out-his-fawning-coverage-of-trump/

[Dem2]

2. Good

Brian needs to step it up, his little show had been weak, but is getting better. He's usually better as a commentator than show host though.

[LisaM]

3. I like Brian Williams

I'm glad he's back.

[annabanana]

6. ditto . . . n/t

[VOX]

43. Same.

He's been chastened, and will eventually be stronger for it. Like not giving Mark Halperin a pass.

[pamela]

46. Me, too.

I thought he got a bad rap. NBC news knew what they had. They loved his persona and the fact that he could go on late night and be funny and tell the kind of stories that celebrities tell on late night. I also think that memory is tricky, especially when under stress and he actually started to believe his memories matched the exaggerated stories he had been telling. It was awful that late night Brian crossed over into Nightly News Brian but I thought a lot of the outrage was largely right-wing driven ala Dan Rather.

[underpants]

4. The media kills time asking HOW Trump got to this point

without ever stating the obvious fact that they created him and never asked him HOW he was going to do all his grandiose promises.

[anamandujano]

13. Yup. They are doing some last minute tidbits to set the stage for

the post election round tables during which they will clear themselves of any wrong doing. It happens every time.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

37. Dunno what happnd

[patricia92243]

5. Bloomberg himself is really against Trump. He spoke at Dem convention and said Trump is

insane and if Trump runs the country like he has his businesses "god help us."

I wish Hillary had used Bloomberg's speech in her ads. People listen to a real billionaire - especially one who is a Repug and hates Trump.

[OnDoutside]

32. That's true, maybe Bloomberg allows editorial freedom but he can't have been happy the way Halperin

was positive towards Trump, and fawning when on with MJ.

That would be a great slot for Joy !

[radius777]

8. Williams is right, Halperin and his doofus co-host are the worst

peddlers of false equivalency narratives.

Whatever Williams flaws, it's clear he is a decent person who admires the old school type of reporting like Jennings, Brokaw, Walters, Rather, etc, and sees the media's fawing over Trump as a circus detached from reality.

Williams got excoriated for mistating or misremembering a few facts, while most of the MSM goes about happily on its way making up an entire false reality - and never gets called out for it.

[bmstee01]

9. "With all due respect"is awful

It looks and sounds like a middle school new program. Super cheap production value.
Replace with Joy Reid!

[JHan]

16. Joy Reid is everything..

We need clones of Joy Reid

[mahina]

36. She was brilliant last night, as always.

Her words were so much from the heart, yet so intelligently cut to the center of things.

How have we become this. God bless her and all journalists who aren't afraid.

I thought W was as low as the Rs could go, stupid and uninterested in governing. Whoops.

[underpants]

29. It's a blatant rip off of ESPN's Pardon the Interruption

It's the same show only on a different topic.

[dalton99]

12. The Trump shill will continue to badmouth Hillary as long as he lives

[C_U_L8R]

14. That was artful

And about that branding... with all due respect. Isn't that just a snide Republican way to say without any respect all?

Looks like it blew up in their faces this time.

[Cosmocat]

15. Halperin is just a smarmy little weasel

never forget slipping and saying "BO is such a dick."

REALLY?

Barrack Obama.

You literally have to be a right winger to think he is a dick.

[Blue Idaho]

17. I refuse to watch Halpern

He is such an obvious Trump hack that there is no point. His opinions are not the opinions of a journalist - they are the opinions of a died in the wool Trump fanboy.

[bushisanidiot]

18. I think Halperin plans to write a book about Trump after the election like he did about Palin

He made a lot of money off of "Game Change" because he knew people wanted to see the controversial behind the scenes stuff on Palin. The crazier the better. More money for him.

I think he is drooling over the amount of money he is going to make on his next book about this election, which he fully participated in since he has helped push Trump to the nomination.

[Zen Democrat]

30. I think Katy Tur will write the definitely book on the Trump campaign.

No doubt, Halperin and Heilemann will write another book about this election, as they did in 2008 and 2012. They made too much money not to continue.

[northoftheborder]

38. Katy Tur deserves a YUUUge bonus and pay raise for her 1/1/2 year close combat coverage

[Awsi Dooger]

21. Halperin reminds me of a Republican before the Limbaugh era

Smug and weasly and trying to pretend he's balanced. Thank goodness Limbaugh opened up all the hate. It may make for ugly presidential election cycles but voters are provided daily glimpses and ear shots of what rightwingers actually believe.

I do give Halperin some credit for a week ago today, when he was among the first to say that Comey's move was unfair and unprecedented.

[BSdetect]

22. Halperin has tried his best to make drumph winnable.

What a colossal dickhead.

[yodermon]

23. Is he the one that called Obama a "dick" on-air? n/t

[budkin]

26. Yes

[budkin]

25. Owned

Love his stuttering response!

[GatorDem82]

27. That look on Nicole Wallace's face tho

Priceless!

[bucolic_frolic]

31. I have felt

the Bloomberg.com website to be at best disapprovingly neutral to HRC
for months, while giving a fairly lukewarm or better treatment to the
Trump campaign. Guess this article explains it.

[PatSeg]

33. Good for him

Someone finally wiped that smug look off Halperin's face.

[ImBushed]

39. Williams unplugged

I sense BW is enjoying a less restrained role on MSNBC! Also Halperin has, in the past, called Obama a, "dick". A class act Halperin is NOT!!!

[TuxedoKat]

44. Darn

The video is no longer available. Could I find it somewhere else? Would love to see that schmuck Halperin getting taken down.

[Cha]

45. Ah yes, Mark Halperin.. the twit who called President Obama

a **** on air. More of that trump projection.