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Comedian Russell Brand terrified anchors on MSNBCs Morning Joe program by lecturing them about how the media distracts from real news by obsessing about superficial distractions.
Russell Brand completely embarrasses the news anchors on MSNBC. You would think they would learn that they should not put him on LIVE TV by now. This is a must watch! I am usually not much of a fan of following what celebrities do, but because of the influence they have on the asleep masses, I absolutely LOVE when they start speaking out about things that actually matter. KUDOS to Russell Brand for telling the truth on LIVE Television.
Brand almost immediately put host Mika Brzezinski on the back foot by describing his tour as an exploration of how Malcolm X, Gandhi, Che Guevara and Jesus Christ are significant culturally and how icons are appropriated and used to designate consciousness and meaning .theyre all people that died for a cause, theyre all people whose icons are used to designate meaning, perhaps not in the manner in which they intended.
Brand then poked fun at MSNBCs army of actors in the back of the shot who were supposedly tweeting, noting that they were merely a gimmick to create the impression that the program was a hotbed of news.
The anchors began to get visibly uncomfortable when Brand made the point that mass media was an operation in changing information so it suits a particular agenda and that viewers were being manipulated.
Instead of addressing Brands point, the anchors instead obsessed about the comedians accent and his clothing.
Youre talking about me as if Im not here and as if Im an extraterrestrial, responded Brand, thank you for your casual objectification.
Im a little nervous, retorted Brzezinski, presumably not used to entertaining guests on her program who act like real people.
When the conversation began to break down, Brand asked , Is this what you all do for a living? before hijacking the broadcast to talk about Edward Snowden, the NSA spying scandal and Bradley Manning.
Look beyond the superficial, thats the problem with current affairs, you forget about whats important, you allow the agenda to be decided by superficial information what am I saying what am I talking about dont think about what Im wearing, these things are redundant, superficial dont be distracted, said Brand as Brzezinski physically cowered.
vanlassie
(5,683 posts)samsingh
(17,601 posts)seriously, I think Brand has very valid things to say and I'm glad he's getting out there.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Scary smart.
Thanks for putting this up, I would not have seen it otherwise.
UtahLib
(3,179 posts)oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)We need him on more shows.
underpants
(182,877 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)and she is acting like a dumb blonde stereotype.
I cannot believe the inane, vacuous talk that goes on most tv panel shows.
Because we tossed the tv, I have never seen this particular show, and applaud what Brand did, mostly by just being himself.
GreatCaesarsGhost
(8,585 posts)Willy Brandt.
beveeheart
(1,370 posts)beveeheart
(1,370 posts)Was this from today's show? I happened to just catch Joe ranting about the homeless in NYC and turned to another channel, couldn't take one more minute of his rant, rudeness, lies. Would have loved to see Brant take on Joe though.
Brant's show The Trews can be seen on YouTube.
mulsh
(2,959 posts)would any one watch something like that so early in the morning.
Kudos to Mr. Brand's good manners and self control.
striegl
(18 posts)LittleBlue
(10,362 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)I thought it was hilarious at the time, but I'm pretty sure he's not been back on since.