Pap Brings Up Keating 5 On Fox News "Cut His Mike", "Pipe Down" "Put A Cork In It"

Run time: 03:40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DURdhhdL_60   Posted on YouTube: September 25, 2008 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: September 25, 2008 By DU Member: matthewf Views on DU: 2075

 
Statement from GoLeft TV: http://www.goleft.tv
"Let’s face it, when you tune into Fox News you aren’t expecting to see anything remotely close to “fair and balanced” coverage. This was no exception on the September 25th episode of Fox & Friends. During a debate between liberal radio host Mike Papantonio and conservative radio host Mike Reagan, F&F host Steve Doocy did everything in his power to keep Papantonio from detailing the events of the Keating 5 scandal involving John McCain.

The three minute and thirty-eight second segment was little more than a love-fest between the conservative hosts and John McCain, where they continuously bashed Barack Obama for not giving into McCain’s pleas to postpone the debate. When Reagan brought up the fact that Americans want someone held accountable for the economic meltdown and wanted to see a “perp walk,” Papantonio brought up another perp walk that should have taken place years ago. This was, of course, John McCain’s involvement in the Keating 5 scandal. After all, it was McCain who lobbied on behalf of Charles Keating to remove government regulations from the savings and loan industry, which actually paved the way for today’s financial crisis.

But the republican-leaning network wasn’t going to take it lying down, so Papantonio was berated for “interrupting” Reagan, who was having a little trouble coming up with something to say. In one instance, Reagan told Papantonio to “put a cork in it” which was soon followed by Doocy telling Papantonio to be quiet because “he is being rude.” Immediately after Doocy’s comment, if you listen closely, you can actually hear the producers talking to each other from the control where one of them clearly says “cut his mic,” referring to Mike Papantonio. (Around 3:05 in the video) At the end of the segment, Doocy told Papantonio that “this isn’t the History Channel,” referring to the Keating 5 scandal being old news. Keep in mind, this is the same network that continuously brought up a paper that Barack Obama wrote while in elementary school about how he wanted to be president.

The GOP would love to forget the fact that John McCain was one of the principle architects of the Keating 5 scandal, but as the financial crisis continues to worsen, this issue will continue to be raised."

are all "history channel", and yet, they're fair game ...

can you say "Chappaquiddick"?

I really can't tolerate these blowhards anymore.

Fox News is shit.

He did?

Reagan is full of shit.

Touchy about the Keating 5, aren't they?

Why not go back to the 80's? (they certainly did for Whitewater) It's the last time we had Trickle Down Economics, like the Bush Administration has currently put in place. It didn't work then and it's not working now. That's the point. The Keating 5 is very relevant.

Also, the Dems do not have a veto proof majority in the House, and a fake majority in the Senate, so after 6 years of outrageous Bush law from the do-nothing, rubber stamp Congress before the current one, 2 years of barely being in charge is not long enough to fix things. Yes Dems have benefited from the stock market in the past. All wealthy people have. But the Repugs have clearly, and totally been in charge for a long time and, like the Iraq War, you cannot blame it on the Dems.

I was in the studio with Pap during the segment, and I just have to say that we both laughed our butts off after the segment. The audacity of Doocy, and his ignorance, were too much to be mad at, we just ended up laughing and almost feeling sorry for him for being so stupid.