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Mika now insists the media doesn’t want to control your mind, but who’s buying?
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski was in a bit of hot water over a slip of the tongue that revealed what many believe the media thinks of themselves.
In a conversation with Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday, Brzezinski related her thoughts on the topic of President Trump’s denigration of the media and the possibility that a significant percentage of Americans might bypass the media altogether and, horror of horrors, listen to their president.
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“[Trump] is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts,” Brzezinski said. “And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job.”
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Later on Wednesday, Brzezinski tweeted a couple of clarifications to her earlier statements:
Today I said it's the media's job to keep President Trump from making up his own facts, NOT that it's our job to control what people think.
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 22, 2017
Of course, that is obvious from the transcript but some people want to make up their own facts. SAD! https://t.co/AoK2NBR6OB
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 22, 2017
No, it’s not obvious from the transcript, even if it wasn’t what she had meant to say. Out loud, anyway.
Here is the transcript as taken from Newbsuters, a branch of the Media Research Center:
MIKA BRZEZINSKI: Well, I think that the dangerous edges here are that he is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts and could be while unemployment and the economy worsens he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that is–that is our job.
And again, for a growing number of media-skeptics it’s exactly what they believe those in the mainstream media believe about themselves.
So, call it a misspeak or a Freudian slip, it was said and received as truth.
Brzezinki’s agitation over the matter only seemed to irk media critics more:
@danielgood359 @morningmika I read the transcript. It’s clear as day. She said it’s the media’s job to control what ppl think.
— (((Moshi))) (@Moshi0313) February 22, 2017
@Moshi0313 @morningmika This comes as no surprise to any of us who’ve been paying attention. Shocked she slipped and said it on live TV.
— D Good ?? (@danielgood359) February 22, 2017
@danielgood359 @morningmika It’s for sure a #FreudianSlip . She didn’t mean to say it, but since it’s on her mind, it slipped out. Tsk, tsk.
— (((Moshi))) (@Moshi0313) February 22, 2017
Nah, @morningmika. According to the transcript, you went full on #Pravda. #TrumpWasRight again. #FakeNewsMedia ☹️ pic.twitter.com/1fQQyGJyaR
— Find The Moles ن (@TheBarbaraGame) February 22, 2017
@Joe_Mohn @The_dead222 @morningmika well done!..they are controlling what ppl think. Just listen to the left vs those who don’t watch msm
— Linda (@LindaJoh11) February 22, 2017
@morningmika words matter! Just own your words and chalk it up to your morning vodka or pills. Be honest for once! #morningjoe
— Dave (@DaveA_33) February 22, 2017
No one is above criticism @MorningMika!
We need to hold the Liberal Media accountable!
B/C You have become a Propaganda Arm of the Elites!— Italians For Trump (@Italians4Trump) February 22, 2017
@morningmika thanks for you alternate facts i watched & heard what you said #freudianslip #lapdogliberalmedia
— lasskickinmama (@wisirish1075) February 22, 2017
Interestingly, it was Mika herself who essentially “banned” Kellyanne Conway from her show for her own misstatements.
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