I think that most Republicans going on MSNBC know what they are getting into. But when they buck the anti-Romney narrative, I don’t think they expect MSNBC to mute their mike and insult them on-air.
Fine; it’s their air to do with as they please. But they still shouldn’t lie. Host Tamron Hall said Carney went off the agreed topics:
You knew the topics we were going to discuss, you agreed to come on the show.
Indeed he did, and the topics were:
Panel: Tim Carney and Jimmy Williams
Romney’s haunted by high school memories
Does the story matter? Will it hurt Romney
(Emphasis mine.) The bogosity of the story is squarely in the range of topics he was invited to discuss. Hall lied.
BONUS: Hall’s parting shot was:
I greatly appreciate you [Williams] joining me. I would do the same for Tim but we have to be able to have conversations and not do hit jobs when we know we’re guests on the show.
That’s pretty amazing, since she cut off the conversation when he interfered with her hit job.
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