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Rachel Maddow Debunks Claim That She Caused Florida To Cancel Lockup Contract

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Fans of the prison reality television program Lockup got some sad news this week, as Florida governor Rick Scott canceled a contract with the series arguing that the prison officials signing it did not have the authority to do so. Somewhere along the line, rumors began to circulate that Scott did so in retaliation for MSNBC, and specifically Rachel Maddow, who has often criticized his government. Donning a prison uniform, Maddow tossed to the Friday night airing of Lockup with a special edition of “Debunktion Junction,” disproving any claim that the issue was related to her.

Explaining the situation, Maddow noted that the government had explicitly said they canceled the contract with the program because “the Department of Corrections did not have the authority to grant this contract.” However, claims arose that the real reason was that Maddow was a “persistent critic” of the administration,” and Scott didn’t want to help the network. “I prefer to think of it as ‘principled pointer-outer,’ but I understand,” Maddow joked, then turning to the evidence: Lockup was reportedly not the only program to have been denied access, for one. But Maddow also reached out to the administration, whose spokesperson denied any such claim. “We weren’t aware of any affiliation with Maddow,” the spokesman responded in an email, adding that canceling the contract because of her would be “petty.”

Then, “because the show must go on,” Maddow tossed over to Lockup. She freely admitted she “watched it like this every week,” referring to the outfit which, while probably not true, is a hilarious thing to envision.

The segment via MSNBC below:

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  • Anonymous

    If you think about any old “women behind bars” movies , Maddow would be an excellent prison guard .

  • Anonymous

    so she debunked the bradenton herald….wow

  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLaLsNkaEq8 Unicon

    As their ratings continue to tank… is it just a coincidence that Mediaite doubles down on the number MSNBC posts?

    What’s next Mediaite ?  An exclusive, powerful interview with the mighty Martin Bashier?

    [Thought so....  http://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-talks-to-mediaite-about-msnbc-anonymous-threats-and-how-he-silenced-everybody/ ]

    Long live the pop-up ad revenues !!!

  • http://twitter.com/LippyBroad lippybroad

    So fetching in that jumpsuit old gal! 

    And to think…she’s probably the most “intelligent” one on that network.

    Low bar and all that.

  • Anonymous

    Maddow,fresh from a “women in prison” fantasy party with her girlfriends,was so appalled by the accusation she rushed to the studio without changing.

    Of course the class act thing would have been for her to not acknowledge the accusation since it was ridiculous and in time would have been proved false all by it’s self,but leave it to Maddow to turn it into a farse.

  • Anonymous

    rachel madCOW gives the usual lunatic-left excuse: “it ain’t my fault – it’s because of conservatives/republicans/tea party/congress/American patriots/racists/Christians/…..”

    She sounds more and more like NO-PLAN OBOZO every day.

  • i420

    pssst…this site’s focus are things that transpire in…media.

  • Anonymous

    Fact: Maddow lingerie! They just wrote the thread to fit the photo!

  • Anonymous

    what an ass

  • i420

    A Friday evening episode…yeah, its ok to focus on something irrelevant before the weekend kicks off.

  • ROTFLMAO

    Or Nurse Ratchett in “One Flew Over the Cukkoo’s Nest!
    Either way, she/he/whatever is one repulsive human.
    Hence———–>
    Very low viewership.
    And Mediaite called Rachel and O’Donnell the MSNBC Primetime Stars
    the other day!
    Can you believe???  lol

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_FSPIVAFYI672OH5NOKVRTEZA4U MadCharles

    Lock Up/Pedifiles-Lock up/pedifiles-lock up/pedifiles.. great weekend lineup.. At least MSNBC is consistent with their daily lineup…Mathews, Sharpton, Maddow, the arab guy Larry, Dylan and of course Morning blow Joe. Amazing how they all this together…

  • Anonymous

    Typical Rachel Maddow…takes over 4 minutes to explain something that most people could have done in 30 seconds.

  • Epzw

    News alert aliens have landed on earth,Sorry that was just a picture of Rick Scott.

  • Anonymous

    Yeah, and the Obama regime’s decision, only this past week to launch an investigation of S & P is a mere coincidence too…..

  • mhandrh

    It’s well known that conservatives do not like MSNBC — the channel has three hours of liberal-biased news programming every evening – (as opposed to, let’s say, Fox,  which has 24 hours of conservative biased programming every day) — because Fox faux reporting or negative news reports about Rick Scott are often detailed on MSNBC.
    NBC is the parent of MSNBC, which is owned by GE — hardly a “liberal” corporation, but conservatives have notoriously thin skin, particularly when truth or facts are exposed that are not flattering.
    It was juvenile to misconstrue this, and blame Maddow.

    For the record, Maddow is a Rhodes scholar, a real journalist who does her research and in the event she makes even a small error, she is quick to apologize and inform the viewer. I question the basis on which her detractors base their claims. 

  • Anonymous

    If not for Mediaite, who would know whom Maddow is, with her low viewership?  Painting Maddow’s program as  must-see TV in Florida, is quite a stretch. I’m sure, like most, Scott only knows what’s happening on MSNBC, thanks to all the Mediaite MSNBC updates; oh, and all the scary pop-up pics, of the MSNBC personalities. LOL. 

  • Anonymous

    Fitting, on more then one level:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCpxSzacbyc

  • Anonymous

    Maddow really looks like Warren Jeffs in that jumpsuit.

  • Anonymous

    Anything to stay relevant.

  • Anonymous

    MSNBC leans left as much as Fox leans right. 

    Also, Matthews, Sharpton, Matthews, O’donnell, Maddow, Ed adds up to more than three hours.

    Maddow is a Rhodes Scholar in Political Science, not journalism. 

  • Anonymous

    For the record, Maddow is a Rhodes scholar

    Pretty sad that she’s nothing more then a disingenuous, highly partisan left-wing activist/blogger with a show on a third rate network, isn’t it? I’m sure that’s how Cecil Rhodes thought his money was going to be spent.

  • Anonymous

    She’s not a journalist, she’s a partisan opinion slinger.  The only person who had more snark on his show was Olbermann with Maddow being a close second. To call her a journalist is way beyond anyone’s definition of it.

    As to being a Rhodes scholar, well that just means that she’s probably a smart partisan opinion slinger.  Smart, yes.  Wise or entertaining, not so much.  See her ratings for reference.

    As to the tempest in a teapot in this story, it’s basically nothing.  I’m sure that Maddow had nothing to do with the cancellation of a show that few people watch.   

  • Anonymous

    Watch BSNBC for 24 hours straight, then come back and make that statement with a straight face.  From morning to night, they spend 90% of their time bashing and mocking the Republican candidates and the Tea party, and drooling over and propping up ZerObama.
    That’s fine by me though, I watch all the time.  But don’t try to say they only have 3 hours of liberal programming.  That’s not just your opinion, that a damn lie.

  • Sheik Yerbouti

    Gov. Scott will not allow any contract of over one million dollars to procede unless he has his staff review it.  He willingly accepts taxpayer subsidized health insurance and pays only $360.00 per year while millions in Florida go without any insurance at all.  He does not however accept any salary for being governor proving the addage, you get what you pay for. 

  • http://impossibledreamsmedia.com Chris Jones

    Maddow sucks, but Lockup is a good show. 

  • http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

    Reporting on the dustup seems to be a fine way to throw to the Lockup show, but as @cjdohio1 mentions, she only really “debunked” the Bradenton Herald and the story is really only “debunked”, if you believe the Governor’s official explanation as Maddow notes toward the end of the clip.

    Otherwise, I never got around to commenting on this story previously, but one would expect that the head of Florida prisons is dusting-off his resume because not only would it be natural to assume these kinds of contracts were within his purview, but he was also publicly shamed by the Governor. Scott’s office could have easily had said that they were recommending the contract be discontinued, but instead, they pretty much took Sec. Buss to the woodshed and diminished his authority in front of his employees.

    Back in ’04, the Mayor of Albuquerque told the press that he was banning the television program Cops from riding along with city police. Prior to making a public statement, he had discussed the issue with the city’s police chief and it was later learned that the action had been taken because John Deere had cited Albuquerque’s appearances on Cops, as to why they took the city out of consideration for a convention which would’ve have pumped $7m into the local economy.

    After the Mayor made had asked them to no longer participate in Cops, the city’s police department were still pursuing contracts with other reality shows because it was within their power to do and I’m guessing they provide an alternative source of income for the department.

  • Johann Streit

    Don’t expect her to make any sense, then you are okay.

  • CattyNineTails

    There’s no question about Rick Scott’s honesty after seeing this:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIYad3TvY6Q

  • Sheik Yerbouti

    You’re right as Scott has proven himself to be the ultimate micro-manager.  The secretary of prisons was hired only a few months ago from another state, Indiana I believe, with much fanfare.  Scott said he could reduce the 2 billion prison budget by half and that Buss was the man for the job. Quite frankly though I don’t think the governors office is being truthful.  I honestly believe they would indeed cancel the show because it appears on MSNBC,as the gov. has proven himself to be very petty thusfar.

  • Sheik Yerbouti

    Everyone should watch this clip and get a sense of who the idiots in Florida elected as their governor.  This man should be in prison not making decisions about them. 

  • Sheik Yerbouti

    Everyone should watch this clip and get a sense of who the idiots in Florida elected as their governor.  This man should be in prison not making decisions about them. 

  • Anonymous

    She has to take it real slow in the hopes that teabaggers might be able to understand the more than two syllable words/

  • Blevit

    That is Maddows sexual fantasy..to be in a woman’s jail with a 1,000 partners
    She does look good in orange

  • Blevit

    That is Maddows sexual fantasy..to be in a woman’s jail with a 1,000 partners
    She does look good in orange

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6QT5IXX6NBAAOMFQTGXJU3XOCE chloeb

    I would not consider her a journalist. Her style is always one sided. I have never seen her show intelligently discuss an issue/topic from boths sides of the aisle.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_6QT5IXX6NBAAOMFQTGXJU3XOCE chloeb

    Remembering what my father told me as a young boy – “Education does not make people”.

  • mhandrh

    Then you don’t watch her show.

  • Everpanda

    The site isn’t meant to cater to your right wing viewpoints. If you want that go watch FOX.

  • Anonymous

    Dear Mhandrh:

    You know, it’s one thing to be a diehard Liberal. But seriously, no UFOs are landing, so take off the tin foil hat and please join the rest of us in REALITY…

    >> Mhandrh: “It’s well known that conservatives do not like MSNBC — the channel has
    three hours of liberal biased news programming every evening (as
    opposed to, let’s say, Fox, which has 24 hours of conservative biased
    programming every day)…

    What the–!?
    MSNBC has only 3 hours of liberal biased programming???

    Apparently, when Mhandrh attended kindergarten, he learned the colors…I assume he learned how to tie shoelaces…but clearly he NEVER LEARNED HOW TO COUNT.

    Let’s see: 3 hours = O’Donnell, Maddow, Shultz in the evening. Yet when discussing a 24 cycle, conveniently you neglect to count any REPEAT showings of their shows.

    Of course, then it only gets more laughable. That’s because magically Mhandrh doesn’t add in Chris Matthews (and his repeat showings)… doesn’t count Martin Bashir… Andrea Mitchell falls by the wayside… so does Dylan Ratigan… golly gee whiz, somehow Contessa Brewer doesn’t make the cut…

    …And best of all, good old “can’t understand a word the moron is saying ’cause he talks like an illiterate grade school drop out” Reverand Al Sharpton ALSO doesn’t get added into MSNBC’s 24 hour programming count.

    BUT WOW — YOU’RE RIGHT, MHANDRH!

    None of THOSE hosts/shows EVER demonstrates “liberal biased news programming.”

    (Insert huge mocking eye roll here…)

  • Anonymous

    As if “they” or anyone is watching her show.

    She has to talk slow; remember, this is the network where Al Sharpton talks.

  • Hagen619dj

    Maddow doesn’t warrant even being mentioned here.  She probably did like the show.  After all it’s all guys like she’d like to be.  oops!  She isn’t popular enough to cause a show to be cancelled.

  • TruDat

    Why is Ron Reagan Jr., the ballerina, in an orange jumpsuit?

  • Denril

    MSNBC has absolutely no talent on any of its programs and its ratings reflect that as well. Surely you have to be smart enough to pass this mess up use your chanel parential controls to lock out MSNBC as i did a long time ago. “Are you smarter than a fifth grader” Matthews is a spoke person for the democratic party and always has been, big “FAT HEAD” Ed show is completely out in left field with no way to come back just keep going to your nearest pizza parlor with all his stupid remarks. last word with Odonnel is plain sickening and all he does is speak about Rush Limbaugh or Sean Hannity because  there are no demos to tlak about that are worth talking about. he should be boozing it up with Martin Sheen out in Mlaibu and spare the general public from seeing and hearing just how stupid he really is. Maddow is and always has been an hater of Christians and she makes that very clear in her ramblings daily. She has no respect for any conservative or any conservatives point of view. if a conservative CHRISTIAN sates they believe in their hearts that the “gay lifestyle” is sinful because they believe God is in control and not man let them have their opinion. it does not mean they are stupid or crazy just a differnt opinion and thank GOD everyday Christians, Conservatives, Right Wingers and Rush Limbaugh, and Sean Hanity, and Ann Coulter , Laura Ingram ,Bill O’reiley, Mark Levine and many many more speak out daily so we the conservative can give our opinions a God given right.

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