Howard Stern Fan Pranks MSNBC During Flight 17 Crash Coverage
Click here for reuse options!MSNBC got an “exclusive” prank Thursday when a caller claiming to be a U.S. soldier said he saw the Malaysian airliner shot down by “a blast of wind from Howard Stern’s ass.”
The caller was being interviewed by Krystal Ball, host of The Cycle. He identified himself as “Staff Sgt. Michael Boyd” from the “U.S. Embassy in Ukraine.”
“Well, I was looking out the window, and I saw a projectile flying through the sky, and it would appear that the plane was shot down by a blast of wind from Howard Stern’s ass,” the caller told Ball.
When she pressed him for more details about the possible missile system, he replied, “Well, you’re a dumbass, aren’t you?”
The caller was then apparently cut off, and Ball cut to a commercial break.
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15 responses to Howard Stern Fan Pranks MSNBC During Flight 17 Crash Coverage
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Obewon July 18th, 2014 at 02:27
The Cycle’s Krystal Ball was thinking ‘WTF didn’t the dump button person hit delete!’ …ugh say again… Why didn’t the Cycle’s co-host Abbie Huntsman take this call! And now back to NBC News Senior Anchor Andrea Mitchell… http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle
Obewon July 18th, 2014 at 02:27
The Cycle’s Krystal Ball was thinking ‘WTF didn’t the dump button person hit delete!’ …ugh say again… Why didn’t the Cycle’s co-host Abbie Huntsman take this call!
It is an excellent report with National Security writer Michael Weiss and Rep Peter Welch (D-Vt) Oversight Subcommittee on National Security. http://www.msnbc.com/the-cycle <-07/17/14 Malaysia Airlines plane crash further complicates Ukraine crisis NBC News’ Andrea Mitchell and writer Michael Weiss provide context on the current political situation in Ukraine and Russia, and how the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 has complicated matters further.
R.J. Carter July 18th, 2014 at 11:52
This explains why a lot of interviewees don’t get follow-up questions — the interviewer isn’t really listening, they’re just waiting for the words to stop so they can get in their next point.
jasperjava July 18th, 2014 at 14:06
You are absolutely correct. Sometimes the interviewee spouts absolutely challengeable nonsense, but the reporter doesn’t bat an eye and just proceeds to the next prepared question. It’s infuriating.
mmaynard119 July 18th, 2014 at 14:33
If you haven’t done hosted a talk show, it’s not an easy job. I will agree that she shouldn’t have been put in this situation because she lacks any foreign affairs know;edge or experience. Ari Melber should have been on-air. But in her defense, this is breaking news, she’s watching the video and has the director talking in her ear at the same time. She’s expecting one thing and got bushwhacked by this moron. Her reaction was natural, she had the WTF look on her face when she first heard this interloper. She didn’t know if the person on the phone was the correct person or someone off camera interjecting. It was neither. Give her a break on this one.
R.J. Carter July 18th, 2014 at 11:52
This explains why a lot of interviewees don’t get follow-up questions — the interviewer isn’t really listening, they’re just waiting for the words to stop so they can get in their next point.
jasperjava July 18th, 2014 at 14:06
You are absolutely correct. Sometimes the interviewee spouts absolutely challengeable nonsense, but the reporter doesn’t bat an eye and just proceeds to the next prepared question. It’s infuriating.
mmaynard119 July 18th, 2014 at 14:33
If you haven’t done hosted a talk show, it’s not an easy job. I will agree that she shouldn’t have been put in this situation because she lacks any foreign affairs know;edge or experience. Ari Melber should have been on-air. But in her defense, this is breaking news, she’s watching the video and has the director talking in her ear at the same time. She’s expecting one thing and got bushwhacked by this moron. Her reaction was natural, she had the WTF look on her face when she first heard this interloper. She didn’t know if the person on the phone was the correct person or someone off camera interjecting. It was neither. Give her a break on this one.
mmaynard119 July 18th, 2014 at 14:26
I was watching when it happened. One of MS-NBC’s biggest problems is the lack of quality staffers. Remember the Martin Bashir fiasco when he got fired? He shouldn’t have gotten fired anyways, but the real issue was the the producer of he show should have cleared the content before it went on the air. What most forget is that the controversial material Bashir was saying about racism appeared on the screen behind him, so that it was prepared, not unscripted.
As much as I enjoy most of MS-NBC’s shows, the quality of them can be maddingly uneven and that’s due to the staff, not the on-air talent. Krystal Ball, not one of my favorites, was a victim of staffer incompetence.
mmaynard119 July 18th, 2014 at 14:26
I was watching when it happened. One of MS-NBC’s biggest problems is the lack of quality staffers. Remember the Martin Bashir fiasco when he got fired? He shouldn’t have gotten fired anyways, but the real issue was the the producer of he show should have cleared the content before it went on the air. What most forget is that the controversial material Bashir was saying about racism appeared on the screen behind him, so that it was prepared, not unscripted.
As much as I enjoy most of MS-NBC’s shows, the quality of them can be maddingly uneven and that’s due to the staff, not the on-air talent. Krystal Ball, not one of my favorites, was a victim of staffer incompetence.
mmaynard119 July 18th, 2014 at 14:26
I was watching when it happened. One of MS-NBC’s biggest problems is the lack of quality staffers. Remember the Martin Bashir fiasco when he got fired? He shouldn’t have gotten fired anyways, but the real issue was the the producer of he show should have cleared the content before it went on the air. What most forget is that the controversial material Bashir was saying about racism appeared on the screen behind him, so that it was prepared, not unscripted.
As much as I enjoy most of MS-NBC’s shows, the quality of them can be maddingly uneven and that’s due to the staff, not the on-air talent. Krystal Ball, not one of my favorites, was a victim of staffer incompetence.
cecilia July 18th, 2014 at 22:22
well, it’s not Capt Janks because he’s retired….I guess this guy is the NEW “Bababooey’er”.
the screeners are the real idiots
cecilia July 18th, 2014 at 22:22
well, it’s not Capt Janks because he’s retired….I guess this guy is the NEW “Bababooey’er”.
the screeners are the real idiots
ChrisVosburg July 19th, 2014 at 17:39
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that the real idiot here is the Howard Stern devotee too heartless to resist pranking the grim business of reporting of a tragedy.
You may recall this little oopsie from about a year ago, in which plucky little Fox affiliate KTVU in Oakland apprised viewers of the names of the crew of Asiana Flight 214, which had just crashed at San Francisco International, as Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow, which were helpfully read out loud by the poor unsuspecting anchor monkey as they appeared on screen.
Me, I get my laffs from the occasionally hilarious Closed Captioning misreads, frequently generated semi-automatically by not-quite-ready-for-prime-time voice recognition software.
An example from earlier this year: As one of our local news stations reported on the upcoming Chinese New Year as “the year of the horse,” the CC dutifully transcribed it as “YEAR OF THE WHORES.” Yay, whores!
ChrisVosburg July 19th, 2014 at 17:39
I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that the real idiot here is the Howard Stern devotee too heartless to resist pranking the grim business of reporting of a tragedy.
You may recall this little oopsie from about a year ago, in which plucky little Fox affiliate KTVU in Oakland apprised viewers of the names of the crew of Asiana Flight 214, which had just crashed at San Francisco International, as Sum Ting Wong, Wi Tu Lo, Ho Lee Fuk, and Bang Ding Ow, which were helpfully read out loud by the poor unsuspecting anchor monkey as they appeared on screen.
Me, I get my laffs from the occasionally hilarious Closed Captioning misreads, frequently generated semi-automatically by not-quite-ready-for-prime-time voice recognition software.
An example from earlier this year: As one of our local news stations reported on the upcoming Chinese New Year as “the year of the horse,” the CC dutifully transcribed it as “YEAR OF THE WHORES.” Yay, whores!