Ed Morrissey posted a video of MSNBC's Contessa Brewer interviewing John Ziegler on the subject of Sarah Palin.
Morrissey puts his initial emphasis on the way Brewer cuts off Ziegler's microphone, but an update spotlights perhaps the most interesting aspect of the interview.
Brewer asserts that she would not take any particular umbrage at being called "slutty"--at least in contrast to what she sees as Palin's level of upset over the Letterman monologue. Yet when Ziegler says Palin has more class than most anybody at MSNBC, Brewer cuts Ziegler's mic and cuts the interview short. And then complains about Ziegler offering up insults in the process.
Could Brewer have brought herself to cut Ziegler off if he had just told her she looked slutty?
MSNBC wanted to interview Ziegler. I'd say he made his point about MSNBC, with an assist from Brewer. If she was sincerely unable to appreciate Palin's justification for calling Letterman "pathetic" then how do we explain her willingness to treat Ziegler as she did?
In my judgment, Brewer went in with the idea of trying to further marginalize Palin by framing her comment about Letterman as an overreaction. Ziegler, by simply being Ziegler in his capacity as a critic of MSNBC, took Brewer off her game and made her a pawn in his.
Jan. 10, 2010: Changed "mike" to "mic."
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