putin, you have to bring a lot of perspective and nbc b did not. thus the predictable happened. everyone is up in arms because he praised putin. why is everybody surprised that nbc news would log praise over a soviet kgb leader? when they are his prisoner for two weeks as the televising network. besides that, there s not that much ideological difference. putin sycophant bob costas wins gold medal for authoritarian a-kissing. unquote. surely true that nbc doesn t want to t off putin. but i know costas. he s not some crazy left wing guy that would celebrate a man like putin. he was simply reading a script designed to be innocuous.
putin, you have to bring a lot of perspective and nbc b did not. thus the predictable happened. everyone is up in arms because he praised putin. why is everybody surprised that nbc news would log praise over a soviet kgb leader? when they are his prisoner for two weeks as the televising network. besides that, there s not that much ideological difference. putin sycophant bob costas wins gold medal for authoritarian a-kissing. unquote. surely true that nbc doesn t want to t off putin. but i know costas. he s not some crazy left wing guy that would celebrate a man like putin. he was simply reading a script designed to be innocuous.
being centered at the planning, implementation. it was a brokered deal for syria that putin put through, not obama. this was a network, in my opinion, that was pandering to its host country and doing so, i think frankly, shamelessly. what about goldberg saying that in the course he had criticized putin on a number of cases. and i think what happened was costas was just given a script and read it. i don t think he analyzed it with any this is not a personal criticism of costas at all. but what i am saying is it s one thing for the sports department to be there doing their thing. they don t have to go to public policy, to the initiatives of no, they didn t have to mention all that. they didn t have to do that. there s a purpose and a reason. and by the way, i think they had a former soviet propagandist
being centered at the planning, implementation. it was a brokered deal for syria that putin put through, not obama. this was a network, in my opinion, that was pandering to its host country and doing so, i think frankly, shamelessly. what about goldberg saying that in the course he had criticized putin on a number of cases. and i think what happened was costas was just given a script and read it. i don t think he analyzed it with any this is not a personal criticism of costas at all. but what i am saying is it s one thing for the sports department to be there doing their thing. they don t have to go to public policy, to the initiatives of no, they didn t have to mention all that. they didn t have to do that. there s a purpose and a reason. and by the way, i think they had a former soviet propagandist
but these days nothing is innocuous. everything is political. therefore bob costas finds himself once again on the defensive. talking points always likes to analyze from the shoes of the people in them. i would not have read the script that costas read. however, i don t believe that costas and nbc sports meant any harm at all. so for me, it s a wash. and that s a memo. for the top story tonight, reaction from goldberg and dobbs. first up joining me from miami, you say? i say you asked for context, i ll give you a bit. here s a quote. i don t know anyone who sees putin as a peacemaker. bob costas said that. putin supports a vicious and brutal regime in syria. costas said that. when did he say those things? during his interviews and during the olympics. these are all olympic quotes. this year. okay.