In an interview with NBC’s Luke Russert, Weiner repeated his claim that his Twitter account was hacked and said that he has hired a private security firm to investigate the matter.
[Luke] Russert asked Weiner if the lewd pictures that were Tweeted from Weiner’s account to a young lady were of him. Weiner answered: “I can’t say with certitude. My system was hacked. Pictures can be manipulated. Pictures can be dropped in and inserted.”
“It was a prank.” Someone “spoofed me, made fun of me — whatever,” — he said, adding, “this is not a national security matter.” The live video feed shut off at an inopportune time, but it looks like Russert will be out with a good interview in a bit… - Matt Lewis, TheDailyCaller
What is this, Fox News’ answer to MSNBC’s Luke Russert?
Brown-haired guy who’s not Steve Doocy better start polishing up his resume
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…An angry (D) Rep. Rangel asked MSNBC’s Luke Russert to identify his outlet and the congressman seemed perplexed by the answer. Presumably Rangel thought he was talking to a son of Sean Hannity. Rangel protested that Russert “doesn’t really sound like NBC.” He added that “It just shows what happened to a channel that did have some respect.”
Rangel didn’t know the half of it. Not only a real question for a Democrat in trouble, but, moments ago, after playing video of the dust-up, MSNBC ran a line reminding viewers of Nancy Pelosi’s “most ethical Congress in history” pledge
”NRO - video of the Luke Russert Charlie Rangel dust-up here
“How can anyone claim MSNBC is The Fox News for The Left but then keep noting things like this?” - ggreenwald
Rep. Charlie Rangel Berates Luke Russert and MSNBC for Questions About Alleged Ethics Violations
I thought Charlie was gonna say to Luke “Come back to me when you start shaving.”
It’s not that bad, in fact being a correspondent in this weather is a day at the beach! - Luke Russert (not photoshopped )
