We’re old enough to remember Alec Baldwin on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” before the election of Donald Trump, when he was playing a pedophile scout leader trying to seduce Adam “Canteen Boy” Sandler. That was right around the same time that Brian Williams signed on with NBC and was on his way to becoming the network’s news anchor.
Times have changed, and things might get awkward were Baldwin and Williams to meet up at the water cooler, particularly after MSNBC handed over the breaking news of the air strike against Syria to Williams, who seemed intent on somehow working the lyrics of “First We Take Manhattan,” which he co-wrote with Leonard Cohen, into his coverage. “The beauty of our weapons” is not something MSNBC viewers wanted to hear.
You'd think that @BWilliams who has been on the front lines of battle would be more tempered in his excitement pic.twitter.com/3xkUjI7Xyw
— ?????? ?????™ (@JaredoTexas) April 8, 2017
Did MSNBC ever intend to jerk to the right, especially after leaning forward so far that a bunch of its shows fell right off the network?
If MSNBC is trying to jerk more to the right, Brian Williams is definitely their man…
— HABFoundation (@ABFalecbaldwin) April 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/_TheBubble_/status/850791532156387330
https://twitter.com/A1ELA/status/850795075160481792
That broadcast was horrifying
— Dylan Avery (@iamdylanavery) April 8, 2017
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Can't believe they use him for breaking news
— Cheryl (@cls273) April 8, 2017
Isn't he the liar guy? Why does he have a job in journalism after that?
— ⚜️ La Reine ⚜️ (@Beckabrook888) April 8, 2017
✔️✔️Using him to shove aside @maddow on bomb party night was unnecessary and enraging.
— AuntSandy?️?⚢?? (@_SLNovak) April 8, 2017
such a bad fit for that network. He's a talking head with zero policy knowledge and mundane establishment observations
— Jennifer14 (@CAJenn1114) April 8, 2017
Lean right and I'm out.
— Ravishing (@RavOrig) April 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/AverageJoe063/status/850839837062070272
Oh, you are blocked, you rude, thoughtless little pig.
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