Watching MSNBC Lowers Blood Pressure, Wait, Sorry…Fake News Story Says Staring at Breasts Is Good for Men, MSNBC Covers It.
- Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:44pm by
Mike Opelka
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Does anyone over at MSNBC check the facts on stories before they are allowed on-air?
An internet scam from 1999 resurfaced over the weekend. The story said that men can get healthier just by staring at women’s breasts for a few minutes a day. On Tuesday MSNBC’s Willie Geist completely debunked it. One day later, in the middle of news programming on the network, Contessa Brewer reported the story as legitimate.
Here‘s Willie’s feature called ‘Zeitgeist’:
Today, just before 12:30pm Contessa Brewer reports on the story, and her only problem with the ‘facts’ – the study says it asked men not to look at women’s cleavage for five years.
We offer Contessa, the MSNBC crew, and also our loyal Blaze readers a couple of websites that can easily help one determine if that story linked in an email and endlessly forwarded around the planet is real or hokum:
Snopes.com – These guys have been around and at times display a liberal bias, but when they debunk something, it is usually with solid evidence. You might think MSNBC would have this site bookmarked. Here’s the link to the story mentioned above.
About Urban Legends – Kind of self explanatory – And yes, they debunked this too.
HoaxBusters – ‘Who you gonna click?’
There you go MSNBC, those three should be a great start for you on the road to developing some credibility in your reporting.
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Comments (179)
Psychic_Warrior
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:33pmMSNBC wasn’t the only news organization to fall for it.
Report Post »http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/offbeat/study-staring-at-breasts-increases-heart-health-20110304#
smithclar3nc3
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:29pmI‘m sure if there’s actuallyany lasting affects but looking a womens breast certainly make me feel better. well as long as they’re not the fried eggs on a nail or the grapefruit in a vieny sock breast.Just kidding ladies.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:29pmFake German science and fake American news network all in one segment. Pricelessly stupid of My Sweet National Barak Channel.
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:28pmPeople who watch MSNBC aren’t really concerned with the facts or the truth. I doubt it matters to them whether or not a story is true.
Report Post »RECOVERING-LIBERAL-IN-WOODSIDE-CA
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:19pmWho needs an excuse?
Report Post »AmericanHorse
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:19pmJust another laughable day at MSNBC. I‘d say they’re amateurs but that’s an insult to amateurs.
Report Post »Star Spangled
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:16pmMSNBC The news nobody can use !! What dummies ! Come on comcast I thought you’d demand better !
Report Post »Revotelution
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:16pmMore field research needed.
Report Post »Dexter Alarius
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:56pmI’m not taking any chances. If it MIGHT be true, it’s worth it for a healthy heart. Attention buxom babes: If you catch me staring, it’s for my health.
Report Post »UpstateNYConservative
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:35pm@Revotelution
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:16pm
More field research needed.
Report Post »________
Ah! A hands-on approach!
Islesfordian
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:16pmThey HAVE to believe this study, since everyone on MSNBC are boobs.
Report Post »Mateytwo Barreett
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:26pmTouche’!!
Report Post »earthrise
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:02pmOy Flippin’ Vey….. “Touche”!!!!
Report Post »ROFLMAO………
Tissy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:15pmWell duh, isn’t that the only kind of news they cover, fake?
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:14pmNEWS FLASH:
Report Post »Pretending to be a journalist on PMSNBC, CNN and the other liberal wacko sites lowers the intelligence level and increases the stupidity level.
chkiaar
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:14pmI don’t really care, a story like that is worth LOOKING at.
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:11pmHell if its true Ive regressed my actual age all the way back to my teens. Which is why im giving out a public warning to both Rachael Maddow and the general public. Rachael please keep your breasts hidden from sight because fake studies from the Mrsmileyface Institute of breast oogleing have shown that seeing Rachael Maddows breasts take away 10years of your life.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:05pmSounds like she is a perfect A$$
Report Post »dbones
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:10pmThis is like the 3rd time in a month that they aired bunk like this.
Report Post »geonj
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:10pmcontessa brewer is hilarious and should go to work for “the Onion”.
Report Post »mdlwoods
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:02pmAnd, today, for Madcows Most Embarrasing, the winner is: MSNBC!
Report Post »Mainer forever
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:01pmWho is watching MSNBC anyway?
Report Post »TXMamaGrizzley
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:59pmI don’t know, my husband has been staring at mine for years and he’s pretty healthy.
Report Post »Old Truckers
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:26pmHow can a man avoid looking at breasts?
They are so beautiful. God made beautiful things.
ps: We do need to control ourselves though. hahha
Report Post »WhiteFang
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:19pmActually, I think a woman is way more attractive if she dresses modestly, with a blouse or dress coming all the way up to her neck. That looks classy to me.
Report Post »Most women just let their breasts show too much and it detracts from their dignity.
earthrise
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:06pm….. “Holy Torpedos Batman”…..XD
But seriously….. I’d love to meet the Both of you. At the very least….. one of you have a most serious BBQ recipie, chuckle/wink….. As do I!
Report Post »www.k12math.com
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:56pmAbsolutely hilarious.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:56pmI stopped watching MessNBC along time ago
Report Post »Confessa was especially stupid.Ditto for GeistDude.
Contrarian51
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:56pmActually, Willie Geist has some good moments, going back to when he played wiseass sidekick of sorts to Tucker Carlson. I keep thinking that one day he’ll turn up in a better location.
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:56pmOnce again, i have no idea what channel pmsnbc is on
Report Post »ARMOR BEARER 147
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:54pmWho knew my wife was keeping me healthy!!
How beautiful your sandaled feet, O prince’s daughter! Your graceful legs are like jewels, the work of a craftsman’s hands. Your navel is a rounded goblet that never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by lilies. Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
Report Post »Your neck is like an ivory tower. Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath Rabbim. Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon looking toward Damascus. Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel. Your hair is like royal tapestry; the king is held captive by its tresses. How beautiful you are and how pleasing, O love, with your delights! [Song of Solomon 7:1-6] —-[-
Big Mickey
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:20pmOh man, Kayam! What lovely poetry.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:22pmgreat words from the WISEST man alive then or now….an entire book of the Bible devoted to how a MAN and WOMAN bonded together as husband and wife should think about each other, act towards each other, and behave around members of the opposite sex that is not their spouse…
and yes, you trolls, i know that Soloman was said to have a 1000 wives or whatever…but this was to his first..the one he loved above all others…try reading the Song of Solomon..you might just learn something….
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:26pmSomeone wants to score points. :)
Report Post »Templar Knight
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:23pmWasn’t that song written by a bunch of drunken monks?
Report Post »spirited
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:50pmShucks!
Maddow was gonna report on this tonight.
>She probably will anyway.
Report Post »chips1
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:16pmI wonder who the boob was that IMPLANTED this story.
Report Post »N5DVC
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 10:32amFrom Contessa to Maddow? Talk about beauty and the beast…
Report Post »Ah, Contessa… So beautiful, yet so hatefully liberal… What a shame.
Quagaar Warrior
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:49pm~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Report Post »Staring at boobs doesn’t lower blood pressure, it raises………..
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cessna152
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:14pmIt raises… what… what… I ask! Blood pressure ain’t the only thing it raises. I am young, vibrant and Italian. With that said I am embarrassed to say it also raises my eyebrows….
Report Post »jollylama
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:10pmThis story is true but the Boobs were fake.
Report Post »MightyMouth
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:23pm@JOLLYLAMA: “The story is true but the boobs are fake”
Report Post »So what, you‘re lookin at ’em, not building a bridge with ‘em!
earthrise
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 8:56pmROFLMAO…..
Y‘all are a bunch o’ freaks…………… XD
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:45pmThis is nothing new for MSNBC. The last time I watched was when they announced Sarah Palin for VP candidate. After admitting they had no idea who she was, they started trashing her anyway.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 2:51pmComcast, Comcast, Comcast…..are you really this stupid? Clean house while you still have some shred of credibility. You must have a moron running the news shows at MSNBC.
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:09pmNice….MMMMM
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:16pmI’m pretty sure the study is true, anyway – Snopes, notwithstanding.
Report Post »GhostOfJefferson
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:16pm“Fake News Story Says Staring at Breasts Is Good for Men”
That’s not fake. I always feel better when I’m staring, or have just finished staring, at said female accoutrement.
Report Post »A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:19pmYou can add to that list of sites at the end:
Truth or Fiction (www.truthorfiction.com)
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:24pmAnd here I thought all those years managing a strip club actually had a health benefit. ;-/
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:30pmWatching PMSNBC raises my blood pressure … just one more reason not to do it .. the only time I see anything from PMSNBC is clips here.
Report Post »leftiesaredangerous
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:31pmAre you serious here? What boob picked this story to post?
Report Post »drphil69
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:36pm“Even though the evidence was fake, the story was true!” – Dan Rather
Report Post »cheezwhiz
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:40pmAny study about what happens when someone stares at moobs ?
Report Post »5 seconds
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:46pmhttp://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/offbeat/study-staring-at-breasts-increases-heart-health-20110304
Report Post »Who else covered a story like this? Fox
MOVETERAN
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 3:57pmWait, ok this one I am going to have to agree with MSNBC on. I definately feel better after having those types of experiences. Oh wait they said healthier not happier. My mistake, they got it wrong again, and I was so hoping that at least this one would be right. Oh well wishful thinking doesn’t always workout.
Report Post »zorro
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:15pm5 seconds…good find!
I think the difference here is you’re dealing with a local TV station and MSNBC is a national cable news channel. While I don’t give a pass to Fox Boston for reporting on this, they are not on the same level as MSNBC.
Report Post »Contrarian51
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 4:53pmYou’re right, ZORRO. The local Fox station probably has more viewers and thus should be held to a higher standard.
Report Post »royalstar
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:06pmI am not a fan of MSNBC, however I think in this case the reporter was doing this report tongue in cheek. I could be wrong because my blood pressure went to almost zero staring at her cleavage and I almost passed out. Any way she questioned the validity of the study at the end in humorous manner. Come on Blaze this is as lame as Madcows obcession with Megan Kelly. Megan probably raises Madcows blood pressure for a number of reasons and raises mine for one reason.
Report Post »1TrueOne55
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:10pmThat is when I switched to Fox News Channel, I was watching Rich Sanchez and logged into the shows Blog and when Palin was announced as the VP, they started in on her Downes Syndrome child and how it was not really hers because she was covering up for her pregnant teen daughter Bristol so it would not appear like a conflict with Family Values crowd.
Report Post »joe conservative
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:32pmMSNBC is a complete joke. Rachel Maddow has moved to the top of the list as worst media person since the departure of Keith Olbermann. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJgTlPwQEUM
Report Post »lovenfl3
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:34pm@1TrueOne55 – That’s when I first watched Fox as well, and I’ve never looked back.
Report Post »BuckOfama
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 5:57pmRachel Madc**+ is doing his own research for this story…….. (())
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 6:27pm@5 SECONDS
Big difference between a runky dink local yokel news broadcast that has an audience that spans a couple of counties, and a nationally broadcasted nothing but news network.
Morons in both cases, but the local bimbo doing the evening news is excusable. An anchor on a national cable network that does nothing but news is not.
Report Post »CURMUDGEON
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:05pmHey, staring at a perfect bosom, or a perfect behind, I at least want to live a lot longer.. Ya gotta love a Lord that makes something as beautiful as a woman…
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:16pmInsert joke here..”………………………………………….”
Report Post »restorehope
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:40pmMSNBC has fallen to a new low. They must be scouring the National Enquirer for ideas that can be used on their broadcasts. If any true journalists remaining there have a spine, they should leave that sinking ship before they further sacrifice their own ethics.
Report Post »Resolved
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:45pmI’m gonna have to call BS on this one, fellow Blazers. I as much as anyone love a reason to bash MSNBC, but I really got the impression that she was joking. I can certainly concede that it wasn’t made abundantly clear that it was a joke, but all the same…
Report Post »Resolved
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 7:49pm@5 seconds
I‘m kinda gettin’ the tongue-in-cheek vibe from this story too. Just sayin’
Report Post »DisillusionedDaily
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 9:37pmI have said all along that it is against MSNBC policy to verify or fact any story. It is considered a waste of time and money and they feel that their people can be used elsewhere to greater effect.
Report Post »RalphWaldoPanza
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:43pmThat looks like a feel-good story to me!
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 12:38amIts my understanding that nursing on them can actually sustain life!
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on March 10, 2011 at 9:29amintentional fake stories, maddows exageration and intentional mis speaks and fat ed saying he uses fake callers. can somebody pulll the nbc media credentials?
Report Post »DarthVader
Posted on March 11, 2011 at 10:44pmAnd look at TheBlaze covering this in all it’s glory. The BREASTEST article ever here imho!
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