Novak meltdown live on CNN? That’s what readers are telling us. Let us know what you heard. We’ll post when we know more.
Crooks and Liars has the tape.
Late Update: Wo … I just watched the tape. And I have to say what James Carville said to set Novak off wasn’t really even that pointed, at least not right on the surface at least. The jibe, as near as I could get it, was that Carville was sort of baiting Novak, insinuating that Novak was saying what he was saying because he needed to show the conservative base that he was a tough guy.
Later Update: Pains me as it does to have to rely on Drudge, Drudge says that Ed Henry, the interviewer, ended the segment by saying that he had told Novak in advance that he was going to ask him about the CIA leak case. I take it from the short note that they hadn’t yet gotten to that question, thus perhaps suggesting that Novak was looking for an excuse to bolt. If you saw the segment, let us know the details.
Even Later than Later Update: MediaMatters has a clip that includes what Henry says at the end of the segment. At least that’s what I’m told. I seems to go garbled toward the end when I try to view. But perhaps they’re getting too much traffic.
Late(2) Update: ThinkProgress has what Henry said: âThanks, James Carville. And Iâm sorry as well that Bob Novak left the set a little early. I had told him in advance that we were going to ask about the CIA leak case, he was not here for me to be able to ask him about that. Hopefully, weâll be able to ask him about that in the future.â
