Filed under: MSNBC, Tim Russert, Bass ackwards, Joe Scarborough, Luke Russert, Mika Brzezinski
So, we watched little Facebook scandal-plagued Luke Russert on Joe Scarborough’s MSNBC show this morning because we wanted to see for ourselves exactly what nepotism looks like.
We ended up learning that it runs even more deeply in the Russert family than we reported yesterday. Not only did Luke’s daddy Tim Russert, the big cheese in NBC’s political unit, get the raunchy Boston College student the gig on Joe’s show today, but Luke has also secured one of the few internships available this summer with Conan O’Brien’s late night show — which, not coincidentally, airs on NBC.
As if that weren’t bad enough, Luke started to complain on air this morning about being “bossed around” by celebrity entourages while doing his intern gig. He also made a couple of unrepeatable sex jokes about newswoman Mika Brzezinski, which led her to smack him with a newspaper on the set.
Wow. The big world certainly is tough, little Luke. Now, wanna go hot tubbing? Or will you be too busy hosting NBC Nightly News, or something like that, later today?
Earlier: Tim Russert Pulls Strings to Get Raunchy Son a Nat’l Morning Show
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Normally when sexual pictures show up online of a college kid, he doesn’t get to start out working one of his first jobs as a national television host.