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MSNBC's Tamron Hall talks guest off show

MSNBC host Tamron Hall went off on Washington Examiner reporter Timothy Carney after he accused her of hyping a story about Mitt Romney.

"What you're doing here is a typical media trick," Carney said after Hall asked him about Romney's recent confrontation with a Denver reporter over the issue of marijuana legalization. "You hype up a story and then you justify the second day coverage of the story by saying people are talking about it... let's move on to substantive issues."

"You don't have to answer a single question I ask you, and you didn't have to accept the invitation to come on." Hall shot back.

"Your actions are irritating me right now," Hall later said. "You are not going to come on and insult me, you are not going to come on and insult the network, when you knew what we were going to be talking about. Done."

MSNBC then cut Carney's mic. At the end of the clip (above) he can be seen trying to talk, on mute.

"Wait, @tamronhall cut off my mic? Seriously?" Carney later tweeted.

Yeah. She did.

UPDATE: Carney emails to explain his side of the story.