Comments on: MSNBC Caves In To Right Wing Bellyaching Again

By: OyToTheWorld

OyToTheWorld — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:42:08 +0000

If anyone wants to take a guess at David Gregory’s partisan ship, this video might help (it might also burn your retinas):

MC Rove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYZre8kEsuw

Karl Rove rapping at the Radio and Television Correspondents Association dinner with David Gregory dancing. Disturbing.

By: Bill L.

Bill L. — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:58:15 +0000

Wait, you mean to tell me that Fox got better ratings than MSNBC for the Republican Convention.

How could that have happened?

Hmmmm, ’tis a mystery….

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:33:03 +0000

First things first…ALL politicians lie. Do you honestly believe that Barack Obama sat in church for 20 years and didn’t hear any “hate” sermons?? You are judged by the company you keep for good reasons. You also turn your back on people for good reason. Like being elected president!!
How about Biden?? What was the remark about articulate and clean?? And what was that about needing to speak Indian if you wanted a dunkin donut? But, we’re going to have a real discussion on race. (Philadelphia speech) Guess you can turn your back on your principles if you want to be president.
Please, at least look at both sides, not just one. Call one a liar, see them all.

By: j mccann

j mccann — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:32:32 +0000

And one other issue that many haven’t really mentioned – MSNBC’s viewership was barely 1/4 of what Fox News was.

That alone is reason enough to shake things up.

If people tune in for election coverage, that’s what they want — not some foaming at the mouth a**hole spinning things to the left.

Olbermann has his show to bloviate. Leave unbaised coverage to *professionals*….which Olbermann is not.

By: mike in dc

mike in dc — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:42:48 +0000

I second the “Maddow interviews Palin” idea. Of course, that will never happen, and all that Maddow would propose to do is throw questions at her straight down the line on Troopergate, AIP membership, the Bridge to Nowhere, her tenure as mayor of Wasilla and earmarks associated thereto, her statement on community organizers, her position on choice, her own pastor issues, her current knowledge of foreign policy, and clarifying her positions on various issues such as the Fair Pay act.

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:40:35 +0000

Hannity’s stint as a FOX Convention Anchor is seared … seared into Oliver’s memory.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:33:13 +0000

I remember the hue and cry over Sean Hannity hosting Fox News’ convention coverage — oh right, there wasn’t. IOKIYAR.

I didn’t see it but I was under the impression that FOX had three different people anchoring coverage in different hour windows none of which included Sean Hannity.

By: Oliver Willis

Oliver Willis — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:14:52 +0000

I remember the hue and cry over Sean Hannity hosting Fox News’ convention coverage — oh right, there wasn’t. IOKIYAR.

Brit Hume is the least impartial anchor on Fox, let alone compared to the legitimate media.

By: Enlightened Liberal

Enlightened Liberal — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:13:43 +0000

It’s like this weekend, when Chris Matthews compared Obama to Norma Rae, or a couple of years ago when he marveled at Obama in his flight suit. Oh wait, none of that happened. It was Republicans that Matthews was creaming over.

By: buma

buma — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:12:51 +0000

MSNBC could redeem themselves if they would interview the lipstick put bull — on Rachel Maddows’ program. Palin hasn’t the guts to do that, I reckon.

By: Jay

Jay — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:59:56 +0000

Perhaps Olbermann and Matthews as ‘anchors’ for MSNBC had some responsibility to act and behave as….oh I don’t know….journalists instead of hacks. That’s why they’re being placed back in the spot of ‘analysts’ (where Keith can pout and whine about everything Republican and get a chubby every time Obama’s face appears on screen) so that MSNBC can salvage the few drops of credibility it still has left as a ‘news’ channel.

It’s one thing that Olbermann’s own show has been getting better ratings by attracting his own ilk to watch, but he — and the suits at MSNBC — should know better that people tuning in now are tuning in to watch election coverage and not the hysterical rantings of Keith Olbermann and fawning Obama bloviating of Chris Matthews.

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:55:21 +0000

“Not accepting pork and the support of the Bridge to Nowhere, for one thing.”

Beat me to it. There’s no way she can make a false claim about what she did unless the past and not be lying, unless she is medically unfit to be president.

By: juhar

juhar — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:54:53 +0000

Brit Hume impartial? Joke time. Don’t you remember when he didn’t want to acknowledge Barack Obama by name. After showing a video clip on Barack Obama on Fox News Sunday Brit Hume, filling in for Chris Wallace, said “Well, that’s you know who.” It almost raised Juan Williams eyebrows.

By: Enlightened Liberal

Enlightened Liberal — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:41:24 +0000

“And by the way, Brit Hume is about as down the middle in his hard news coverage as you’ll find on any of the cable news networks.”

Followed by

“Sometimes I even wonder if some of you believe what you say on the media bias issue, because if you do, that’s a kind of stupid that you just can’t fix.”

Comedy gold. You make the J’s seem smart by comparison.

By: j mccann

j mccann — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:39:20 +0000

This is a simple issue. Don’t hire drooling partisan hacks and put them in the anchor chair. Don’t insult peoples intelligence by trying to pass them off as unbiased and fair. Hannity makes no bones about where he stands, neither does O’Reilly. But Olbermann and Matthews, who were supposed to be anchors, you know..”hard news,” admit to getting “thrills up their legs” and being “sycophants” for Obama. How can any reputable organization make them anchors for presidential election coverage and be taken seriously?

Answer: You can’t. And they just learned that the hard way.

And by the way, Brit Hume is about as down the middle in his hard news coverage as you’ll find on any of the cable news networks.

The inability of some on this blog to see what is blatently obvious to most all conservatives and even most democrats — that MSNBC has been over the top in it’s support for Obama — demonstrates how out to lunch you guys are on the issue of media bias. Sometimes I even wonder if some of you believe what you say on the media bias issue, because if you do, that’s a kind of stupid that you just can’t fix.

By: Zython

Zython — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:32:51 +0000

What exactly did she lie about?
Ref please

Not accepting pork and the support of the Bridge to Nowhere, for one thing.

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:16:41 +0000

“Ok, so you allege she lied…”

I don’t allege anything. She lied. This is objective fact.

“jr doesn’t watch much Fox “Noise” or else he’d know that Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, and Shep Smith handled the anchoring”

Brit Hume is an ‘analyst’ as well. He has a partisan show.

By: Rheinhard

Rheinhard — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:06:48 +0000

I’m always amused when wingnuts pretend that Brit Hume somehow sets some standard of non-partisan journalism. Hume is himself an avowed right-winger, amplifies right-wing frames constantly, and never has anyone remotely left on his discussion panels. Sure we’ll get unbiased analysis of the DNC convention from Will Kristol, Mort Kondracke, and Chuck Krauthammer. But oh since they’re “analysts” and Hume is the “unbiased journalist” sitting there while they do all the talking, that makes it all OK!

By: SaveFarris

SaveFarris — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:01:31 +0000

jr doesn’t watch much Fox “Noise” or else he’d know that Chris Wallace, Brit Hume, and Shep Smith handled the anchoring while “Billo and Hannity” were clearly labeled as analysts. If MSNBC had done that, they wouldn’t have gotten NEARLY the amount of flak they did.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:10 +0000

Sarah Palin lied in her speech, repeatedly. The only network to call her on her lies was MSNBC. I guess that makes them leftists.

It would, unless they were equally willing to call out Sens. Obama and Biden when they fib. I’m not entirely convinced they are, but I wonder whether KO and RM see themselves as the unequal but opposite reaction to Fox. If you have right-wing shills and left-wing fairness, the end result is tilted right.