Posted on 10/28/2008 6:18:54 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In a room full of television industry executives, no one seemed inclined to defend MSNBC on Monday for what some were calling its lopsidedly liberal coverage of the presidential election.
The cable news channel is "completely out of control," said writer-producer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, a self-proclaimed liberal Democrat.
She added that she would prefer a lunch date with right-leaning Fox News star Sean Hannity over left-leaning MSNBC star Keith Olbermann.
Olbermann was criticized by many who attended Monday's luncheon sponsored by the Caucus for Producers, Writers & Directors at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The event was dubbed "Hollywood, America and Election '08."
Bloodworth-Thomason and others seemed especially critical of the way MSNBC -- and other media -- has attacked Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin while demeaning her supporters.
"We should stop the demonizing," she said, adding that Democrats have been worse than Republicans as far as personal attacks on candidates are concerned. "It diminishes us," she said of her fellow Democrats.
Bloodworth-Thomason even suggested a defense of Palin and her supporters should be written into TV programing, just as she went out of her way to portray Southern women as smart in her hit TV show "Designing Women."
Attendee Michael Reagan, the radio talk-show host and son of President Ronald Reagan, said he no longer will appear as a guest on MSNBC because "I actually get death threats."
"I'll stop sending them," joked Larry Gelbart, the writer, producer and director best known for the "M*A*S*H" television series and such movie screenplays as "Tootsie" and "Oh, God!"
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We know Hannity is straight. Maddow has more manhood than liberal Olberman.
Wow! This is rare.
Hollywood execs are getting scared that the stars are jeapordizing their livelihood.
this is the third time this has been posted this morning
I Love it when they eat their own.
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is a big friend of the Clintons. Possibly a PUMA?
Nothing like a good Scrappleface article to brighten my morning. Thanks.
Nice to know there are some intellectually honest libs.
Luntz...blech! I really wish that Fox News would get rid of him and his moronic focus groups.
It's kinda sad that it's come to this- Clinton supporters are now considered "right wingers".
LOL!
Wow...I little honesty out of Hollywood.....
I don’t understand why the rabid Olbermann is so obsessed with Bill O. Everytime I switch over just to hear some of their idiocy he’s droning on and on about O’Reilly. It’s starting to get just a little creepy.
He’s in love.
"I'll stop sending them," joked Larry Gelbart, the writer, producer and director best known for the "M*A*S*H" television series and such movie screenplays as "Tootsie" and "Oh, God!"
So Larry Gelbart thinks death threats are funny. Sick jerk.
There’s a lot of wealth in Hollywood to be redistributed. Maybe they’re catching on...
I almost fell out of my chair when I read this article. Will wonders never cease?
The world sure seems upside down these days.
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