Posted on 09/07/2008 9:52:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Rachel Maddow is so Keith Olbermann's protege, she's supposedly trying to get people fired. Just like her mentor! "Maddow tried to replace all the staffers who work on the 9 p.m. time slot, which she takes over on Monday, but management refused," claims the indefatigable Page Six. This would be, of course, Dan Abrams' former team at Verdict. And ya know who Olbermann can't stand? A one Dan Abrams, who for a time played MSNBC general manager, and thus, Olbermann's boss, but the two never clicked, and neither wanted to pay mind to the other. You'd expect, then, that the 9pm producers are Abrams loyalists — aside from the Olbermann camp, Abrams is well liked at 30 Rock — and won't be too keen on any of the serial in-fighting Team Keith motivates.
And therein lies the problem:
Maddow is also well liked at MSNBC. Producers enjoy her; camera guys (and even interns) are said to be fond of her. Those same people, however, don't feel that way about Olbermann. So she can either stick with the man who leveraged his own power at MSNBC to secure her the 9pm hour and attract some of his in-house ire, or forge her own way and stay in the good graces of staffers. Our gut tells us she might be able to manage both. She'd be foolish to abandon Olbermann; he's not only her biggest cheerleader, he's her ratings lead-in. She needs him. But she doesn't necessarily have to inhabit all of the angst staffers feel toward him. While Olbermann stirs up well-hidden negativity inside 30 Rock, Maddow can play good cop.
I’m surprised a pablum spewing vacant marxist, deathcamp lesbian isnt selling.??.../s
I’ll miss him. He probably did more harm than good to his leftist causes.
and they stuck it in him.
When is MSNBC going to give Noam Chomsky his own show?
Damn, that guy has a good set of pecs.
You can fire anyone for any reason, unless it’s an Alaska State Trooper.
Maddow has more testosterone than Olberboy, so she’ll probably keep her head down(!)until he either gets the axe or gets everybody else fired. NBC is reaping the whirlwind they sewed by allowing MSNBC to become the radical-left network. Popcorn time!
That’s a CHICK?
Wow...
Actually Olberman DOES get some ratings... ;)
I used to occassionally watch Olberman to hear him top the previous night's stupidity, but not for ages. This woman doesn't even rise to that level of interest.
Never heard of or seen Mr. Maddow before, appears that everybody at MSNBC is either a com-symp, sex pervert, or trial lawyer.
Olbermann’s coverage of the DNC convention was must-watch TV.
I hope MSNBC just melts and disolves and the sooner the better.
Oddly, she lipsticks up real good, for a superbutch.
It’s possible that she will actually hurt Olbermann’s ratings, even though his show preceeds her’s. Television viewers are notoriously fickle.
I also liked when he read the AP piece, so disgusted that someone dared have a different opinion.
Of course, what I love most is all the effort to build that set, the "historic!" hosannahs about the speech...and he's now behind in the polls!
Then he bellowed, "Mr.-----, find yourself another line of work!" You just know that he rushed over to the Daily Kos during the commercial break to bask in the on-line pats on the back they were no doubt giving him for "speaking truth to power".
EXACTLY! He stays up all night refreshing the page so he doesn't miss a single "Keith you da man!!!" posting from the Kosmonauts living in their mom's basements and eating Cheetos for hours after Keith leaves the air.
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