Posted on 02/17/2007 4:01:11 PM PST by Anti-Bubba182
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Wow, couldn't they get Al Franken?
Al's busy with a senate run, but maybe he and Michael Moore can make guest appearances.
This man is a lunatic.
Think about how screwed up NBC is to hire Olbermann as a commentator.
He lacks Moyers' intelligence but certainly shares Moyers' closed-mindedness.
I'll give them credit for not pretending to be fair anymore.
"In a 1989 Esquire profile Moyers tagged Newt Gingrich as Joe McCarthy with a southern accent.............."
Joe McCarthy was right. He exposed commies like him.
I don't see how we can improve the nature of political debate in this country when a nut like this is considered a political commentator. Maybe it would be better if NBC News simply went out of business.
That, they might manage.
It's a race to the bottom. And NBC had to find a way to compete with Katie Couric.
Renewing Olbermann's contract was NBC's way of being "fair and balanced." They think Olbermann is a rightwinger.
You wouldn't think NBC could get any farther left and still be considered "mainstream", but by hiring Goebblesmann to do his unhinged rant on an acutal evening "news" program, they have gone totally moonbat. This will be good news for ABC, and maybe even good news for perky Katie. As far as NBC, it's just an overt admission that they've gone totally commie.
tagged Newt Gingrich as "Joe McCarthy with a southern accent."
He was pretty much wrong on both counts.
Absolutely. People will say that this is a case of media bias and NBC will re-visit the scene from Casablanca: "Bias? Olbermann? I'm shocked! Shocked that you would consider him anything but a completely objective journalist!"
The old media is dying. They haven't got a clue as to why.
I think the leadership of the old media is mainly urban chattering class that lives in that bubble. They have no clue.
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