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MSNBC Hires Left-Wing Rosie O'Donnell
TV Newser ^ | 11/6/07 | TVNewser

Posted on 11/06/2007 12:55:19 PM PST by outfield

The NYTimes' Jacques Steinberg follows up on his story about MSNBC being in "serious discussions" with Rosie O'Donnell about a primetime show on the network.

Rosie would fit the roster, Steinberg writes, because "[T]he cable channel believes there is ratings gold in shows that criticize the [Bush] administration with the same vigor with which Fox News's hosts often champion it." Countdown with Keith Olbermann being the standout.

"Officials at MSNBC emphasize that they never set out to create a liberal version of Fox News," Steinberg writes, quoting NBC SVP Phil Griffin the former Hardball EP who now runs the network. "It happened naturally," said Griffin, "There isn't a dogma we're putting through. There is a 'Go for it.'"

Two notable exceptions to the left is right strategy: MSNBC hosts Tucker Carlson, whose show, Steinberg writes "is in real danger of being canceled" and Joe Scarborough now hosting three hours in the morning.

"I'm just as conservative as I was in 1994, when everyone was calling me a right-wing nut," Scarborough says. "I think the difference is the Republican Party leaders, a lot of them, have run a bloated government, have been corrupt, and have gone a very, very long way from what we were trying to do in 1994. Also, the Republican Party has just been incompetent."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: liberalmedia; msnbc; rosie
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To: sarasota

Trump says she’s a tank. Well, I believe him.


21 posted on 11/06/2007 1:12:08 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (Go Hawks !)
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To: outfield
Apparently,if the news is just “reported” truthfully,then that station is right leaning. I think the powers to be at MSNBC are grasping at straws. They are hiring a bitter,radical,socialist,trash mouth,lesbian bully to comment on the days news? They must be in trouble.
22 posted on 11/06/2007 1:12:45 PM PST by 4yearlurker (Sorry Mr. BOR.)
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To: SlowBoat407
Do we get to hear more stories about how surprising it is that when a fully fueled, fully loaded jumbo jet crashes into a tower, the tower burns and then collapses?

Don't know. But, we WILL be able to find out whether it's possible for a lame comic to melt a network.

23 posted on 11/06/2007 1:13:02 PM PST by ArmstedFragg
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To: outfield
Moose In The Morning
24 posted on 11/06/2007 1:13:07 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: outfield
I The Moose In The Morning
25 posted on 11/06/2007 1:13:20 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: outfield

This has cost me almost a day’s work. When I heard it earlier I started laughing. Haven’t been able to stop since.
Go, Rosie. I can always use a good laugh.


26 posted on 11/06/2007 1:13:25 PM PST by CaptainAmiigaf (NY Times: We print the news as it fits our views)
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To: DGHoodini

Is MicroSoft pouring any money into this rat hole of a network?


27 posted on 11/06/2007 1:14:02 PM PST by purpleraine
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To: outfield
Olberman is ratings gold???? HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Oh... uh... ha... bwAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAhHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAhAhAhAHAAHAHAHAHHAH!

28 posted on 11/06/2007 1:14:23 PM PST by rintense (I'm 4 Thompson!)
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To: outfield
"Officials at MSNBC emphasize that they never set out to create a liberal version of Fox News,"...

Yeah, like that's an underserved market niche, OH MY FREAKIN' SIDES!!!

29 posted on 11/06/2007 1:14:36 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: outfield

The article doesn’t say she’s been hired, just that they’re talking. Still, it wouldn’t be suprising coming from olbermannville


30 posted on 11/06/2007 1:15:03 PM PST by jaybeegee
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To: outfield
"Officials at MSNBC emphasize that they never set out to create a liberal version of Fox News," But, somehow, they did exactly that. They managed to create the antithesis of FoxNews. Fox IS fair and balanced while MSNBC doesn't even come close. FoxNews has high ratings and MSNBC doesn't even rate. Amazing. How similar to the vain attempts to create a liberal Rush Limbaugh in the form of Al Franken and Air America.
31 posted on 11/06/2007 1:15:04 PM PST by wonadem
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To: outfield
The left is insanely jealous and angry over the success of Fox News, which is no surprise. They really go bonkers over Bill O'Reilly, who does very well in the ratings game. This, naturally, infuriates the left, who once 'owned' the news in America. That day has long passed and, like the 2000 election, they still can't get over it. Babies.

MSNBC is little more than a tax write-off for GE at this point. They've had a few good demographic rating periods against Fox but are nowhere close to the Fox network's numbers, overall. I don't see how going hard left to attack a president with barely a year left in office is going to enhance MSNBC's ratings, reputation or corporate income. The loony left strikes again.

32 posted on 11/06/2007 1:15:21 PM PST by Jim Scott (Time Heals)
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To: outfield

Good. That just gives me one more big fat reason never to watch that shoddy excuse for a news network. Go FOX!


33 posted on 11/06/2007 1:15:30 PM PST by lapster
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To: outfield
Two notable exceptions to the left is right strategy: MSNBC hosts Tucker Carlson, whose show, Steinberg writes "is in real danger of being canceled"

Tucker Carlson is a closer.

He'd be a hit on Japanese TV, an audience that would appreciate him. After all, the Japanese have elevated suicide to an art.

34 posted on 11/06/2007 1:16:23 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: 4yearlurker
They are hiring a bitter,radical,socialist,trash mouth,lesbian bully to comment on the days news?

If they shave her forehead to give her a receding hairline, they trying to copy O'Really.

35 posted on 11/06/2007 1:18:24 PM PST by Doctor Raoul (Columbia = Ayatollah U.)
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To: Doctor Raoul

Tucker cain’t dance, either! LOL!


36 posted on 11/06/2007 1:21:37 PM PST by yorkie
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To: purpleraine

They were into it bigtime at the begining but have since pulled back a great deal. I’m sure ther’s some at Redmond who would be glad to extricate themselves completely from their
existing ties to the network. I remember reading that MS had divested a huge chunck of involvement wit them a whie ago, but there are still some entanglements left between them.

Remember Sidewalks? :)


37 posted on 11/06/2007 1:22:18 PM PST by DGHoodini (" I'm singin these words 'cause they fit in well with the notes i'm playin...")
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To: outfield

These guys just love shooting themselves in the foot. This witch will drag them down even further. What do you want to bet that a good number of people on her show are gay?


38 posted on 11/06/2007 1:22:38 PM PST by RC2
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To: outfield
"Rosie would fit the roster"

Very true.
But will she fit in the building?

Not So Fast - - She's Back!!!!


39 posted on 11/06/2007 1:23:27 PM PST by Iron Munro (Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.)
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To: outfield

And....what will they do in a year when they don’t have the Bush administration to kick around anymore?

Not very substantive planning there, Bucko!

Ah....PMSNBC, the channel that no one watches....


40 posted on 11/06/2007 1:23:33 PM PST by duckbutt ( If you let a smile be your umbrella, then most likely your butt will get soaking wet.)
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