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MSNBC Bombs in Blogosphere
Washington Post ^
| Tuesday, September 9, 2008
| Howard Kurtz
Posted on 09/09/2008 8:20:31 AM PDT by presidio9
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:20:31 AM PDT
by
presidio9
To: presidio9
"We came to the conclusion it was better not to restrain them" by making them wear "two hats," And Olbermann was soooooooooo good at wearing two hats. Olbermann was at his very impartial non-partisan best when he was apologizing to his audience for the offensive video the RNC showed at their convention.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:23:55 AM PDT
by
Always Right
(Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
To: presidio9
Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo called the move "pathetic," writing: "It seems pretty obvious that the network got cowed by complaints from the McCain campaign."Yeah, Josh, that's got to be the reason. Couldn't have anything to do with the advertisers threatening to pull out.
To: presidio9
The “News Division” doesn’t live in the real world, but the folks in Accounting/Finance/Public Relations do. The non-stop slander directed at Sarah Palin, specifically, and at Conservatives, in general, has to be taking a toll. I regularly contact alphabet network advertisers and ask them if they think antagonizing customers is a sound business strategy.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:25:25 AM PDT
by
Arm_Bears
(Wag more; bark less.)
To: presidio9
I got a tingle up my leg when I heard the news about these two losers.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:25:36 AM PDT
by
hgro
(Jerry Riversd)
To: presidio9
Salon's Glenn Greenwald called it "extraordinary for a media company to publicly embarrass, diminish and tarnish its own principal asset.As if these two could be additionally diminished, tarnished and embarrassments to the human race!
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:26:57 AM PDT
by
greyfoxx39
("I fear all we have done is awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve. ( DBM)
To: presidio9
What Keith can say on 'Countdown' and what Chris can say on 'Hardball' is a little different" than what they could tell viewers in the role of news anchors where people are actually watching
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:28:24 AM PDT
by
Mygirlsmom
(I am Sarah Palin!)
To: greyfoxx39
They put the ass in asset.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:28:59 AM PDT
by
MarkeyD
(I love Palin! McCain...not so much.)
To: presidio9
“Salon’s Glenn Greenwald called it “extraordinary for a media company to publicly embarrass, diminish and tarnish its own principal asset.”
That would be whom? Now, if it said, “principle a$$es”, that makes the sentence more understandable.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:29:31 AM PDT
by
GWMcClintock
(Right after Lib Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans. T. Sowell)
To: greyfoxx39
If those two are the network’s “principal asset” they are in deep doo-doo. Oh wait, MSNBC...
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:30:41 AM PDT
by
GVnana
("The American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery.")
To: presidio9
Even funnier is the decision to run Countdown, Rachel Maddow, and Countdown AGAIN as their primetime lineup. I guess airing Keith twice is the only way to increase his ratings.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:30:53 AM PDT
by
edpc
(Head On!!! Apply directly to Begala)
To: presidio9
What’s the over under on that Rachel Maddow show? I give it 2 weeks max
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:32:13 AM PDT
by
wilco200
(Typical White Person)
To: hgro
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Anybody who thinks that David Gregory is going to be a jpurnalistic improvement on Olberman is deluding himself.
Also. the only people who might think that MSNBC is some sort of counterbalance to FOX are either liberal or European. CNN leans left. FOX leans right. MSNBC leans fruitloops, and so does its audience.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:33:58 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: presidio9
a little different" than what they could tell viewers in the role of news anchorsA LITTLE different? No kidding!
In other words, they didn't know the difference between being a news anchor and someone who gives opinions. Their fault or NBC? Probably both. It took them a while to do something about it.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:34:32 AM PDT
by
Right Wing Assault
("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
To: presidio9
All these liberal idiots, including Kurtz, the author of this article, are on the same side.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:36:39 AM PDT
by
popdonnelly
(I'll tell you a little secret: We're smarter and more competent than the Left.)
To: presidio9
the real bombing was their TV ratings — a dismal last place.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:36:54 AM PDT
by
NewMediaFan
(Fake but accurate)
To: presidio9
Sounds liketheir viewers are not happy- both of them!
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:39:34 AM PDT
by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
To: NewMediaFan
last place and yet the loons think they are the majority
more evidence that these far left loons can’t see what is really going on
how sad
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:40:15 AM PDT
by
manc
(Marriage is between a man and a woman no sick Ma sham marriage - -end racism end affirmative action)
To: popdonnelly
All these liberal idiots, including Kurtz, the author of this article, are on the same side. Bear in mind that when they are not wearing helments and body armor while reporting from a spa inside a safe zone, all Washington Post employess actually turn to MSNBC to get the news.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:41:51 AM PDT
by
presidio9
(Islam is as Islam does.)
To: presidio9
The DU and Kos nuts wont be happy until David Axelrod is in charge of the MSNBC political coverage.
I think the empty suits running MSNMC realized that to have ANY credibility as a news network they at least have to PRETEND to be non-partisan. There is no freaking way in he** way to pull that off with Bathtub boy and the Tingler as anchors.
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posted on
09/09/2008 8:42:18 AM PDT
by
Hacklehead
(Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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