1 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.
2 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.
4 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.
5 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!
6 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
7 posted on
09/09/2008 8:28:24 AM PDT by
Mygirlsmom
(I am Sarah Palin!)
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.
9 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: 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.
11 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
12 posted on
09/09/2008 8:32:13 AM PDT by
wilco200
(Typical White Person)
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.
14 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.
15 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.
16 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!
17 posted on
09/09/2008 8:39:34 AM PDT by
Mr. K
(Some days even my lucky rocketship underpants don't help)
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.
20 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.)
To: presidio9
Salon's Glenn Greenwald called it "extraordinary for a media company to publicly embarrass, diminish and tarnish its own principal asset.LOL! I'd say they did that quite well on their own.
30 posted on
09/09/2008 9:42:25 AM PDT by
VeniVidiVici
(Amazing how Obama, Rangel, Biden and Dodd all got killer mortgage rates and below cost property.)
To: presidio9
"It is plainly doing so for ideological, not ratings-based, reasons: namely, it fears doing anything to anger the White House, the McCain campaign and the right in this country."
Hmmmm...seems what they really fear is that McCain and Palin ARE going to be the new occupants of the White House and that scares the bejeeze out of them.
31 posted on
09/09/2008 9:55:18 AM PDT by
top 2 toe red
(Thankfully... there are some Conservatives that are not consumed by hate. Some=99.87%)
To: presidio9
did not exactly send a thrill up the leg of liberal bloggers.Does it matter to the Washington Post what the conservative bloggers think? /rhetorical
33 posted on
09/09/2008 10:13:01 AM PDT by
lowbridge
(Biden is an expert on almost every subject that has ever come before the Congress. -Linda Douglass)
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." Jesus Josh, Get a shovel!
34 posted on
09/09/2008 10:25:32 AM PDT by
Mikey_1962
(Obama: The Affimative Action Candidate)
To: presidio9
Liberals seem to think that everyone agrees with them. And if by chance someone doesn’t, they don’t count.
35 posted on
09/09/2008 11:10:52 AM PDT by
autumnraine
(McCain/Palin 08)
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