Posted on 11/05/2009 4:42:26 PM PST by markomalley
While Fox News and CNN carried live coverage throughout Election Night, MSNBC took a break to show repeat programming, which included World Series highlights, in their 10 p.m. hour and some conservatives say it's because host Keith Olbermann was unable to stomach the GOP gubernatorial wins in Virginia and New Jersey.
During a normal evening the 8 p.m. "Countdown" re-plays in the 10 p.m. hour, but MSNBC ran promotions during the day Tuesday that promised "special, live editions of 'Countdown With Keith Olbermann' at 10." And while Mr. Olbermann took a break, his fellow anchors Rachel Maddow and Chris Matthews each pulled late-night, full-hour, live shifts that Election Night.
Jeff Poor, a writer for the right-leaning Media Research Center's blog Newsbusters.org, said, "I think he was just in denial, not wanting to talk about it. At least Matthews and Maddow went live. Had it been the other way around, and it was a big night for the Democrats, I suspect you would have seen flag-to-flag coverage. You wouldn't have seen any canned segments, and had all the play-by-play and reaction to it."
MSNBC confirmed that some of the programming in that slot was taped material, but noted that all elections results were carried live.
"We were live for the first two blocks of the 10pm show with continuing coverage of the results as they came in," MSNBC spokesman Alana Russo said in an e-mail to The Washington Times. "We ran portions of the 8pm 'Countdown' from about 10:25-11pm, then we had a live 'Rachel Maddow Show.' All the results were covered live last night on MSNBC."
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I suspect poor Keith was curled up in the fetal position drinking heavily and calling for his mama...
Panty waste...what a sissy.
I guess it has to do with Morning Joe’s rendition of Olberbama.
According to the Obama people, this is how a legitimate news source behaves.
Nancy Grace Syndrome.
He was at the World Series game with Sean Hannity. No, that was not a joke.
That poor man!
I am going to see if I can leave a loaded handgun in his dressing room the day after the 2010 elections. Just in case he needs to get rid of some filth.
Oh Keithy this is just a warm up for what is coming in 2010!
Drudge solicits NEWS TIPS.
I just sent him a Hot News Tip.....
“Pelosi is Mentally Unstable”
If I reported Pelosi.....How can I (we) not report on Olbermaniac and Maddcow ? Its our duty !
Drudge solicits NEWS TIPS.
I just sent him a Hot News Tip.....
“Pelosi is Mentally Unstable”
If I reported Pelosi.....How can I (we) not report on Olbermaniac and Maddcow ? Its our duty !
He’s going to hang himself live next year.
Pray for America and Ft Hood
Hmmmm. Since Olderwomann abandoned his post, maybe he was at the White House “comforting” Obama in person.
If nobody was there to notice, was he ever really on the air in the first place?
Prove it. Show me the pictures of them together.
Check olbermans baseball blog. They took photos of each other.
Yes, they took photos of each other. But they did not hang out together and exchange pleasantries. They are not friends.
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