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MSNBC Senior Executive: ‘MSNBC Does Not Have A Political Agenda…We Tell The Truth’
Mediaite ^ | 1/26/11 | Colby Hall

Posted on 01/26/2011 12:08:54 PM PST by pissant

In the world of cable news opinion media, its a rather well accepted axiom that Fox News primetime line up advances opinion that are from the right of center, and that MSNBC’s line up presents news and analysis from a left of center point of view. But according to a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter about the media’s ostensible obsession with Sarah Palin, not everyone seems to see the “opiniotainment” landscape in such binary terms. Bill Wolff, for example, claims that MSNBC is not “driven by politics.”

Writing for The Hollywood Reporter, Paul Bond reports:

MSNBC vp primetime programming Bill Wolff maintains that his network covers Palin because she’s newsworthy. Period. End of story.

“She’s powerful and important, even if all you measure her by is her ability to raise money,” he says. “She matters. Her blessing and her endorsement mean something.’

Wolff called it “nonsense” that MSNBC is driven by politics or even profits when it comes to how much airtime it devotes to Palin.

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KEYWORDS: chrissytingles; mslsd; msnbc
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To: pissant

LOL LOL LOL LOL ..I did not know they did comedy now


21 posted on 01/26/2011 12:25:03 PM PST by RnMomof7 (Gal 4:16 asks "Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?")
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To: pissant

Truth is that the way to save the country is to outlaw Democrats. They are Communists.


22 posted on 01/26/2011 12:26:30 PM PST by screaminsunshine (Surfers Rule)
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To: USS Alaska

His looks change after a few drinks of Obama Fool Aid!

23 posted on 01/26/2011 12:27:21 PM PST by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: Huebolt

I don’t get exposed to tv much, but when I do, I have found myself literally laughing at the TV when I hear some of the things uttered on pMSNBC. I really don’t take them seriously. And according to the numbers, few do.


24 posted on 01/26/2011 12:27:46 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: pissant


25 posted on 01/26/2011 12:28:29 PM PST by BigSkyFreeper (In 2012: The Rookie and The Wookie get booted from the White House.)
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To: pissant
Well, if you are an extreme left-winger, and you are surrounded by extreme left-wingers - of course you don't think you have a political agenda - and that you are just speaking "the Truth"...
This person's viewpoint is skewed - and he doesn't recognize it.

I consider myself to be liberal to moderate ... just that there are a couple of nonnegotiable points: the Bible is the Word of God; and the Constitutional Republic established by our founders (with small/limited government) is better than any of the other governments currently in the World (unfortunately, also including our current government which is a bloated socialistic body that bares very little resemblance to the government defined by our Constitution).
But I also recognize that in the SF Bay Area I'd be considered extreme right-wing.

26 posted on 01/26/2011 12:28:49 PM PST by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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To: b4its2late

La la la la la la la la da magical liberal tour...is coming to take you away...and tax you today...


27 posted on 01/26/2011 12:29:33 PM PST by aces
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To: pissant
Wolff called it “nonsense” that MSNBC is driven by politics

MSNBC's politics is driven by nonsense.

The people on the Left are so broken that they really cannot be fixed. They need to be reduced to basic components and recycled.


Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

28 posted on 01/26/2011 12:29:56 PM PST by The Comedian (Obama is just the cherry on top of the $hit sundae of fraud the democrats have become.)
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To: USS Alaska


Allison Stewart is his wife...she used to be at MSNBC, and is now at NPR. They are big libs.
29 posted on 01/26/2011 12:35:37 PM PST by roses of sharon
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To: pissant

Thanks, Colby. I needed a good laugh today.


30 posted on 01/26/2011 12:40:50 PM PST by cld51860
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To: roses of sharon

And he used to be the announcer on “Around the Horn” on ESPN and the ill-fated “I-Max” on Fox Sports Net.
I don’t know why all the sports announcers are such big socialists.


31 posted on 01/26/2011 12:43:25 PM PST by GeorgeTex (Obama-Four M President (Mendacious Manchurian Muslim Marxist))
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To: pissant

Remember for a lib the truth is relative.


32 posted on 01/26/2011 12:46:32 PM PST by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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To: USS Alaska

That guy looks crazy and evil. Perfect exec for MSNBC.


33 posted on 01/26/2011 12:47:27 PM PST by ozzymandus
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34 posted on 01/26/2011 12:54:12 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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35 posted on 01/26/2011 12:54:55 PM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: Nachum

AGREED! Hard time reading the article I am laughing so hard.


36 posted on 01/26/2011 1:04:44 PM PST by nerdwithagun (I'd rather go gun to gun then knife to knife.)
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To: pissant

I’m guessing reddish pink for the color of his sky.


37 posted on 01/26/2011 1:04:57 PM PST by NonValueAdded (Palin 2012: don't retreat, just restock [chg'd to comply w/ The Civility in Discourse Act of 2011])
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To: mware
Wonder what that Senior Executive thinks about Matthews calling Bachmann a “balloon head” last night.

Last election night, Matthews was asking her if she was "hypnotized or on drugs?" because she was not answering his question seriously.

The question that he wanted her to answer was "Now that the Republicans control the House, will you start issuing subpeonas to determine if Democratic members hate America?"

Then Lawrence O'Donnell declared that Bachmann was an "idiot". The well-rounded, non-agenda panel for election night also included Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. That was the entire panel. They were openly giddy when interviewing Democratic winners, while vitriolic towards Republican winners. It was like a gang of ill-informed high school kids found the keys to their father's television station.

Meanwhile at the same moment, over on "biased" Fox, Geraldine Ferraro and Sarah Palin were calmly discussing the new look of the incoming class, and the likely agenda they would bring, like adults. It was very insightful and cordial.

38 posted on 01/26/2011 1:14:43 PM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: pissant

Holy Crap! Must be the joke of the day or something!


39 posted on 01/26/2011 1:26:53 PM PST by vpintheak (Democrats: Robbing humans of their dignity 1 law at a time)
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To: roses of sharon

I guess fish don’t know they’re “wet”, either...


40 posted on 01/26/2011 1:28:10 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
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