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MSNBC TAKES INCENDIARY HOSTS FROM ANCHOR SEAT... DEVELOPING...
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Posted on 09/07/2008 6:33:59 PM PDT by flyfree
MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election.
That experiment appears to be over.
After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided over the weekend that the NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host David Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night. Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Matthews will remain as analysts during the coverage.
The change — which comes in the home stretch of the long election cycle — is a direct result of tensions associated with the channel’s perceived shift to the political left.
“The most disappointing shift is to see the partisan attitude move from prime time into what’s supposed to be straight news programming,” said Davidson Goldin, formerly the editorial director of MSNBC and a co-founder of the reputation management firm DolceGoldin.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008debates; davidgregory; drudge; gregory; matthews; mediabias; msnbc; nbcnews; olbermann; schadenfreude
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:34:00 PM PDT
by
flyfree
To: flyfree
MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:34:52 PM PDT
by
cdbull23
(What's going on in my brain? Check it out: www.cainsbrain.com)
To: flyfree
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:34:58 PM PDT
by
Sacajaweau
(I'm planting corn...Have to feed my car...)
To: flyfree
MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:35:35 PM PDT
by
waus
To: flyfree
What a great day...this news...and Republican ticket leading by 10 in Gallop poll.
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:36:21 PM PDT
by
conservativepoet
(The chief aim of order within Christianity is to make room for good things to romp and play.)
Comment #6 Removed by Moderator
To: cdbull23
That’s supposed to be an improvement?
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:37:13 PM PDT
by
golfisnr1
(Democrats are like roaches - hard to get rid of.)
To: flyfree
An icy cold numbness just went down Chrissy's leg.
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:37:12 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
To: flyfree
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:37:40 PM PDT
by
Bobalu
(Obama cannot win without the kind of people that Palin appeals to.)
To: flyfree
Today might be the best news day ever.
To: cdbull23
MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... Awwwwwwwwww!
I am so broken up over this!
Or would be, if I watched those losers or that cable station...
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:37:46 PM PDT
by
Publius6961
(Change is not a plan; Hope is not a strategy.)
To: flyfree
Could it be that it was a word from their sponsors?
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:37:47 PM PDT
by
DogBarkTree
(That sharp pain to the LibRat's groin is called the Palin Effect.)
To: flyfree
Olberman and Chrissy? Happy Dance time!
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:37:54 PM PDT
by
rdl6989
(What isn't above Obama's pay grade?)
To: cdbull23
Well that’s a good thing
Now if NBC would please drop the Sesame Street Bert looking Keith Olbermann from Sunday Night football.
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:38:04 PM PDT
by
za_claws
To: cdbull23
WOW!!! This and the 10 point Palin-Mccain lead is a great Sunday night!
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:38:04 PM PDT
by
newfreep
("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
To: flyfree; abb; monkapotamus; All
Abb you better addd to your dying news networks list LOL!
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:38:05 PM PDT
by
SevenofNine
("We are Freepers, all your media belong to us, resistence is futile")
To: johniegrad
Well.... In a word......Si
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:38:26 PM PDT
by
P8riot
(I carry a gun because I can't carry a cop.)
To: flyfree
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:38:30 PM PDT
by
The South Texan
(The Drive By Media is America's worst enemy and American people don't know it.)
To: cdbull23
There goes the comedy relief.
To: flyfree
some kind of wet slimy stuff sliding down my leg
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posted on
09/07/2008 6:38:49 PM PDT
by
woofie
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