The right dictates MSNBC's programming decisions

Salon.com ^ | 09/08/08 | Glenn Greenwald

[opocno]

Exactly. I wish conservatives had that kind of juice. The funny thing is, the subtle bias of people like David Gregory is at least as pernicious as the lunatic ravings of Olbermann.

I actually liked having Olbermann where he was: he was a poster child for what is wrong with the Left. Unfortunately, voters need frequent reminders about what is at stake in this election.

[dfwgator]

No, ratings dictate MSNBC’s programming decisions.

[Senator John Blutarski]

As if any further proof was needed to demonstrate the Left’s congenital detachment from reality, this is it.

[exile]

Why bother with David Gregory? If Right Wing Wackos, like myself are to decide who covers the election, then I suggest Amanda Carpenter.

And she should do it in a cheerleader outfit.

[reagan_fanatic]

Put down the crack pipe, Greenwald. It’s distorting your perception of reality.

[sheik yerbouty]

Chrissy’s tingling up his leg was going to go moist, and the media mullahs did not want that spectacle on the air..

[puroresu]

If nothing frightens the media bosses more than complaints and demands from the right, then why aren’t there right wingers handling convention coverage at all the networks?

The reason for the shake-up at NBC is that their ratings are about as low as humanly possible, and because Crissy & Herr Olbermann were so over-the-top in their biased behavior during the conventions that it became a joke. When you have a guy who claims to have a tingly feeling running up his leg over Obama doing your supposedly professional, unbiased coverage, you soon have a credibility problem. And Herr Olbermann is in the furthest depths of moonbatism, a truly disgraceful example of the lowest depths possible of leftist depravity. I actually think he needs professional psychiatric help.

[kcvl]

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[Paladin2]

"They have banked the entirety of the network on Keith Olbermann,"

Now there's a business plan for swift network growth.

[kcvl]

Nutroots.

Exactly.

[Army Air Corps]

Ping.

Did I miss a memo?

[listenhillary]

If we have that much power, lets de-fund NPR and the CPB.

[justlurking]

If Right Wing Wackos, like myself are to decide who covers the election, then I suggest Amanda Carpenter.

I won't disagree with that.

[3AngelaD]

On too many occasions to recount, David Gregory's bias has been anything but subtle. And he tends to lose his cool when he inadvertently shows his liberal slant. I think he is more pernicous than Olberman because so many people still give him the benefit of the doubt.

[FormerACLUmember]

The tecniques of the National Socialists areis indistinguishible from communist scum.

[Still Thinking]

If this weren’t so sad for the sake of what it says about their mental state, it’d be funny as hell. As it is, all I can seem to do is shake my head at their hubris/stupidity.

[Cicero]

Sure, it was a right-wing plot to replace two drooling leftist newscasters with a left-wing newscaster.

[econjack]

Ah, come on, guys...Everyone's entitled to their opinion even if they are totally and absolutely a nut job.

[Red_Devil 232]

Amen!

[steve7]

This is the same Keith Olberman that was offended that the RNC showed a film memorial to 9/11, but was also had several hissy fits on camera complaining that the public could not see photos of fallen soldiers returning from war. I hope that it is the beginning of the end for this phony ba$tard. I am sure that the impact of consistent ratings in the basement are draining adv. sales.