Posted on 02/16/2009 5:58:20 AM PST by SJackson
You won't hear executives at MSNBC chanting "yes we can." The network that they cobbled together as a TV version of the left-wing screed Air America is in the ratings dumper. Advertising dollars that have never been easy are getting thinner.
Since the inauguration of Barack Obama, Bill O'Reilly and the Fox News Channel have owned prime time -- although O'Reilly has owned prime time for years. One night last week, for example, O'Reilly scored 3.5 million views compared to Olbermann's 1.4 million. Keith Olbermann may need to go back to sports. MSNBC is in big trouble without Bush to bash. Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, and Chris Matthews have filled their shows with nothing but anti-Bush hysteria for the last year. Now that their punching bag-in-chief has left Washington, they are lost.
Bush hating came naturally for MSNBC; their commentators lampooned “Dubya” at every opportunity. In addition to attacking Bush, they enjoyed trumpeting bad news with the hopes that it would make President Bush look bad.
After Bush’s farewell address, Matthews came on the air and bashed Bush as a stupid buffoon who hung out with jocks, and proceeded to laugh at the notion that he reads books. This from the same Chris Matthews who said he “got a feeling running up his leg while listening to Barack” and also said it was “his job to make sure this presidency (the Obama presidency) works.” More people tuned into his diatribes that mocked the Bush presidency than the few who tune into his rants supporting Barack Obama.
Another commentator who loves to hate Bush, liberal activist Rachel Maddow, said on her show following the farewell address, “this is the start of the part where we don’t have President Bush to kick around anymore… there can be no promise that we won’t be compelled to try to keep on with the kicking around.” She spoke with the caption, “goodbye and good riddance,” situated behind her. She then proceeded to kick Bush around for ten minutes straight, blaming him for everything from Katrina, 9/11, the existence of Hamas, the recession, and “two worthless wars”. She had practically filled her show with anti-Bush rants and guests. After January 20, she has struggled to find new material.
But we give her credit for attacking Obama, albeit from the left. She is a critic of the reluctance of the Obama administration to prosecute President Bush and Vice President Cheney and other officials for so-called "war crimes" related to interrogation tactics used on terrorists. She is giving relentless coverage to left-wingers’ calls for a Soviet-style inquisition.
Media bias is not something unique to MSNBC, they just take it to a whole new level. As the balance of the left-stream media gushes over how much Obama works out, the same media complained about Bush’s “weird obsession” with exercise. While they went gaga for Obama's inauguration, the same correspondents complained about how much Bush spent on his more modest 2004 event. While the media were slamming Sarah Palin, they ignored Barack’s propensity for gaffes including “57 states” and Afghani-Iraqi translators. While the media drilled Republicans for a “culture of corruption,” they give Eric Holder, Tim Geithner, Bill Richardson, and Hilda Solis a free pass, saying they made honest mistakes.
MSNBC could look on the Obama administration with an eye of skepticism and provide needed details about his Cabinet picks and their corrupt and shady dealings. They could help Obama succeed by acting as a watchdog to keep him from going astray; instead they seemed poised to help him “succeed” by acting as his lapdog and propaganda office.
If MSNBC and the rest of the left-stream media continue to attack George Bush and the Republicans, even though neither are in control of anything, their attacks will sound even more insipid. Partisan propaganda is putting the media on the path to irrelevance. They could start a renaissance by serving as a less biased source that reports what is actually occurring. Just check out how many times ABC's Jake Tapper was viewed on Youtube for challenging Robert Gibbs on administration ethics.
Americans are not stupid; they know FOXNEWS is more balanced. O'Reilly talks to Susan Estrich, Al Sharpton and other leftists brave enough to face him. We searched for similar balance on MSNBC and find none.
MSNBC could drastically improve their ratings performance by exposing all of the pork in the stimulus bill, the negative side-effects of increasing healthcare, environmental regulation and big-city political machine corruption. MSNBC could continue rebuilding legitimacy by exposing the corruption of labor unions. MSNBC hosts love to bash big business, fine, but why not hold big labor accountable and shine some light in their direction. Just a clear and simple examination of how Obama’s stimulus-policy money will be spent would increase their credibility.
Being students of the media, we won’t hold our breath. We suppose they will continue attacking Bush and praising Obama, until their viewers are all gone. NBC executives are doing the shareholders of General Electric a disservice if they don't start changing this programming to secure a larger audience.
I am not grokking this. O'Reilly has admitted it openly on many occasions. He cannot .... ever .... bring himself to vote for a Republican. For him, the lesser of two evils in any election will be the Democrat. And that, my friends, included Bill Clinton, Kerry, and BHO, Jr.
During his years at a Catholic college, O'Reilly was assigned (I am sure) to read Rerum Novarum and other works concerning Christian Social Justice. Historically, these writings led eventually to the Europe-wide Christian Socialist Movement which sought to combine socialism, and even communism, with Christian principles. O'Reilly is also personally very familiar and influenced by the old Catholic Workers Party, championed by Dorothy Day and others.
Chrissie Matthews has spoken on this, and so did the late Tim Russert. Because of these convictions, many Catholic college grads (and intellectuals ... there is a difference) came to identify with the Democrat Party. Ironically, The Democrat Party never identified with them.
But these fellows admit often that they ALWAYS vote Democrat. Call O'Reilly and ask him. You'll get a most amusingly hedged, parsed, and indirect answer. Bottom Line: Democrat.
Independent? Sure. Independent Democrat.
‘I can show you entire regions and cities where you have to search to find an English sign’
Name the city. I’ll wait.
I could go on. You must live in some rural, out of the way area.
There are no ‘english’ road signs?
Sorry, I simply don’t believe that.
“I agree with much of what is said here..but in fairness Rachel Maddow has had Pat Buchanan on her show a number of times...but perhaps the writer thinks he’s so far right that he’s left.”
Pat B. fits the liberal stereotypes of all right-wingers, and its a bonus that he plays the anti-semite and will still be around to bash other Republicans. Thus, he was very useful on the Bush-bashing network. He’ll probably get fewer invited if he goes after Obama hard. On the flip-side are nonconservative wimps like David Gergen, who are filler to sound as if they might be conservative without actually arguing against any liberal POV.
Lenin used the term ‘useful idiots’ for such folks.
They would never have a real, engaging, articulate and attractive conservative. And when they do, they treat them horribly (viz Michelle Malkin).
Now you asked if the *street* signs have been changed? Yes some have, but most have not. Street signs as you know are difficulty at best to have changed due to numerous, obvious reasons.
You're splitting hairs here. Again, I can show you these regions, where you'd think you were in another country.
This is not even disputable.
‘I can show you entire regions and cities where you have to search to find an English sign’
This is what you originally posted. Now you say I’m splitting hairs by asking if ‘street signs’ have been changed?
California is a ‘different country’ btw....(chuckle)
Wow, you must really live in some out of the way place.
Got news for you, this is occurring in every major city in America.
You should get out more, before you make ignorant comments.
‘I can show you entire regions and cities where you have to search to find an English sign’
This is what you originally posted.’
Rather than toss around obnoxious insults that signify nothing, how about answering my question?
Or is it you made a irrational generalization that isn’t supported by anything ‘real’?
Yet you dispute this is occurring?
No offense friend, but you have your head buried deep, or else you live in a very remote, isolated spot.
You can’t answer my simple question. I’ve asked three times now.
Instead, you choose to insult, and change the topic.
We’re done. Thanks for playing.
You can just keep repeating, “They haven’t change the street signs” but anyone reading this can see that’s just avoiding the obvious truth.
Plus his presidential campaign head was a Marxist, black-liberation lesbian. Probably Maddow's roommate.
‘You can just keep repeating, “They haven’t change the street signs”’
I didn’t say that. Are you drinking?
Never mind, I lost interest.
Olberman has no grow potential. All the people who care about him are watching. That goes for Matthews too. Soon only left-owned businesses like Progressive Insurance will buy time on MSNBC. It’s a thin demo.
30 million insurgents (that we know of) of many different nationalitys says your wrong.. The Mexicans are the tip of an iceberg.. Could be a lot more.. Insurgents spend a lot of time not being caught or indentified..
Democracy is now and always was and will be Mob Rule.. adminstered by mobsters..
America is now or is becoming a democracy..
No democracy that ever existed was democratic.. but run by an elite..
No, that says our borders aren’t secure. And its a huge problem, one I’m angry about.
But the country has not been ‘balkinized’, thats simply not true as things stand today.
“Then he takes a mini vacation. “
Wants to stick to the three days a week schedule he had in the Senate!
North Hollywood, San Fernando, Van Nuys, parts of Glendale, El Paso, the state of New Mexico, southern Texas.
Yeah, you're splitting hairs. Then you deny that too?
I tell ya this country is being balkanized, it's been going on for years now, we have upwards of 30 million illegals in the country, we have entire regions where any *clear* thinking Americans would think they're in a foreign country...
And you sit here typing that you don't believe it? You've obviously been asleep for some years now, or live like hermit in some remote burg.
I didn't think anyone could be this ignorant. You've proved me wrong.
Tell ya what slick, you just keep thinking it ain't happening, keep telling yourself this is BS, and everyone that has seen this with their own eyes is crazzzzy.
lol...
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