MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Condemns CNN for Airing Tea Party Response

TV Newser ^ | Jan. 26, 2011 | Molly Stark Dean

[Beaten Valve]

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow called out CNN for airing the Tea Party response to the State of the Union address by Michele Bachman last night:

“A national news network decided that they would give Michele Bachmann a job that her own party never did.”

Maddow asked Fmr. RNC Communications Dir. Doug Heye: “Isn’t it a little bit weird though to have two responses run on a national news network as if they were equivalent?”

This segment sent new CNN hire Piers Morgan to the Twittersphere to pronounce his disapproval:

Ms Maddow doesn’t think it’s ‘news’ when 2 different factions of Rep Party make post-SOTU speeches? http://huff.to/igZu91 #SERIOUSLY?

Sorry, but just nonsense for @maddow to say @cnn shouldn’t have run Tea Party speech. Rep split is proper news, may decide next election.

Final point re @maddow fury over CNN airing Tea Party speech – just weird hearing her speak like a @foxnews anchor #triangulator

[Beaten Valve]

I guess Obama's civility memo hasn't reached MSNBC yet..

[rahbert]

Rachel who?

[advertising guy]

word is over at MSNBC everyone is wearin panty hose except Rachael

[Doogle]

[RobRoy]

I condemn pMSNBC for airing Rachel Maddow.

[Doogle]

...the MadCow has taken over Overbites position

[fish hawk]

this is proof that MSNBC is not interested in news. The Tea Party movement is one of the biggest things going on right now in American Politics and they don’t want to cover it??? It’s not a news channel but a propaganda channel.

[screaminsunshine]

MadCow. She is a Bull Dyke reporter for MSNBC. No brain in head. Just reads White House daily talking point lies.

[mikelets456]

Boy... everyone is mad at everyone lately... thanks O’bummer.... job well done.

[GeronL]

When 12 show up to protest in favor of Obamacare its local news but thousands and thousands against is not.

Journalists are supposed to show the facts, not decide who gets heard.

[anniegetyourgun]

Maybe Rachel should concentrate on her own failing employer?

[Renderofveils]

“Isn’t it a little bit weird though to have two responses run on a national news network as if they were equivalent?”

Don't worry Maddow, they fired your mentor. Oh wait, you were talking about Fox...

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

[GSWarrior]

Who is Rachel Moscow?

[cripplecreek]

A few years back. Senator Obama gave a second response to President Bush's SOTU address. Does anyone know if PMSNBC carried it?

[Gene Eric]

>> Journalists are supposed to show the facts, not decide who gets heard.

Good point. Maddow would have no problem giving airtime to a Liberal activist like Sharpton.

[andy58-in-nh]

Rachel’s just upset she didn’t get to offer the official Bulldyke Lesbian response.

[Abathar]

With Olbermann gone she has to step up and be the new face of MSNBC, which will also put her in front of the national spotlight more.

Ina way this is a good thing because most normal sane Americans living between the two coasts will see her as the ass she is. (after they do a double-take when told that yes, the person on the screen is in fact a woman)

[Spok]

Isn’t it a bit inappropriate for a talking head to argue that the media’s job is to censor political speech? It is nice to see that all pretense of fairness has been abandoned.

[ncfool]

Rachael will hopefully end up like Keith! She now has the target wrapped around her and will be the next one out the door at MSNBC. Comcast is going to look to moderate that network and return more to the middle to take on CNN.