Posted on 07/23/2013 8:52:00 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The important background facts you should know about Ed Schultz: He was a sportscaster until he was 38 and began his talk-radio career attempting to be a conservative Rush Limbaugh imitator, failed at that and then re-invented himself as a “progressive” host, which provided the platform by which Ed got an MSNBC show in 2009.
Ed’s basic problem is that he’s not very bright, nor is he well-educated, and he is essentially phony. His father was an aeronautical engineer and his mother was an English teacher, which means that Ed grew up in middle-class comfort, and his whole “populist” blue-collar shtick is just that, a shtick. Anyone who has ever watched or listened to Ed Schultz understands that he is a very angry man — he reminds you of every angry drunk you ever knew — and this is basically the selling point of the shtick. If you are the type of person who hates Republicans and rich people and “Corporate America,” then Ed Schultz will give voice to your anger.
Did I mention that Ed Schultz failed at MSNBC, too? Yeah, he started out in the 6 p.m. time slot, then moved to 10 p.m. after Keith Olberman quit in 2011, before moving to the 8 p.m. slot, where he accomplished the remarkable feat of actually placing fourth — behind Bill O’Reilly on Fox, behind Anderson Cooper CNN and even behind Nancy Grace on HLN — and was eventually bumped to the weekend shift.
If you think MSNBC has a tiny audience during the week (Chris Hayes doesn’t even hit half-a-million viewers at 8 p.m. weeknights), their weekend schedule is almost viewerless. It’s not broadcasting, it’s narrowcasting. Anyone could have predicted that Schultz’s shot at the TV big time would end in failure....
(Excerpt) Read more at theothermccain.com ...
Special Ed is still an angry man...
***Ed’s... not very bright, nor is he well-educated, and he is essentially phony.***
Are you kidding? msnbc wouldn’t have it any other way.
Eddie better lighten up. All that hate and anger isn’t good for the ticker. If he don’t knock it off, they’ll be measuring him for a pine box.
Mr. Ed shot his own dog.
Schultz has NO reason, he has only anger...........therefore he has no interest to reasoned people.
Good article. Worth clicking through for the whole thing.
Is he still fat and stupid?
I can easily envision Ed Schultz and Michael Savage having dinner together, likely with a few bottles of Le Pin ‘82, sharing stories regarding the similar strategies which led to their success.
That is news??
MSNBC demoted him to 2 hours on Sundays from his 1 hour M-F 8 pm primetime weekday show.
They realized he is not effective.
On second thought, it's ok if he holds it all in.
Mr. Ed shot his own dog.
Let me know if I missed anything....
How are all these networks still in business?
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