[dodger]

It really hurts to say this, but MSNBC generally did the best and most lively field reporting while Fox relied too much on studio chatter (and -- yikes -- Geraldo). Lester Holt was excellent much of the time whereas Shep Smith was off-puttingly hammy (and those cataracty eyes of his are weird).

MSNBC still let a bit of lefty editorialism leak in, but who would have thought they would be, basically, fair & balanced!

[JmyBryan]

I second your thoughts entirely. If Fox didn't have their embeddeds, especially Ollie North, I would have rarely watched them. MSNBC proved to be the best cable news network for "hard news".

[ken5050]

I stumbled on MSNBC when I turned off Fox' coverage of the Challenger distaster in disgust..they were clowns that morning..and I've checked out some of their war coverage...it's been pretty good.....Scarborough it excellent....though Greta is really pulling in some huge ratings.......I'd suspect thatMSNBC's big bump in the ratings during the war came at CNN's expense..that's where they got the viewers from..not Fox..

[jimt]

Lester Holt was excellent much of the time whereas Shep Smith was off-puttingly hammy (and those cataracty eyes of his are weird).

I agree on Lester. Smith is so in love with his pretty-boy image he trips over the story and his own tongue. Disgust with him moved me over to MSNBC fairly often, even though their news and commentators were not as much to my liking. Fox should fire the wimp and hire Lester. Lester doesn't have to run over women in parking lots to prove his manhood.