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MSNBC shifts Matthews, Olbermann [spin control from msnbc]
MSNBC ^ | Sept. 8, 2008 | NA

Posted on 09/08/2008 1:41:59 PM PDT by NewMediaFan

MSNBC said Monday that it will replace the team of Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann as anchors of its live political coverage for the rest of the presidential campaign season.

David Gregory, NBC News’ chief White House correspondent, will be the primary host of coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates coming up over the next two months, as well as election night, said Phil Griffin, MSNBC’s president.

The decision was first reported in Monday’s editions of The New York Times and The Washington Post...

(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bias; liberalmedia; matthews; msnbc; nbcnews; olbermann
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Adding Gregory to the mix as “the man in the middle” will allow the network to “take the best of MSNBC and NBC News,” he said. “MSNBC and NBC News have a great success story.”

last place in ratings a success story?

1 posted on 09/08/2008 1:41:59 PM PDT by NewMediaFan
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To: NewMediaFan

A Brokaw edict?


2 posted on 09/08/2008 1:43:47 PM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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To: NewMediaFan
Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann...

aka... sh•t and stink

3 posted on 09/08/2008 1:45:30 PM PDT by johnny7 ("Duck I says... ")
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To: NewMediaFan
Egads...David Gregory, though not as obnoxious as Matthews or Olbermann, is still a lousy choice given his smarmy attitude towards Republicans.

If NBC wanted to anything to salvage this mess, they'd have Brian Williams and Tom Brokaw as co anchors on Election Day.

4 posted on 09/08/2008 1:45:55 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: donnab

Read that whole article and decide if you really want to support MSNBC (and their corporate parent, General Electric)


5 posted on 09/08/2008 1:46:37 PM PDT by xDGx
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To: NewMediaFan

Gregory is also a pompous lefty suck-up.

And Chrissy and Keithy should be USED as anchors at every opportunity. I understand that Tony Soprano needs a new one for the Stugats.


6 posted on 09/08/2008 1:47:03 PM PDT by Dick Bachert (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIo8FJJMps8)
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To: NewMediaFan

Interesting, I was thinking of writing to nbc to complain about olberman ruining Sunday night football.....Will lightning strike twice?


7 posted on 09/08/2008 1:47:51 PM PDT by pipecorp
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To: NewMediaFan
last place in ratings a success story?

Of course it is. Being last means as long as they are still on the air, then they are more successful in running a dying cause than the other lib media outlets. When they are gone, then the honor of being successful goes to the new bottom of the ratings outlet.

8 posted on 09/08/2008 1:47:57 PM PDT by ProudFossil
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To: NewMediaFan
."im available and i need a job real bad"
9 posted on 09/08/2008 1:48:04 PM PDT by kingattax (99 % of liberals give the rest a bad name)
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To: NewMediaFan

10 posted on 09/08/2008 1:48:43 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Dick Bachert

Has tingly legs gotten in the tub with Bathtub boy yet? They will be playing rub-a-dub-dub two crapweasels in a tub.


11 posted on 09/08/2008 1:49:26 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: donnab

“A Brokaw edict?”

yup..I bet it was them or me..


12 posted on 09/08/2008 1:49:38 PM PDT by y6162 (uot)
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To: xDGx
Read that whole article and decide if you really want to support MSNBC (and their corporate parent, General Electric)

Please be gentle on GE. I have stock in it (mainly because of their wind energy sections). Whatever happened to the support MicroSoft was giving to NBC in floating this abomination? I thought they were pulling their contribution to it.

13 posted on 09/08/2008 1:51:50 PM PDT by ProudFossil
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To: xDGx

I do not watch MSNBC. I watched the convention on CSPAN.
Most of my information comes from reading. I haven’t watched KO since the last Bush election, when I had the experience of volleying emails with KO.
He was then an immature petty little man, and from what I understand ...from reading...he still is.


14 posted on 09/08/2008 1:52:54 PM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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To: Snickering Hound

ROTFLMBO!


15 posted on 09/08/2008 1:53:44 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: T Lady

Yep. Brokaw & Williams should be in and the two nutcases should be relegated to their own shows.

The only thing that will get any attention is boycotting GE (MSNBC’s corporate parent)

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Trevor A. Schauenberg
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JoAnna H. Morris
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Pauline M. Berardi
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Corporate Investor Communications
Work +1 203 373 2475
Email Pauline: mailto:ir.contacts@corporate.ge.com?subject=E-mail%20for%20Pauline%20M.%20Berardi

Anything sent to customer relations will get a stock reply, but might as well try it anyway. If you have some stock, dumping it never hurts.


16 posted on 09/08/2008 1:54:29 PM PDT by xDGx
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To: NewMediaFan

Yeah !!!!! that’s it !!!! I got it !!!! David Gregory and how about Helen Thomas ???? Very FAIR and BALANCED coverage . No wonder I make the big bucks here .


17 posted on 09/08/2008 1:56:57 PM PDT by lionheart 247365 (( S.P.E.C.I A.L.= ,,,,,,,, Sarrah Palin's Executive Credentials Intimidate Angry Liberals ))
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To: ProudFossil

If you are a stockowner all the better! Talk to investor relations and complain. You have a bunch more influence than appliance consumers. If they blow you off, then it is your call whether or not to support the company.


18 posted on 09/08/2008 1:58:10 PM PDT by xDGx
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To: xDGx
I'll have to consult my employer's portfolio to see if there's any GE stock...and ask if such action can be taken and how it will affect my retirement...

As for writing PMSNBC, that's no longer an issue for me, since I haven't subscribed to cable since 2006. I got fed up with subsidizing Liberal crap and getting raped in the pocketbook for nearly $50 per month.

Enough is enough.

19 posted on 09/08/2008 2:04:54 PM PDT by T Lady (The Mainstream Media: Public Enemy #1)
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To: NewMediaFan

On Fox, Major Garrett is an OBAMA BATHWATER DRINKER!! What is up with him?? It’s quite telling.....Obama is his guy!!


20 posted on 09/08/2008 2:08:29 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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