http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/msnbc/ en-us Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:07:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418223/posts Here's the second part of our look back at cable news ratings over the last decade. We've charted the total day numbers, and here are the numbers for primetime. Again, Fox News' rise is most noticeable, as is the bump the election gave CNN and MSNBC. The charts track each network's Nielsen primetime ratings average for each of the last 10 years, from Dec. 27, 1999 - Dec. 23, 2009. After the jump, the A25-54 demo. Mediabistro TVNewser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2418223/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:07:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417679/posts On Tuesday’s Today show, NBC’s Jenna Wolfe singled out Sarah Palin and grouped her with “flabby thighs, cheap men, [and] rude people” as subjects some people chose to ritually “purge” from their minds in an annual event in New York City called “Good Riddance Day.” Participants wrote down their worst memories of 2009 on sheets of paper and fed them into a giant shredding machine to mark the upcoming new year [an audio clip from the report is available here]. The NBC correspondent began her report, which aired 50 minutes into the 7 am hour, by briefly describing the concept... Charlotte Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417679/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 16:04:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417458/posts Trying to make sense out of the political analysis offered by MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews can often be a daunting task. And Matthews, a master of failed analogies - once calling West Point, home of the United States Military Academy "enemy territory" - doesn't give up easily. On the Dec. 29 broadcast of his MSNBC program, Matthews, who has no qualms with bearing the liberal moniker, took a shot at Alabama Congressman Parker Griffith, who switched parties last week, during his "Sideshow" segment. "First up, you know this fellow Parker Griffith?" Matthews said. "He is the Democratic congressman, or... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417458/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 06:16:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417199/posts Wow: David Shuster really lets it all hang out on Twitter . . . In current tweets, the MSNBCer accuses Karl Rove of "hypocrisy," calls conservatives "wingnuts," claims Baucus wasn't wasted, and denounces Drudge as "repulsive" for supposedly suggesting otherwise. Excerpts from Shuster's current Twitter feed [screencap after the jump]: * Thank you Wingnuts! By mentioning my tweets, you are bringing more attention to @karlrove hypocrisy * Wingnuts, just because you want to believe something is true does not make it so. Obama wasn't born in Kenya. Baucus wasn't inebriated. * Baucus speech was at 430pm in the afternoon. He... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2417199/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 21:40:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416885/posts If there was ever a textbook example of kissing up to a host in a television interview, Rep. Jim Moran, D-Va., gave a demonstration on MSNBC's "The Ed Show." During the Dec. 28 broadcast, Moran, who represents a district that is just a stone's throw away from the U.S. Capitol, encouraged "The Ed Show" host Ed Schultz to keep pushing for the public option as part of health care reform, even though it is losing support as being essential in the U.S. House of Representatives. "You've got to keep up the pressure, Ed," Moran said. "You know, they pay much... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416885/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:47:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416866/posts Opinionated talk is big business on cable news networks when the sun goes down. During the day, though, it's the opposite. MSNBC is shuffling its daytime lineup early next year because its strategy of spreading personality-driven programming throughout the schedule isn't working. The new approach will emphasize a fast-paced review of the day's big stories as they break. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2416866/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:24:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415397/posts "I always try to remind myself of Saul Alinsky when I get confused," Matthews said on his "Hardball" show, speaking to guest Sen. Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, on the topic of President Obama's health care plan. World Net Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415397/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 18:49:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415364/posts Get the pity party violin music warmed up because Ezra Klein and Dave Weigel are whining that Sarah Palin has forced them, the press, into a “submissive role” because she is so mean to them. Klein favorably cites the analysis of Weigel who whined that the “Palin problem” has “put the press in a submissive position:” The problem is that Palin has put the political press in a submissive position, one in which the only information it prints about her comes from prepared statements or from Q&As with friendly interviewers. This isn’t something most politicians get away with, or would... Citizen Palin 4 President http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2415364/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:38:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414779/posts In keeping with the tradition of the holidays - the minds at MSNBC, the place for politics if you're of the lefty persuasion, decided rate the top 10 political stories of the decade. And leading this gang of masters of political journalism universe was "Hardball" host Chris Matthews, who on the broadcast of his Dec. 24 program, announced that conservative activism, mainly the tea party movement was the eighth biggest story of the decade - but labeled "angry white voters" (emphasis added). "Welcome back to 'Hardball' - our number eight political story of the decade, angry whites at town hall... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414779/posts#comment Fri, 25 Dec 2009 01:30:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414077/posts IN OTHER WORDS ...December 23, 2009 Irritated at the bumps on the road to the Democrats' Thousand-Year Reich, liberals are now claiming that Republican Senator Tom Coburn requested a prayer for the death of Sen. Bob Byrd during the health care debate last Saturday night. Here is what Coburn actually said: "What the American people ought to pray is that somebody can't make the vote tonight. That's what they ought to pray." After reporting Coburn's remark, The Washington Post's Dana Milbank added: "It was difficult to escape the conclusion that Coburn was referring to the 92-year-old, wheelchair-bound Sen. Robert Byrd... AnnCoulter.Com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2414077/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:00:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414016/posts TVNewser has learned MSNBC has canceled "Dr. Nancy" the NoonET health/medical show hosted by Dr. Nancy Snynderman. The cancellation of "Dr. Nancy" is yet another daytime programming move by MSNBC, which has fallen to 4th and, on some days, 5th place in the daytime ratings. Last week, the network announced it was moving Dylan Ratigan from two hours in the morning (9-11amET) to one hour in the afternoon (4pmET), beginning next month. The Ratigan and Snynderman shows premiered the same day, June 29. NBC's White House correspondents Chuck Todd and Savannah Guthrie will begin anchoring a 9amET hour next month.... TV Newser http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2414016/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:15:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413964/posts Chris Matthews on Tuesday called "Rules for Radicals" author Saul Alinsky one of his heroes. This admission came only five days after the "Hardball" host proudly admitted on the air that he was a liberal. "I always try to remind myself of Saul Alinsky when I get confused," Matthews told "Hardball" guest Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont). Such was revealed as the pair discussed the fate of health care reform. CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Well, to reach back to one of our heroes from the past, from the `60s, Saul Alinsky once said that even though both sides have flaws in their arguments... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413964/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:53:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413731/posts On Dec. 22, when Rep. Parker Griffith of Alabama announced he would be switching from the Democratic Party to the Republican Party, it was to be expected MSNBC, the so-called "Place for Politics" would spin it in anyway imaginable. But Rachel Maddow decided to use the left's favorite boogeyman, the tea party movement, to denigrate conservatives and distract from what could be real problems for House Democrats. During the Dec. 22 broadcast of "The Rachel Maddow Show," Maddow interpreted a joint conference call with Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele and FreedomWorks chairman Dick Armey to mean that the grassroots... Newsbusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413731/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413534/posts Dec 22: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) says insurance and drug lobbyists won the health care debate and that Congress will need to revisit the plan, as it is not sustainable. Video MSNBC/Sanders InterviewClick on Bernie Sanders MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2413534/posts#comment Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:42:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412789/posts Must be nice to be a liberal reporter and to get calls from the White House eh? Did I say calls? Oh, I meant orders: [VIDEO AT SITE] This is all over this kerfuffle: During his syndicated radio show Friday, libtalker and MSNBC host Ed Schultz relayed to listeners how he observed 'Morning Joe' Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski take feedback directly from the White House during their program last week. Schultz appeared on Thursday's Morning Joe and directly challenged Obama's David Axelrod on the current version of the health care bill under consideration in Congress. Interestingly, this particular segment has... Flopping Aces http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412789/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 07:04:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412648/posts MSNBC, as most conservatives have observed, is little more than a public relations agency for the Democrats. But when the White House sends direct messages to MSNBC’s hosts while they are live on the air, it brings the meaning of ’state controlled” media sharply into focus. Political Lore Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412648/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 01:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412630/posts For anyone wondering why an increasing number of conservatives now use the term "state-controlled media" to refer to television networks and newspapers, here's one that drives the point home. Radio Equalizer http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2412630/posts#comment Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:44:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412133/posts Does Ed Schultz read my blog? I have long held MSNBC host Ed Schultz's erratic behavior stems from his political and professional status, envy at those whose careers surpass his. As David Swindle noted in the roll-out of this series, "Ben’s posts on Schultz are collected and all future articles will be collected here under the series name 'Genius Envy' a play on a well-known Freudian term." I came up with the name "Genius Envy" to highlight the way much of Ed's incendiary rhetoric seems to be rooted in his offended masculinity. I was gratified to see my thesis... NewsRealBlog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412133/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412130/posts This series of posts is dedicated to the proposition that 90 percent of everything Ed Schultz, the host of MSNBC's The Ed Show, does is motivated by envy (and the same could be said of the Left). Schultz has raged against his more successful colleagues Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, and Glenn Beck. The folks at Politico give an indication of who Schultz's next target may be: Bret Baier of Fox News' "Special Report." A side-by-side comparison with Ed's direct competitor is damning: NewsRealBlog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2412130/posts#comment Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:33:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409651/posts Leftists who decried the War on Terror now use the same terminology to describe center-Left members of their own party. On last night’s episode of MSNBC’s The Ed Show, Ed Schultz interviewed Katrina vanden Heuvel about President Obama’s “sellout” on the health care bill. Katrina complained Obama’s is “a White House which has emboldened the conservadems, people like Joe Lieberman” who “is now holding hostage” socialized medicine. She repeated the elocution moments later while appealing to “citizens who don’t want to be held hostage by the insurance companies.” Schultz thanked her for appearing, adding, “Always the truth coming from you... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409651/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:45:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409191/posts Here is video of MSNBC's Ed Schultz telling Obama "your base thinks you're nothing but a sellout, a corporate sellout at that." Schultz said Obama has "carved out the most important elements of reform" and "the only people who like this current bill right now is the insurance industry." (Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409191/posts#comment Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:59:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409063/posts If neither Maj. Hasan, the murderous doctor that slaughtered his fellow soldiers at Ft. Hood, nor the five Jihadist-wannabe’s that traveled from Washington to Pakistan, had no real ties to Al Qaeda, just a desire to join them, then we have to ask what is fertilizing these homegrown useful idiots? Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s Hardball, asked guest Irshad Manji, author and professor at New York University, what her initial reaction was when she heard about the five “young people” trying to join our enemies. Manji: “Chris I have to say I’m not surprised…I know, from having done the research... David Horowitz's NewsRealblog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2409063/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:03:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409027/posts I wonder if MSNBC's professional moonbat Keith Olbermann is going to give his own network that worst person in the world designation. Today, the most "in the tank for Obama" network released a poll that showed most people in the country are against Obamacare and public opinion is sinking quickly. As the Senate sprints to pass a health-care bill by Christmas, the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll finds that those believing President Obama's health-reform plan is a good idea has sunk to its lowest level. Just 32 percent say it's a good idea, versus 47 percent who say it's... MSNBC/Gallup/ABC/Rassmusen/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2409027/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:17:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408887/posts Sen. Joe Lieberman opposes the current health care bill, so MSNBC's Ed Schultz has a solution: punch him out. On last night's episode of The Ed Show, Schultz asked Democratic Senator and way-too-frequent guest Sherrod Brown, D-OH: What is the feeling towards Joe Lieberman? I mean how do you, you know, go into a room without punching the guy out after what he's done to the progressive movement in this country? I mean, that's how I think a lot of people feel. What attitude, what attitude — is he still just a beloved, friendly, fraternal senator, or is he... NewsRealBlog.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2408887/posts#comment Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:33:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407820/posts Perhaps there is something obstructing the view overlooking Rockefeller Plaza, where MSNBC broadcasts "Countdown" nightly because the show's host, Keith Olbermann fails to see the existence of a news media with a liberal bias. On MSNBC's Dec. 14 broadcast of "Countdown," Olbermann came to the defense of NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" executive producer and noted left-winger Dick Wolf. The Dec. 9 episode of Wolf's program featured a killer who targeted the children of illegal immigrants and in that episode, one of the characters, played by John Larroquette, blamed conservatives "like Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck"... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2407820/posts#comment Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:53:31 GMT