Over the past two years, MSNBC - the so-called "place for politics" has had a fascination with the congresswoman from Minnesota's Sixth District.
And some of those attacks have been against her family, others borderline misogynistic. However, GOP Rep. Michelle Bachmann told a group of conservative bloggers at The Heritage Foundation on Oct. 6 she really wasn't concerned about MSNBC, and noted how poorly the network does in the ratings.
"Quite honestly, I don't even know anything about MSNBC," Bachmann said. "It's not a network that I watch and most of the American people agree with that assessment. They aren't watching it either. And that's why Fox's ratings - I mean it's like CNN, CNBC, MSNBC combined. I think Fox even exceeded one of the major networks last week. They're on the ascendency."
Bachmann brought up the mainstream media's reluctance to really dig into the past of President Barack Obama throughout the primary and general election campaigns.
"The interesting thing is - as much as the mainstream media has been embargoing information from the people, just like we saw they failed to their job vetting the President prior to the election last year," Bachmann said. "It's so interesting how the American people love a search for the truth."
Thus, the popularity of Fox and alternative media.
"You are where people are going to get their information," she said to the assembled bloggers. "You all, Fox, alternative media, alternative radio - that's it. And that's why for me I really think a lot of these guys who aren't telling the truth - they're irrelevant and I don't play by their rules."
Bachmann told the group she wasn't afraid of the local Minneapolis/St. Paul newspapers and their editorial boards including Minneapolis Star Tribune columnist Jon Tevlin, who has his own anti-Bachmann agenda.
"For so long, they have established the rules of media," Bachmann said. "And we're all supposed to cower in fear of these guys. I didn't fear my own editorial boards in Minneapolis/St. Paul when I lived there. I'm certainly not going to fear the likes of Keith Olbermann."
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Oh, Puhleese... FOX is run
October 6, 2009 - 14:57 ET by PeskyDaneOh, Puhleese... FOX is run by libs every bit as much as MSNBC... they just don't have mega-conglomorate like GE providing them with cover. Democrat party fund raiser Murdoch would be fried by his investors if he tried to run FOX at a loss.
How can any business
October 6, 2009 - 15:02 ET by rockyracoonHow can any business survive when it is run at a loss?
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
That is an EXCELLENT
October 6, 2009 - 15:14 ET by PeskyDaneThat is an EXCELLENT question. While I do not know what the revenue stream for MSNBC was last year, nor do I know their expenditures, I suspect they are not doing as well as they could.
GE, the last of the original DOW 30, could conceivably absorb MSNBC running at a loss in perpetuity, provided the rest of us continue to buy a billion light bulbs a year.
I don't know either
October 6, 2009 - 15:22 ET by rockyracoonI don't know either peskydane, but maybe I should have said; besides the U.S. Postal Service, what business survives if it is run at a loss?
MSNBC has to making some profit, although their ratings are terrible.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
Perhaps someone less lazy
October 6, 2009 - 15:26 ET by PeskyDanePerhaps someone less lazy than me will check and post the link. Hee, hee.
The only reason the USPS
October 7, 2009 - 05:29 ET by BigSky1970The only reason the USPS survives operating at a loss is because it's a monopoly at mail delivery. The US government mandated that Fedex, UPS and DHL couldn't deliver the same mail the USPS is famous for misplacing or slow to deliver.
GE, WE BRING EVIL TO LIFE...
October 6, 2009 - 16:00 ET by danybhoyGE has gotten over $300billion in guarenteed loans/bailout money through GE Money. MSNBC is now a GSE, they are taxpayer supported, period. They don't need to make money, because Uncle Sam will backstop them. At least as long as Obama & friends are in control in Washington DC.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
And as long as they push
October 6, 2009 - 19:12 ET by Dan DiegoAnd as long as they push GE's Green agenda along with whatever their dreamboat I-Obama wants.
Watch and listen
October 6, 2009 - 14:58 ET by mangBe alert for the hateful (dare I say sexist) rhetoric that Olbermann and his ilk will spew towards Bachmann now that she has called him out. Also, more importantly, be alert for the non-coverage it will get in the MSM. She is in danger of the Left trying to make her look like the next Sarah Palin. They'll paint her as an ignorant backwoods hick (even more than they have already). Oh, and how could I forget, they'll somehow claim she's a racist, too.
Dang, Mang
October 6, 2009 - 15:09 ET by jdlybrandYou've been peeking!
"What a revoltin' development this is!"
Chester Riley
The left had a "dump
October 6, 2009 - 14:59 ET by mattmThe left had a "dump Bachman" website up within months of her first election. This because she doesn't try to appease the left the way some RINOs do. The country needs more people like her.
Good on yer Michelle, there
October 6, 2009 - 14:59 ET by rockyracoonGood on yer Michelle, there is nothing you can do to change their minds or opinions, no matter what you do. So stick to your guns, and keep blastin 'em.
The Pravda media is getting less relevant by the day. Besides Michelle could probably beat K0 in an arm-wrestling contest and he knows it.
Facts are like kryptonite to the liberal.
I LOVE HER
October 6, 2009 - 14:59 ET by jacktheripperKiss my arse Jeanine Garbarfalo
"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville
It seems Rep Bachmann is
October 6, 2009 - 15:16 ET by ConservativeRexIt seems Rep Bachmann is the type of Republican we have been clamoring for these past few years. She just needs to stick to what got her here and don't back down, not even for a minute. Do not compliment the other side for anything. Not one thing! We don't want any of this bi-partisan this and bi-partisan that. The democrats damn sure don't want any bi-partisanship, why should we? Hammer them. Hammer them Rep Bachmann, hammer them up one side and down the other. We've got your back, don't worry about it.
Si Vis Palem, Para Bellum
ya gotta lover 'er
October 6, 2009 - 16:58 ET by wizardjrMichele is in the 6th and I am unfortunately here in the 4th with Betty McCommie. I still send Rep. Bachmann campaign money though. She's a lot like Sarahcudda and the (also) lovely Ann Coulter - every time she starts talking liberal heads start spinning around and then exploding. It's hilarious to watch.
These smart, articulate, and good looking conservative women are just what the Republicans need to get the engine started again. I'd love to see a Palin/Bachmann presidential ticket. Then, dare the feminazis to not vote for them.
I also used to live in the
October 7, 2009 - 05:00 ET by dasherI also used to live in the 4th CD, but moved 2 1/2 years ago to get into Michele Bachmann's disctrict. Awsome lady. I have known her 10 years or so. She gave a great speech at MN GOP convention, and no teleprompter. How weird is that.
"Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." P.J.O'Rourke
Uh oh, this is going to make
October 6, 2009 - 17:02 ET by Radical1979Uh oh, this is going to make keithy very nervous! Michelle isn't afraid of his bullying? He may have to call her "worst person in the world" or do an impassioned rant against her. I mean if he can't scare people with his bullying what does he have left?
yuckie!!!
October 6, 2009 - 17:14 ET by Marat"Kiss my arse Jeanine Garbarfalo"
You would let her do that??!!?? What a horrible thought!
PMSNBC.
October 6, 2009 - 17:19 ET by blazermaniacMichelle, don't even mention that pathetic jerk by name. Olbershit just wants publicity. He just wants to get under your skin. He can't get any ratings for doing a decent job, so he'll try anything underhanded to get them.
You're right about that!
October 6, 2009 - 19:05 ET by DoktorFrankenThere ain't enough anti-fungal ointment in this hemisphere to allow the Greasy Tattoo Lady near any part of my body.
lol....no
October 6, 2009 - 19:13 ET by jacktherippermetaphorically speaking of course.
"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville
She has no fear of anything,
October 6, 2009 - 18:28 ET by balboaShe has no fear of anything, including engaging in crazy talk.
oh my --- she must have
October 6, 2009 - 19:09 ET by botganswered the phone when you called? fearless indeed
“The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” -- Chief Justice John Roberts
→ Yeah, bal
October 6, 2009 - 19:37 ET by Cool ArrowAin't no crazy talk happening over on the left. It's not like she accuses doctors of chopping off feet for the big paycheck.
I think when politcians
October 6, 2009 - 19:18 ET by nwahsI think when politicians start embellishing on ratings of news channels, it should be mandatory they have "kook" tattooed on their forehead.
Anybody who has ever watched
October 6, 2009 - 19:35 ET by JRJ08Anybody who has ever watched Bachmann speak has to know that she is a waste of air space, which she has in abundance between her ears. Who could possibly think this person has the brains to represent herself properly, much less a district of her state. The people of Minnesota must be humiliated every time she opens her mouth. She can't even get the television ratings correct. What a mess. Anybody who is for intelligent, informed leadership has to be anti-Bachmann.
→ Jar-Jar
October 6, 2009 - 19:43 ET by Cool ArrowIs she going off about those 57 States again? No, that would be Obama, wouldn't it?
I doubt she'd know about the 57 State OIC (Organization of the Islamic Conference). Maybe Obama got his alliegances mixed up.
JRJ08
October 6, 2009 - 19:55 ET by marvlYou will note, there is not one fact in your post, just a bunch of unsubstantiated opinions. I won't offer sunsubstantiated opinions, I'll just ask questions... does Keith Olbermann cause a tingle to run down your leg? Have you ever imagined yourself and Obama being alone together in a Port-a-Potty? Did you graduate high school?
JRJO8
October 6, 2009 - 19:57 ET by FeynmanFanAren't you thinking of Al Franken?
"Reason and persuasion are the only practical instruments against error. To make way for these, free inquiry must be indulged" - Thomas Jefferson
FRANKEN...
October 7, 2009 - 06:48 ET by danybhoySenator ACORN? Bachman is pushing Gov.Tim Pawlenty to investigate the crap out of ACORN up here in Minnesota. Hope it's for real.
"...How blind can you be, don't you see...
...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."
Nightwish
What is it about
October 6, 2009 - 19:55 ET by BKeyserWhat is it about conservative women that drives the left crazy? Couldn't be the Pro-Life aspect could it? And if it is, doesn't that indicate the shear worship the left has for abortion?
Hey lefties? You know what I do regarding crazy liberals I don't like? I don't vote for 'em.
MSNBC ratings
October 6, 2009 - 21:19 ET by Lord-come-soon-pleaseI absolutely guarantee PMSNBC is losing money. GE is such a huge company they don't even consider profit when they look at PMSNBC. If you notice, most of the advertising you see on PMSNBC are "PR"'s, which means they are "per response' ads. The network does not get a flat rate for these ads, they get a certain amount per viewer response. These are the type of ads that profitable networks run in the middle of the night, but PMSNBC runs then in prime time because they cannot attract real advertisers due to their pathetically bad ratings. If I were to advise Michelle Bachmann I would tell her to ignore them too.
I'm surprised Olberwoman
October 6, 2009 - 21:29 ET by RR GOPI'm surprised Olberwoman hasn't had a mental (or hormonally-induced) breakdown yet. He's even more unstable than Chrissy Boy Matthews.
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.
Bachmann for Gov...In Pennsylvania
October 6, 2009 - 21:54 ET by ghblogMichelle Bachmann needs to come to Pennsylvania. We are in need of leadership. Min. can spare her, they have Frankin.
http://www.framingthedialogue.com/archives/true-american-hero-rep-michele-bachmann/
What Happened To Slitting Her Wrists Over Healthcare?
October 6, 2009 - 23:12 ET by The7SticksI heard it first on the Phil Hendrie Show that that Barbara Boxer-wannabe said she would slit her wrists before she would support a healthcare plan from President Obama. Is this offer still in up there, because I promise I would stop supporting it, despite the fact that it would only cost $2.5 trillion a year. That's all it would cost. That's what she was threatening to slit her wrists over. I still think Nancy Pelosi is the top nut, but this Bachmann is coming in to a close second if she manages to out-do that moron rep. Grayson with his Holocaust analogy. Two wrongs don't make a right, you know.
Sean Hannity calls Bachmann
October 7, 2009 - 01:33 ET by Gary P JacksonSean Hannity calls Bachmann the "second most hated conservative in America, next to Sarah Palin," which Michelle wears like a badge of honor!
I absolutely LOVE this woman!
Why is it only the WOMEN in the Grand Old Party are the one with balls anymore?
Michelle's another member of the 5 Cub Club, plus, she's raised like 23 foster kids! WOW!
Anyone catch her grilling Geithner and Bernanke over theconstitutionality of the bailouts? She had those two stuttering and stammering like an Obama!
We need about 435 more of these in the House, please!
Once I actually tried to watch
October 7, 2009 - 08:35 ET by RobertG_ArizonaKeith Overboard/Olbermann/whatever-what a clown. I think he must be related to Alan Combs, Katie Couric or such. I really do like Rep. Michelle Bachmannand and if Keith Overboard/Olbermann/whatever mocks her I know she is doing something right. I am sure both of Keith Overboard/Olbermann/whatever viewers disagree but they do not matter either.
Pesky Dane
October 7, 2009 - 09:30 ET by east tennessee johnSo multi-billionaire Murdock is going be be concerned about his board and is a secret libtard because he gave Hillary some dough. You think maybe he was insuring access in case she won? At the time she was the favorite.
She's right. MSNBC is
October 7, 2009 - 09:33 ET by TenebrousShe's right.
MSNBC is irrelevant.
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