Phil Rosenthal of the Chicago Tribune interviewed former NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw, and asked the question: Are NBC and MSNBC better off now that Keith Olbermann is gone? "You're not going to…
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January 30th, 2011 11:26 PM | Noel Sheppard
Keith Olbermann must be starving for attention since his surprise exit from MSNBC.
On Sunday, he actually bashed a letter to the editor of the Boston Globe written about him by a…
January 30th, 2011 11:06 AM | Noel Sheppard
Predictably joining the media attacks on Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), NBC's "Saturday Night Live" began its most recent installment mocking her response to the President's State of…
January 27th, 2011 9:35 PM | Jack Coleman
Not to worry, Ed Schultz told his radio listeners on Jan. 11 -- the bellicose "Psycho Talk" segment of his MSNBC program would remain on the show. Here's a clip of Schultz claiming that in the…
January 27th, 2011 1:04 PM | Lachlan Markay
On Wednesday, the Hollywood Reporter tried to dissect cable news's strange fascination with Sarah Palin. For Fox it's more apparent: Palin is a paid contributor, after all. But for MSNBC, whose…
January 26th, 2011 8:46 PM | Jack Coleman
So much for any scintillating future chit-chat between Rachel Maddow and Don Imus.
Imus cut loose with a withering broadside today against Maddow for what he perceived as her disloyal…
January 26th, 2011 12:51 PM | Tim Graham
Leigh Giangreco of The Eagle, the student newspaper at American University in DC, reported that disgraced former CBS news anchor Dan Rather spoke to students on Monday and claimed "The…
January 26th, 2011 11:16 AM | Ken Shepherd
In his January 26 article "MSNBC's Sarah Palin Sickness," Hollywood Reporter's Paul Bond tackled the left-lurching network's obsession with the former Alaska governor.
"MSNBC’S…
January 26th, 2011 1:42 AM | Noel Sheppard
The folks at MSNBC - and new owners Comcast for that matter - must have been jumping for joy when they saw the Neilsen ratings for their first official night without Keith Olbermann.
As…
January 24th, 2011 11:06 PM | Noel Sheppard
It was to be expected that MSNBC commentators would publicly wish Keith Olbermann well after his surprise exit last Friday.
But the nonsense that spewed out of Lawrence O'Donnell's…
January 24th, 2011 4:44 PM | Scott Whitlock
MSNBC abruptly ended the run of Keith Olbermann on Friday, bringing to a close an era in which the left-wing host compared conservatives to Nazis, accused them of "murderous deceit," of "…
January 24th, 2011 2:55 PM | Noel Sheppard
Just how far to the left is Time's Joe Klein?
He actually thinks "Keith [Olbermann] is a brilliant writer, and presenter; I always enjoy watching him, even when he's occasionally wrong…
January 24th, 2011 11:34 AM | Noel Sheppard
NewsBusters asked Saturday, "Does Olbermann Ouster Mean Comcast is Moving MSNBC to the Right?"
Roughly 24 hours later, Politico reported that Ed Rendell is in contract negotiations to…
January 24th, 2011 11:00 AM | Brent Bozell
Editor's Note: The following is a brief statement released by NewsBusters publisher and Media Research Center (MRC) president Brent Bozell earlier today regarding MSNBC firing Keith Olbermann.…
January 24th, 2011 8:53 AM | NB Staff
Via I Hate the Media, a little dose of Monday morning comedy. Much of the left was distraught, but the folks at Huff-n-Puff really let wail. Our favorite: "I really hope Al Jazeera English plans…
January 23rd, 2011 2:16 PM | Noel Sheppard
Media critic David Zurawik and former MSNBC contributor David Shuster got into quite a heated debate Sunday over the surprise exit of Keith Olbermann.
Appearing on CNN's "Reliable…
January 23rd, 2011 7:50 AM | Tim Graham
The far-left bloggers at Daily Kos were distraught at the abrupt departure of Keith Olbermann. Dagnome quickly dragged in the Citizens United case from the Supreme Court to indicate that…
January 22nd, 2011 6:23 PM | Noel Sheppard
It's been less than 24 hours since Keith Olbermann's abrupt departure from MSNBC, and folks are all atwitter with predictions about where he'll end up.
TV critic Tim Goodman's…
January 22nd, 2011 11:21 AM | Noel Sheppard
The internet has been all abuzz since Keith Olbermann's surprise announcement that Friday would be his last appearance on MSNBC's "Countdown."
Over at the liberal website Salon, Steve…
January 22nd, 2011 10:01 AM | Noel Sheppard
Just three days after the FCC approved the merger of Comcast and NBC Universal, MSNBC's contract with Keith Olbermann was terminated.
The cable news network reported at its website…
January 21st, 2011 9:58 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Friday’s Countdown show on MSNBC, host Keith Olbermann announced that the episode would be his last, and spent a few minutes near the end of the show saying goodbye. He mentioned a number of…
January 21st, 2011 9:30 PM | Tim Graham
Bill Carter in The New York Times reports:
Keith Olbermann, the highest-rated host on MSNBC, announced abruptly on the air Friday night that he is leaving “Countdown…
January 19th, 2011 11:27 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Wednesday’s Countdown show, as he plugged a segment on former Democratic-turned independent Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman’s retirement, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann referred to Lieberman…
January 19th, 2011 12:50 AM | Noel Sheppard
On Monday, Keith Olbermann cherry-picked a Daily Kos/PPP poll to bash the Tea Party as a violent threat to America's elected officials.
On the following day's "Countdown," the MSNBCer…
January 18th, 2011 9:57 PM | Brent Bozell
OK, so conservatives have to be accused of fostering hatred with our alleged vitriol, the kind of vitriol which fuels the flames of violence, like we witnessed in Tucson except – well, except…