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Peggy Noonan made a serious point about MSNBC's slanted coverage, and I suppose seriousness compels me to mention it first. But please do yourself a favor and stay tuned for the…
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August 29th, 2008 10:25 AM | Mark Finkelstein
August 29th, 2008 7:26 AM | Noel Sheppard
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann made his support for Barack Obama even clearer Thursday when moments after the junior senator from Illinois accepted his party's nomination as president, the "Countdown"…
August 29th, 2008 2:33 AM | Geoffrey Dickens
Chris Matthews has had it with Karl Rove, and he told the Reverend Al Sharpton, during MSNBC's live coverage of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night, to "beat" Rove in Ohio, "…
August 28th, 2008 11:23 PM | Geoffrey Dickens
Chris Matthews shook the proverbial fist at this detractors as he delivered the following praise of Barack Obama's acceptance speech on MSNBC's live coverage of the Democratic National Convention…
August 28th, 2008 10:46 PM | Mark Finkelstein
How does Keith Olbermann view pre-Obama America? Apparently akin to the Soviet Union, and South Africa under apartheid. Here was his statement from the top of tonight's DNC coverage.CHRIS MATTHEWS…
August 28th, 2008 9:14 PM | Ken Shepherd
At about 7:45 p.m. EDT on August 28, a camera panning the crowd outside the outdoor MSNBC set in Denver caught a man holding up a "9/11 Was an Inside Job" sign. Another sign urged a Maddow/…
August 28th, 2008 3:47 PM | Noel Sheppard
As more and more media outlets begin to notice the feud going on between some of MSNBC's highest profile on air personalities, a question begins rising to the surface: just how serious is it?
…August 28th, 2008 1:15 PM | Noel Sheppard
The blow-up that is occurring on MSNBC is beginning to draw attention from media members including the former co-anchor of the "CBS Evening News" Connie Chung who advised those involved in the on…
August 28th, 2008 12:13 PM | Matthew Sheffield
One thing the ongoing feud between MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann has demonstrated that politics can get very personal. Both anchors are very committed Democrats yet seem to despise…
August 28th, 2008 8:05 AM | Mark Finkelstein
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Update | 10: 30 AM: Scarborough acknowledges Biden's 'F' rating. At 8:36 AM EDT, Joe said that "a blog" had attacked him, noting Biden's 'F' rating from gun owners. View…
August 28th, 2008 1:36 AM | Geoffrey Dickens
Chris Matthews liked the pick of longtime Senator Joe Biden for Barack Obama but the prospect of John McCain picking a veep, of similar voltage on the Republican side, like Minnesota Governor Tim…
August 27th, 2008 10:50 PM | Mark Finkelstein
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Few Republicans have made it onto MSNBC air during the network's Dem convention coverage, but even that is apparently too much for Keith Olbermann. As Chris Matthews was…August 27th, 2008 10:36 PM | Noel Sheppard
On Wednesday, NewsBusters asked: Is the hatred [Keith] Olbermann has been spewing on virtually a nightly basis beginning to take its toll on his fellow on air personalities presaging a looming…
August 27th, 2008 8:49 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Another chapter in the ongoing Matthews-Olbermann feud? Yesterday, a catfight broke out between the two when Olbermann suggested Matthews had stolen an idea from two female pundits, and later…
August 27th, 2008 3:57 PM | Kerry Picket
Mainstream news anchors covering the Democratic National Convention are getting more impatient by the day as the McCain campaign broadcasts ads using Hillary Clinton's own words against Democratic…
August 27th, 2008 3:34 PM | Noel Sheppard
As my colleague Mark Finkelstein reported Tuesday, MSNBC's Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann labelled long-time Hillary Clinton advisor Howard Wolfson a Tokyo Rose-like traitor due…
August 27th, 2008 1:40 PM | P.J. Gladnick
It appears that Keith Olbermann might be vying for the title of Most Obnoxious Anchor On Television. First we had Olbermann dissing Joe Scarborough during a live broadcast on Monday from the…
August 27th, 2008 10:29 AM | Noel Sheppard
About 24 hours after dissing Joe Scarborough via an open microphone during Monday's coverage of the Democratic National Convention, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann took an insulting poke at partner Chris…
August 27th, 2008 7:26 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Keith Olbermann has forgotten the figure-skating judge's cardinal rule: be sparing in the marks you award early contestants, to leave room for the favorites who perform at the end. After his gushing…
August 27th, 2008 3:22 AM | Brent Baker
Most prevalent theme during Tuesday night's coverage of the Democratic National Convention, after speculation over healing the Clinton-Obama feud: TV journalists worrying about how the Democrats are…
August 27th, 2008 12:44 AM | Matthew Sheffield
Not that it counts for much but who are the most influential political media figures? It's an interesting question, one that for the most part is hardly a provable assertion. How can one measure…
August 26th, 2008 10:08 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Update | Aug. 27 4:15 PM: Wolfson Fires Back!
Saying he's "not gonna take any lectures on how to be a good Democrat from two people who spent the last two years relentlessly attacking Bill and…
August 26th, 2008 5:38 PM | Tim Graham
PBS demonstrated it clearly isn’t afraid to fly the flag of liberalism when it allowed one of its multi-millionaire stars, filmmaker Ken Burns, to not only make a syrupy socialist tribute to Ted…
August 26th, 2008 1:18 PM | Colleen Raezler
During MSNBC's convention coverage on Monday night, Bill Maher explained to Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann that American politics "seem to be getting worse because, sorry to say it, people get…
August 26th, 2008 11:42 AM | Tim Graham
During Monday night’s live convention coverage on MSNBC, Chris Matthews chewed out the "culturally conservative person, I’m not saying bigoted person," who want "people in the ghetto" to get their…