If MSNBC is so determined to fight it out with Fox News, why did they tilt so heavily on Monday toward promoting Fox entertainment – to be specific, ‘American Idol’? Keith Olbermann and Joe…
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January 17th, 2007 4:06 AM | Brent Baker
The night after the four-hour, two-night season premiere of Fox's 24 ended with a “suitcase nuke” being set off by Middle Eastern terrorists in a Southern California warehouse, MSNBC's Keith…
January 16th, 2007 9:03 PM | Mark Finkelstein
Keith Olbermann is scared. Not by the threat of terrorism in the United States. But at the notion that "24" might be raising Americans' awareness of the threat. And he has singled out NewsBusters…
January 16th, 2007 1:13 PM | Tim Graham
Two media tidbits today. Broadcasting & Cable magazine reports: "Count Larry King among Katie Couric’s fans. The venerable CNN host watches the new anchor of the CBS Evening News and thinks…
January 16th, 2007 10:59 AM | Noel Sheppard
For fans of the hit television series “24”, Monday night was an astounding event. Personally, I was left speechless for several minutes after the stunning conclusion, and had to watch the second…
January 15th, 2007 5:28 PM | Justin McCarthy
Monday’s Fox and Friends First stated the obvious: NBC is a liberal network. Fox News elaborated on the recent controversy, most notably between FNC’s Bill O’Reilly and several MSNBC commentators…
January 15th, 2007 8:08 AM | Tim Graham
In his Monday "Media Notes" column, Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz promotes the Bill O'Reilly vs. NBC/MSNBC feud as the media-bias equivalent of the Donald Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell "…
January 15th, 2007 2:12 AM | Noel Sheppard
Those not fortunate enough to live in the San Francisco Bay Area might find it hard to believe that this liberal community sports an extremely conservative radio station. Conceivably less shocking…
January 12th, 2007 9:38 PM | Mark Finkelstein
How do you know when someone's gone off the deep end of the liberal pool? When she manages to outdo Keith Olbermann at the art of invective.On this evening's Countdown, Olbermann and Arianna…
January 12th, 2007 11:05 AM | Noel Sheppard
There’s really no other way of putting this: Keith Olbermann is a disgrace, and the idea that any major media outlet would give him a daily platform to spew his vitriol from is similarly so.
…January 12th, 2007 9:50 AM | Scott Whitlock
Last week saw the dawning of the new Democratic majority and members of the media seemed to be charmed by the event. ABC reporter Cokie Roberts described a photo-op of new House Speaker Nancy…
January 11th, 2007 12:20 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On MSNBC Wednesday night, during coverage of President Bush's speech to the nation, Chris Matthews compared Iraq to the "losing battle" of the "Alamo," calling it a "catastrophe," and contended…
January 10th, 2007 12:58 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Tuesday's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann branded White House press secretary Tony Snow "Worst Person in the World," accusing him of "bald-faced lying" about President Bush's so-called "…
January 9th, 2007 10:37 AM | Noel Sheppard
Fox News’s Geraldo Rivera was recently being interviewed on a radio station in Florida, and, according to an article at the Orlando Sentinel’s blog on Monday, he harbors some ill feelings towards…
January 9th, 2007 10:23 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Is there no bridge too far for Joe Scarborough to cross in defending charges of liberal bias against his NBC/MSNBC employers? On last night's Scarborough Country, Joe adopted a position so…
January 8th, 2007 5:49 PM | Mark Finkelstein
As we noted here, when Andrea Mitchell appeared on The Factor last week, Bill O'Reilly confronted her over NBC's leftward tilt. Andrea not only denied any NBC bias, she also vouched for CBS' and ABC…
January 3rd, 2007 10:38 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Wednesday's Countdown, MSNBC's Keith Olbermann and frequent guest John Dean discussed the possibility of a Democratic Congress moving to impeach members of President Bush's Cabinet as an…
January 2nd, 2007 11:37 PM | Brad Wilmouth
On Tuesday's Countdown, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann used his latest "Special Comment" attack on President Bush to accuse the President of extending the "senseless, endless" war in Iraq as part of…
December 30th, 2006 6:26 PM | Tim Graham
Entertainment Weekly TV critic Ken Tucker put both Keith Olbermann and Rosie O'Donnell on his Best of TV List for 2006.
6 Countdown With Keith Olbermann MSNBC The best anchor…
December 29th, 2006 9:03 AM | Rich Noyes
Before we ring in 2007, it's worth taking a look back at some of the liberal media's goofiest or most outrageous moments, courtesy of the Media Research Center's Best Notable Quotables of 2006: The…
December 29th, 2006 7:02 AM | Tim Graham
At the absolutely Bush-loathing website Buzzflash.com, there are Olbermann for President buttons. He is, they say, "the first-tier reality-based, progressive cable commentator" who has walked on "…
December 25th, 2006 12:58 PM | Noel Sheppard
For months before Election Day, Americans were brainwashed by the media concerning a Republican “culture of corruption,” and the need for the Democrats to clean it all up. Unfortunately, in the…
December 22nd, 2006 6:48 AM | Mark Finkelstein
Chris Matthews's apparently inexorable plunge off the Olbermann end of the pool continued on Thursday's Hardball.Matthews [seen in file photo] discussed the Scooter Libby trial with Newsweek…
December 20th, 2006 10:40 PM | Brent Bozell
It’s amazing that as the 20th century escapes from our rear view mirror, some hippie liberals are still recycling their Sixties angst. For God’s sakes, it’s almost 2007. Can’t someone graduate…
December 19th, 2006 12:11 AM | Brad Wilmouth
On Monday's Countdown, viewers were treated to a special retrospective of MSNBC host Keith Olbermann's series of "Special Comment" attacks on the Bush administration, featuring four of Olbermann's…