newsbusters.org - 8/28/2008
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"Today" host Matt Lauer scored an interview with "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart for Thursday's show and praised the liberal comic as "one of the most respected and listened to political voices in this country ." Continuing his fawning profile, he attributed a rise in the number of young people voting, in part, to the work of Stewart. It was just after that ...
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Video: Meltdown at MSNBC
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... about the wheels coming off. Hard to believe there’d be tensions at a workplace dominated by Keith Olbermann, huh? He seems like such a go-along-to-get-along kind of guy. Even funnier than the clip: Guess which network was promoting Stewart this morning. Love him or loathe him, Olby’s the only one who delivers anything approaching ratings over there so if someone has to go, it ain’t him. Scarborough has options — it’s easy to see him doing radio or as a Fox News analyst — but what about Matthews? He’s neither CNN nor Fox material, and the thought of him talking nonstop in ...
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Ailing Kennedy 'eager' to stump for Obama —
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