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MSNBC Pretends To Be Fair: Tensions Boil Over As Shuster, Scarborough Feud- With Video’s
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
August 26, 2008
News Busters
Tensions are running high at MSNBC, at least surrounding veteran host Joe Scarborough who seems to be increasingly discontented at his network’s decision to market itself as the cable net of choice for Bush haters. That hasn’t sat well with the likes of the far left Keith Olbermann who has played a large role in getting MSNBC to pursue this strategy
The Democratic convention seems to have only exacerbated those tensions. Last night saw Olbermann caught on an open mic blurting out profane disgust at Scarborough, prompting the latter to verbally call him out while fellow MSNBC anchor ...
When The F*cking MSNBC Soap Opera Unfortunately Becomes More Interesting And Lively Than The DNC Convention
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
When I was a kid, adults (um, people of authority) usually could tell who was the bad/rotten apple and instigator in the group of classmates or siblings by WHICH seemed to have a problem getting along with the others in said groups of peers … And THEY were the ones who, at that time in acceptable social behavior solutions history, were ‘dealt with’ in a timely and succinct manner …
Now, IF MSNBC/NBC cannot seem to tell who is the ‘problem child(ren)’ and isn’t playing nice with others … well, they really are lost forever. This convention and election season has stripped this news organization and the ...
Bob Cesca: Cable News Covering The DNC With Republican Cue Cards
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
With a few standout exceptions, the television coverage of the Democratic Convention is so grossly disconnected with the reality on the floor that, if I were more conspiratorial, I'd wonder whether all three cable news networks hadn't pre-taped their coverage months ago. Sort of like that SNL sketch in which Dana Carvey plays Tom Brokaw -- preemptively taping an on-air obituary for Gerald Ford. "Tragedy today as former president Gerald Ford was eaten by wolves."
While obviously not canned, the DNC coverage this week definitely appears to follow a preordained law: When the Republicans attack, repeat the attack over and over. When the ...
Bob Cesca: Enough! Here's Why The Polls Are So Damn Close
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Today's edition of Morning Joe on MSNBC was especially ridiculous. And Pat Buchanan wasn't even there, which meant that everyone else had to overcompensate to make up for the conspicuous absence of awful.
Back story: Senator Obama released a two-minute commercial about the economic crisis - also known as "the worst financial crisis in a century," according Alan Greenspan and Mort Zuckerman. It's a smart, effective ad that serves two purposes: it outlines what Obama plans to do about the crisis, and it continues to hammer home Senator Obama as a tough yet presidential would-be chief executive and steward of the economy.
Yet despite the ...
