Norah O'DonnellNBC corporate has finally come to grips with the unprofessional and outrageously slanted coverage of the election by MSNBC. The NYT reports "MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channel’s coverage of the election. That experiment appears to be over." David Gregory will be replacing the dynamic duds. (I respect Matthews since he understands politics but has become too much about Matthews and not the story. The idea that Keithy O is on the same "level" with Chris is appauling.)
For me the worst image was to see, during the Democratic Convention, the "anchors" Eugene Robinson, the always beautiful and perky Norah O'Donnell, David Gregory and a dark glasses wearing Pat Buchanan swaying back and forth to the musical stylings of Stevie Wonder. Ya think you'd ever see Huntley/ Brinkley doing the same?
Keith Olbermann's rise in political commentary is such a corporate creation. He's a jerk, poorly informed and his writing drips with sarcasm and faux intellect. Keith, do us all a favor and go back to reporting hits, runs and errors. Your knowledge of politics is so weak its embarrassing to you and worse to your network. Not to mention as Keith rails against Sarah Palin's "lack of experience" he's more than happy to help his live in squeeze join the fourth estate. I guess being a "reporter" in today's world requires certain "talents". Hmmm Keith what might those be?
But of course as NBC cans the O and M team they announce the addition of the liberals liberal Rachel Madow show. Rachel, who's radio show on Air America has about two dozen listeners was for some reason given a seat at MSNBC and now a show. Its really all such a joke. Sadly no one is laughing.
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