MSNBC fires Mathews and Olberman

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  1. Sourdoughman

    Sourdoughman TigerFan of LSU and the Tigerman

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    LSUMASTERMIND Founding Member

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    a little misleading, they just wont be the anchors for election coverage, that will be David Gregory from now on, they will be contributors.
     
  3. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    MSNBC tried to put its most popular political commentators into the anchor spot and it didn't work out. But they were NOT fired, just back to their regular shows.
     
  4. TheDude

    TheDude I'm calmer than you.

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    They are still tools. They got removed from election anchoring because of their "biased coverage" on MSNBC. :rolleye33: Isn't that like pulling over Snoop's bus and discovering that two guys are smoking weed? :huh:
     
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    I think the most interesting part of this article is where they talk about the ratings.
    Fox News had nearly 4x the viewers as MSNBC for the last 2 night of the RNC and also had more viewers for the DNC?! I know that Fox News leans right and MSNBC leans left, but can that simply be explained as more republicans watching cable news than democrats?
     
  6. CajunlostinCali

    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

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    Harpo should have both Biden and Palin on to ask them the same questions, fairly. Otherwise, she should have stayed out of the political arena in the first place.
     
  8. Krypto

    Krypto Huh?

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    good. both of those guys are childish idiots. Now if only NBC would stop putting Olbermann sunday night football.
     
  9. lsu-i-like

    lsu-i-like Playoff advocate

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    She hasn't had Obama on since he declared his presidency.
     
  10. CajunlostinCali

    CajunlostinCali Booger Eatin Moron

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    [​IMG]She has not, or will not have Palin at all unless she wins. With this election I am part of the bottom middle but the theme here is the fairness of the media being impartial to both sides. It is certain that both MSNBC and Oprah have not done this. Perhaps the position taken here by MSNBC will be an example to others of what not to do when all you work for are ratings. Having Michael Moore on will not help that cause.
     

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