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    Sep 8, 2008, 05:25 AM
    MSNBC drops Olberman and Matthews
    Well not exactly .They have been removed from the anchor chair and will be retained as commentators. David Gregory will move up to anchor any live political events .

    The hardest hit by these maneuvers may be the Barack Obama campaign that had come to rely upon MSNBC for biased over the top lavish coverage.
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    Sep 8, 2008, 08:08 AM
    I'm sure Chris still gets a thrill up his leg.
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    Sep 8, 2008, 08:21 AM
    Clearly MSNBC took a lot of heat over their coverage of the conventions. Olbermann is lucky to have a job after his comments following the 9-11 video at the RNC. Michael Calderone's Blog: Olbermann: Sept. 11 tribute "not appropriate" - Politico.com

    Edit :

    I think Matthews could fix that leg tingle by slipping on a pair of Depends.
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    Sep 8, 2008, 10:05 AM
    Obama still has MTV. Did you catch their illustrious host's comments at the MTV awards last night?

    He said: "As a representative of the global community, a visitor from abroad, I don't want to come across a little bit biased, but could I please ask of you, people of America, please elect Barack Obama, please, on behalf of the world.

    "Some people, I think they're called racists, say America is not ready for a black president.

    "But I know America to be a forward thinking country because otherwise why would you have let that retard and cowboy fella be president for eight years.

    "We were very impressed. We thought it was nice of you to let him have a go, because, in England, he wouldn't be trusted with a pair of scissors."

    Brand also took a shot at Republican Vice-Presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

    Speaking of Palin's daughter's boyfriend, Levi Johnston, Brand said: "That is the safe sex message of all time. Use a condom or become a Republican!"
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    Sep 8, 2008, 10:38 AM
    Keith Olbermann, Chris Matthews Booted From MSNBC Political Anchor Desk - America’s Election HQ



    Keith Olbermann may be the “voice” of MSNBC, but network executives have decided to yank the talkmeister off its political anchor desk after the cable channel finished dead last in the Nielsen rankings of all news coverage during the two weeks of political conventions...

    In favor of David Gregory, whose White House press corps experience may make him better suited to deliver sober and less opinion-driven assessments of the news.

    And what is that all the lefties say about FOX? :rolleyes: ;)
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    Sep 8, 2008, 10:59 AM
    I heard Gregory and was actually surprised by his rather fair reporting of the RNC . When he was a White House Correspondent he was a pit bull .
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    Sep 8, 2008, 01:24 PM
    Hello:

    I'm sure it was simply because they were sniping at each other on the air. I don't think it has any political significance.

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    Sep 8, 2008, 03:34 PM
    Matthews is the weak link there. Olbermann is really good for his countdown show. I'm not sure who David Gregory is, but I do think ever since Tim Russert passed away that MSNBC needed someone that can control the set and be the glue on the staff.
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    Sep 8, 2008, 04:18 PM
    I was watching Fox & Friends (its on at about 9pm our time over here) and the hosts of that show were having a field day with this. They thought it was wonderful. They loved yelling it from the roof tops how biased other networks are. They then went onto 4 positive stories about Palin and 2 negative stories about Obama. I don't know how anyone can say any media organisation isn't biased. The hypocrisy was laughable!
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    Sep 9, 2008, 02:37 AM
    The difference is that FOX &Friends is a commentary show. The beef with Olbermann and Matthews was that they were taking their commentary into a news hosting format. I watch MSNBC yesterday with David Gregory hosting the news segment and it was fair.
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    Sep 9, 2008, 06:52 AM
    Hello again, tom:

    When you take commentators and put them on a news show, it should surprise no one when they comment. Commentators should not deliver the news.

    But Fox, of course, still uses its commentator on its convention coverage. - that is unless they can convince us that Bill O'Reilly is a news dude.

    Bwa, ha ha ha ha.

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    Sep 9, 2008, 06:58 AM
    Actually they have Brit Hume and Shep Smith as anchors. O'Reilly did not anchor any of their coverage. He ran his regular show at the regular time.
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    Sep 9, 2008, 10:08 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55
    actually they have Brit Hume and Shep Smith as anchors. O'Reilly did not anchor any of their coverage. He ran his regular show at the regular time.
    Darned ol' facts. They also had reporter Carl Cameron walking the convention floors.
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    Oct 15, 2010, 07:16 PM
    :mad:Olbermann is an A-Hole and should "WAKE UP TO THE REAL WORLD " ! Don't live in a FANTASY WORLD... OLD MAN ,OLBERMANN "SLEEPING BEAUTY "
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    Oct 19, 2010, 10:52 AM

    Lets see You have the guy who use to do the plays of the week on espn. Then you have a failed shock jock and then you have a failed inside edition host. So I ask right and left why do any of you listen to them?


    PS Tom are you having nightmares of Cliff Lee? :p
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    Oct 19, 2010, 11:03 AM

    If it were me I'd have the ump examine his hat.

    Not to worry... we have our ace AJ going tonight.:rolleyes:

    May as well enjoy BB while I can . Even if the Yanks advance I won't be able to watch them because my cable provider is having a pissing match with the provider of FOX sports.
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    Oct 19, 2010, 11:09 AM

    Our resident Rangers junkie said someone in NY claimed Lee was a witch.
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    Oct 19, 2010, 11:13 AM

    This is what I think . He got very good when hitters were forced off steroids .
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    Oct 19, 2010, 11:15 AM

    Tom you are part of that cablevision BS!! Joe Blanton from the Phillies hat has this black smudge on the brim I have always said they should look at that.
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    Oct 19, 2010, 11:36 AM

    Yes I couldn't watch the Gnats Sunday,and have not seen a Philly Gnats game yet . Cablevison has a monopoly in my area (unless I went satellite ). I know bar owners who lost a small fortune this weekend . FOX has been A$$holes in this dispute also cutting off internet viewing .

    They pulled the same garbage with CBS and decided to cut service during the 1st half hour the Academy Awards before they settled. And of course ,I had satellite for a few years while they quarrelled with Yankees Entertainment (YES) . Then I returned to cablevision when I had a dispute with Direct Tv.

    What really bothers me about this one is that the Fox channel is local broadcasting which was free in the good old days when antennas worked .

    As it is ,the whole thing is a rip off making me pay for hundreds of channels I don't want .I look forward to the day of ala carte pricing .
    Just wait . What is happening here is going to be repeated across the nation. My own little protest is a witholding of my bill. I also emailed my local officials demanding an end to monopoly cable service .

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