Keith Obermann and Chris Matthews removed from the front lines of reporting - Page 2

Yahoshua · 09-09-08, 01:00 AM

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Hmmm. Rose thinks that all politicians should be required by law to wear the logos of the companies who support them (like NASCAR drivers wear the logos of their sponsors), so we can tell who owns them.

Maybe journalists and other media types ought to be required to wear the logo of the party they support as well.

That would go over like a fart in a space suit.

I'm sure they wouldn't like it but i'd bet the public would...

Yes, then they would know to flip the channel if they did not care for who they supported.

One never learns anything merely by listening to opinions they agree with.

I don't remember who it was that said that quote but it does hold a good point for us.

Stealth Hunter · 09-09-08, 03:15 AM

I don't see anyone whining about Bill O'Reilly and his Conservative-Republican bias, nor do I see any complaints against Fox News.:hmm:

Doesn't matter. The news isn't what it used to be.

Once upon a time, kids, you could turn the TV on, and at EXACTLY 6 p.m., you'd get legends telling of what happened that day with their commanding tones and cigarettes in hand...

And then... the "Ratings Race" began...

They're all gone now, replaced by blonds in miniskirts.

Platapus · 09-09-08, 04:42 AM

That happened when news became entertainment.

TDK1044 · 09-09-08, 06:29 AM

MSNBC....."You distort. We decide."

August · 09-09-08, 08:32 AM

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I don't see anyone whining about Bill O'Reilly and his Conservative-Republican bias, nor do I see any complaints against Fox News.:hmm:

Obviously you have never searched this board for threads about Fox TV or their commentators.... There's plenty of whining if you go look.

SUBMAN1 · 09-09-08, 10:14 AM

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Theres that Liberal media again.

If I were a betting man, I would bet that MSNBC bent to the amount of whining coming from the McCain camp.....

I'd highly doubt that. I'd like to think that their base/viewers are responsible for this. In all likelihood though, it is their advertisers that probably to blame.

-S

SteamWake · 09-09-08, 10:47 AM

The title made me laugh

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Keith Obermann and Chris Matthews removed from the front lines of reporting

Please... reporting is one thing, injecting opinion and bias is another.

If they want to do an opinion show more power to them. But dont try to pass it off as 'reporting' espically if your an 'anchor'.

Besides.. MSNBC's ratings are in the tank and they felt it time for a change.

Platapus · 09-09-08, 10:52 AM

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Besides.. MSNBC's ratings are in the tank and they felt it time for a change.

Gotta citation for this?

SteamWake · 09-09-08, 11:16 AM

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Besides.. MSNBC's ratings are in the tank and they felt it time for a change.

Gotta citation for this?

Old news

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSNBC

The paragraphs 'ratings'.

geetrue · 09-09-08, 02:43 PM

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Theres that Liberal media again.

If I were a betting man, I would bet that MSNBC bent to the amount of whining coming from the McCain camp.....

I'd highly doubt that. I'd like to think that their base/viewers are responsible for this. In all likelihood though, it is their advertisers that probably to blame.

-S

reads; 'white people'

SteamWake · 09-09-08, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Enigma

Theres that Liberal media again.

If I were a betting man, I would bet that MSNBC bent to the amount of whining coming from the McCain camp.....

I'd highly doubt that. I'd like to think that their base/viewers are responsible for this. In all likelihood though, it is their advertisers that probably to blame.

-S

reads; 'white people'

How in the world did you get here from there?

Good god people get a grip.

geetrue · 09-09-08, 05:22 PM

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Theres that Liberal media again.

If I were a betting man, I would bet that MSNBC bent to the amount of whining coming from the McCain camp.....

I'd highly doubt that. I'd like to think that their base/viewers are responsible for this. In all likelihood though, it is their advertisers that probably to blame.

-S

reads; 'white people'

How in the world did you get here from there?

Good god people get a grip.

Simple deduction ... you won't hear on the air, just in the bar rooms.

August · 09-09-08, 05:23 PM

This, (from the wiki article) is the likely reason:

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During the 2008 Democratic National Convention, changes by the network led to public tensions between network star Keith Olbermann and Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews, and Dan Abrams.[50]

Digital_Trucker · 09-09-08, 05:29 PM

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Simple deduction ... you won't hear on the air, just in the bar rooms.

Now there's an authoritative source:rotfl:

09-09-08, 04:42 AM	#18
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,369 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	That happened when news became entertainment. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

09-09-08, 03:15 AM	#17
Stealth Hunter Silent Hunter Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Y'ha-Nthlei Posts: 4,262 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	I don't see anyone whining about Bill O'Reilly and his Conservative-Republican bias, nor do I see any complaints against Fox News.:hmm: Doesn't matter. The news isn't what it used to be. Once upon a time, kids, you could turn the TV on, and at EXACTLY 6 p.m., you'd get legends telling of what happened that day with their commanding tones and cigarettes in hand... And then... the "Ratings Race" began... They're all gone now, replaced by blonds in miniskirts.

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TDK1044 Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 2,674 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	MSNBC....."You distort. We decide."