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It's Not Too Late, MSNBC: 'Stay Crazy'

Blogger calls for Matthews, Olbermann to keep their jobs

By M. Morris,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 8, 2008 5:09 PM CDT
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(Newser) – David Gregory will be the face of MSNBC's election coverage, and the ouster of "loud shouty people" Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews isn't sitting well with at least one viewer. "It's a stupid, stupid idea, for many reasons," Alex Pareene writes on Gawker of NBC Universal's decision. "If people wanted Brian Williams and David Gregory to cover everything quietly and politely they'd actually watch your evening news."

In an open plea for MSNBC's president to stand his ground, Pareene reels off the reasons he wants the network to continue its perceived shift to the left. They include:

  • "This won't make conservatives shut up."
  • "The bitchery is great television."
  • "Now we have to watch Fox."

No one talked or cared about MSNBC, except as a third-place loser joke of a cable network, until Olbermann and Matthews began making headlines by pissing people off, Pareene rants.
"No one talked or cared about MSNBC, except as a third-place loser joke of a cable network, until Olbermann and Matthews began making headlines by pissing people off," Pareene rants.   (AP Photo)
David Gregory, right,, NBC White House correspondent, and his wife Beth Wilkinson walk through the Booksellers Area as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip, Monday, May 7, 2007, at the White House in Washington.
David Gregory, right,, NBC White House correspondent, and his wife Beth Wilkinson walk through the Booksellers Area as they arrive for the State Dinner in honor of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince...   (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)
David Gregory, center, interviews actor Keanu Reeves, right, on the Today show in New York's Rockefeller Center, Wednesday April 9, 2008. Al Roker and Meredith Vieira are at left.
David Gregory, center, interviews actor Keanu Reeves, right, on the "Today" show in New York's Rockefeller Center, Wednesday April 9, 2008. Al Roker and Meredith Vieira are at left.   (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
MSNBC is embarrassed Republicans are holding up MSNBC as a prime example of liberal bias, Pareene writes. And David Gregory, the guy who became famous for abusing Bush spokespeople, will fix that!
"MSNBC is embarrassed Republicans are holding up MSNBC as a prime example of liberal bias," Pareene writes. "And David Gregory, the guy who became famous for abusing Bush spokespeople, will fix that!"   (Getty Images)
Chris Matthews and Olbermann are blowhards and egomaniacs, yes, Pareene writes, ... but they actually know a lot about history and politics.
Chris "Matthews and Olbermann are blowhards and egomaniacs, yes," Pareene writes, "... but they actually know a lot about history and politics."   (Getty Images)
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