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MSNBC stories: 75 news summaries

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She Tells Rachel Maddow

 Palin Book All 
 'Fabrications': 
 McCain Aide 

In Maddow interview, Wallace points to 'bizarre fixation' on past

Nov 18, 09 10:18 AM CST
(Newser) - Rachel Maddow’s show has surely been the locus of some Sarah Palin bashing, but last night it got its ammunition from an unlikely source—her handler during last year’s campaign. Nicolle Wallace is not happy about her characterization in Palin’s Going Rogue, and gave an interview... More »

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MSNBC • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Rachel Maddow • television interview • Going Rogue • Nicolle Wallace • McCain campaign • Nicolle Wallace interview • Rachel Maddow Nicolle Wallace

Obama, Dems Catch Flak From MSNBC

Left-leaning networks not afraid to hammer prez for moving right

Nov 16, 09 8:48 AM CST
(Newser) - Forget Fox News, Barack Obama is catching just as much grief from MSNBC, as the network’s liberal hosts hammer Democrats for drifting right. Rachel Maddow, for example, spent most of last week lambasting House Democrats over the anti-abortion Stupak amendment, calling it an “electoral defeat,” and contemplating... More »

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Barack Obama • abortion • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • health care reform • Rachel Maddow • left wing • Stupak-Pitts

CNN Last in Prime-Time Ratings Race

Cable viewers prefer opinion-based news programming

Oct 26, 09 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - CNN’s ratings have fallen behind those of the other major cable news networks as prime-time viewers pass over the network in favor of opinion-based news coverage. Every prime-time CNN show lost to its Fox News opponent, and in some instances the losses were even more humiliating—at 10pm, for... More »

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television • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • CNN • TV ratings • Anderson Cooper • Anderson Cooper 360 • cable news • Greta Van Susteren • Headline News • HLN • Nancy Grace

THE REV. WHOEVER

MSNBC Host to Jesse Jackson: 'Hi, Al Sharpton' 

Reverend looks miffed after Contessa Brewer flubs his name

Oct 22, 09 9:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a stunningly awkward clip going viral as we speak, MSNBC host Contessa Brewer accidentally introduces guest Jesse Jackson as, “the Reverend Al Sharpton.” When Jackson gives the camera a priceless you-gotta-be-kidding-me glare and corrects her, Brewer hastily blames the script and apologizes, saying “I know who... More »

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Jesse Jackson • Al Sharpton • MSNBC • Contessa Brewer

OPINION

Rachel Maddow Can Rescue
Meet the Press

Liberal MSNBC host
is Tim Russert's
spiritual heir

Oct 19, 09 1:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Meet the Press has been pretty lame since Tim Russert died. No offense to David Gregory, who’s done respectable work, but he was always the safe choice, "and he's made the show just that: safe," writes Brian Donovan. NBC's Sunday morning stalwart needs its fire... More »

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NBC • MSNBC • Tim Russert • Meet the Press • David Gregory • Rachel Maddow • Sunday morning talk shows

ANALYSIS

 Obama and 
 Cable News: 
 It's Love/Hate 

Prez can't stand the "chatter" that obfuscates real issues

Sep 25, 09 2:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama tries to downplay the “cable chatter” of the 24-hour news networks, but his frustration with them is as old as their fascination with him. “I think a lot of this stems from the election,” press secretary Robert Gibbs tells Politico, when some donors “would... More »

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television • media • MSNBC • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Obama administration • cable news • President Obama

media melee

Fox: Tea Parties Not Covered
CNN: You Lie!

Ad sparks network
tea party war

Sep 19, 09 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rival networks were quick to go on the counterattack after being accused by Fox of ignoring last weekend's tea party protests in the capital, Mediaite reports. A full-page Washington Post ad from Fox asked, "How Did ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC And CNN Miss This Story," prompting the... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • ABC • protests • Fox News • TV networks • CNN • Ricardo Sanchez • cable news • tea parties

OPINION

 Olbermann:  
 Send Me All the  
 Dirt on Glenn Beck 

MSNBC host fires back after Fox host calls for White House lowdown

Sep 7, 09 10:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck has tweeted a call for followers to dig up dirt on Obama administration figures, and Keith Olbermann aims to turn the tables, making a bid for inside info on the Fox News host himself. “Find everything you can about Glenn Beck, Stu Burguiere, and Roger Ailes,”... More »

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politics • MSNBC • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • Glenn Beck • Obama administration

FOX Network Won't Air Prez Health Care Address

So You Think You Can Dance kicks speech

Sep 7, 09 3:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Fox Broadcast Network won't carry President Obama's congressional address on health-care reform Wednesday, and will instead run So You Think You Can Dance, reports Broadcasting & Cable. The Fox News cable channel will carry the address. The Fox network also skipped Obama's July 22 speech. ABC, CBS, NBC,... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • NBC • CBS • MSNBC • ABC • Fox News • PBS • So You Think You Can Dance? • Fox network

 Fox News Set 
 for Best Year Ever 

Ratings soar with Dems in office

Aug 17, 09 12:29 PM CDT
(Newser) - Conservatives may not have their preferred president, but they do have a preferred network: Fox News is on a roll, set for its best ratings year ever, the AP reports. Viewership is up 11% over last year—though the boom hasn’t come without controversy, with some critics suggesting that... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • CNN • Glenn Beck • TV ratings

(Newser) - Don Imus is negotiating with Fox Business to broadcast a video simulcast of his morning talk show, the Los Angeles Times reports. Imus had a simulcast deal with MSNBC when his radio show was on CBS, before he referred to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed... More »

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entertainment • television • CBS • Don Imus • Rutgers • MSNBC • shock jocks • Fox Business Network • radio stations • Rutgers University • WABC • RFD-TV • talk-show host • simulcast

Lefty Talking Heads Fan 'Birther' Flames

Debunked rumor gets far more play on MSNBC than on Fox

Aug 10, 09 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - When CNN correspondent Candy Crowley mentioned birthers on Lou Dobbs’ show last week, the host panicked. “Don’t say ‘birthers,’ whatever you do,” he said. “Not on this broadcast.” Dobbs has become a much-ridiculed face of the birther movement, but he's discussed the issue... More »

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media • MSNBC • lefties • Keith Olbermann • CNN • Lou Dobbs • Obama administration • liberal media • Candy Crowley • President Obama • conservative media • birther

 What Truce? O'Reilly, 
 Olbermann Back in the Ring 

Olbermann calls O'Reilly 'worst'; O'Reilly attacks GE

Aug 6, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The feud between Bill O’Reilly and Keith Olbermann continues, despite word of a peace deal: On Monday Olbermann said there was no truce and awarded O’Reilly the silver medal for “World’s Worst Person.” Then he gave the gold to Fox News honcho Rupert Murdoch. O’... More »

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media • Rupert Murdoch • Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • General Electric • SEC • feud • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • television news • President Obama

(Newser) - From now on MSNBC will alert viewers that commentator Richard Wolffe also serves another boss—a high-powered Washington public relations and lobbying firm, where he works as a strategist. Executives made the decision following complaints that Wolffe may have pushed agendas for his clients under the guise of being an... More »

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NBC • MSNBC • lobbyist • public relations • health care reform • Washington lobbyists • Richard Wolffe • Public Strategies

(Newser) - It took the intervention of a PBS peacemaker to halt the bitterest media fight of the decade, insiders tell the New York Times. Bosses at Fox and at MSNBC owner GE were fed up with Keith Olbermann and Bill O'Reilly's long-running feud—especially after they started savaging each other's networks—... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • General Electric • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Charlie Rose • Jeffrey Immelt • Countdown

(Newser) - The Iraqi national baseball team will finally look the part thanks to Rachel Maddow, McClatchy Newspapers report. After seeing a story on the team, which had been making do with one borrowed softball bat, some second-hand gloves, and no uniforms, the MSNBC host vowed to help. After she ran a... More »

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Iraq • sports • MSNBC • baseball • Rachel Maddow

'I'm Terribly Sorry, But
David Gregory Had a Fit'

Scarborough cancels on Stephanopoulos

Jun 26, 09 12:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - The highbrow news shows are seeing a little soap-opera drama—and a good old-fashioned hissy fit: MSNBC's Joe Scarborough had to cancel an appearance on George Stephanopoulos' This Week on ABC, reports the New York Post. "I'm terribly sorry," he told Stephanopoulos, "but David Gregory had a... More »

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television • politics • MSNBC • ABC • Mika Brzezinski • NBC News • George Stephanopoulos • Meet the Press • Joe Scarborough • David Gregory • This Week • Morning Joe

House Aide's E-Mail Tantrum Goes Viral

Flipping out over nickname is one way to wind up on MSNBC

Jun 19, 09 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Rep. Jim McDermott has a staffer named Elizabeth Becton. That's "Elizabeth," not "Liz"—ever. A contact attempting to set up a meeting with the Washington Democrat found that out the hard way after making the tragic mistake of calling Becton “Liz.” Her enraged response,... More »

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email • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • Jim McDermott • House Democrats • temper tantrums • Elizabeth Becton

OPINION

 Actually, Beck Calms 
 the Lunatic Fringe 

With O'Reilly and Olbermann, lets wingnuts 'let off steam'

Jun 19, 09 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Glenn Beck infuriates many liberals, but they should really be thanking him: His rhetoric tempers fringe sentiments and prevents violence, writes Reihan Salam for the Daily Beast. Talking heads like Beck and Bill O’Reilly “take unspoken anxieties very seriously,” giving voice to a “small and alienated... More »

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Bill O'Reilly • MSNBC • Fox News • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Glenn Beck • host

'Mancow': Waterboarding
'Absolutely Real'

Says term 'hoax' used to throw off police, station management

May 30, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Erich “Mancow” Muller is outraged by the Gawker report that he faked his own waterboarding, the Chicago Tribune reports. The right-wing shock jock defended himself last night on MSNBC's Countdown: “It’s like saying that Mike Tyson’s daughter didn’t really hang herself,” he said. He... More »

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torture • MSNBC • Keith Olbermann • waterboarding • hoax • Erich "Mancow" Muller

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