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  • September 2008

    • Wrong, Lefties: Palin Didn't Cut Special Olympics Dollars

      National Review  |  Sep 29, 08 4:24 PM CDT

      Wrong, Lefties: Palin Didn't Cut Special Olympics Dollars

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin did not cut funding to the Special Olympics in Alaska, as many have said, professors Warren Throckmorton and Paul Kengor write in the National Review . In fact, this year she approved an increase in funding, from $250,000 to $275,000. Lawmakers had asked for $550,000, perhaps inspiring the liberal media to insinuate that Palin had cut, rather than denied, funding. More »

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      Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • Alaska  • Keith Olbermann  • National Review

    • Maddow Is Sharp, But Still Just Another Partisan Pundit

      New York Times  |  Sep 25, 08 4:39 PM CDT

      Maddow Is Sharp, But Still Just Another Partisan Pundit

      (Newser) - Despite all the hype and the glowing blogosphere reviews since she got her own MSNBC slot Sept. 8, Rachel Maddow’s program has turned out to be a clone of the Keith Olbermann vehicle that precedes her: “less a show than an annex,” Alessandra Stanley writes in the New York Times . With guests fitting MSNBC’s liberal, Anti-Fox News tilt, “that kind of echo chamber doesn’t make for very interesting television.” More »

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      Fox News  • MSNBC  • Bill O'Reilly  • Keith Olbermann  • Chris Matthews  • Rachel Maddow  • Pat Buchanan

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

      Gawker  |  Sep 8, 08 5:09 PM CDT

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

      (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." More »

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      Election 2008  • NBC  • MSNBC  • NBC Universal  • Keith Olbermann  • NBC News  • Brian Williams  • Chris Matthews  • David Gregory

    • Maddow, Set for MSNBC Debut, Aims to Avoid 'Homogenized'

      Boston Globe  |  Sep 8, 08 2:05 PM CDT

      Maddow, Set for MSNBC Debut, Aims to Avoid 'Homogenized'

      (Newser) - Rachel Maddow’s own show debuts at 9 EDT tonight on MSNBC, but the liberal pundit doesn’t sound so much excited as worried. TV has “homogenizing tendencies,” she tells the Boston Globe . “It’s like being put through a meat grinder.” But worried or not, the Air America host is making the leap, bringing another lefty to the brink of mainstream pundit stardom. More »

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      MSNBC  • Keith Olbermann  • pundits  • Rachel Maddow  • punditry

    • MSNBC Boots Olbermann, Matthews From Anchor Chairs

      New York Times  |  Sep 8, 08 5:27 AM CDT

      MSNBC Boots Olbermann, Matthews From Anchor Chairs

      (Newser) - After months of criticism and pointed derision at the Republican convention, MSNBC will yank Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from the anchor seats during this fall's debates and election. NBC News correspondent David Gregory will host election coverage, while Olbermann and Matthews remain as commentators. Ratings at the struggling network have been up, but critics of the network have questioned its more partisan coverage. More »

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      MSNBC  • news anchor  • Keith Olbermann  • Chris Matthews  • David Gregory

  • August 2008

    • Maddow Helps MSNBC Make Left Turn

      New York Times  |  Aug 22, 08 8:06 AM CDT

      Maddow Helps MSNBC Make Left Turn

      (Newser) - Rachel Maddow's promotion to prime-time at MSNBC more clearly draws the partisan lines among the cable networks, writes Brian Stelter of the New York Times : MSNBC on the left, Fox on the right, and CNN claiming middle ground. Now the big question: Will the Maddow move translate into more ads? It seems likely. Viewers seems drawn to outspoken views, and, in fact, Fox now brings in more ad revenue than CNN. MSNBC is in a distant third. More »

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      cable TV  • Fox News  • CNN  • MSNBC  • NBC Universal  • Keith Olbermann  • television news  • network news  • TV advertising  • Rachel Maddow

    • MSNBC Gives Lefty Maddow Prime-Time Slot

      New York Times  |  Aug 19, 08 10:04 PM CDT

      MSNBC Gives Lefty Maddow Prime-Time Slot

      (Newser) - MSNBC is honing its left-leaning lineup in the “final leg” of the presidential election, swapping longtime host Dan Abrams for the more overtly partisan Rachel Maddow in its 9pm time slot. The switch has been long expected, reports the New York Times. Network execs see Maddow as a better fit with popular lefty host Keith Olbermann, whose show airs at 8. Maddow begins her full-time gig on Sept. 8, after the political conventions. More »

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      presidential campaign  • MSNBC  • media coverage  • Keith Olbermann  • Rachel Maddow  • Dan Abrams

  • July 2008

    • Dan Patrick to Join NBC's Football Night

      Broadcasting & Cable  |  Jul 8, 08 10:43 AM CDT

      Dan Patrick to Join NBC's Football Night

      (Newser) - Dan Patrick will join NBC's Football Night in America this fall, in a move that reunites him with Keith Olbermann. The two men changed the field of sportscasting with their 1992 debut on ESPN's SportsCenter , writes Broadcasting & Cable . Patrick will keep his radio show and Sports Illustrated column while joining host Bob Costas at Football Night . More »

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      NBC  • Keith Olbermann  • sports journalism  • Tiki Barber  • Bob Costas  • Dan Patrick

  • June 2008

    • Olbermann to Media: 'Shut the Hell Up'

      New Yorker  |  Jun 16, 08 1:42 PM CDT

      Olbermann to Media: 'Shut the Hell Up'

      (Newser) - Keith Olbermann has always been mad as hell, and a parade of ex-colleagues tell the New Yorker they just couldn't take it anymore. The O'Reilly-pummeling, Murrow-channeling ex-sportscaster host of MSNBC's Countdown has consistently alienated both co-workers and higher-ups with the same brusque combativeness he applies nightly to the Bush administration. More »

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      MSNBC  • Tim Russert  • media bias  • Keith Olbermann  • NBC News  • Brian Williams

    • Clinton Hit List Is Talk of the Beltway

      New York Times  |  Jun 11, 08 12:51 PM CDT

      Clinton Hit List Is Talk of the Beltway

      (Newser) - Wounds from Election 2008 aren’t quickly being papered over in Clintonland, the New York Times reports in a speculative piece about who is likely to be on the former first couple's enemies list. How deep will animosity toward Obama boosters Bill Richardson, Jim Clyburn, and Claire McCaskill run? Use of words like “ingrate,” “traitor,” and “enemy” by Clinton associates may not tell the whole tale, but Hillary ’08 chairman does say, “You have to keep track of this.” More »

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      Barack Obama  • Hillary Clinton  • Bill Clinton  • Bill Richardson  • Keith Olbermann  • Chris Matthews  • Claire McCaskill  • Matt Drudge  • James Clyburn

  • May 2008

    • (MS)NBC Generates, Draws Heat

      Associated Press  |  May 27, 08 10:40 AM CDT

      (MS)NBC Generates, Draws Heat

      (Newser) - MSNBC's recent success is a thorn in the side of its competitors, the politicians who accuse the network of bias, and an unlikely third party—NBC News. The cable network's opinionated anchors and the broadcast sibling's more traditional approach are increasingly entangled, the AP reports, and critics don't share the NBC News president's confidence that viewers can make the distinction. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • George W. Bush  • NBC  • MSNBC  • Tim Russert  • Bill O'Reilly  • Keith Olbermann  • Chris Matthews  • Tom Brokaw

    • O'Reilly Blasts at GE Coming From Upstairs

      Washington Post  |  May 19, 08 11:12 AM CDT

      O'Reilly Blasts at GE Coming From Upstairs

      (Newser) - Bill O’Reilly’s campaign against General Electric—the Fox News host has called CEO Jeffrey Immelt a “despicable human being” for doing business with Iran—is part of a feud with NBC that extends far up corporate ladders, the Washington Post reports. Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes apparently loosed O’Reilly on GE in retaliation for attacks by host Keith Olbermann on GE subsidiary MSNBC. More »

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      NBC  • Fox News  • MSNBC  • General Electric  • Bill O'Reilly  • Keith Olbermann  • Roger Ailes  • Jeffrey Immelt

  • March 2008

    • Olbermann Rips Clinton Over Ferraro Flap

      Washington Post  |  Mar 15, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Olbermann Rips Clinton Over Ferraro Flap

      (Newser) - If Keith Olbermann is the Rush Limbaugh of the left—as Chris Cillizza observes in his Washington Post Fix blog—Hillary Clinton couldn’t have been happy when Olbermann blasted her Wednesday night over the recent Geraldine Ferraro flap. “You are now campaigning as if Barack Obama were the Democrat and you were the Republican,” he said. More »

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      Hillary Clinton  • racism  • MSNBC  • Keith Olbermann  • Geraldine Ferraro  • pundits

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