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MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/ content/ article/ 2008/ 09/ 08/ AR2008090800008....
MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign.
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MSNBC wised up (some)
http://goodtimepolitics.com/2008/09/08/msnbc-wised-up-some/Olbermann was involved in several on-air incidents during the conventions that drew unwanted attention. He told morning host Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman, to get a shovel as Scarborough was defending the McCain campaign. And when GOP
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Fluffy Links - Tuesday September 9th 2008
http://www.mulley.net/2008/09/09/fluffy-links-tuesday-septem...MAXroam V2 has launched, well done Pat Phelan. via Rick. Songs about RTE Newscasters. Oh my. A Wikubator - come up with and try and incubate ideas and get feedback using a private wiki. Mike Kelly has a podcast up. Very open and honest blog post from
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Its a start
http://www.barking-moonbat.com/index.php/weblog/its_a_start3...Keith Olbermann And Chris Matthews Dumped As Anchors MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the
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"Little By Little, The Slippery Slope Lost its Ground"
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/msnbc/little_by_little_t...A lot of the talk inside NBC and MSNBC today is not about the campaigns, or Hurricane Ike or the markets; it's about today's news that Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews have been removed as co-anchors for MSNBC's political coverage. TVNewser talked
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Olbermann, Matthews Out as News Anchors, In As Analysts
http://thedemocraticdaily.com/2008/09/08/olbermann-matthews-...From the NY Times: MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channels coverage of the election debates.That experiment appears to
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NBC News: Keeping the world safe from liberals
http://stateoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/09/nbc-news-keeping-w...Glenn Greenwald on the spineless move by MSNBC to demote Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews (neither of whom are particularly liberal) from their political-anchor chairs:This decision by MSNBC is as alarming as it is illustrative. They just implicitly
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Reid Probe: Who Outed MSNBCs Olbermann, Matthews?
http://www.scrappleface.com/?p=3100(2008-09-08) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, today called for a full investigation in to who outed MSNBCs Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, after the two lost their jobs as anchors of the news networks election coverage. Mr. Olbermann and Mr.
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MSNBC Pulls The Plug on Bathtub Boy and Chrissy Matthews
http://www.floppingaces.net/2008/09/08/msnbc-pulls-the-plug-...Not sure its going to make a bit of difference. Olbermann gets one million viewers a night so he has become the face of MSNBC (Of course OReilly gets over three million, but whos counting?) and being the face of the network the bigwigs thought turning
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MSNBC Removes Chris Matthews And Keith Olbermann As Anchors
http://wwwwakeupamericans-spree.blogspot.com/2008/09/msnbc-r...That experiment didn't last long. The two hacks wouldn't know neutral coverage in an anchor position if it bit them. MSNBC and it's parent company NBC have decided to remove Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as anchors during live political events and
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All Good Things Must Come to an Objective End, Also Olbermann
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/media_people/all_good_...After weeks of rumored behind-the-scenes tension MSNBC has announced that it is removing Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann from their roles as anchors of live political events and replacing them with David Gregory. According to WaPo Olbermann, who has
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MSNBC Reacts (Inadequately) to Bias Problem: Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews Face Minor Role Changes
http://www.blogsofwar.com/2008/09/08/msnbc-reacts-inadequate...The story starts off well: MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign. David
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MSNBC: Olbermann and Matthews will no longer anchor live election coverage
http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2008/09/08/msnbc-olbermann...The NYT reports this morning: MSNBC tried a bold experiment this year by putting two politically incendiary hosts, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews, in the anchor chair to lead the cable news channels coverage of the election. That experiment appears
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NBCs meaningless spanking of MSNBC
http://www.thepomoblog.com/archive/nbcs-meaningless-spanking...As if to punctuate my previous post, David Brauder writes for the Associated Press (via TVNewsday) that Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are out as anchors of MSNBCs election night coverage. The change reflects tensions between the freewheeling,
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Biased Network Seeks Figleaf
http://www.julescrittenden.com/2008/09/08/biased-network-see...All Americans should be outraged that Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are being sidelined. At least theyre honest. Well, Olbermann is, anyway.* Washington Post re BSNBC staffing moves: MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the
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MSNBC Drops Bias Hosts Keith Olbermann & Chris Matthews From Election Anchor Chair to
http://scaredmonkeys.com/2008/09/08/msnbc-drops-bias-hosts-k...Na, na, na, na na, na, na, na hey, hey hey GOOD BYE Keith Olbermann & Chris Matthews sacked from election anchor coverage. The LEFT-wing network MSNBC is in full melt down after sending Olbermann and Matthews back to the childrens table. The
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The Big Cave-In
http://vassifer.blogs.com/alexinnyc/2008/09/the-big-cave-in.... Here's a rude awakening for a Monday Morning. "MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the
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The Morning Newsfeed: 09.08.08
http://www.mediabistro.com/news/newsfeed/the_morning_newsfee...Click here to receive mediabistro.com's Daily Newsfeed via email. MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors (WaPo) MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they
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MSNBC still has a few working brain cells
http://hillbillywhitetrash.blogspot.com/2008/09/msnbc-still-...From The Washington Post: MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as the anchors of live political events, bowing to growing criticism that they are too opinionated to be seen as neutral in the heat of the presidential campaign. David
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MEDIA BIAS
http://astuteblogger.blogspot.com/2008/09/media-bias.htmlThe media's bias for the Obamessiah is more obvious to all of us every day. The ever wise Victor Davis Hanson noticed this juxtaposition: For some Pavlovian reason, the medias talking heads still harangue about Palins oration being written by a speech
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Lipstick and boxer shorts
http://www.techcrunchit.com/2008/09/08/lipstick-and-boxer-sh...For the last few weeks, MSNBCs election coverage has become so viscerally partisan that you could sense that the coverage was coming close to threatening the fundamental journalistic tenets of broadcast journalism. Namely, that keeping your nose clean
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