Olbermann and Matthews dismissed as election anchors

We all know how Drudge often reports the news before the MSM picks it up, beginning with his scoop of the Monica Lewinsky Story. Here is another scoop from Drudge on the backlash against Olbermann and Matthews for their extreme liberal bias supposedly disguised as mainstream news reporting.

Anyway, here is the article:

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I always read/watched MSNBC to get the other side's viewpoints. Guess I'll have to rely on the NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post and CNN for that from now on.

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Not surprising. MSNBC is NBC's affiliation to Microsoft AKA Microsoft NBC.

Microsoft founder Bill Gates is a Utopian and his company is Liberal. You can watch recent interviews with Gates talking about New World Order concepts.

The world just doesn't work that way. He is a good example. His company stepped on so many smaller companies, stole applications and you name it. It's fine so long as he is in control. These type of people, Obama included, are all for this so long as they get to call the shots.

What if they weren't able to call the shots or be in control? Would they be for a New World Order then? Nope - because they don't want anyone else in control.

LOL... I did the same after the Republican Convention. I would switch over to MSNBC just to see how the "left" would respond... and they did within minutes doing damage control and trying to mitigate any point made by the republican speakers.

It was very entertaining.

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If I am not mistaken, MS is pretty much out of the picture at MSNBC except for the name. MS and NBC about 2 years ago discussed the parting on good terms, if memory serves me right.

Hi Pavil, could be though do not think it's formally happened. There are still strong ties there at most levels.

Until they remove the MS (Microsoft) from the site and all MSN related items, MS will be in bed with NBC.



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double post removed!

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I think the end for these two extreme lefties posing as journalists was their recent on air fighting with Joe Scarborough. That's when Olberman broke in over top of what Scarborough was trying to say and said, "Jesus, Joe, why don't you get a shovel ..." (whatever that was supposed to mean).

Isn't that grounds for Webster's Dictionary to place Olberman's picture next to the phrase "pot calling the kettle black"? Maybe next to the word "hypocrite" would be more appropriate.



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This was my favorite part of the quote:



Perceived shift? Do people think we are deaf, dumb and blind. Of course both Keith and Chris were basically shilling for Obama, they went out of their way to slam Hilliary Clinton every time she won a primary. It was quite disturbing having a news organization taking such support or a particular candidate to such a level. I wonder if Chris Matthews leg is still trembling from hearing Obama talk. The Clinton's won't forget the damage MSNBC did to their campaign.

Microsoft and NBC are stil "50/50" partners with regard to MSNBC.



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It has Liberal written all over it.

This seems huge to me, I wonder what the real reason is.

Milllions of complaints after trashing, Palin?

It is like divine intervention.

I wonder if Chris Matthews regrets how gay that remark of his was?

Yep, so much for just reporting the news as it happens.

I thought that the Olberman thing was only until football season started and he was moved onto Sunday Night Football. I don't watch much TV so I'm a bit in the dark on this one.

Awesome. Now the world can get more "Fair and Balanced" reporting from the likes of Fox News.

Was waiting for this comment, so thanks for stepping up with it!

So, it seems that you don't like Fox for being "biased".

But if MSNBC was also "biased" but you somehow thought that was OK ...

Wouldn't that qualify as being hypocritical?

You see for a level playing field, it either has to be both or none.

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I stand corrected. I must have misunderstood the bit I was watching on it. I thought MS had moved to basically a "silent partner" kinda role.

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MSNBC is certainly a lot less biased than Fox. While the bias exists, it's nowhere near the right leaning bias of Fox. Can anyone come up with anything Olberman has reported, or even any of his commentary that is not based entirely on fact? Has he ever reported is opinion as factual News ala Bill O'Reilly?

As I see it, with Matthews and Olberman, the coverage was about as "fair and balanced" as it gets. They were certainly no farther to the left than the other networks are to the right. While it would be nice to live in a perfect world where every network shot it down the middle and let the viewers form opinions, sadly this is not the world we live in. Instead, far right, or far left commentators provide the opinions, the people simply tune into the channel that provides the particular flavor of BS that a particular viewer is capable of swallowing. My solution to this issue is to turn off the television. It's the only way there's anything "fair" and "balanced" on the damn thing.

The hypocracy that I see is Olberman being let go for being too far left when there is a network that is celebrated for being too far right.

I honestly don't care at this point. The whole "right vs left" insanity is just too ridiculous for me. Olberman is just as insane as Fox news.

For the sake of "fair and balanced" reporting, all main stream media should be taken off the air. They are all propaganda machines as far as I am concerned.

A star for you my friend. One can't trust any television network to report in a fair, balanced and non-biased manor. Doesn't happen.

A common liberal talking point that is false, and here's why.

O'Reilly never tries to pass himself off as a news man. He calls himself an "entertainer". He also does try to show both sides. Example, his recent Obama interview and having Hillary on before that.

Contrast that with the likes of Olbermann, who is masquerading as an "impartial" news man - while he clearly isn't.

The left is clearly not in favor of free speech, or balanced reporting.

Again contrast the entertainers O'Reilly with Oprah. One has both sides on his show (O'Reilly) and one doesn't (Oprah).

Seriously... and the right is? Left, right, the problem is neither one of them are moving forward.

However, I'd be interested in a quote from O'Reilly labeling himself an "entertainer".