Tag Archives: MSNBC

Olbermann Off the Deep End

In Olbermann’s lawsuit against Current, Olbermann went after Cenk Uygur’s show. Via Buzzfeed: On Cenk Uygur, host of “The Young Turks”: “Olbermann told them he did not believe Uygur would be a good choice. Olbermann opined to Bohrman that Uygur … Continue reading

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Quote of the Afternoon

“[Olbermann] arrogantly and falsely calls “cheap” the company that has paid him the highest compensation he had ever received in his career, provided him the largest staff of any program he had ever anchored, given him the largest studio and … Continue reading

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Can You Believe These Choices?

I’m probably far more amused by this than I should be, regardless I can’t stop laughing. Here’s a panel featuring Willie Geist, Mark Halperin, and Joe Scarborough, each of whom are completely dumbfounded as all of their various narratives of … Continue reading

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Quote of the Morning

“If my book is racist and anti-Semitic, how did Sean Hannity, Erin Burnett, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Megyn Kelly, Lou Dobbs and Ralph Nader miss that? How did Charles Payne, African-American host on Fox radio, who has interviewed me three times, … Continue reading

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Farewell and Bite Me, Pat Buchanan

This might be the best decision MSNBC has made since hiring Rachel Maddow and Melissa Harris-Perry. MSNBC dropped conservative commentator Pat Buchanan on Thursday, four months after suspending him following the publication of his latest book. The book “Suicide of … Continue reading

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Very Serious Prison Porn

Chuck Todd has ripped Stephen Colbert’s lack of seriousness and respect for the system — twice. Last night at around 11:30PM eastern, MSNBC switched from election coverage to yet another cookie-cutter prison porn documentary. And Stephen Colbert is unserious. Chuck … Continue reading

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Pat Buchanan Goes Full Glenn Beck

Everybody knows you never go full Glenn Beck. Embattled pundit Pat Buchanan lobbed another grenade at MSNBC on Tuesday, saying that a smear campaign by “militant gay rights groups” and Van Jones was contributing to his months-long absence from the … Continue reading

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Pat Buchanan Might Be Evicted from NBC Cryo-Chamber

Pat Buchanan might be soon evicted from his posh green-room cryogenic chamber he’s leasing from MSNBC, and it can’t come soon enough. MSNBC’s top executive said Saturday that he hasn’t decided whether conservative commentator and author Pat Buchanan will be … Continue reading

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Charts of the Day

Back in July, the cable news media barely mentioned unemployment in lieu of this mostly nonsensical obsession with the debt and austerity. According to ThinkProgress: Now, they’re finally paying attention to the real economic crisis: Progress! (Via Zaid Jilani)

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Go Chris Matthews

Here’s Chris Matthews completely destroying Star Wars Cantina Alien and RNC chairman Reince Priebus. “Do you have a hard time with the fact that your party left this country in wreckage?” Matthews said. “…You think you left this bed all … Continue reading

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