Murdoch's news corp. (Fox News Parent) donates $1 mil to republicans? Olbermann donated to Democratic campaigns. Olbermann News Corp I suppose the news organizations hold themselves to different standards.
If he was suspended for simply donating to democrats, that is unacceptable. If he was suspended mostly for his asinine comments about the GOP, then it may well be justified.
Luckily GE (NBC's parent company) never donates to political campaigns. As for KO, people in their news division may not personally contribute to campaigns. He broke the rule, even though clearly he's an opinion guy. He was suspended indefinitely without pay. My guess is Comcast will look for a reason to fire him once they take over and this incident will be used as the reasoning.
According to Huffington Post, Olbermann was suspended for not getting approval from the MSNBC President before donating. Apparently its ok for MSNBC pundits to donate, but only if the President of the station knows. Not sure if I like how that works. The leanings of MSNBC are pretty obvious to everyone, so are we to assume that the approved donations would all match? This doesn't pass the smell test.
I doubt that comcast would look to fire one of the only guys on MSNBC who gets decent ratings and brings them money.
I think Comcast will look to take MSNBC in a different direction altogether, and like it or not, Olbermann is the face of the current strategy.
MSNBC is generally so bad (at news and ratings, too) that the actual news guys at the NBC network don't want anything to do with the cable programs. And I have read from several sources that Comcast (and NBC network) are looking to completely revamp MSNBC. For the record, MSNBC is actually my news channel of choice.
the only shows on MSNBC that are any good are the Rachel Maddow show, and Countdown. And imho, Countdown hasn't been any good for well over 18 months now. The rest of the shows, (morning, afternoon and after Maddow) is crap.
I think the opposite. The morning shows are the good ones, and the afternoon ones, aside from Chris Matthews, are meh.
well, the few times i watch the morning shows, it's boring to me. But htan again, I'm usually not home during the day and news during the day is boring to me. And I don't necessarily watch MSNBC for news and don't consider Countdown/Maddow as "news' shows.
The early morning show (Joe Scarborough) is good for me. Not a lot of yelling and screaming, like Olbermann's. Then come a few really good political shows. I don't really see them as news... MSNBC's really good news is on weekends. Something to consider is who MSNBC has that is actually news. No actual news guys did their election return coverage, for example.
I'm not sure why it matters if any NBC newscasters did anything for MSNBC. They already have reporters. And while I don't necessarily think they were very good in dealing with michelle bachmann, she is a complete nutter and someone had to point it out.
you mean during the day? No clue. The only ones i know are: Scarborough (I liked him when he had a show in the afternoon). um..that Ed dude. Chris Matthews Olbermann Maddow Odonnell. I can't stand Odonnel, I sometimes like Chris Matthews, but don't know much about or care much about Ed. I'm partial to Rachel Maddow myself. She tends to not hyperbole (which is one thing that I dislike about the rest of the hosts on TV now-a-days)
When I say news people, I mean people who sit at a desk and anchor the news, or who are out in the field doing reporting from places like the White House press corps...
He hosts the show after the morning show. It's a good politics show, even if slanted. From their WWW site: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080263/ns/msnbc_tv-about_msnbc_tv/ Biographies for msnbc anchors and hosts: * Contessa Brewer Christina Brown Dara Brown Mika Brzezinski Willie Geist Chris Jansing Savannah Guthrie Tamron Hall Rachel Maddow Chris Matthews * Andrea Mitchell Keith Olbermann JJ Ramberg Dylan Ratigan Milissa Rehberger Joe Scarborough Ed Schultz David Shuster Chuck Todd * Alex Witt Reporters and contributors: Monica Novotny Norah O’Donnell (I put * next to actual news people, and they only list 2 actual reporters.... sheesh)
Out of curiosity, if you feel MSNBC is so bad, why is it your news channel of choice? For the record, I don't watch any of the cable news channels anymore. When I was in college, I watched FOX News, MSNBC and CNN.
Whats the equivalent for Fox? I'm asking because i honestly don't know. I haven't watched Fox in years.
