Rachel Maddow & Keith Olbermann Lonely, Look for New Friend
January 23rd, 2009 9:15 AM
Building on the relative popularity of their 8pm and 9pm slots--Olbermann & Maddow, respectively--MSNBC has begun the search for a personality to fill the currently unfilled 10pm slot. 10pm is currently devoted to a replay of Olbermann's "Countdown."Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, is making 10 p.m. a priority now. In an interview on Tuesday in a studio on the Mall, hours after the…
Matthews Criticizes Anti-Bush Booing as ‘Bad Form,’ Olbermann Not
January 20th, 2009 6:50 PM
During Tuesday morning’s inaugural coverage on MSNBC, when spectators were heard booing President Bush as he was introduced, Chris Matthews seemed to become uncomfortable and criticized the protest as "bad form," remarking, "Don’t do that. Don’t boo, don’t boo, don’t boo." But minutes later, when protesters could be heard singing "Hey, hey, goodbye," co-anchor Keith Olbermann seemed to suggest…
Maddow Bashes Fox News Then Admits Never Seeing One FNC Program
January 17th, 2009 10:24 AM
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow bashed competitor Fox News at a Television Critics Association gathering Thursday before she told a small group of reporters she's "never seen a show on Fox at any time ever.” I kid you not.Must be quite a talent to have strong opinions about something you've never actually experienced firsthand, dontcha think? Such was reported by The Hollywood Reporter's James Hibberd…
Maddow Blames Bush for Destruction of New Orleans and WTC
January 16th, 2009 11:33 AM
MSNBC's Rachel Maddow used the occasion of President George W. Bush's final address to suggest that he was to blame for the destruction of New Orleans as well as the felling of the World Trade Center.In her Thursday program after the President's farewell to the nation, with a photograph of Bush in the right of the screen that included the disgusting caption "Goodbye, Good Riddance," Maddow…
'Hannity' Premiere Beats King and Maddow Combined
January 14th, 2009 10:25 AM
Don't listen to folks in the media claiming conservatism is either dead or dying, for on Monday night the premiere of Fox News's "Hannity" attracted more viewers than CNN's "Larry King Live" and MSNBC's "Rachel Maddow Show" combined.And, in the critical demographic of folks aged 25-54, host Sean Hannity, now flying solo without longtime co-host Alan Colmes, bested his liberal competition by wide…
Olbermann: Unlike Palin, Pitbull Can Be Trained to ‘Occasionally Kee
January 14th, 2009 1:19 AM
On Tuesday’s Countdown on MSNBC, after a segment with the Washington Post’s Eugene Robinson at the end of the program in which he and host Keith Olbermann lambasted Sarah Palin over her recent interview with Esquire magazine, the Countdown host made a crude joke at Palin’s expense as he introduced the Rachel Maddow Show. Olbermann: "But, apropos of Palin, I can’t remember who said this, but it…
Wrong, Rachel: Maddow Claims Clinton Inherited 'Economic Downturn' Fro
January 7th, 2009 10:00 PM
Maybe Rachel Maddow watched one too many clips of Bill Clinton during the '92 campaign claiming George H.W. had "driven the economy into a ditch" and that things were as bad as they'd been since the Depression. In the course of trying to lower expectations for Obama to the max on her show tonight, and tracing the history of the economies previous presidents inherited, Maddow claimed that "…
