Keith Olbermann Attacks Ann Coulter and Michael Savage
July 19th, 2006 11:38 AM
On Tuesday’s “Countdown,” host Keith Olbermann chose to virulently attack two of America’s most prominent conservatives in his Worst Person in the World segment: radio host Michael Savage, and author Ann Coulter. Olbermann began with Savage (video courtesy of Crooks and Liars):"Our runner-up tonight, Michael Savage. Now, the bar is higher for him because ordinarily we do not like to mock the…
NewsBusters' Matthew Sheffield on MSNBC
July 12th, 2006 6:32 PM
Today in the 4:00 et hour, and later replayed in the 6:00 et hour, NewsBusters executive editor Matt Sheffield will speak with Tucker Carlson on MSNBC. They will discuss Dan Rather's new career as a TV host for Mark Cuban, the controversial billionaire owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks and owner of HDNet, a small network for high definition televisions sets. Rather will host his own show on the…
MSNBC Lurches (Further) Into Liberal Fantasy Land
July 12th, 2006 2:29 PM
So now even the Left’s most bizarre fantasies are regarded as "news" by the producers at MSNBC?
Scarborough and Stossel Slam Al Gore and Global Warming
June 29th, 2006 10:08 AM
ABC’s John Stossel was a guest on MSNBC’s “Scarborough Country” Wednesday, and it is quite safe to say that he’s not buying into any of the recent alarmism concerning global warming. As a result, he and host Joe Scarborough had a lot of fun at Al Gore’s expense (video link to follow).Scarborough began: “…for Al Gore and Bill Clinton to say it`s causing flooding and causing hurricanes and it may…
Chung, Rather Show How Not to End a Career
June 22nd, 2006 12:10 PM
Reality often is stranger than fiction, the saying goes. An author writing the story of former anchor partners Dan Rather and Connie Chung's lives would never have had the temerity to have them both get canned within a week of each other. Not after the two's well-known history of bickering and fighting with each other. Yet that's exactly what happened. Seattle Post-Intelligencer TV critic Melanie…
Connie Chung, In Evening Gown, Sings Goodbye to MSNBC Audience
June 19th, 2006 4:45 PM
It's not especially newsworthy that Connie Chung and Maury Povich's Saturday program on MSNBC, which debuted in January, has been canceled. Perhaps no more newsworthy, but definitely more amusing, is that on the show's final episode this past weekend, Chung, as she danced on top of and around a piano, bade her audience farewell in song, to the tune of "Thanks for the Memories." (Hat tips: Drudge…
