August 28, 2008

Is MSNBC Blowing Up?

That seems to be the CV. I guess the network deserves to go down for what it did to Don Imus over an ugly joke, though now, as a political junkie, I watch Morning Joe instead. I also tend to watch Hardball and Olbermann, and am thrilled that Rachel Maddow has replaced Dan Abrams. FOX is impossible to watch, and CNN is boring (with the exception of the always-civil Wolf Blitzer). The MSNBC men all hate each other, but that is just showbiz. The other networks just hide it better. I had a lot more respect for Olbermann before the Ron Paul campaign. His refusal to interview or even mention Ron showed him up as a pure partisan. If Bush were a Democrat, Keith would be rolling over. You could see it in his fawning treatment of Hillary when she was ahead.

UPDATE from a friend: “Joe’s disgraceful treatment (and exclusion) of Buchanan, and Mika’s shameless auditioning for the Obama White House Communications Director job, have made the show unwatchable.”