Finally, MSNBC has succumbed to the pressure, or perhaps managed to catch up with the rest of us that have realized for a long time that Matthews and Olbermann are partisan hacks. I would no sooner see Pat Buchanan hosting “coverage” of political events than I would these two guys.
The move, confirmed by spokesmen for both networks, follows increasingly loud complaints about Olbermann’s anchor role at the Democratic and Republican conventions. Olbermann, who regularly assails President Bush and GOP nominee John McCain on his “Countdown” program, was effusive in praising the acceptance speech of Democratic nominee Barack Obama. He drew flak Thursday when the Republicans played a video that included a tribute to the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks, saying that if the networks had done that, “we would be rightly eviscerated at all quarters, perhaps by the Republican Party itself, for exploiting the memories of the dead, and perhaps even for trying to evoke that pain again. If you reacted to that videotape the way I did, I apologize.”
Matthews, who has criticized politicians in both parties, drew less criticism for his convention role but became a divisive figure during the primaries when he described how he was inspired by Obama’s speeches and made disparaging remarks about Hillary Clinton, for which he later apologized.
These two guys are pundits for the left and it was about time that somebody did something about the way they’d run amok at MSNBC. It’s been disgusting display after disgusting display with Olbermann. On the other hand Matthews’ treatment of Hillary Clinton during the primaries was both brutal and blatantly biased.
Olbermann and Matthews will remain as analysts during major political events, and officials at both networks, who declined to be identified discussing personnel moves, said Olbermann had initiated the discussions to clarify his role. They said Olbermann’s influence at MSNBC would in no way be diminished and that the shift would enable him and Matthews to offer more candid analysis during live coverage. Olbermann confirmed yesterday he had initiated the discussions.
See, this is how these people think. Okay, let’s take them out of the anchor chairs and set them loose without any kind of leash. That’s fine, at least they won’t be pretending to be impartial JOURNALISTS, which they aren’t… they’re left wing carnival barkers. Now if they could just do something about that punk Shuster.
