Keith Olbermann’s “indefinite” hiatus from MSNBC didn’t turn out to be much of a break, as the powers that be at his network have decided that he can have his show back starting on Tuesday night. No doubt Bill O’Reilly will have something to say about this development.
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For the Today show, Democratic Representative Patrick Kennedy's departure from Congress was something to mourn because it represented, as NBC's Matt Lauer lamented, “The end of an era. There's been a Kennedy in Congress since John F. Kennedy entered the House back in 1947.” The nephew of the late President was invited on Monday's Today show to commemorate the occasion with he and co-host Meredith Vieira fondly looking over newly-released photos of JFK from Life.com and reminiscing about his father, the “great” Ted Kennedy. For the record the Today show got their facts wrong, as the MRC's Rich Noyes pointed out, there was no Kennedy in Congress from January 1961 to November of 1962 as Representative Ben Smith held that seat long enough until Ted Kennedy was old enough to take over. The following
Continue reading …An Annoyed George Stephanopoulos Harangues GOP Rep to Recant Criticism of ‘Corrupt’ Obama
November 8, 2010 No Comment
Good Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Monday devoted almost an entire interview with Republican Darrell Issa to attacking a criticism the Congressman made of Barack Obama as “corrupt.” Stephanopoulos attempted four times to get Issa to recant his accusation. The GMA host demanded of Issa, who next
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Mintpass, the Korean firm known for its Mintpad tablet (as well as a few baubles, including a flashlight that looks curiously like a chapstick tube and the Cube MP3 player ), has recently announced that it will soon be releasing a dual-touchscreen, dual OS device. We don’t have too many details yet, but we do know that it’s, shipping with Windows 7 and Android, as well as Android Market access and some sort of feature called “Space Touch,” which we have no details about but sounds pretty awesome nonetheless. Like the Toshiba Libretto W100 , this will be able to either operate as two independent displays or, when folded up like a laptop, feature the keyboard on one display with your apps on the other. The company is currently looking for a manufacturer and plans on launching the thing sometime next year. Mintpass planning a dual-screen, dual boot tablet for 2011 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Nov 2010 11:06:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Clint Howard is back as everyone's favorite out-of-touch – and now out-of-work – Congressman. In his last couple months in office, he's got to decide what lefty legislation to ram through as a lame duck, Check out the new video from Heritage Action: read more
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By Chris Hedges American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational. Related Entries November 7, 2010 Why Pelosi Wants to Stay November 6, 2010 Obama Open to Tax Cut Compromise
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It appears NBC management feels a two day suspension is all Keith Olbermann should get for violating company policy regarding political donations. MSNBC's Phil Griffin issued the following press release moments ago (h/t NB reader Keith Hanson): read more
Continue reading …Zurawik: ‘TV Journalism Diminished in Public Mind’ Due to MSNBC’s Election Coverage
November 8, 2010 No Comment
The Baltimore Sun's media critic is still fuming about MSNBC's pathetic coverage on election night. In his piece published Saturday, David Zurawik called the cable news network a “liberal prep school” while claiming the behavior of folks like Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Lawrence O'Donnell, and Keith Olbermann was “so egregious” that the “entire realm of TV journalism was diminished in the public mind”: read more
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On Friday's Situation Room, The Daily Beast's Howard Kurtz stated that the fundraising activities of Fox News contributors Dick Morris and Karl Rove somehow rose to a worse level than Keith Olbermann's maximum individual donations to three Democrats, which violated MSNBC's policy. Kurtz also suggested that both networks “tighten up on this stuff or just tear up the rule book.” Correspondent Mary Snow covered Olbermann's suspension during a report just before the bottom of the 6 pm Eastern hour. Snow began by noting how the anchor “has become a star power at MSNBC for voicing his liberal opinions, but Keith Olbermann is now sidelined for financially supporting three Democratic candidates. Records show he contributed $2,400 each to Kentucky Senate candidate Jack Conway, and two members of Congress from Arizona: Gabrielle Giffords and Raul Grijalva.” She continued that “Congressman Grijalva was a guest on Olbermann's show October 28, the same day Olbermann donated to his campaign.” Later, after recounting how the MSNBC personality has been “a vocal critic of Fox and its parent company, News Corp, for donating $1 million to the Republican Governors Association,” the CNN correspondent played her clip from Kurtz, who gave his take on the Olbermann suspension and on the Fox News contributors' fundraising: read more
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