MSNBC

As announced yesterday on Keith Olberman’s “Countdown”, Rachael Maddow, the radio talk show host that has recently been sitting in for the host occasionally, now is getting her own TV slot. I think it’s an extremely smart decision, first of all because I think she captures more of what people should be exposed to, as she has proven he’s a true investigative journalist.

Only America could a sex affair have more value in the media than war in Georgia. Men cheat, they cover it up and I think most people agree that it happens. I’m not defending John Edwards, I think he’s quite the scumbag for having dragged his wife through all this, but let me remind you of a few things that are currently going on which I think are slightly more important than who John Edwards is screwing:

If you ever watch “Verdict” on MSNBC with Dan Abrams during the week, you will be very familiar with one of the regular “contributors” Brad Blakeman. According to sourcewatch he worked in the White House until 1993 and was a consultant to the offices of both the President and the Vice President of the United States from 1980-1993 in support of our nation’s domestic and international policies. What’s most remarkable about this man is the strong agenda he’s pushing. Not only does he come on the show to constantly keep repeating republican talking points, but he obviously isn’t someone who can still talk clearly.

I have to admit that the first time I watched one of Keith Olbermann’s “Special Comments” I was very impressed. The reason for this was the fact that at a time where nobody else in the media seemed to say anything out of the norm, Keith Olbermann was delivering commentary that I still think is quite harsh. In a world made up of idiots such as Hannity and Limbaugh, in a media landscape where news corporations hire crooks such as Oliver North as actual contributors to their network it’s refreshing to see at least somebody saying the things no other news anchor dares to say.

There are some Special comments Olberman did that I was truly amazed to see on American TV, considering the blandness of all the other networks. However it’s getting to the point where I’m starting to question Olbermann, mainly the delivery. Let’s not forget that one of the main things that separates Keith Olbermann from shows such as the ones you can see on Fox News, are fact based. Of course the segment dedicated to the “worst persons in the world” is purely made up of items of his chosing.

I guess I’m just at the point where I don’t want a whole lot of monkey show going on, and I’d rather have bare facts speak for themselves without there being a need for any goofy impersonation voices or whatever you want to call that which Olbermann does when he reads quotes from other people in the media. I’m by all means not telling him what to do, but I know what people consider credible and the more personal his tirades get, the more I’m turned off. I find it way below par when he keeps going into the attacks of O’Reilly and others. I think that the best way to fight of such attack is by just ignoring them not by sinking to their level.

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Just when you thought Chris Matthews had completely lost relevance (not that he’s been very relevant in my life), Mediamatters even has a spot on their page called the Matthews Monitor and I think there are even websites dedicated to how much they hate him. I understand that one can easily get extremely annoyed at him and the things he says, however he really hit one out of the park last week when he had on “conservative” radio talk show host on and the topic was Bush’s speech in the Knesset.

First of all I have to say the Matthews showed what a good debate is. If you don’t know what you’re talking about, shut up and mainly, stop making a fool out of yourself. Surprisingly enough, there are actually people (websites, bloggers, etc) that think that this was low brow. I was just trying to find some informative links to include into this post where I came across this article where they’re actually saying that what Matthews engaged was a cheap shot.

Here’s a neat trick for a sleazy MSNBC huckster: invite a low- rated conservative talk show host from a bottom- feeder radio outfit and “win” the debate with gutter- level debate tricks, the very sort one’s high school debate teacher would have banned as too lowbrow.

This great post can be found here: radioequalizer.blogspot.com

Excuse me, but if you think that questioning the opponents knowledge on the very topic they’re speaking of is low brow I guess I’m missing the point. You’re seriously trying to tell me that your school teacher would have banned this debate tactic? That’s just ludicrous unless of course your school teacher was Karl Rove.

Here’s what I learned about depating: listen to your opponent, think about your answer carefully - just like on Fox NEWS (hahahaha). What crack are people smoking to spew such bullshit? How do people get by with this I wonder. I’m glad people like Kevin James are finally exposed for the ignorant uneducated idiots that they are - what’s of course more frightening is the fact that these people have careers and actually get paid for this. Geez…

If you have ever seen the Eddie Murphy movie “Nortbit”, I am sure you remember Raspusha’s “How you do-in??” That’s all I have to say to Bush after hearing Keith Olbermann open a can of whoop ass on him last night, May 14, 2008. How you do-in Mr. Bush???… How you do-in now!

Am I the only one who finds it rather add that you watch Chris Matthews on his show Hardball, and without a commercial interruption (!!!!) they go straight into their next show “Conviction“. This show is 100% dedicated to filming in prisons or state penitentiaries. Seeing that everything in this society seems to be turned into reality show it’s no surprise that prison inmates have become the subject for a TV show. It’s more the contrast of how MSNBC transitions from political discussions into a close up view of murderers, rapists, drug dealers and other outcasts of society that really makes me wonder.

Obviously they don’t have any solid programming for the rest of the night so they bring in this garbage - I’m still reading the credits for hardball and it says “Viewer discretion is advised” and I’m fearing that Chris Matthews is going to do something drastic - instead I find myself a California Prison. Interesting way of preparing me for the night.

It feels nice to see reason and superior argumentational skills be added to the MSNBC cader. If you watch the video and listen exactly to what Rachael Maddow is saying, it’s quite clear she’s just conducting a normal argument. When she tries to comment on John McCain, Scarborough cuts her off and tells her she has no knowledge of the deeper parts of the Republican party. As she continues over his interruptions, you can hear him say “whatever Rachael” - I say whatever too sometimes but I think if I were on TV I’d spare the audience of this clear sign of not having a good reply.

Rachael then continues to show very clearly how John McCain has done a 180 on most of the strong issues he stands for and again you can hear Scarborough in the back saying “for the love of god rachael” - for the love of god what? for the love of god stop making me look like an idiot? or would the completion of that sentence say “for the love of god you come on this show, yes I know Keith always has you on as commentator, but for the love of god this is a men’s conversation and not some get together of the Gay and Lesbian group” - yes of course that quoted part was purely made up but I wonder how far from the truth it really is.

All I can say is that it’s extremely refreshing to see someone like Rachael Maddow on MSNBC who obviously hasn’t been in the TV business for very long. What I do know from her own show on Air America is that she’s a work horse that doens’t stop short of the truth. With someone like her on the air you could be sure that no garbabe reports would be going over her lips, nor would she hold back in discussions - as seen in the video.

Thank you for canceling this idiot. I wish we could say it was due to him being an idiot, however I’m sure the only real reason is that his ratings sucked.

Read more about it at politico.com here.