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Moronic Fight Propels Cain Into Spotlight

By: Gregory Kane

Who is Lawrence O’Donnell, and why is he determined to make Herman Cain look good?

That might not be what O’Donnell – host of an MSNBC show called “The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell” – intended, but that’s what he did. Here’s what happened.

I was driving along last week listening to a local talk radio station, one of the conservative ones (“Angry White Guy Radio,” some people call it.)

The host told listeners about the testy confrontation O’Donnell had with Cain on the former’s show.

After sound bites of the Cain-O’Donnell tiff were played, quite a few people called the show, with many of them saying that while they hadn’t considered voting for Cain before they heard about his clash with O’Donnell, they were sure as heck thinking about voting for Cain AFTER hearing it.

Way to go, Larry. Way to go. CONTINUE....

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Don't Hate On Al Sharpton - Congratulate Him

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By: Jeff Johnson

I am coming to you this morning from Los Angeles, California and the NAACP National Convention. So many of the issues that organizations like the NAACP and others are addressing are affected by a 24-hour news cycle and the individuals on those airwaves that champion or ignore those same issues.

For years, there have been no black hosts in primetime cable news and fewer than a handful anywhere in cable news. Last week, that reality was served a blow when MSNBC decided to announce that Rev. Al Sharpton would become the network's newest host, filling the 6 p.m. hour of the cable network's programming. Now, MSNBC had been using Rev. Sharpton to fill in for Cenk Uygur and then seemingly opened space for him to continue to audition (if you will) for the spot. I heard my fair share of comments regarding his performance, from praise to reasonable critique, to straight-up hate. And when it was finally announced that he would get the spot, the naysayers came out of the woodwork. CONTINUE....

MSNBC’s Affirmative Action? Hiring Articulate Bigots

By: Deborah Mathis

Stay with me on this: You’re talking with someone about an issue or event and, with a perfectly straight face, he or she says something so outlandish, so outrageous, so ridiculous that it leaves you speechless because not even your wildest imagination had prepared you for something as beyond-the-ozone as that.

And then, when the shock wears off, and what you heard sinks in, you come up with loads of pithy rejoinders that you wished had occurred to you at the moment.

But then, you decide that it was just as well that you were speechless since what’s the use in wasting your breathe on someone who, clearly, does not have the capacity for reason?

MSNBC’s Affirmative Action? Hiring Articulate Bigots....

TV's Golden Age of Rage

O'Reilly, Hannity, Olbermann and the rise of white rage on cable television.

By: Cord Jefferson

This is the modern face of cable television news: angry, emotional, mouth agape in the midst of some hateful monologue. Oh, and in case you hadn't noticed, the worst purveyors of cable news rage are all white men over 40. The era of the angry white man is officially here.

TV's Golden Age of Rage....

Save Pat Buchanan!

Why the jolly, red-faced Republican hitman is delivering the best news for black folks on television.

By: Adam Serwer

Pat Buchanan is a man of many bigotries. He’s praised Hitler’s “courage,” argued that black folks should be grateful that slavery took them out of Africa, fretted that Hispanic immigrants would cause the U.S. to “lose the American southwest,” compared homosexuality to alcoholism and appeared several times on a “pro-white” radio show. Buchanan’s incendiary views prompted Jamison Foser of Media Matters to ask, “What would Pat Buchanan have to say to get himself fired from MSNBC?

Save Pat Buchanan!....

Saltsman Blames "Magic Negro" Controversy On The Media

January 27, 2009

NBC SCOLDS STAFFER BEHIND OBAMA/OSAMA GAFFE

Heads didn't necessarily roll at MSNBC after video of terrorist Osama bin Laden mistakenly accompanied copy about Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. However, the head responsible for the mistake was slapped on the wrist.

Without naming names, NBC News announced Tuesday that it has reprimanded the employee responsible for the mixup, which took place as Matthews was previewing a story on the controversy over Obama's use of another politician's words. A picture of bin Laden briefly flashed on the screen with the headline "Words About Words."

"This mistake was inexcusable," MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines said.


The Obama campaign immediately called NBC to complain, prompting Matthews to issue an on-air apology minutes later. When "Hardball" was rerun later that night, a picture of Obama replaced the picture of the terrorist leader.

Someone in the network's graphics department was responsible for the mistake, but MSNBC will not release the person's name, nor would the network explain exactly how the mistake was made. The exact nature of the employee's "reprimand" was also kept under wraps.

Obama spokesman Tommy Vietor noted the apology and said the campaign had no other comment.