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Michael Leon blogs at http://malcontends.blogspot.com. Michael is a writer living in Madison, Wisconsin. His writing has appeared nationally in The Progressive, In These Times, OpEdNews.com, and CounterPunch.

"Incendiary" Hosts Taken Off Election Anchor Chairs

Update: The Right Dictates MSNBC's Programming Decisions

What makes a political host incendiary? Holding Republicans accountable and asking questions.

These sins of Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews have caused MSNBC to take the two politicos off the anchor chairs, leading the cable channel’s election coverage.

Olbermann and Matthews are apparently not aware that their mandate is that of a stenographer and propagandist delivering insipid descriptions of GOP-approved narratives.

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So don't watch MSNBC for the debates!

That would be a proper response.

The real decision was made

The real decision was made because of ratings. When your in the basement you have to make changes.
At least chose yet another lefty to fill their tiny shoes...

Steve Hanson's picture

this is silly

Keith Olbermann is by MSNBC standards a superstar. Removing him from their campaign coverage is guaranteed to destroy their ratings. Point is they don't care - this is the same network that several years ago cancelled their highest rated (Phil Donahue) show because it turned out to be anti-war. They care about ratings much less than they do the general health of their company - remember we're talking about General Electric here.

Steve Hanson

Cruiskeen Consulting LLC

Uppity Wisconsin

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