Goodbye and good riddance to OlbermannToken US media Letftie and MSNBC presenter Keith Olbermann had an abrupt departure from his show. But although Niall Stanange agreed with much of Olbermann’s politics, Olbermann’s pompous and narcissistic manner of late will make him hard to miss.
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Olbermann takes aim at Obama
MSNBC broadcaster Keith Olbermann usually ends each night with a countdown of how many days it has been since President Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” speech on the Iraq War. Now, it’s changed to a countdown from the BP oil spill.
How two corporations silenced a media fued
The on-air media feud between MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann and FOX’s Bill O’Reilly went on for years until a cease fire was called, but it wasn’t the two hosts who called a truce: it was a deal brokered between the stations’ parent companies, General Electric and News Corp.
Cable news reaches new lows with “beer summit” countdown
US cable news networks love a good gimmick — especially if it involves the shameless use of over-the-top graphics and animations — but MSNBC and CNN took the cake today, with both networks running live countdown clocks to Obama’s over-hyped “beer summit”.
Newsweek journo reveals details of secret White House torture meeting
Newsweek’s Michael Isikoff tells MSNBC of a meeting on torture between Obama and human rights and civil liberties groups that went completely off the rails.
CNN struggles on the middle path
With Fox and MSNBC veering to the right and left respectively, CNN are struggling to pull the ratings by steering a middle ideological path.
The death of journalism excellence
Journalism isn’t dead — but it’s not very good, either.
US08: Nothing clear, Romney looking brownish
Six in the evening and there are hours to go before the polls close in the West, but the Chicago Hyatt Regency is already filling with the crowd for the Obama Super Tuesday night. Guy Rundle is there for Crikey.
US08: You say Obama, and I say Obama
As we head towards midnight of Super Tuesday, Obama is storming ahead, and Huckabee has taken four states so far to Romney’s three. Guy Rundle watches in Chicago.
