Tag: MSNBC

Iowa’s Steve King Wants to Know What Non-Whites Have Contributed to Society

Filed in National by on July 19, 2016 5 Comments
Iowa’s Steve King Wants to Know What Non-Whites Have Contributed to Society

I hope the NY Times doesn’t mind me borrowing their quote. Because I really couldn’t write a better excerpt than this: In response, Mr. King said: “This whole ‘old white people’ business does get a little tired, Charlie. I’d ask you to go back through history and figure out where are these contributions that have been made by these other categories of people that you are talking about? Where did any other subgroup of people contribute more to civilization?” – Rep. Steve King, R-IA

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** UPDATED** Whoa. Keith Olbermann Announces His Resignation

Filed in National by on January 21, 2011 59 Comments

Keith Olbermann just announced that today was his last show.

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Rachel Maddow in Delaware Live Thread

Filed in National by on October 5, 2010 38 Comments

The Rachel Maddow Show is filming at Newark’s Deer Park Tavern tonight. Use this thread to comment on what you’re seeing. All the pics I’ve seen show that it is really crowded. Ginger Gibson and Ron Williams are supposed to comment.

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Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment on Health Care

Filed in National by on October 8, 2009 1 Comment

Keith Olbermann did an hour-long Special Comment last night on health care reform. It’s quite the blockbuster. Part 1: Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5:

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How About That Liberal Media?

Filed in National by on September 3, 2009 24 Comments

Supposedly liberal network MSNBC pays Pat Buchanan as a political analyst. Pat Buchanan who believes this stuff: According to Buchanan, Hitler’s invasion of Poland — which led to Britain’s declaration of war on Germany, and the start of World War II — was motivated merely by Germany’s desire to regain the city of Danzig, which […]

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Marcy Wheeler Utters Forbidden Word On MSNBC

Filed in National by on July 13, 2009 10 Comments

Marcy Wheeler, one of the blogosphere’s best investigative bloggers, utters the word “blowjob” on MSNBC. Apparently, this is very, very naughty even though we spent almost 2 years discussing it in the late 90s. I guess the whole sordidness of the Clinton impeachment is supposed to go down the memory hole?

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What If McCain’s Gaffes Were Obama’s

Filed in National by on November 4, 2008 3 Comments

What’s frightening is the amount of gaffes.

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The “No Liberals On TV” Rule Needs Revisiting

Filed in National by on October 21, 2008 1 Comment

The “conservatives only” policies of cable news were put to the test by Olbermann. Now Maddow is kicking it. Rachel Maddow, a woman who does not own a television set, has done something that is virtually unheard of: she has doubled the audience for a cable news channel’s 9 p.m. hour in a matter of […]

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