Breaking on Drudge: MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from election anchor chair

[TeamJordan23]

Via Drudge:

MSNBC drops Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor chair... David Gregory will anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night.... Developing...

[Joe the Revelator]

1. What the hell....

[sellitman]

35. Rec'd to show our outrage.

Keep this on top folks!

[tekisui]

2. Fuck, I hope he's wrong.

[SharonRB]

3. Say it ain't so!

I hope this is one of Drudge's lies.

[oviedodem]

4. If that is the case, then the RW is stronger than we think and GET READY FOR 4 MORE!!

[TheDebbieDee]

25. The RW has been resurrected!

I'm with you - they're gonna try to steal ANOTHER election!

[slinkerwink]

5. WTF? RAISE A FUCKING RUCKUS!

[slinkerwink]

6. WTF? RAISE A FUCKING RUCKUS!

[Beaverhausen]

7. In his dreams

I hope...

[Bullet1987]

8. They're bringing in the conservative voices...

[Pirate Smile]

9. Gregory sucks to high heaven. No need to watch MSNBC.

[redstate_democrat]

10. BOYCOTT MSNBC!

[davidwparker]

21. No. Only turn on MSNBC when KO or Rachel's show is on. For the debates

without KO or Rachel, watch C-SPAN.

[redstate_democrat]

56. That's what I meant. Boycott their debate coverage!

I'll be watching C-Span. FUCK ALL OF THEM.

[davidwparker]

57. right on

[yourguide]

27. Who's got contact info? Phone numbers, emails, etc???

[calimary]

55. Start here: Phone - 1 212 664 4444 - and more:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3303518/

If you browse around, you'll find everything.

Keith Olbermann <[e-mail]>, <[e-mail]>, Dan Abrams <[e-mail]>,

[Epiphany4z]

11. hope not

the only reason i bother with them is Kieth. David Gregory is so yawn...

[Marie26]

12. Because they acted like squabbling children

NBC is probably embarrassed.

[malik flavors]

15. Yea, they want to be taken a bit more seriously and seen as more down the middle.

[OneGrassRoot]

26. Who squabbled with whom?

I know Keith was pissed about the 9/11 clip before McCain's speech, and Matthews and Buchanan squabbled, and then there's the whole Joe Scarborough element, but to which squabbles are you referring?

[Marie26]

41. So many to choose from!

LOL, just IMO Olberman's ego has gotten way too big & Matthews was always egotistical, so they've turned the channel into a little power match for "MSNBC's Biggest Star". I don't watch MSNBC, but CNN actually did a story today on all the back-biting & infighting on that channel - the story also showed a clip of John Stewart comparing MSNBC to the "Lord of the Flies" during an interview w/Brian Williams. Brian Williams looked very embarrassed trying to defend MSNBC to Stewart. Not good publicity!

[OneGrassRoot]

54. LOL! Okay, thanks. :) n/t

[akangel2008]

44. Agree. There is much better coverage out there than

MSNBC. Hell Public Broadcasting or CSPAN works well these days!

[Marie26]

51. C-SPAN rocks!

Political junkies should be happier w/C-SPAN anyway - they deliver the coverage w/o the drama & corporate spin.

[Captain Hilts]

13. No fan of Gregory, but they both need to serve time in a 'time-out' chair. ALL the MSNBC folks do.

[President_Obama]

23. so you don't like pro-Obama commentators? that's curious...

[Captain Hilts]

33. Matthews prefers McCain to Obama.

Now, I don't know if McCain gives him the funny feeling down his leg like Obama, but perhaps if McCain campaigns in a flight suit he will.

I've got an Obama sign in my window and a sticker on my car. So, shut the fuck up.

[President_Obama]

36. so what's your problem with KO?

[Captain Hilts]

38. He just rants too much. He's become a cartoon. I used to be a real fan.

Also of his sports reporting. I liked it when he was with Dan Patrick.

I vastly prefer him to Matthews. Matthews is just unprofessional on many levels. Reading the transcripts of his play by play of Bush's landing on the carrier makes me toss.

[President_Obama]

14. Goddamn these fucking Repukes!! They are trying to snuff out all opposition to McCain

David Gregory is a disgusting, unadulterated Repuke shill.

What the fuck is going on with this network?

Are they determined that we will have no alternative to the Repuke Propaganda?

[stillcool]

16. Hello Internet...

[KathieG]

17. WHAT?!?!

This is bullshit :grr:

[yourguide]

18. I am about to email and raise holy fucking hell

[ErinBerin84]

19. David Gregory??! Why do WE deserve to be punished?

Can't we trade out David Gregory for someone else...he's the worst.

[sellitman]

20. Say it ain't so.

We have nowhere's else to go.

That is incredibly bad news if true.

[Doremus]

24. C-span and the internet. We don't need repuke talking heads.

[Fox Mulder]

22. I watch MSNBC because of Olbermann.

And they go and do this?

They just lost this viewer.

[DemocracyInaction]

28. Saw something on CNN this morning

it was about Matthews, Olberman, etc. and that they were in melt down. So, I'm not shocked at what you posted. I didn't listen to the piece and I have no idea when during the coverage these last two weeks these two guys went at each other or anything. I will not watch their coverage if that's the case. I'm waiting for the day they kick Keith offa the air because the right wing is demanding it. Then that network can go to hell.

[ErinBerin84]

37. that must have been Reliable Sources, with Howard Kurtz

And I have always found Howard to be ANYTHING but a reliable source.








I just wish that this trade off wasn't for David FUCKING Gregory... he's been the least valuable player this election season. I would take David Shuster...he can kind of be a dick to everyone at times.

[Captain Hilts]

40. Kurtz's wife is a Bush Admin player. He's a right wing crank too. nt

[FrenchieCat]

29. They are begging that we react, and we should!

That way, they'll know where we stand on this.

It will be boycott time!

Here's the email address: [e-mail] and [e-mail]

You can also mail a letter to:

NBC News
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, N.Y. 10112

See my thread here! http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=6979777&mesg_id=6979777

[AzNick]

30. Just fired an email ... anyone got MSNBC's phone number?

[yourguide]

32. What's the email addy?

[geek tragedy]

31. McCain ordered them to, so they did.

Still think Sarah Palin is going to have to answer tough questions?

[Prefer]

34. Echos of Donahue

Stay away from the truth and follow orders or you're gone

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

42. I emailed Huff Post and asked them to look into this (nothing on their site yet about it)

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

65. Didn't take long for Huffington Post to report the story:

MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews From Anchor Chair During Election Coverage

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/

[Phx_Dem]

53. E-mail sent. n/t

[neomonkey]

39. One word: F_ _ K!

[Danger Mouse]

43. Shit.

[Barack_America]

45. And there it is. The corporate media makes its move.

Now it's time to get nervous.

[blue_onyx]

46. I didn't watch MSNBC during the primaries

mainly because Chris Matthews was annoying. So I'm not upset about him being dropped. I don't get why they would drop Keith.

[carpe diem]

47. on election night he'll be like GWB's cousin at fox and just ...

start declaring states for McCain regardless, not to mention declaring him the winner of the debates regardless...

[RoccoR5955]

48. Send them AND THEIR SPONSORS letters...

...this is the main way to get KO back on the anchor chair. Maybe it was voluntary, I did start to see some burnout towards the end of the Republic convention in both of them. I am sure that Countdown will still be on, and KO will serve in another function in the elections and the debates. But I am going to get some phone calls, snail mails and e-mails out in the morning.

[Cleita]

49. Uhm, this is Drudge.

Wait and see what Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow have to say about it.

[npk]

50. This is on the website right now

Sorry its not any bigger. Here is the link hopefully it wont be updated.

http://www.drudgereport.com

edit: I should have said hopefully the website wont remove the story. It would be nice if stupid Drudge would have provided more information like a source when he posted it.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

52. Election night? No Keith Olbermann on election night?

Drudge is probably more wrong than right so there's no need for immediate concern until the story is confirmed.

But dropping Matthews and Olbermann on ELECTION NIGHT ITSELF in favor of a crappy reporter who often displays his bias towards the Republican party to me is shocking. If true, I would suggest we deluge MSNBC with letters (not e-mails that can be easily erased, U.S. Post Office dispatched letters with signatures).

[DeschutesRiver]

67. Doing a mail run tomorrow, will drop a letter there as well

I have already sent emails. I am also going to do what I always do when I hear disturbing news - I am making another donation tonight to Obama.

Maybe I am getting old and sentimental, but I miss Tim Russert's enthusiam a lot right now. Yeah, chris and keith have flaws. Yeah, they were getting a bit bitchy. But whatever - I still wanted to see familar faces at election time, and hear the comments that I didn't always agree with. Anything but David Gregory's blandness - I don't watch him now. I sure as shit won't watch him trying election coverage.

[DemocracyInaction]

58. Didn't they boast the most viewers on Primary Nights?

For Christ sakes if they had the top viewership on Primary Nights why would they slit their throats and fall to the bottom of the feeding chain when the big things are coming down the pike. No network would intelligently make that decision BUT one that was ordered to be corporate masters, even if it meant bad revenues, would. This is a republican job done on this network (like threatening to withhold advertisements, etc.) because they hate NBC the most. Started after Andre Mitchell, etc...remember?

[bleever]

59. Breaking: Democrats drop Obama, replace him with Harold Stassen!

Just as likely.

On edit, from NYT: "Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Matthews will remain as analysts during the coverage."

"Analysts" get about the same amount of air time as the "anchors".

[KathieG]

60. If we get confirmation of this...I will email

If this is true...this calls for a boycott not only of MSNBC, but also a boycott of the products advertised on their network. I think they are determined to eliminate the last few liberal voices in the MSM.

[ClayZ]

61. We "MUTE" David Gregory when he comes on!

K and R

[Prefer]

63. Don't put the channel on when Gregory is on

Or even better, change the channel.

they monitor the ratings through the cable box.

[Born_A_Truman]

62. They aren't being dropped!!! KO & CM will be analysts, not anchors!

From the NYT:

After months of accusations of political bias and simmering animosity between MSNBC and its parent network NBC, the channel decided over the weekend that the NBC News correspondent and MSNBC host David Gregory would anchor news coverage of the coming debates and election night. Mr. Olbermann and Mr. Matthews will remain as analysts during the coverage.

[Az_lefty]

64. Olbermann's too smart and Chris is trying to be.

Can't have the lovely Sarah embarrassed. She's cute, you know.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

66. I hope Brokaw and Williams have no role in the coverage - they bore me to tears

I'd even rather watch Pat Buchanan for comedic relief than Brokaw, who asks puffball questions and then makes comments about nothing while trying to sound important.

[Renew Deal]

68. I'm not totally surprised.

The MSNBC locker room behavior was out of control. They were all fighting with each other. There's lots of inside jokes. I think MSNBC is also trying to tell Olberman that he's not untouchable.

[quakerboy]

69. Divided they fall

If they were going to be a counterpoint to Faux, then they should have done it wholeheartedly, not split time between mostly fair and RNC bootlicking. But send a conflicted message, and see what happens.