MSNBC-"The Place for Politics"?

[jenmito]

They haven't seemed to have gotten the memo that not only did McCain/Palin lose in 2008, but Sarah Palin is not even a GOVERNOR anymore. Yet they have anchors following her "book tour," camped out at all of her stops. They breathlessly report on how huge the crowds are, how people in line to buy her book LOVE her because she's so "real," how all of these people "relate" to her as a victim, blah blah blah.

It's ridiculous how hard they're pimping Palin. Andrea Mitchell just called her a "rock star" when asking Mark Murray how others in the Repub. party could possibly ignore her, after Murray said her name was hardly even mentioned at the Repub. Governors' Meeting. They have "Palin-Palooza" covered from ALL angles. Even FAUX doesn't seem to have someone following her book tour. :eyes:

Even on The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart pointed out how, the night before, VP Joe Biden was a guest on his show, the first time in history that a sitting VP went on the show, and ALL the coverage was about Sarah Palin. I REALLY hope the media gets their wish and it ends up being a Palin-Obama race in '12.

[notadmblnd]

1. What can they say?

she's fun to ridicule.

[jenmito]

7. But they're not ridiculing her as much as they are praising her.

All the women anchors, Mika Brzezinski, Norah O'Donnell, Andrea Mitchell, etc., are fawning over her for being such a popular figure who other women see as "just like them."

[notadmblnd]

9. I don't see her as anything like me at all. I do have half a brain.

[jenmito]

12. It's a vocal minority who DO see themselves like her.

They're the birther/teabagger crowd.

[PatSeg]

21. Then on The Daily Show

John Oliver went to bookstores in New York to see the huge crowds waiting for Palin's book. The one store only ordered EIGHT copies and customers were generally disinterested. I would appreciate MSNBC coverage a lot more if they'd shown more than one perspective. The Michigan coverage was much too FOX-like.

[jenmito]

24. I know...

it was great. :D

[AndyA]

2. What I find truly appalling is the fact that Sarah Palin is a proven LIAR.

Her "thanks but no thanks" bullshit story was debunked over and over again last year, yet she just kept repeating it. And she's treated like she's Saint Sarah by the media. She ought to be ignored for lying to the American people, failing to serve the people of Alaska, and for being a general nit-wit.

Really, they should rename the network: MSTMZ because that's what they really are except for Olbermann, Maddow, and Schultz.

Calling Harvey...

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. the RW wanted to cloud Obama's China visit with 'her'

[alsame]

11. Same thing happened when he went to Russia. I don't

remember what the 'event' was, but there was non-stop coverage of Palin when he made that trip. I was appalled - I remember even Countdown and Rachel Maddow had more coverage of her than of the President's meetings with Medvedev and Putin.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

16. Who actually orchestrates the big media push on Palin

anybody? Is there a company which she hires?

[jenmito]

20. I think it was when she quit being governor.

Non-stop analysis about what this "meant."

[alsame]

23. Yes, that was it. Her babbling speech was

analyzed for days. Meanwhile, our President had just met with the President of Russia....

[Cha]

13. Exactly..it couldn't have been better timing between

the corporatemediawhores who palin is always whining about and palin's lying tour.

She and the mediawhores have done this a number of times to Obama.

[jenmito]

14. I agree. She has gotten WAY more coverage than Obama.

And he's the POTUS (which they don't seem to know or care about).

[CoffinEd]

4. Milli Vanilli

That's all I have to say.

[tblue]

5. It'is a many-layered plot to damn the Republicans' prospects of winning for a generation.

I hope.

[jillan]

6. Amen to that - Stewart had Biden cracking up laughing about the Dems in the Senate - you would think

the media would have been all over that. It was priceless. The only one that picked up on that, to my knowledge, was Tweety in his Sideshow.

[jenmito]

10. Yup...

Matthews showed a few seconds of it in his "Sideshow" segment. I don't even think Morning Joe showed it at ALL (yet they always claim that they LOVE Joe-which is always followed by a "but").

[jillan]

17. I knew there was a good reason why I don't watch Morning Joe.

[PatSeg]

35. I'll watch it for a few minutes now and then,

if I can't sleep. It is SO boring, I generally can't last more than five minutes.

[Cha]

8. palin is the eternal victim who got hoisted on her own

petard but our corporatemediawhoredom are a lazy bunch of assholes so there they are.

And, since there's all these palin threads for days now(it has to be played out)..I've been posting this by Andrew Sullivan)

"The Odd Lies of sarah palin" by Andrew Sullivan

<snip>

"After you have read these, ask yourself: what wouldn't Sarah Palin lie about if she felt she had to?

Palin lied when she said the dismissal of her public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, had nothing to do with his refusal to fire state trooper Mike Wooten; in fact, the Branchflower Report concluded that she repeatedly abused her power when dealing with both men.

Palin lied when she repeatedly claimed to have said, "Thanks, but no thanks" to the Bridge to Nowhere; in fact, she openly campaigned for the federal project when running for governor.

Palin lied when she denied that Wasilla's police chief and librarian had been fired; in fact, both were given letters of termination the previous day.

Palin lied when she wrote in the NYT that a comprehensive review by Alaska wildlife officials showed that polar bears were not endangered; in fact, email correspondence between those scientists showed the opposite.

Palin lied when she claimed in her convention speech that an oil gas pipeline "began" under her guidance; in fact, the pipeline was years from breaking ground, if at all.

Palin lied when she told Charlie Gibson that she does not pass judgment on gay people; in fact, she opposes all rights between gay spouses and belongs to a church that promotes conversion therapy.

Palin lied when she denied having said that humans do not contribute to climate change; in fact, she had previously proclaimed that human activity was not to blame.

Palin lied when she claimed that Alaska produces 20 percent of the country's domestic energy supply; in fact, the actual figures, based on any interpretation of her words, are much, much lower.

Palin lied when she told voters she improvised her convention speech when her teleprompter stopped working properly; in fact, all reports showed that the machine had functioned perfectly and that her speech had closely followed the script.

Palin lied when she recalled asking her daughters to vote on whether she should accept the VP offer; in fact, her story contradicts details given by her husband, the McCain campaign, and even Palin herself. (She later added another version."

<more>
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/11/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-a-roundup.html

If anyone wants to contact msnbc and let them know what you think of their covering a lying quitter..here's some contact info.

MSNBC
- Phone: [phone] EMAIL: [e-mail]

[jenmito]

19. Thanks, Cha...

WOW-she has even more lies under her belt than I realized! And I just emailed MSNBC. Thanks again. :hi:

[tridim]

15. The place for propping up people who are pretending they're playing politics.

I wouldn't be surprised if some palinbots think she's currently in Congress.

[Cha]

25. Corporatemediawhoredom at its most Heinous.

If mapalin had oozed in then they'd be covering the so called VP.

They're covering the mouth now when Pres Obama has been in the Far East..except of course for "the bow".

[polichick]

18. Andrea Mitchell has really hit rock bottom having to follow that ditz around. nt

[PatSeg]

27. True

Mitchell has interviewed more world leaders than Palin has ever heard of and they had her covering a Jerry Springer-like circus in Michigan. How pathetic.

[jenmito]

22. Wow-they're "dipping in" to the press briefing about the Ft. Hood incident.

I was watching it on CNN. Let's see when they cut away to go back to their non-stop Palin coverage.

[jenmito]

26. OK-they dipped back out.

Wouldn't want TOO much news. :eyes:

[PatSeg]

28. Probably afraid someone might switch channels

to get more Palin coverage.

[jenmito]

33. They're the only cable news network covering Palin this way.

More than FAUX!

[PatSeg]

34. Yeah, they outFoxed FOX

Absolutely bizarre. Guess they had to justify the expense of flying Nora and Andrea to Michigan

[jenmito]

36. Yup...

and Norah O'Donnell can't seem to get enough of this. She's always talking about how "Sarah Barracuda is BACK!" :eyes:

[PatSeg]

37. I think she's still bitter that that liberal upstart

Rachel Maddow waltzed in and got her own show. During the election, she clearly showed her displeasure. Evidently she thought she was MSNBC's diva.

[jenmito]

38. Hmmm...

you really think Norah thought she'd get her own show? Rachel is a PRO at what she does. Norah is just an anchor who reads things.

[PatSeg]

39. Well, she's been around for a long time

and her lip gloss was always perfect. During the election she headed the panel and let everyone know that. Rachel said something and Norah's expression was priceless. Mouth wide open as if suppressing, "I can't believe you just said that!" She's always come across as a manipulative little bitch to me. She filled in for Matthews a few times and she was absolutely awful. After her nasty interview with Cindy Sheehan, they didn't use her again.

[newtothegame]

29. We're not helping with our obsession with her either.

And not just with the recent book. For the last year and a half. We spent all last fall talking about how lame she was and how she would ruin the McSame campaign, yet we obsess and obsess about her like she's some huge threat; what gives?

[polichick]

30. Train wreck syndrome. nt

[jenmito]

Nothing "gives."

I'm just voicing my annoyance with MSNBC's coverage.

[railsback]

31. I'm glad they are

Maybe she can suck all the insanity out of the GOP by running as a third party candidate, so they can get their senses back. It's amazing how moderate and sane Republicans can be once they're not in office in this current climate.

[DU GrovelBot]

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