I have to say that this was a bit of an absurd post. MSNBC could not keep Olbermann as a political coverage anchor. While I agree with GG and Olbermann politically, Olbermann is too overtly partisan for an anchorship. The comparison with Bill O'Reilly is more valid than with Brit Hume (does Keith attack Hume almost every night like he does Billo?). Hume, while known to be conservative, does not wear it on his sleeve like Olbermann wears his liberalism. The last straw was Olbermann's comment about the 9/11 RNC video being inappropriate. Maybe, but it was certainly inappropriate for Olbermann to be making such a comment as an anchor. "Removing" himself as he said from the MSNBC team does not cut it.
Matthews being cut. Well, that's how it goes sometimes when you're part of a team.
Matthews and Olbermann are still to be part of the MSNBC/NBC coverage as analysts but not as anchors. I think really that that is their proper role. GG cannot say at the moment that they won't be prominent.
Greenwald's post. I submitted the above text to his response page for the post.
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