All Entries Tagged With: "MSNBC"

Whatever You Think, Palin Wins

Okay, for the sake of the stone-throwers, I’m not a big Sarah Palin fan. But I do admire what she has achieved – whether masterfully or unwittingly – by manipulating and capturing enormous publicity for herself and her new book … especially through the dopey television carnival cable channels that bash her the most, like MSNBC.

Junk Words Muddy Communication

While attending a conference the other day, I saw a fellow wearing a t-shirt that read, “AAAA” in bright read letters, and underneath were the words, “American Association Against Acronyms.” I had to chuckle. 

The use of acronyms is one of the great impediments to clear communication. Acronyms are brief codes or shorthand used by organizations, [...]

Pundit Theatre

Someone recently emailed me a column by Jack Cashill, the Kansas City-based writer and pundit. I suppose it’s accurate to call Jack’s positions “fairly conservative,” and certainly controversial.

I’ve known Jack a long time, consider him a good guy, and certainly a good writer. But when I have challenged him over his ultra conservative views, [...]

MSNBC Convention Aftermath

There is a reason MSNBC has been continually dead last in the cable news rating, as L. Brent Bozell III writes for the Media Research Center.  
As anyone who had the stomach to watch the channel witnessed during the political Republican convention, Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews are not a respected journalistic match.  They are loud, [...]

Cable News As History News

One distinguishing signature of cable television news – including CNN, FOX and MSNBC – is their propensity for rehashing their own history or events as they interpret them. Latest case – the hurricane-that-couldn’t, named Gustav.

Fully 24 hours after the tropical storm dumped rain on New Orleans, the cable TV news shows, using red graphics [...]