Liberals? How Dare You!?!

I was plonking around a bit at the Center for American Progress, and came across this little bit of sage advice that MSNBC management allegedly gave to host Keith Olbermann regarding the political slant of his guests on two whole consecutive nights!

Speaking on October 25 to comedian and talk show host Al Franken, Olbermann said the following:

You were good enough to come on this newscast with me late in the summer of 2003. It was August or September. And by coincidence, either the next day or the day before, Janeane Garofalo had been a guest on the newscast. And I got called into a vice president‘s office here and told, "Hey, we don't mind you interviewing these guys, but should you really have put liberals on, on consecutive nights?"

Olbermann added, "Al, can you believe that the country was actually at that point that recently?" Later he would answer his own question, saying, "Thank goodness we have steered out of that time."

Franken was interviewed on September 2, and Garofalo on September 4. Apparently having them both on over three days--a period of time in which Olbermann's show interviewed a total of 9 guests--was grounds for being called on the carpet at MSNBC.

Thanks to FAIR for the media heads-up. You can read the entire article at the referenced link, and the transcript of Olbermann's appearance on Countdown, here.

I urge readers to at least read the FAIR piece, as it deals with MSNBC's apparent liberal phobia. Coincidently(heavy sarcasm), MSNBC does not seem to have ant issues whatever trotting out those in lockstep with Bush policy(I'd say 'conservative,' but the Bush admin. is anything but conservative)

Ahh, yes. That good ol' liberal controlled media strikes again!