MSNBC Admits To Moving Left

November 6, 2007 · Filed Under Liberal Bias, Liberals, Media, U.S. News

Riding a ratings wave from “Countdown With Keith Olbermann,” a program that takes strong issue with the Bush administration, MSNBC is increasingly seeking to showcase its nighttime lineup as a welcome haven for viewers of a similar (far-left) mind.

Lest there be any doubt that the cable channel believes there is ratings gold in shows that criticize the administration with the same vigor with which Fox News’s hosts often champion it, two NBC executives acknowledged yesterday that they were talking to Rosie O’Donnell about a prime-time show on MSNBC.

But even without Ms. O’Donnell, MSNBC already presents a three-hour block of nighttime talk — Chris Matthews’s “Hardball” at 7, Mr. Olbermann at 8, and “Live With Dan Abrams” at 9 — in which the White House takes a regular beating. The one early-evening program on MSNBC that is often most sympathetic to the administration, “Tucker” with Tucker Carlson at 6 p.m., is in real danger of being canceled, according to one NBC executive.

Having a prime-time lineup that tilts ever more demonstrably to the left could be risky for General Electric, MSNBC’s parent company, which is subject to legislation and regulation far afield of the cable landscape. Officials at MSNBC emphasize that they never set out to create a liberal version of Fox News.

The problem is that the liberal talking point about Fox News being a Republican channel has been debunked by a Harvard study, which of course MSNBC didn’t report on.

The study, which looked at CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, found no evidence that Fox News is in the tank for Republicans. Instead, it found that Fox News was the most balanced in its coverage of any cable news provider.

I’ve watched “Countdown with Keith Olbermann” (or at least tried to) and it’s the most distorted, hate-filled news analysis program on television. It’s amazing the sheer amount of disinformation Olbermann spews out on a nightly basis, but it’s funny to watch. Every single guest he has on the program is a left-wing bomb throwing liberal with hatred for Bush seeping from every pore.

Rosie O’Donnell should be a fine addition to the network. Every night at 9 PM America can tune in and hear Rosie’s latest theory about what really happened on 9/11. Maybe she can invite some terrorist leaders on to discuss how mean America is being to them.

-Chris Jones