Posts Tagged ‘Keith Olbermann’

Sunday, November 7th, 2010 at 6:33am

Olbermann Suspended for Political Donations

Posted by Tom Skypek in Current Events, Media

Apparently NBC has a rule against employees contributing to political campaigns and, according to Politico, “a wide range of news organizations prohibit political contributions — considering it a breach of journalistic independence to contribute to the candidates they cover.”  I guess the affectation of objectivity is more important than actual journalistic objectivity.  MSNBC has chosen to be the premier liberal cable news network on television.  That is clearly its business strategy (judging by the numbers they may want to rethink this strategy, if they care about making money; check out the election night numbers).

I tuned to the station briefly on election night and what I saw were five liberals spinning their wheels (Chris Matthews, Keith…

Tuesday, October 27th, 2009 at 12:26pm

Conservative Renaissance Man: An Interview with Charles Krauthammer

Posted by Tom Skypek in Conservatism, Media

Charles Krauthammer is a modern-day renaissance man who has worn many hats and enjoyed tremendous success first as a psychiatrist, then journalist, international relations theorist, and now a commentator.  With the passing of William F. Buckley and Samuel Huntington last year, Krauthammer is arguably the finest conservative thinker around (Newt Gingrich certainly deserves honorable mention).  Cable news is filled with hollow talking heads who do little more than regurgitate liberal and conservative talking points–both sides are guilty of this.  You know, they’re the ones on TV with labels like “Democratic Strategist.”  Hosts, like Keith Olbermann, are the worst.  So insecure is Keith Olbermann in his ability to debate that he never has guests with opposing views on his program.  Krauthammer’s ability to provide valuable…

Sunday, November 2nd, 2008 at 5:47pm

Countdown

Posted by Tom Skypek in Media, U.S. Nuclear Policy

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