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Who's the Biggest Media Horse's As*s?

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Posted on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 04:58:34 PM EST
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Tonight's election coverage has started. We'll have several threads going, but here's one to post your comments about the media coverage of the results

Who's the biggest Horses As*? Who did you like?

What networks are you watching? I'm starting with CNN but I'll be switching back and forth between CNN, MSNBC and Fox News.

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    Who's the Biggest Media Horse's As*s? | 46 comments (46 topical)

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    Just to beat BTD, Keith Olbermann (5.00 / 2) (#1)
    by Teresa on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:00:30 PM EST
    because I used to think so highly of him. Carl Bernstein is also up there but I knew he'd be bad.

    He's already trying to spin exit polls (5.00 / 2) (#9)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:10:21 PM EST
    ...for Obama.

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    I'm continuing with my "no TV" rule (5.00 / 2) (#2)
    by andgarden on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:01:24 PM EST
    Norah O'Donell can't tell me anything about the exit polls that I can't read myself--or find right here.

    Eh. There's hockey on the tube, so (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by scribe on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:11:41 PM EST
    I'll be watching that.

    At least there, when someone gets out of line, the other side gets to punch him out, and all they usually get is 5 minutes sitting in the penalty box.

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    Hah, I'm not the only one huh? (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by Militarytracy on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:30:56 PM EST
    I'll just read what the rest of ya'll put up here.  Life is too short for this "journalism" bull.  I'd rather clean the toe jam.  Do you think they my pigs would look better in lilac or eggplant?  It's almost sandal season here in BAMA ;)

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    Hello--Jack Cafferty (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by NJDem on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:04:30 PM EST
    he had the b*lls to bring up HRC and Vince Foster, Whitewater, etc.  Saying how BO is so great for not mentioning all of the scandals--you know, the ones the Clintons were found not guilty of after 70M investigation.  And like Monica was HRC's fault to begin with...

    Jerk..... (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:08:33 PM EST
    ...he hates Hillary Clinton so much he shouldn't even be allowed to cover her. It's not like they ever let me cover GWB, right?

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    I think it was his lizard brain and (none / 0) (#20)
    by Militarytracy on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:33:57 PM EST
    not his b*lls that said stupid stuff like that.  At least I want to believe that because I like to think there is hope for the gene pool.

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    MY run down (5.00 / 1) (#5)
    by Virginian on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:05:32 PM EST
    For CNN it will HAVE to be Amy Holmes (poor Begala is the only HRC supporter on the panel) but Holmes just pulls more BS from her posterior than anyone on CNN

    For MSNBC it can be a toss up between KO or Matthews...KO will usually say something totally irrelevant just to get a dig at Clinton, while Matthews won't stop using every opportunity to dig at Clinton...coin flip there.

    Amy Holmes is perky (none / 0) (#10)
    by catfish on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:11:41 PM EST
    And she reminds me of Elizabeth Hasselback from The View. Not sure why that is.

    I find Matthews more honest than KO.

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    Sure...Holmes is the type that would (none / 0) (#21)
    by Virginian on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:35:07 PM EST
    give you a Columbian neck tie with a smile on her face...(she has done it to Hillary without substantiation every primary so far)...but to be fair...Elizabeth Hasselbeck has no marbles up top, Amy Holmes is smart and shrewd...

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    Double Standard Mockery (5.00 / 3) (#14)
    by Athena on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:19:45 PM EST
    MSNBC with a big laugh-in right now over Hillary and her female supporters.  I dare them to mock Barack and his African-American supporters in this way.  They wouldn't dare.

    Early exit polling data... (5.00 / 1) (#23)
    by p lukasiak on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:36:59 PM EST
    shows Chris Matthews with a lead in this category, but the race is far from over...

    When Im forced (5.00 / 1) (#31)
    by Chisoxy on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:55:05 PM EST
    to turn to Scarborough and Buchanan for some semblance of fairness or objectivity the world has truly become twisted.

    Eggplant (5.00 / 1) (#39)
    by Kitt on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:26:18 PM EST
    anything resembling purple gets my vote.

    Oh dear - my eggplant comment? (5.00 / 1) (#40)
    by Kitt on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:29:41 PM EST
    It's addressed to Tracy.

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    So many choices (none / 0) (#4)
    by Joike on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:04:57 PM EST
    Hannity is probably the choice for me because he's such an arrogant crybaby.

    Matthews would be next.

    Too Many Choices (none / 0) (#6)
    by Athena on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:07:46 PM EST
    KO, because he has degenerated over the primary season.  Too busy snapping towels with Tweety and the crew.  Too self-satisfied with his twisted phrases and obscure digs at Clinton.

    Most of he time its not obscure (none / 0) (#22)
    by Virginian on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:36:43 PM EST
    He openly satirizes and mocks her. The last go around, he went through his panel using Clinton complaints about BO to sign off his panel "So and so was plagiarizing, etc."

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    Agree completely (none / 0) (#30)
    by Chisoxy on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:51:07 PM EST
    KO, because he has degenerated over the primary season.  Too busy snapping towels with Tweety and the crew.  Too self-satisfied with his twisted phrases and obscure digs at Clinton.


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    Mathews, hands down (none / 0) (#8)
    by A DC Wonk on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:09:39 PM EST
    The biggest non-fringe pundit on TV who is completely and utterly sexist.

    It's not sexism with him, (none / 0) (#12)
    by scribe on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:12:32 PM EST
    its misogyny.

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    Egads!!! (none / 0) (#13)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:15:47 PM EST
    I am agreeing with Joe Scarborough. I must be losing my mind.

    What's he saying (for we still at work) (none / 0) (#15)
    by catfish on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:20:07 PM EST
    No TV at work.

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    Two things... (5.00 / 1) (#17)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:25:35 PM EST
    ..first he was bringing up the notion that if Hillary wins Texas and Ohio, it might be unfair to force her out via super delegates since she would have own most of the larger states. Then he went on to bring up what I have been griping about all along.. that women's desire to see the first woman president is as real and valid as African American's desire to see the first Black president. Then he went on to say that he thinks that women are starting to get PO'd about all the piling on on Hillary, even Republican women in his family. At which point of course Buchanan piped in to say that women like McCain. That part I didn't agree with.

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    Scarborough (none / 0) (#25)
    by p lukasiak on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:39:54 PM EST
    Unlike Matthews, who even when he's right is still an ass, when Scarborough makes sense, he just makes sense.

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    Scarborough was in politics, in office (none / 0) (#37)
    by Cream City on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:13:24 PM EST
    and that may make him more realistic. Tweety, KO, etc., are just water boys and never made the team.

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    Media Mouths (none / 0) (#16)
    by Kate Stone on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:24:13 PM EST
    KO has become full of himself and lost his edge. I'll watch Rachel Maddow anytime and will be happy when she gets her own show. Tonight I will be working the flipper.

    sadly... (none / 0) (#26)
    by p lukasiak on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:43:38 PM EST
    Maddow is in the tank for Obama -- and I was truly disgusted with her performance when she kept repeating that Clinton was scapegoating Hispanics to pander to black voters ....

    now, give Taylor Marsh her own show on MSNBC, and we'd be talking!  (don't go by Taylor's blog posts -- she's actually very good on the radio and when she gets to do TV.)

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    Maddow's makeover (none / 0) (#42)
    by Xeno on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:19:26 PM EST
    was a signal to me that she has sold her soul to GE for a paycheck and some face time. She shucked her baggy shirts and slacks for a sleek, feminine 'do, tailored suit (skirt, not pants), kitten heels and baby-pink lipstick. It was as if she had to conform to a more traditional image of femininity in order to advance at MSGOP. Her willingness to do so was surprising to me, and disheartening.

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    DQ Tweety (none / 0) (#18)
    by QuakerInABasement on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:30:52 PM EST
    Disqualify Tweety or it's no contest. Nobody else comes close.

    Ah, retire the team numbers (none / 0) (#38)
    by Cream City on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:14:14 PM EST
    of the biggest frat boys. Okay, now on to the second string. . . .

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    Pack it up Hillary.... (none / 0) (#24)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:38:57 PM EST
    ...Cafferty has spoken. You are toast. It doesn't even matter if you win the next 15 primaries. You are done for Cafferty has said so!

    the CNN weatherman (none / 0) (#27)
    by Jeralyn on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:44:23 PM EST
    gives new meaning to Henny Penny and "the sky is falling."

    Now he's hyperventilating as he says Cleveland voters now have a huge ice storm to contend with that's paralyzing or something. His name is Chad I think.  Last night he breathlessly announced the flash floods and ice storms predicting dire consequences for voting.

    But Candy just said that... (5.00 / 1) (#32)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:59:06 PM EST
    ..the Clinton campaign is feeling pretty good.

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    Chad Nolastname is a global warming denier (none / 0) (#44)
    by Xeno on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:10:11 PM EST
    He was pretty outspoken when An Inconvenient Truth was a hot topic. He actually cheered in the studio when one of the newsreaders announced that a British court found one portion of the movie misleading (or something of the sort). He really laid it on thick about how global warming is not necessarily occurring.

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    Keith O (none / 0) (#28)
    by MichaelGale on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:44:49 PM EST
    narcissistic, pugnacious, sexist and very loud.

    I used to forgive him (none / 0) (#33)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:00:37 PM EST
    for his status as ivy league liberal elitist cartoon.  Lately I've visited "Olbermannwatch" just for the satisfaction.

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    When the Big O posted on Orange State (none / 0) (#45)
    by Xeno on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:22:13 PM EST
    it became clear that he really wanted his ego stroked for his so-called progressive ideals. He went back there again because the posters there were so full of adulation and hero-worship that they fell all over themselves to tip him and bask in his threads. Olbermann's getting the same enormous ego and pomposity that he derides in O'Reilly, and it's even less becoming in him.

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    John King is coming up on CNN (none / 0) (#29)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 05:47:54 PM EST
    ...if he looks sad then the exit polls are probably looking for for Hillary!

    I won't be watching (none / 0) (#35)
    by Iphie on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:03:53 PM EST
    I'm in the camp of those who will avoid all of the aforementioned blowhards -- I just can't take it, especially when I can get what I'm looking for right here on the internets.

    Thanks to those of you how will be watching though, you have stronger stomachs than I, and I am greatful for your willingness to sift through all of the dreck. It's going to get deep tonight, I'm sure, so be sure you've got your hip-waders at the ready.

    Plain old election returns (none / 0) (#36)
    by TeresaInSnow2 on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:05:21 PM EST
    (the numbers) can be found at CNN.com.

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    chris matthews (none / 0) (#41)
    by cpinva on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 06:55:23 PM EST
    regardless of what it is, whether he's actually involved or not.

    How about the Huffington Post (none / 0) (#43)
    by lilburro on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:29:46 PM EST
    just read some 'highlights' from Correntewire.  Political bias is one thing, it colors you theory and you can get used to that.  And argue with it.  But being completely batsh*t crazy and lying (see:  Josh Marshall today) is not okay.  It's crappy writing that transcends bias.  Clinton has stupid defenders too.  But Obama:  whatta muse.

    Check out the excerpts on Correntewire.com.  They are just out of this world.

    Seitzman:
    "I don't want to sound too Kumbaya about this, but we shouldn't be voting for someone because they will "beat" half our country into submission. We need a leader who will enlist the other half, who will invite them, who will welcome them and who will lead a nation into an uncertain future."

    ???????????????

    Deranged Helmet Headed Mentalist Gloria Borger (none / 0) (#46)
    by Ellie on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 10:12:58 PM EST
    What she lacks in the nakedly lascivious, malevolent glee to slam the Clintons (Tim Russert), desperate need to be accepted by the masculine Manly Men in the locker room (bogarting copiece huffer and equipment manager Tweety Matthews) or bullying trumpeting elephant (Bill Bennet) she makes up for in barely contained dizzy enthusiasm for a Clinton win, so that she -- Borger -- can return to the good old gossipy days that clearly defined her.

    She's like the basket case who was on the same college campus at the same time as someone who later became accomplished or famous, about whom Borger spends years spinning Bizarre Universe fan-fic. She has no actual connection to what's clearly her favorite subject but reach makes up for distance here.

    Also, because media lends more credence and importance to the BS that the men of Punditstan are throwing out, most of them are mailing in their Hillary hatred. Borger has to dig deep when she speaks ex rectum and damn if she doesn't bring it every time. (I dead-threaded this Borger appearance, and

    offer up this exchange
    as evidence of the above.)

    Fellow member of the Psychic Friends' Network,  mind-reader Carl Bernstein, disappointed me tonight. He was merely dopey instead of bizarre.

    Random thoughts:

    I love the exchanges between Wolf Blitzer and Jon King. King's having way too much fun with the big fingeboard and Blitzer can barely contain his envy ata not being able to play with the toy.

    What an awful set. It's like those stupid mid-nineties fad of cavernous grazing restaurants where you had to line up most of the night to get: a taco, some sushi, a samosa ...

    What's with the little slug riding the roller coaster of the CNN logo? (Best giess: someone on the couch panel said it's the diseased soul of Robert Novak.)

    whoops ... here's that missing link (none / 0) (#47)
    by Ellie on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 10:19:04 PM EST
    (I dead-threaded this Borger appearance, and offer up this exchange as evidence of the above.)

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