Admittedly, the "bloom is off the rose," or whatever the hell the MSNBC leak told Page Six about the declining viewership of Rachel Maddow's show. But it's not Rachel who's going to be getting the axe: She's the station's token female (and lesbian!) after all, and in a room of stuffy white guys, you have to have some sort of cultural diversity.
Which makes it all the weirder that it's Ed Schultz who will be coming in as a pitch-hitter, replacing Norah O'Donnell in her MSNBC Live spot, since he is exactly that: a stuffy white guy.
"It's ridiculous," an insider said. "They told us all about the changes at 8:50 p.m. — 10 minutes before they told the rest of the world. And poor Norah. What's she going to do now? She's been crying all night and day. Just out of the blue, they take her show away. Nice, real nice."
That poor woman, crying away like Glenn Beck, but not even on the air for everyone to see! Luckily, Phil Griffin is completely stupid, and he's also bringing in Carlos Watson to to take over some yet-to-be-determined show, giving the network that multicultural boost they so desperately need.
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I thought for sure MSNB…Pravda, would be giving Hugo Chavez his own show next, oh well Schitz is'nt that different from Chavez.
Norah O'Donnell is one of the few MSNBCers I like. She has the best laugh in the business. Calos Watson is smart as a whip so I would welcome him over the lock-step bunch that rules the roost.
fanofgrendel has it exactly right. again. her laugh is amazing. i met norah at both conventions last year and she is just as smart and funny in person as on the air.
this is without a doubt the REAL beginning of the end for msdnc. there is no turning back. and, just as air america has tanked, its cable network version will eventually tank as well.
the ed show is now just another reason to not watch that awful "news" network.
"MSNBC: Your Place for Propaganda"
Rachel Madcow, before having it's upper lip waxed:
One more time: Rachel Madcow, before having her upper lip waxed:
@DONT TREAD ON ME: HEY! 'dia-betes' aint funny
At least Rachel is easier to look at than Olbermann.
Olberman and Rachel are good at cribbing from blogs and commenters and often appear, for main stream corporate media, somewhat cutting edge.
Keith's commentary of corporations and the media was about the edgiest while Rachel approaches the edge but waters it down with poor news pyramid choices and overly cutsey phrasing…I'm curious to see what Ed attempts.
Overall, these formats are dead and current corporate-hobbled mainstream just can't push their envelope as far as the multi-platform digital audience is craving.
Jesus, time to apply the Troll-Repell to this comment stream.
Fox viewers are too busy being fucked to death by Beck's eyes to think straight.
@Bawney Fwank: You are an idiot.