MSNBC Denies Liberal Bias
Posted on August 28, 2008
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I don’t really know what else I expected, but it’s still surprising to read that MSNBC’s president believes his network has no bias:
As replays of the conflicts became YouTube hits, MSNBC President Phil Griffin gave his first public defense in a Politico interview.
“MSNBC does not have an ideology,” Griffin said. “We hire smart people who are passionate about their love of politics and love of news.”
May I add, Mr. Griffin, that you hire people who are not only passionate about their love of politics, but who are also passionate about their liberal ideology (i.e. Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews) and their desire to create news.
Just watch MSNBC for 3 minutes and you’ll discover their blatant liberal bias. People on the inside know the network is in trouble:
Amid a spate of awkward on-air conflicts among MNSBC anchors at this week’s Democratic convention, some staff members say there are sharp internal disputes at the cable network over whether its opinion and personality-driven political coverage has crossed the line.
“The situation at our channel is about to blow up,” a high-ranking MSNBC journalist told Politico on Wednesday.
Two other MSNBC sources said some of the testy on-air exchanges between Keith Olbermann — whose quick-witted and often caustic commentary has fueled ratings growth — and other network personalities were a public glimpse of much more intense behind-the-scenes turmoil.
Sounds like DNCTV MSNBC is in as much disarray as the Democrat Party it loves so much–whether both admit it or not.
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I like your site, but come on, it is extraordinarily dubious to claim that Chris Matthews is liberal. It borders on the absurd. Furthermore, there is a big difference betweenthe opinion shows and the actual news coverage.
I think the cries of liberal bias have gotten to the point of being a shibboleth, and don’t do us any good, especially when some of them are dubious at best.
Dean,
Welcome to the site! I generally agree with your point. I, too, am tired of hearing about liberal media bias. We, as conservatives, have known for quite a while now that the Mainstream Media are biased in a liberal fashion. So why should anything they do surprise us? We should focus our attention on circumventing the liberal media which to an extent we have done with talk radio, blogs, podcasts, etc.
The reason I posted this MSNBC story is simply because they are trying to tell us that they have no liberal bias as a whole network. I understand that shows like Hardball and Countdown are intentionally biased. I have no problem with this because those shows are honest, for the most part, with their intent. But the balance of the network is also biased. Just take a look at their anchors and now giving Rachel Maddow a show.
The bottom line is the I agree, we can’t worry about liberal media bias anymore–we know it exists, we just have to move around it. But MSNBC ought to be honest and admit that it has a decidedly liberal slant.