But why not get the Daily news and laugh your butt off while you're catching up on stuff? No harm, no foul. At least they try to cover everything newsworthy.

Billions in bonuses for bailed-out bankers

The nine banks awarded the bonuses—the largest in history—despite recording combined losses of $81 billion, and lining up to receive $165 billion in cash infusions from the US government. Citigroup and Merrill Lynch lost $55 billion combined and still awarded $8.9 billion in bonuses. The three most profitable firms, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, awarded bonuses that amount to approximately double their 2008 profits: $9.6 billion in combined profits compared to $18 billion in bonuses.

People who have a far greater grip on reality than you do…

It's not merely to exploit the liberal media's hatred and demonization of Fox (to be the anti-Fox), either.

Tapper reminds me of the word “journalist,” Dave in Boca. You know, a vague recollection of what a journalist should be doing.

CNN (Clearly Not Neutral) is the one source I can currently spot on teevee during off-hours, and it is really low-grade lefty info-tainment. MSNBC has moved left of the media's standard leftward position to be, as I have described it elsewhere, newly edgy in order to distinguish itself from the rest of the lefty-media field in info-tainment.

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“Kathy, good point about the importance of blogs. “

Their theoretical advantage lies in individual liberty (the thing that so many of them engage in PC-lockstep to disparage and vilify in defense of government, Obama and the Dems, and authoritarian collectivism for all the “good” reasons). I say “theoretical” because in practice, this is a right that is godwafully abused, not only because of the widespread play-pen leftism found on blogs but because of the (befittingly accompanying) self-absorption and childishness rampant among the bloggers (so ridiculously overhyped).

Oh, they definitely have personal agendas, but at least in most cases those agendas are out in the open and not hidden under a false veneer of “objectivity.” Blogs are supposed to be opinionated, but that's different from allowing their content to be controlled and influenced by corporate interests.

I was an assistant producer on several news projects for the three major networks in the early '80s and journalistic integrity took a distant second to business considerations in most cases—although a 20/20 project was surprisingly the best among the several I worked with.

He's the most notorious far lefty characterizing the newly-edgy farther-left-for-distinction MSNBC.

Fortunately, even MSNBC will likely realize that while they're more blatantly liberal than the rest of the liberal media to distinguish themselves (putting them at the logical forefront to attack anti-PC heretical liberal-media exception Fox), they also, by shifting leftward, risk alienating the mainstream audience at the same time they begin to appeal to the farther-left flirting-with-extremist audience closest to MSNBC's farther-left-shift political position.

And the most silly, childish on the far left (comparable to Olbermann in poor behavior, or not worse) will likely be disappointed that no major network will become so extremist as to mimic FAIR (whose name as a lie, as is its extremist “corporate right-wing media” [sic] bashing show, “Counter[-]Spin” [sic], or “Democracy [sic] Now!” (complete with childish exclamation mark) or “Alternative Radio” or programming of the failed nature largely consigned rightly to the dust bin along with “Air America” [sic].

And if play-pen leftist self-absorbed little bloggers aren't enough to satisfy the kids, there's always, e.g.,

http://www.wsws.org/

[a more entertaining source from Canada than Michael Stickings's childish and diseased rantings]

http://www.globalresearch.ca/

etc.

Yes, if, for some strange reason, you believe the true extremists on the far left are especially “important.”

Clarification (and inherent correction) made.

Blogs and independent journalists like Amy Goodman (mentioned in Glenn's post) are more important than ever.

MSNBC is the mouthpiece of the dems.

Not Quite, like NBC, CNBC MSNBC is the mouth piece of General Electric.

The Big Six

The National Entertainment State

Here's what happened. Olbermann attacks Bill O'Reilly's media practices. He does this for years and gets under his skin. O'Reilly isn't stupid–whatever else me may be–and attacks the business side of the corporate parent GE. Some of the attacks are clearly below the belt. But this is all part and parcel of Fox's way of reporting the news. Fox doesn't have a corporate parent to answer to like GE. It's a full-blown, vertically integrated news organization and can weather anything Olbermann brings.

Finally, Immelt cries uncle. That's the only conclusion I can come to, although the way the article is written, in that soi disant news-style which presents both sides as being equal and both as valid, makes it out to have been a two way war. But it wasn't. Olbermann attacked O'Reilly's politics and news persona. O'Reilly attack the parent. And when the parent had enough Olbermann was muzzled. It would be like two boxers in the ring, one trying to make head shots (Olbermann) and the other (O'Reilly) hitting below the belt and in the kidneys. The refs just look the other way. Or wring their hands at how violent boxing is, while enjoying the spectacle.

Your Liberal Media at work…

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“Then the orders went out to the troops — meaning, to journalists, now being told what true things they should avoid saying or investigating, because it was not in the interests of their corporate parent companies. Or at least that's what the Times' sources say:

Phil Griffin, said on a daily conference call with producers that he wanted the channel's other programs to follow Mr. Olbermann's lead and restrain from criticizing Fox directly, according to two employees. At Fox News, some staff members were told to “be fair” to G.E.”~ from link to article
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The Olberman phenomenon arose out of the audacity in reporting fake news on Fox's behalf. Keith would have no story to harp on at all if Fox demonstrated a modicum of keeping its facts straight and its mouth shut if it didn't have the whole story. Fox News is the mouthpiece of the GOP. MSNBC is the mouthpiece of the dems. Everyone knows this. The rancor comes about not on MSNBCs behalf but only then in reaction to the absurd lengths Fox News goes to in dispensing what can only be called blatant and obvious propaganda for the GOP. Americans shouldn't stand for it and the minute Fox News starts up again I expect MSNBC to punish them as they deserve. If they don't, I'll be tuning in elsewhere.