MSNBC Removes Buchanan Piece; Issues Non-Explanatory Statement
Sep 3rd, 2009 | 3 responses
Politico’s Michael Calderone reports that MSNBC has taken down Pat Buchanan’s article claiming that World War II was Britain’s fault, and that Hitler really never wanted to murder six million Jews. Of course, abruptly yanking the piece in response to a storm of outrage on the Internet (including a tweet to Rachel Maddow from yours truly) does not explain why MSNBC promoted it on their site to begin with.
The network did release a brief statement when it removed the article and the link to it, but it’s boilerplate and to laugh at:
An MSNBC spokesperson issued a statement ot [sic] POLITICO: “An editorial decision was made to remove the column from msnbc.com. Pat is a contributor to MSNBC, his syndicated column does not speak for the network or represent the views of MSNBC”
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3 Responses to “MSNBC Removes Buchanan Piece; Issues Non-Explanatory Statement”
“does not explain why MSNBC promoted it on their site to begin with.”
Have you seen their ratings? In media, bad attention is better than no attention.
This was their answer, I guess, to their notoriety for being extra-left to separate themselves from the left media pack. It was either Inept, Period, or someone's idea of trying to discredit “righties” (and, perhaps, yet again, the public that's increasingly concerned about the Dems and about health care).
MSNBC has turned into a joke as far as their news coverage, no wonder their ratings are so bad.