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[ysobelle]

MSNBC Drops Olbermann, Matthews as News Anchors

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090800008.html?hpid=topnews

I wasn't sure how I felt about it at first, but if it's okay with Olbermann, well, I suppose it'd better be okay with me. And if I think about it, well, I guess it does make a great deal of sense. I don't think I could maintain the least semblance of journalistic neutrality had I his job. If this shift allows him more leeway-- though I shudder to think what he might say with even fewer restrictions-- then more power to him.

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[snipeyhead.livejournal.com]

As long as they leave his show alone, I can handle that. Tho his colorful commentary has been the highlight of watching this crap in the first place.

[ysobelle.livejournal.com]

I completely understand why me might not make a good anchorman. They're supposed to be at least nominally neutral. No matter my personal feelings, I have to admit, maybe this wasn't a good job for him. I'm alllll over being able to see him really let loose in another environment, though.

I actually cannot watch broadcast news. I just can't. Not local, not national, not even BBC World News. I find it so unbelievably, bewilderingly disheartening and depressing it just makes me queasy. Without Google News and-- I kid you not-- The Wench Board (someone posts something, I go research it), I'd have no idea what's going on.