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AIM: Olbermann Aims Low By Targeting MSNBC

AIM on Facebook | Twitter From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: Tonight comes the moment that all of America has been waiting for—well, at least the hard core leftists—as Keith Olbermann launches his new show on Current TV. Olbermann, who [...]

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AIM: New Olbermann Show Hits a Snag

AIM on Facebook | Twitter From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: Keith Olbermann’s new show on Current TV has hit an apparent snag as the New York Post reports that the former MSNBC anchor is having difficulty hiring staff and [...]

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AIM: MSNBC Leads “Birther” Talk

AIM on Facebook | Twitter From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: President Obama incorrectly accused the media of placing talk about his birth certificate above what he considered more important news. But regardless, the biggest culprit may have been a [...]

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AIM: The Four+ Fallacies of Lean Forward, 2.0

AIM on Facebook | Twitter From Accuracy in Media‘s Logan Churchwell: With Republican presidential announcements approaching this summer, MSNBC has seen fit to promote their underwhelming primetime lineup with a new round of Lean Forward TV ads. Each of these [...]

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AIM: MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Plays Defense for GE ‘Tax Cheats’

From Accuracy in Media: MSNBC afternoon anchor Andrea Mitchell found her line of pointed questions backfire with Tea Party Express spokeswoman Amy Kremer today. Apparently seeking to propagate the Left’s party line that America doesn’t care for the Tea Party [...]

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AIM: MSNBC’s Griffin: ‘We’re Setting Our Sights on Fox’

From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: In an interview with Bob Fernandez of the Philadelphia Inquirer, MSNBC president Phil Griffin spoke confidently about the network’s future and his desire to overtake Fox in the ratings. MSNBC president Phil Griffin said [...]

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AIM: Olbermann: ‘Current TV Audience Will Be As Large As Any Other Cable News Channel’

From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: Former  MSNBC  anchor Keith Olbermann showed yesterday that the time off from television has not affected his penchant for boastful statements. In a lunchtime discussion at the paidConent Conference, Olbermann was asked why he [...]

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AIM: MSNBC and CNN Spin the Ratings

From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: The February cable ratings are in and MSNBC and CNN did their best yesterday to spin the news so that they both came out winners. MSNBC saw the ratings results this way: MSNBC BEATS [...]

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AIM: Olbermann at Current TV: “I’m In Charge”

From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: New York Post gossip maven, Cindy Adams, dished on Keith Olbermann and his new gig at Al Gore’s Current TV. When asked about why MSNBC dropped him, Olbermann said “I don’t really know why,” [...]

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AIM: O’Donnell Channels Olbermann

From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: Things have been relatively quiet over at MSNBC since Keith Olbermann departed the network at the end of January but for a couple of days last week there was a sign of life that [...]

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AIM: Matthews: ‘CPAC Is Almost Like a Carnival Levitation Act’

After spending the last few days focusing on the events in Egypt, Chris Matthews turned his attention to the just concluded Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) and spent the segment poking fun at and attacking the speakers. Matthews started off [...]

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AIM: Media Gives Schumer a Pass While Attacking Palin and Bachmann

From Accuracy in Media‘s Don Irvine: Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann have become common fodder for Chris Matthews and the gang at MSNBC in particular, but when Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) committed a gaffe on Sunday they were deathly silent. [...]

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AIM: Soros-funded “Expert” Defends Muslim Brotherhood on Matthews Show

From Accuracy in Media‘s Cliff Kincaid: Chris Matthews has found an “expert” on Egypt he can trust and his name is Brian Katulis of the George Soros-funded Center for American Progress.  He told Matthews on the Monday edition of Matthews’ [...]

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AIM: Is Media Malpractice a Form of Mental Illness?

From Accuracy in Media: If mental illness is the failure to comprehend reality, then many in our media are suffering from a form of the disease. In commenting on New York Times columnist Paul Krugman’s false accusations that Sarah Palin [...]

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