Going to be Worth the Price of Admission

[TENAC]

The departure of Tim Russert from this life hit me really odd.  I will miss the guy.

But after I had heard the news, I thought this a likely senario:


Olbermann, Matthews Fight for Tim Russert’s Job

Friday, June 20, 2008 3:29 PM

Keith Olbermann is threatening to leave MSNBC if he doesn’t land the late Tim Russert’s “Meet the Press” job on NBC, according to a source.

But he’s not the only MSNBC cable news anchor jockeying for Russert’s job — Chris Matthews is also said to have his eye on the plum position.

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/Olbermann_Matthews_fight/2008/06/20/106317.html

Like either one of these guys should actually be in the running?  And if NBC stiffs them, where are they going to go? MSNBC is the rookie league for CBS and these guys will never be more than a guest fill in on prime time.

Olberman is the one that kills me.  He is the kind of guy you would like to buy him for what he is worth and sell him for what he THINKS he's worth!!!

lolololol........Did Matthews get in the top 10 cable shows this week?

[Thorolf]

Egad... they'd have to change the name to "Meet the Shill."


Olbermann is ridiculous... so transparent and his schtick isn't even believable. He's clearly putting on an act, and it's truly sad and pathetic.

As for Matthews, how can they put a guy who hasn't taken his tongue off of Obama's shoes in 4 years in a position like that?

They'd be, once and for all, giving up any semblance of journalistic ethics and what little shred of a claim to objectivity they have pretended to possess.

[SquirleyWurley]

I just don't see how either MSNBC and FOXNEWS are the sort of cable stations which would have people who could fill Russert's shoes.  These talk channels are really very much in the 24/7 news flow/culture, it's more infotainment than journalism.

[metis]

... it's more infotainment than journalism.

With a special emphasis on the "...tainment" part.