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What's Fit to Print? The Mainstream Media's Misguided Obsession With "Objectivity"

Bhaskar Sunkara, AlterNet. November 16, 2011.

Our only media options these days are dry, manufactured consensus and unenlightening, screaming idiocy.

Keith Olbermann: How I Was Hired--and Fired--By Rupert Murdoch

Keith Olbermann, Comment Is Free. August 1, 2011.

Rupert Murdoch was once asked if he'd ever try hiring Keith Olbermann. "I fired him five years ago," Murdoch replied. Olbermann tells the tale.

Keith Olbermann on Rachel Maddow, Glenn Beck and Leaving MSNBC

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd, AlterNet. June 17, 2011.

On the cusp of a new show and a new network, the superstar political host opens up to "Rolling Stone" in a revealing interview.

Meet MSNBC's Next New Host, Christopher Hayes

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. June 15, 2011.

On television, Hayes is so likable and so quick at distilling the politics of the day, that it's easy to miss just how radical he is.

MSNBC's Cenk Uygur: 'I Plan to Beat Fox News in the Ratings and Make Them Fear Me'

Don Hazen, AlterNet. February 8, 2011.

AlterNet speaks with Cenk Uygur, the newest addition to MSNBC's nightly lineup.

Olbermann's Ouster Increases Conservative Media Advantage in 2012

Franklin L. Johnson, Consortium News. February 6, 2011.

MSNBC's actions are setting the stage for a virtual conservative monopoly of the U.S. national political debate going into next year's election cycle.

Rachel Maddow: In America Today, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower Would Be Bernie Sanders in the U.S. Senate

Rachel Maddow, AlterNet. January 28, 2011.

The huge ever rapid shift rightward makes Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon look like lefty radicals today.

If Olbermann's Donations Are Bad, What About GE's?

FAIRNovember 5, 2010.

If supporting politicians with money is a threat to journalistic independence, we should consider the contributions of NBC, and at NBC's parent company General Electric.

Meet Dylan Ratigan, That Guy on MSNBC Who Can Talk a Mean Streak About the Scam Artists on Wall St.

Zach Carter, AlterNet. August 14, 2010.

Dylan Ratigan is an unlikely champion of the common man, yet is emerging as one of the strongest voices for economic reform in the United States.

[Video] Jon Stewart Slams Rachel Maddow For Haiti Coverage

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. January 15, 2010.

In a segment mocking Rush Limbaugh and Pat Robertson for their remarks about Haiti, Stewart also took a swipe at Maddow.

A Brilliant New Idea For Sunday Morning Political Shows: Report the Truth on Wednesday and Watch the Liars Squirm

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. January 5, 2010.

Right now, there are no incentives to tell the truth. One NYU professor wants to change that.

Maddow: Anti-Muslim 'McCarthyism' Making Us Less Safe

David Edwards, Raw Story. November 20, 2009.

Wave of prejudice among Republican politicians may actually be frustrating anti-terrorism efforts Maddow says.

MSNBC's Brewer Adopts Anti-Gay Rhetoric

Jamison Foser, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Media and Technology. November 4, 2009.

Anchor Contessa Brewer's introduction of a segment about Maine's repeal of a law allowing same-sex marriage is right out of the right-wing playbook.

John Harwood Draws Delusional Equivalence Between Fox and Other Cable Nets

Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog AlterNet: PEEK. November 2, 2009.

Real conservatives want to go where they feel completely at home and can get what they want full strength.

Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann Slam Fox News Propaganda About Their Meeting with Obama

AlterNetOctober 27, 2009.

The commentators point out that liberals could not get an invitation to meet with President Bush to save their lives, while Obama meets with liberals and conservatives.

Video: Grayson: FOX News the "Enemy of America," Interchangeable with the National Enquirer

Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. October 22, 2009.

Florida's pugilistic Democratic congressman claims that in appearances on their network, FOX News "cut off my mic."

The Scariest Part of The "Balloon Boy" Story

Lee Camp, AlterNet AlterNet: Media and Technology. October 19, 2009.

You've heard the expression, "rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic." Perhaps we need a new one: "Watching the balloon go by."

George HW Bush Calls Maddow & Olbermann "Sick Puppies," Maddow Responds

Ari Melber, TheNation.com AlterNet: Media and Technology. October 19, 2009.

"When our son was president, they just hammered him mercilessly and I think obscenely a lot of the time," Bush told CBS Radio.

How to Make Sure the Maddow Show Survives

Amanda Marcotte, Comment Is Free AlterNet: PEEK. October 12, 2009.

Post-election, liberals appear to be turning off their TVs. We can't afford to lose the sole voice of intellectual liberalism in the cable news desert.

Fox News: Tom Ridge? Never Heard of Him.

Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Media and Technology. August 22, 2009.

Since news broke that Ridge admitted terror alerts were political, CNN has mentioned his name on air 41 times; MSNBC has 62 times. Not Fox.

Sick for Profit: Greenwald Tears Into Insurance Company CEOs

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Films AlterNet: Health and Wellness. August 14, 2009.

Robert Greenwald appears on MSNBC to talk about "Sick For Profit", a campaign to expose the greed of big health insurance companies.

Olbermann Slams "Corporate Truce"

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2009.

The NYT ran a piece alleging MSNBC and Fox made to make Olbermann and O'Reilly stop attacking each other.

Olbermann Rips into the Worst Sellouts on Health Care in Congress

Jan Frel, MSNBC AlterNet: Video. August 4, 2009.

Targets Blue Dog Dems, Sen. John McCain, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other Republicans.

Corporate Media Playing the Hate Game, Aiming at Both Obama and Clinton

Adele M. Stan, AlterNet. August 1, 2009.

Media bigs seem to have reached the conclusion that hatred sells, so they're embracing their inner sexists and inner racists.

Obama: Gays Will Be Happy By the End of My Administration

Rachel Weiner, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. June 30, 2009.

"We've been in office six months ... I suspect that by the time this administration is over, you guys will have pretty good feelings."