June 04, 2008
Warfare Inside NBC News!

"High level sources inside NBC" are reporting that network news icons like Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw and Chris Matthews are angry that the far-left Keith Olbermann is destroying the network's credibility with his open support for Barack Obama and his blogging for the hard-left Daily Kos socialist site. NBC is being smothered by a barrage of letters from women across the country because of Olbermann's constant attacks on Hillary Clinton and his recent attacks on Rush Limbaugh for asking Republicans to vote for her in some key primaries.

"What's it going to be like in the general election now that everyone knows we're the in-house network of Barack Obama," TVNewser's Steve Krakauer quoted an NBC insider as saying. CNN for years had been referred to as the 'Clinton News Network' now NBC might be called the 'National Barack Company'.

Insiders are saying that the senior staff at NBC News are afraid to say anything to Olbermann because of fears that they will be charged with censorship by Olbermann "on the air".

In the meantime, the fact that major contracts of some of NBC's top news personalities are about to expire has some speculating that Tim Russert, along with many others, are privately distributing their resumes around and that Fox News Channel is already talking to at least one high level news person along with numerous production staffers at MS/NBC.

Posted by LeCerveau at June 04, 2008 06:20 AM | Email This
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1. Holy Smokes, Batman, where do you get your stuff? Trouble is, it sounds so plausible that I love your posts.

Chris Matthews, he of the tingle in his pants and the giggles, isn't in the tank for Obama? You sir, are another of the reasons NBC has no credibility.

Posted by: swatter on June 4, 2008 08:52 AM
2. It was reported today on Fox and Friends, the Internet blog I mentioned in the piece and MY FRIENDS IN THE BUSINESS. I have a number of contacts in the broadcasting biz.
Tim Russert is reportedly looking, whether he leaves NBC or not remains to be seen. He obviously is not happy with 'idiots' like Keith making NBC look like the biased non-professional reporters over at ABC.

Posted by: Jack LeCerveau on June 4, 2008 02:39 PM
3. I really do not see what their worry is, after all most people can see that Chris Mattews is himself has the Obamessiah fever going. Not to mention that Olberman just shows himself as a biased idiot all the time. With Olberman on the staff it makes the rest of them look less biased. Not to mention I would be willing to bet that a look at Olberman's ratings would show that he really does not have much of an audience and that he is really only preaching to the choir.

Posted by: TrueSoldier on June 4, 2008 09:31 PM
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