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Citing angry tone, Olbermann suspends ‘Worst Person in the World’ feature

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.02.10 | 11:01 am

Some Minnesotans — Rep. Michele Bachmann and GOP Senate District 56 webmaster Randy Brown, among them — are unlikely to mourn its passing: Liberal MSNBC host Keith Olbermann is halting his “Worst Person in the World” feature. The news comes just days after Comedy Central star Jon Stewart lambasted the increasingly negative tone of cable political shows at the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington.

As state party protests, SD56 GOP webmaster earns ‘Worst Person in the World’ designation

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.20.10 | 6:00 am

As Randy Brown, the webmaster who posted a sexist video on the GOP’s District 56 website, is dubbed “Worst Person in the World” by MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, the Republican Party of Minnesota demands changes to reports on the incident by the Minnesota Independent, Gawker and Mothers Jones — changes that put distance between the state GOP and the local SD 56 party unit.

MSNBC won’t air MoveOn.org’s boycott-Target ad

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.19.10 | 10:00 am

MSNBC and its parent, General Electric, refuse to air MoveOn.org’s ad calling for a boycott of Target, stating the spot doesn’t “comply with NBC’s ‘Controversial Issue Advertising policy,’ because the ad is a direct attack on an individual…

MSNBC’s Maddow looks into Emmer’s affiliation with anti-gay ministry

By Paul Schmelzer | 08.10.10 | 8:38 am

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow looked at Minnesota’s gubernatorial primary matchups last night, giving special emphasis to GOP-endorsed candidate Tom Emmer and his support for the Christian ministry You Can Run But You Cannot Hide. The story should be familiar to…

Dayton’s new fave movie? C-SPAN clip has McCain cutting him off

By Chris Steller | 12.22.09 | 4:41 pm

dayton maddowFormer U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton might want to reconsider whether “Glory” is his favorite motion picture. Newly salvaged C-SPAN footage from 2002 showing him getting cut off by John McCain on the Senate floor has given Dayton free…

Debuting ‘Conspiracy Theory,’ Ventura says MSNBC silenced him over Iraq stance

By Paul Schmelzer | 11.30.09 | 2:43 pm

Ventura“I’ve heard things that’ll blow your mind,” says former Gov. Jesse Ventura in the promo for his new TV show, “Conspiracy Theory,” which debuts Wednesday night on Tru.tv. “I’ve been on the inside, and now I’m ready…

Bachmann on media stalkers and government help

By Paul Schmelzer | 10.09.09 | 9:31 am

Picture 11While Rep. Michele Bachmann says she’s not afraid of MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann, it’s curious that her next big media appearance following that statement wasn’t Olbermann’s show but the friendlier Bill O’Reilly’s. Something else she’s not afraid of:…

Bachmann: ‘I’m not going to fear Keith Olbermann’

By David Weigel | 10.06.09 | 2:16 pm

BachmannWASHINGTON — At a briefing for conservative bloggers at the Heritage Foundation today, Rep. Michelle Bachmann dismissed MSNBC as a network neither she nor “most of the American people” paid attention to.
“Quite honestly I don’t even know anything…

Bachmann ‘hearing voices’ other than God’s, says top Dem

By Chris Steller | 09.02.09 | 1:38 pm

U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann’s talk of stopping health care reform by fasting, praying and wrist-slitting has prompted not only lefty pundits but a top Democratic colleague to question what’s going on between her ears. Jim Oberstar, chairman of…

And on the ninth day … Bachmann was on TV again

By Chris Steller | 08.20.09 | 10:31 am

bachmann hannityMeteorologists may have failed to forecast yesterday’s freak tornado, but political scientists are now able to predict when U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann will next appear on a national cable news show: Aug. 27.

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