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In reply to the discussion: Why I Find Big Ed's Demotion To Weekends Troubling [View all]Jennicut
(25,415 posts)70. I love Big Ed but at 37 I just relate better to Chris Hayes.
And Rachel, Alex Wagner, Ari Melber, Krystal Ball, Steve Kornacki, etc. I don't see them as "kids". We are all in our thirties. At 30, I already had a house and two kids and had worked multiple jobs. Gen X (and even Gen Y, which is Ezra Klein at 28) is growing up. We don't mean to misplace people. But we are not kids anymore. Not at nearly 40, I hope I am not. Big Ed is great but it's kind of like getting the news from your father. He is almost the same age as my parents. That is what I have been seeing on tv as far as pundits go for a long time.
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I really hope Ed was telling the truth on Wednesday when he said it was his idea.
catbyte
Mar 2013
#2
I did consider it. Ed has said his wife is doing remarkably well with her treatments.
stopbush
Mar 2013
#58
Sorry, but that all sounds like the typical cover story one puts out when they get shafted.
stopbush
Mar 2013
#9
Gee, it doesn't seem that way to me at all. He makes the same money, he works one hour less.
MADem
Mar 2013
#34
He suspended himself--he called Laura Ingraham a bad word and he apologized and asked to
MADem
Mar 2013
#43
Cheers back at you, but here's this: Olbermann decided he wanted to leave before the
Samantha
Mar 2013
#88
You forgot "We just had the best 4 months and I think it's going to continue on."
NOVA_Dem
Mar 2013
#50
Remember how excited DU was when KO left MSNBC? Now, he was going to be able to say
stopbush
Mar 2013
#61
Well, specifically, when Keith Olbermann left MSNBC, meaning literally that Friday night
Samantha
Mar 2013
#75
Yes--but he was saying that five months ago--before there was any discussion of going to
MADem
Mar 2013
#66
Maybe I'm wrong grantcart but I seem to remember Ed with complete relief in his
snappyturtle
Mar 2013
#41
No--the prison shows are CHEAP and they got HUGE ratings. I remember reading about this
MADem
Mar 2013
#37
A lot of Keith's viewers did follow him to Current - they bragged about his numbers
Samantha
Mar 2013
#80
Larry King was on CNN in prime time until he was 77, or roughly 20 years older than Ed is today.
stopbush
Mar 2013
#59
Thanks. My first D vote was in 1972 for George McGovern, so I've been a D for 40 years as well.
stopbush
Mar 2013
#62
I was coming to this site this evening to post about discrimination in broadcasting due to age
Samantha
Mar 2013
#65
I always find it suspicious when someone is getting great ratings and they get pushed out
stopbush
Mar 2013
#82