Bernie Ward (KGO - Lib Talk Show Host) tells the scoop on Tweety

[caledesi]

and Keith Obermann.

The other night Bernie was talking about how the media is totally controlled by corporations and cited the following:

He was at a cocktail party where he got talking w/ Chris Matthews and Tweety told him that basically he was "called in" (at one point during the past few years) saying he was being too liberal and told him if he didn't "clean up his act," Hardball would be history.

Then Bernie said that after Keith O had a liberal on his show for 2 nights, he was called in and told the same thing.

He also mentioned how they fired Phil Donahue even though he show was highly rated because he wasn't towing the line.

These thugs make me sick. :puke:

Buck up or lose your job.

edit: usual stuff

[liberalnurse]

1. Phil Donahue and his Producer, Jeff Cohen ,went threw

HELL with MSNBC and their narrow scope, right-wing control. It is true.

[wookie294]

2. Break-up the media oligopoly

Congress must force Big Media to sell-off media properties to smaller firms. Break the whole thing up!

[ClusterFreak]

9. Dynamite the Oligopoly!!

;)

[caledesi]

3. I guess at this point, Tweety doesn't give a sh*t, because he

has been really good lately.

[Cush]

4. Keith talked about this last night whith Al Franken

Said that MSNBC's VP wasn't too happy when he had Al Franken & Janeane Garofalo on back to back nights (this was back in 2003 I think)

[Skidmore]

6. And Keith stood his ground.

Franken was back on the other night, as are other liberals.

[liveoaktx]

15. VIDEO

Two Liberals Two Nights in a Row

[Skidmore]

5. Called in by whom exactly?

[caledesi]

7. The "Suits" nt

[Swamp Rat]

8. The Corporate Messiahs control the media.

[Garbo 2004]

10. The difference is Tweety caves and Olbermann doesn't. n/t

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

11. Monica Crowley whimpered and moaned over this.

Her show with Ron Reagan, "Connected: Coast to Coast" premiered as part of the MSNBC evening lineup.

Then it got moved to 12 noon Eastern (9:00 Pacific).

She was on Imus and saying how excited she was over the new time slot and Imus replied "ARE YOU KIDDING? No one's WATCHING at that time of day."

Then she said the show got moved as part of an effort to aggressively market "Hardball" to "Red State viewers."

So that, combined with the Bernie Ward anecdote, seems pretty consistent.

[napi21]

12. I believe it. I guess that means we can't let any Dem

promise to break up the media monopoly than huh?

We're just going to have to get them elected and THEN demand it be done!!!!

[rooboy]

13. To be accurate, it was Joe Conason who told Bernie that. n/t

[caledesi]

16. I stand corrected. It was Joe Conason. nt

[caledesi]

17. I stand corrected. It was Joe Conason. nt

[Mike03]

14. I love Bernie Ward, and Ray too

There was a time when a story like that would have surprised me, but no longer. Thanks for posting this. People like Bernie and Ray Taliafero keep me going during tough times.