Keith Tries...but Rove/Brit Trashes HIM..and throws him BACK..to his

[KoKo]

Sports THINGY..

I give credit to ALL THE DU'ERs who have "cultivated Keith" but...in the end he always has to answer to his MSNBC WHORES...Keith TRIES..but he just can't "BREAK THROUGH!!!"

He is forced by MSNBC to have "Media Whores" who distort and diffuse his MESSAGE!

It's painful to watch Keith. If he was "on his own" he would be soooooGREAT!

[liveoaktx]

1. Sorry but Kate Martin is on there-and she ROCKS!!!!

[skylarmae]

2. right on! n/t

[Fredda Weinberg]

3. Indeed

So he's not drinkin' the cool-aid ... he's a reliable voice for reason.

[TomInTib]

4. "It doesn't matter if you brief Congress if what you're doing is illegal"

[LSparkle]

5. Richard Wolffe has been good in the past ...

His appearance tonight was surprising to me. Usually Keith gets guests who are more likely than most to "cut loose" and just speak their minds. I'm hoping Wolffe's performance tonight was more thanks to what HIS masters are dictating than Keith's.

[PVK]

6. My senator Mark Dayton is on talking about Halliburton's coverup.

What about that?

[drfresh]

7. I'd say he's doing a damn good job as is

Countdown is one of the only newscasts on cable that really digs in after the facts.

/typo

[liveoaktx]

8. Hear him say "We've all gotten the memo about fair and balanced"

Seems like he's telling us something about his show.

[blm]

10. They probably gave it to HIM, but not Joey the Scar, Tucker or Tweety.

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[asjr]

11. Aha! So that was the reason for the remark. I should have

known. I guess MSNBC wants to be fox=like. CNN has already crossed the Styx.

[KoKo]

9. He won't last much longer...it's a "drip/drip"

Watching him tonight showed me his "days are numbered with the Bushies..unless he "Shapes up and Ships Out" in today's "Media Whore' terms.

I give credit to Keith that he HAS TRIED for SOOOO LONG...but "in the end" they ALWAYS GETCHA!!!!!

[KoKo]

12. I still have "hopes" for Keith..but given the "Lock Down" I think

his "contract" (his salary) is going to be very "compromised."

But..he had a "good run." He did...and it's in no small part to DU'ers who "cultivated him WAY BACK" and to this day in time ...STILL SUPPORT HIM...

But...he STILL WORKS FOR "DA MAN." They ALL still work for "DA MAN."

We are the "little people/folks"...who gives a shit about "US!"

:shrug:

[Berry Cool]

13. I think people are panicking a bit much.

It seems as if every other thread about Keith on DU is a thread in which people are expecting him to get fired/canceled the very next day for something he said tonight.

He must be like the proverbial cat with nine lives. How many times so far have DU'ers thought he was going to get the boot/feared he did get the boot? Let's see: when he reported on the Ohio election irrregularities, when he gave his antismoking editorial, when he spoke of the connection between bad news for * and terror threat levels, when he gave his rant about the government and Katrina...Seems that every time he's said anything strong and powerful against the administration, people expect him to be gone the very next day. Poor man can't even go on vacation after something like that, because if he does, the word soon spreads: "They CANNED him."

Oh, and heaven forbid he should report on *sports.* Someone must be taking this man who began his career as a sportscaster, and was a sportscaster for 17 years before trying his hand at news, and HOLDING A GUN TO HIS HEAD to make him cover sports! That's right, he really wants to tell you all about the upcoming Alito backlash, but "The Man" is holding him down and forcing him to do a story on the chances of the Seahawks against the Steelers instead. Yep.

*sigh* Seriously, you guys...let's give MSNBC a particle of credit. Yeah, I know, I don't want to give them a lot of credit, but so far Keith has been on the air almost three years and I don't sense either that he is holding back or that anyone is holding him back. He's still speaking his mind and calling it as he sees it. And call me nutty, but something tells me that when he does a sports story, it's because *he wants to.* Goodness knows, when his producers make him do a celebrity story and he doesn't want to, he tells us all about it.

So maybe, just maybe, KO isn't going to be fired, have his salary cut or anything. Maybe, in a cable news world full of mostly swill, there is still a bit of champagne to be had. I sure hope so, anyway.

[KoKo]

14. Good Points and great post read for "perspective." Still..........

I think, as you said, we EXPECT TOO MUCH from our Media Corporatists.

Sports Stars...with GOLDEN CONTRACTS....that the rest of us only Dream Of. :shrug:

Your post is a great read about this...thanks...:-)'s