The total lack of self-reflection here is stunning isn't it? Following the Christie Administration lead, who first made this claim after the revelations by Hoboken Mayor Dawn Zimmer concerning the threat to withhold Sandy Funds, Fox has decided they've already heard enough about Christie-Gate, so lets forget about it since "MSNBC IS A PARTISAN NETWORK" - so of course what they say can't be trusted - and let's get back to talking about BENN-GHAAZEEE.
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Kurtz opened his Media Buzz show on Sunday by suggesting that the governor’s office had been right.
“MSNBC has been leading the charge with Rachel Maddow leading with the story every single night,” Kurtz said.
“Surprise, surprise, don’t we all know MSNBC is a partisan network?” Fox News contributor Lauren Ashburn asked.
Goldberg said that he was outraged that there were “dozens of results” on Google if “you type in Chris Christie and Watergate.”
“Which is beyond idiotic. To compare a partial lane closure on the George Washington Bridge to Watergate is ridiculous,” he insisted. “The state of Illinois has seen half of its governors since 1960 go to jail. None of them have gotten this kind of coverage.”
Dude, Rob Blogojevich got a
Lot of coverage. He got a lot of
Coverage ON MSNBC (185 Results on Google).
More over the flip.
If the standard is that MSNBC has a "Lack of Balance" because some of it's hosts have the temerity to be Openly Democrats, then FOX NEWS FAILS THAT TEST HORRIBLY with their lineup of the Fox & Fools in the Morning, Cavuto, Hannity, O'Reilly and Megyn (I'm Dreaming of a White Santa) Kelly. Let's be clear, Greta Van Susteren is not a Democrat, she's a former Defense Attorney. She goes where the money is.
There was a point in time when almost half of the Republican's running for President in 2012, from Sarah Palin to Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum were all simultaneously working for Fox News.
But you can't say that about MSNBC. By Contrast they have Gingrich era Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough on the air for 15 Hours a Week. He gets nearly as much air-time as their their prime-time lineup all by himself. And then they have former RNC Chair Michael Steele - who won Republicans the House - on their payroll. Also Steve Schmidt and Niccole Wallace who together helmed the 2008 McCain campaign and made Sarah Palin a household name, as well as Robert Trahynam former aide to Presidential Contender Rick Stantorum on their payroll.
Not to mention Mrs. Alan Greenspan on every week day for an hour.
To this very day, Howard Dean does not work for MSNBC, but Michael Steele does. Where can you find a former Democratic Congressman, Senator or Governor with their own show - primetime or morning - on Fox News? Where can you find a current or recent Democratic Presidential Aide or Consultant who is a regular paid contributor on FOX?
And no, Alan Colmes doesn't count. Alan has Never had his own Show on Fox News. He used to Co-host with Hannity (where he regularly got his clock cleaned about as easily as the Washington Generals got clowned by the Harlem Globetrotters) and he occasionally shows up as a guest, but not his own show. Nope. (Nor has he ever been a Democratic Political Operative, he's a paid commentator and the person paying the checks - former Nixon and H.W. Bush Aide Roger Ailes - writes the narrative.)
Ok Fine, Bob Beckel worked for the Robert Kennedy's Presidential Campaign when he was in college. He was Campaign Manager for Walter Mondale 1984. He most recently worked on the Senate Campaign of Alan Blinkman in 2002, until he was dismissed due to an extortion attempt against him by a prostitute. Blinkman was defeated by Larry "Wide Stance" Craig. He works for Fox because he's a Toxic Loser to Democrats.
Dick Morris is not a Democrat. He may have consultant for President Bill Clinton, but that was only because Clinton needed someone like him to pull off his "triangulation" schemes. Morris resigned from the Clinton campaign in 1996 after it was revealed that he had allowed his conversations with Clinton to be overheard by a prostitute.
These people are NOT Active Functioning Democrats. They are wretched refuse looking for their last and final port of political call.
Of all the Democrats on MSNBC, most are in fact journalists first Democrats second. Only Karen Finney, who used to work with the DNC, has been involved in actual Democratic politics in the last two or three decades unlike Lawrence O'Donnell who was chief of staff for the Senate Finance Commitee Chairman Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the 90's and Chris Matthews who was a speechwriter for the Carter Administration and Chief of Staff for Speaker Tip O'Neill back in the 80's.
If you want to hear a genuine discussion and debate between REAL Republicans and REAL Democrats - it's far more likely to happen on MSNBC than on Fox News. But that's not really the point here...
The point is Kill the Messenger because some people really can't be bothered to hear the message and oh by the way - Squirrel!!
Next Diary: How Benghazi, and IRS, and Fast and Furious, and Obamacare Combined are not half the Scandal the Christie-Gate has become.
Vyan