illinoisreview (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
by Mark Rhoads For those of you who might mistakenly think that the recent meltdown of MSNBC and the demotion of Chris Matthews and Keith Oblermann is due to a chastened management who thought the lefties had too often gone...
MediaBistro.com (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008
At the end of his NoonET hour, Dan Abrams was on with presidential candidate Ralph Nader . Nader was talking about how little coverage he is getting from the big 3 networks and how he's being kept out of the debates. Nader : Colbert, Jon Stewart , they know what real news is. Abrams : Ralph Nader thank you very much for coming in, good to see you. Nader : Good to see you Adam. Abrams...
Anorak News (Free subscription) | 10/08/2008
... WaPo journalist Dionne. Priceless stuff from the nodding heads… BBC Bias Against Sarah Palin Dan Abrams Sees Proof Of Fox Bias In John McCain’s Face Kevin Rennie On Big Media Bias Towards John Edwards
The Daily Vidette (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
... on Keith Olbermann's "Countdown." She was given the 9 p.m. EST slot when network executives judged Dan Abrams' show a failure.Its second week on the air, Maddow's audience was bigger than CNN's "Larry King Live." King won the third week and the two are settling into what promises to be a competitive battle behind Fox News Channel's dominant "Hannity & Colmes." During the week of Sept. 22,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
... on Keith Olbermann's "Countdown." She was given the 9 p.m. EST slot when network executives judged Dan Abrams' show a failure.
Its second week on the air, Maddow's audience was bigger than CNN's "Larry King Live." King won the third week and the two are settling into what promises to be a competitive battle behind Fox News Channel's dominant "Hannity & Colmes." During the week of Sept....
Mercury Rising 鳯女 (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
As Charles posted , Republicans are saying that the bailout bill failed because Nancy Pelosi gave a “partisan” speech. This may not be the best talking point of all time. Instead of convincing people that the Democrats are to blame for the rejection, it may convince people that the Republicans are a bunch of finger-pointing whiners. I just saw Dan Abrams respond to a Republican spokesman who...
Gawker (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
"Maddow's averages [on MSNBC] are more than double the final two weeks of Verdict with Dan Abrams." [TVNewser]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
... and always unapologetically partisan. The approach seems to be working. Since she took over Dan Abrams' slot on Sept. 8, Maddow has beaten her competition — "Larry King Live" on CNN and "Hannity & Colmes" on Fox — at least once. What Maddow doesn't do is add a fresh or contrarian perspective to a cable-news channel that increasingly positions itself as the Anti-Fox, a liberal alternative...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
... and always unapologetically partisan. The approach seems to be working. Since she took over Dan Abrams’s slot on Sept. 8, Ms. Maddow has beaten her competition — “ Live” on CNN and “Hannity & Colmes” on Fox — at least once. On some nights she has even drawn slightly ahead of Mr. Olbermann, whose program immediately precedes hers. By replacing Mr. Abrams with Ms. Maddow, an Air America...
US News (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
The for MSNBC's newest news show host are wildly impressive. Last week, her second on the air, Rachel Maddow pulled ahead of Larry King and even bested Keith Olbermann's Countdown a couple of nights. Maddow, an Air America radio host and MSNBC contributor, was given her own show after the politics-heavy channel dropped Dan Abrams's legal show Verdict.Here are a few things Maddow's doing that...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
... Viewers. Maddow's averages are more than double the final two weeks (eight shows) of Verdict with Dan Abrams (225,000 demo / 601,000 Total Viewers.)" [ Media Bistro ] Permalink | post a comment | Add to del.icio.us | Digg Post tags: CNN , Gay , Larry King , Media , MSNBC , News , Rachel Maddow
MissingAbducted (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... Walsh, co-counsel for Casey, mention Casey's ex-fiance as being "mental" in a MSNBC interview with Dan Abrams. Jesse says he began dating Casey again in November 07 - and the last time he saw Casey was December 7th, 2007 at his police academy graduation. He heard of "Zanny" for the first time then. Jesse produced a notarized DNA test document which states he is not the biological father...
MSNBC.com: Today (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
... practical reality is they are turning up the heat on her,” NBC News chief legal correspondent Dan Abrams told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Tuesday after listening to excerpts from the tapes. “They are looking for everything and anything to say to her: ‘You’d better work with us, because we think that we’ve got a lot of evidence against you.’ ”Anthony, who is free on $500,000 bail and living with...
Material Interest (Free subscription) | 09/08/2008
Five things worth knowing today - MSNBC gets a welcome shake-up when The Rachel Maddow Show premieres tonight at 9 p.m. (Sorry, Dan Abrams fans.) - Can’t wait for Bubbles, Mr. Mann, Daffyd, and the gang to hit U.S. soil'...
News Corpse (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
... long. The mix of content offered by Olbermann, Chris Matthews, David Gregory, and the now canceled Dan Abrams and Tucker Carlson, was disjointed and incongruous.Abrams’ Verdict, which Maddow replaced, failed to retain even 50% of Olbermann’s lead-in (averaged for July 2008). Maddow, on the hand, managed to hold 80% of Countdown’s audience. That sort of retention can go a long way...
