MSNBC viewers lobby for a liberal host

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Television network executives looking for new talent are accustomed to getting pleas from agents urging them to check out their clients.

But in the last few weeks, MSNBC has experienced a different kind of onslaught: a flood of unsolicited endorsements from fans of liberal radio hosts touting them as the network’s next potential big star.

The grass-roots campaigns were triggered by the news that the cable channel is contemplating creating a new show for its 7 p.m. time slot, currently occupied by a repeat of ‘Countdown With Keith Olbermann.’ That prompted the launch of independent Facebook groups extolling the merits of two radio hosts: Cenk Uygur of the Internet show ‘The Young Turks’ and Sam Seder of Air America.

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