Out with Olbermann and Matthews; in with Gregory at MSNBC

Well, this'll make a bunch of people real happy.

And a bunch of others may start screaming censorship.

But MSNBC, the cable channel boasting the most letters of any of them, is yanking two of its opinionated stars from their ongoing election anchor duties.

Both Keith "The Mouth" Olbermann and Chris "I Can Interrupt Anyone I Want Cause It's My Show" Matthews are being removed from their political anchor chairs.

They'll be replaced by David "Does This Gray Hair Make Me Look Wiser?" Gregory, who's fast become the channel's utility player of choice. But isn't exactly Mr. Rogers either.

It seems that the NBC News division just got fed up with all the opinion and the volume and the complaints about the overwhelming opinion of the pair of ousted talkers, who were among the first to force viewers to turn down the volume after the commercials.

Our blogging buddy Matea "Of Course I Have The Story" Gold has the rest of the network's shakeup news over there on the must-read Show Tracker blog.

-- Andrew Malcolm

Photo credit: NBC News

Comments

[desmond]

I'm happy to see those pair of bozos gone. Matthews the self inflated airbag and Olberman the lecturing hectoring reincarnation of Dr. G.

[Brian]

Well this will just be the start. Liberal bias is running unchecked and the backlash by the public is going to reign in this by turning them off, canceling subscription, and or just telling it like it is. We do not like what has happened to our main stream media and it's one sided reporting and trashing. As I started out, this will become a domino effect with many others feeling the blade of the ax.

[Russell Craig]

I am so sorry you felt the need to get rid of Oberman, I will not watch msnbc, as much or if at all now.

[gloria]

I used to watch Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews and MSNBC, however, after all the "Hillary" comments, I stopped. It seems these announcers made it look that NBC/MSNBC are"Obama" channels. I did not use to watch Fox news. Now I watch it because it seems to be more fair than MSNBC.

[rrr]

I love it...glad these jerks are offff!!!!!!!!!

[Tom]

Why does everyone want bland commentary? If you want your liberal opinion validated, turn on MSNBC...your conservative opinion, turn on O'Riley and Hannity on Fox News. I think that it is funny that CNN (once the poster child of "the liberal elite") is probably has the most even coverage...

[edddy sanchez]

I will not watch NBC if this truly happen.

[kemu]

It's about time that Olberman was dumped. His liberal ranting made the conservatives O'Reilly and Limbaugh look anemic in comparison. The only place Olberman belongs is in the sports world where he can do no damage. The general public is getting fed up with the political commentary - these guys are supposed to report - not regurgitate their personal bias.

[Ron]

Can't stand Olbermann...on the news or doing football...what a jerk! Matthews is not as bad. Bring back Imus in the morning!

[ROY]

good

[NoBO]

Olbermann is a dork.

[Mansoor]

I liked watching MSNBC, but not anymore!!

These two anchors were great in what they were doing. They reached out to find the truth and dissect shells that were created by other one sided news channels.

Now, there is no reason why I should watch FOX oops I mean MSNBC

[moomac02@comcast.net]

You guys are idiots. Olbermann and Matthews are the ONLY reason to watch politics on MSNBC. Good luck with Gregory as you see your VIEWERSHIP decline, decline, decline. He's got no personality and tows the line. You are making a huge mistake, and I hope it shows in the numbers every single day. Way to cow-tow to the right-wing neon-cons who are whining about any negative thing said about them by the media. Why don't you have some kahunas and stand up for your anchors. Or, maybe Olbermann and Matthews can go to another network and you guys can merge with FIX NEWS! You should be ashamed of yourselves for demoting the best political team on TV.

[Hal]

Couldn't have happened to more deserving people - there IS a God in heaven! Now I MAY go back to watching MSNBC once again. The only better thing that could happen, would be that the network would drop their shows !

[Mansoor]

I liked watching MSNBC, but not anymore!!

These two anchors were great in what they were doing. They reached out to find the truth and dissect shells that were created by other one sided news channels.

Now, there is no reason why I should watch FOX oops I mean MSNBC

[Mr. Independent]

Good riddens!!!!!!

[neil]

Maybe Olbermann and Matthews can move over to Comedy Central, now the only reasonable news source on basic cable.

[Celia]

I agree with Gloria. At the 2004 election coverage,I was proud to say I was a Matthews fan and watched MSNBC all the time after that. Matthews and Olbermann were so biased and prejudiced against Hillary and did nothing as journalist to be at least fair about it, I stopped watching MSNBC and started watching FOX. I am now a FOX watcher, thanks to Matthews and Olbermann.

[Kurt]

That's great. We can call MSNBC the FOX2 channel now.

[Ainsworth. NY]

Olbermann,is a class act,I always look forward to viewing,his show.He has educated me on the issues of the day that are topical.It seems to me MSNBC is ungrateful,Sen,Obama,spent over $6 million dollars in ad with its organization.ABC and Fox get the bulk of the ad from the Republican Sen,McCain.Is that fair and balance?Olbermann and Matthew talk about the facts not spins like Fox,who don't like people to answer their questions.I hope MSNBC read this blog.

[Saxxon Domela]

For a while I thought NBC had some brass by having Olbermann and Matthews as a counterpoint to Fox News and their right wing wacko approach. Alas, chicken-s*** management.

[Fred]

I'm just the opposite of Russel and Gloria. I NEVER watched PMSNBC. Too many ( reporters? ) over there get tingles up their legs when they should be REPORTING...Leg tingling is for after work hours.

Now, having said that, since I have never watched those two silly cruds or heard their stupidities except as excerpts to be laughed at on Limbaugh or some other right wing radio show, how did it hurt me for Russel and Gloria to be able to enjoy them?

This is America and we have room for all opinions.

Of course America IS capitolist ( Sorry NObama ) so the market tends to pressure companies to have some bottom line or disappear. Evidently, NBC was not getting a return on their investment See that's why Air America did not work as an answer to conservative radio .

NOBODY LISTENED TO IT.

[Ric]

Their shows are still on the air - they just cannot do debates and election coverage.

[steve]

Gee, MSNBC is concerned about bias? I guess they just had to listen to the far right which, in our twisted time, can do no wrong. After all, we have to avoid any possible charges of liberal bias, especially by 'Fair and Balanced' networks like Fox, or kuckoos like Limbaugh.
The networks, like our nation, are still fighting the culture wars of the 1960's. Then, we had the far left loonies, now quasi-fascist wackos so blind in their greed that they won't recognize the error of their ways until they hear the shots of an enraged citizenry. Let's hope it doesn't come to that. In the meantime, the majority of us are left to twist in the wind.

[American Patriot]

These guys made me sick with their love affair of Obama. Apparently, other people got tired of listening to it as well.