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Countdown With ... Howard Dean

Countdown With ... Howard Dean

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By Ira Teinowitz
Published: July 27, 2009

Keith Olbermann certainly isn’t afraid to offer opinions on his MSNBC-TV "Countdown" show. Generally, those opinions tend a little towards the liberal side.

OK, maybe that could be a slight understatement, considering Olbermann’s long running and nightly criticism of the Bush administration and its officials that includes as a signoff the number of days since President Bush declared Mission Accomplished.

Still, Olbermann delivers a nightly newscast that includes commentary on the cable channel.

This week, Olbermann is on vacation and Tuesday and Wednesday MSNBC is turning to a pretty unusual choice to host the newscast …

Howard Dean, the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee, former Vermont governor and former presidential candidate is being tapped in a first for the cable channel.

Jeremy Gaines, VP-Communications for MSNBC-TV, defended the choice.
“The program is an opinionated newscast and our viewers will be interested to hear Gov. Dean's take on this week's events,” he said.
 

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July 29, 2009, 9:19AM
Kara Says

Who cares about his political stance, did you see this guy try to read a tele-prompter? Please return Keith.....we need your witty sarcasm.

July 28, 2009, 10:45AM
eyescribe Says

1) Contrary to popular belief, Dean wasn't especially liberal as a governor, if you look at his record. Left of center, sure, but very pragmatic. Dennis Kucinich, now THERE's a liberal.

2) What Dean is, is a partisan Democrat. If I were running a news network, I wouldn't put him behind one of my anchor desks for an hour. But MSNBC isn't quite a news network, as anybody who tries to find news on it during the weekend can attest. I don't know what it is, but it ain't that.

July 27, 2009, 8:56PM
KaiSen Says

I don't get how Gov. Dean is such an unusual choice. I mean, Gov. Huckabee hosted The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News recently. I mean, the only difference is Gov. Dean is a liberal former governor and Gov. Huckabee is a conservative former governor. At least with MSNBC, they're not hiding behind some kind of bogus mantra of being "fair and balanced" like Fox News.

Comments

July 29, 2009, 9:19AM
Kara Says

Who cares about his political stance, did you see this guy try to read a tele-prompter? Please return Keith.....we need your witty sarcasm.

July 28, 2009, 10:45AM
eyescribe Says

1) Contrary to popular belief, Dean wasn't especially liberal as a governor, if you look at his record. Left of center, sure, but very pragmatic. Dennis Kucinich, now THERE's a liberal.

2) What Dean is, is a partisan Democrat. If I were running a news network, I wouldn't put him behind one of my anchor desks for an hour. But MSNBC isn't quite a news network, as anybody who tries to find news on it during the weekend can attest. I don't know what it is, but it ain't that.

July 27, 2009, 8:56PM
KaiSen Says

I don't get how Gov. Dean is such an unusual choice. I mean, Gov. Huckabee hosted The O'Reilly Factor on Fox News recently. I mean, the only difference is Gov. Dean is a liberal former governor and Gov. Huckabee is a conservative former governor. At least with MSNBC, they're not hiding behind some kind of bogus mantra of being "fair and balanced" like Fox News.