Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer is taking the stage at Microsoft’s analyst day to talk about the company’s consumer businesses, saying that “a lot of the issues we see in our consumer businesses are very much on the minds of the shareholders.”
That’s an understatement, considering that the lackluster state of Microsoft’s...
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Lawrence O'Donnell's future 10pmET show with MSNBC now has a name and a premiere date.The Last Word will premiere September 27, putting MSNBC in the same category with CNN and Fox News with three prime time hours of original programming.
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Today on MSNBC's Hardball, Chris Matthews tried to debate Salon's Joan Walsh and former Gov. Howard Dean that Andrew Breitbart's version of the controversial Shirley Sherrod speech was completely unedited. Considering there were about 35 minutes missing from that tape, this was wrong for obvious reasons. But if you caught...
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• Chris Matthews' repeat on MSNBC finished way ahead of John King's 7pmET show Wednesday, in both total viewers and the A25-54 demographic. Matthews nearly doubled King in the demo.
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There has been so much reported on Shirley Sherrod and Andrew Breitbart that it's hard to believe that there are actually news junkies out there who don't understand the story, but they apparently exist. What's harder to imagine is that a television news anchor like Chris Matthews happens to be...
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A protest against the recent controversial immigration law in Arizona turned violent today as several protesters were arrested for their behavior. The protest was organized as a response to yesterday's ruling that parts of the law were unconstitutional and the fact that the law partially went into effect today.
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Arizona Governor Jan Brewer has taken the media offensive since a judge blocked several provisions in the state's new immigration law, first appearing on CNN and then putting on a chipper face for a primetime appearance as Sean Hannity's guest on Fox News. Struck by her optimism, Hannity questioned Brewer on...
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On MSNBC's Rachel Maddow tonight, The Nation Washington editor and fill-in host Chris Hayes brought up an interesting factoid that could impact how the right perceives the Obama administration's handling of illegal immigration: more illegal immigrants have been deported under Obama than were during George W. Bush's tenure, with an emphasis on those...
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The partial rejection of the Arizona immigration law today by a federal judge shifted the gears of the news cycle significantly today. On Hardball tonight, Chris Matthews invited two Arizona legislators to debate the pros and cons of the law. Democratic Rep. Raul Grijalva finished the segment as Matthews' designated "serious"...
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There's no doubt that last week's Shirley Sherrod controversy began as a new media story - started by Andrew Breitbart on BigGovernment.com.But there is also no doubt which type of media drove it into the ground - cable news.
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