Believe me, my friends, this is truly priceless. And please, do not read this while drinking something hot.
In this post over at HotAir, John Sexton gives us this quote from the MSNBC Vice President of primetime programming, Bill Wolff:
Wolff called it “nonsense” that MSNBC is driven by politics or even profits when it comes to how much airtime it devotes to Palin.
“MSNBC does not have a political agenda. The idea that we’re beholden to one side or the other is ridiculous,” he says. “And if Sarah Palin is so good for business, why would we want to destroy her? We tell the truth. We hold up a mirror and say, ‘This is what’s going on.’ We’re not so crass to think that she’s good for business, therefore we’ll talk about her.”
Wolff is also executive producer of The Rachel Maddow Show, which ran 90 segments on Palin in 2009 and 99 in 2010, according to LexisNexis.
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OK, there is a serious story that the above quote is from.
This story appeared in The Hollywood Reporter. And it deals with MSNBC and its orgasm over the former Alaska governor, Sarah Palin.
According to the article, the former MSNBC so-called host, Keith Olbermann, discussed Mrs. Palin a total of 320 segments since July 1, 2008. But hey, Mr. Olbermann is a piker compared with Chris Burp Matthews. Burp Matthew has had 4 2 0 segments on Mrs. Palin. There is a joke or a toke somewhere in that number. Hmm. But I digress. And Mr. Wolff may have more than he lets on about the Palinpalooza at MSNBC. Mr. Wolff is the executive producer of the Rachel Madcow show. And Miss Madcow has had 99 segments on Mrs. Palin since last year.
Why in the name of God does MSNBC care so much about Mrs. Palin? She is no longer the governor of Alaska. She delivers political commentary on the Fox News Channel. She had a travelogue on TLC earlier this year. And maybe she is considering running for president. But why are the folks over at the Lean Forward network so worked up over her?
Look, there are a lot of Republicans considering taking the plunge and running against the Dear Leader, President Obama. But none seem to matter to the Kool-aid drinkers over at MSNBC.
I suppose there is some interest in the former Alaska governor. But as much as this network gives to her? When this network is usually battling CNN for the least viewers in cable news, how can it justify about 750 separate segments on Mrs. Palin?
It can not.
Yet, here comes Mr. Wolff to say there is no agenda.
Really, are ye serious Mr. Wolff?
Of course the agenda is to discredit Mrs. Palin now and make her decide not to run for president. No, Mr. Wolff et al will never admit it directly.
Fine, don't.
But do not lie about the obsession MSNBC has with Mrs. Palin. Hell, even the house "conservative", Joe Scarbourough, seems to like the pile-on Mrs. Palin.
It is funny to see that someone who should have credibility show how little he has.
Mr. Wolff, take back the malarkey. Admit that you are fudging just a bit. Admit it. You're addicted to Sarah Palin.
There is a song in there.
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