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In reply to the discussion: Right wing says The Ryan/Romney Chant Snfu didn't happen but Morning Joe says it did [View all]Hamlette
(15,384 posts)It didn't just happen yesterday. I've been watching him everyday since 2008.
What I think happened is MSNBC figured out they could make it as the answer to Fox. Before Olbermann, and for a few years after Keith started, MSNBC was trying to be neutral but realized Olbermann was making them money. By the time the 2008 election heated up, throughout the primaries, MSNBC's rating went through the roof and they started leaning more and more to the left.
I think Chris has always been a good guy. Yes, he's not a progressive but he is a liberal. But, and he was at his worst in the 2000 election when I vowed to never watch him again, he bought into the whole "journalists have to be neutral". I'm sure there are a lot of good reasons for that. You'll notice that MSNBC hardly ever gets any republicans on their shows with the exception of those it pays like Steel and Schmidt. Politicians won't show up now but 4-6 years ago they would come on (remember Bachman made her famous Democratic Congresspeople are unAmerican statement on Chris' show.) Chris finally said "F*** it. Might as well go all in."
I don't think he sees this as his last election. He's only about 60. Not that old even with diabetes.