Melissa Harris-Perry Out at MSNBC?

When MSNBC pre-empted Melissa Harris-Perry's show for election coverage (which got higher ratings, and also is more compelling than Melissa Harris-Perry's show), she sent out an email which objected to her show being "taken" in the most overwrought terms conceivable and kinda-sorta implied that MSNBC was trying to "own" her, like a slave.

She also implied that MSNBC was trying to change the "racial composition" of its on-air talent.

MSNBC now says this email destroyed their working relationship and that they're out of the Tampon Earring business.

Posted by: Ace at 01:49 PM

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1 Her two viewers hardest hit

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 29, 2016 01:51 PM (mEZce)

2 What is MSNBC?

Kidding...

Posted by: HH at February 29, 2016 01:51 PM (DrCtv)

3 MSNBC was trying to "own" her, like a ~~slave~~ boss.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 29, 2016 01:52 PM (FkBIv)

4 MSNBC? Never heard of it.

No, seriously, what is it?

Posted by: Bob Gibson at February 29, 2016 01:53 PM (39g3+)

5 This news is so terrible, I don't know what to do with myself.

Posted by: Feh at February 29, 2016 01:53 PM (JOWmw)

6 Mayhaps MSNBC wants to be a real company again...not a news company, but some kind of company.

Posted by: Ruby Oh No at February 29, 2016 01:53 PM (n4ArD)

7 Perry is out?? Perry....is...OUT?

Posted by: Don Lemon at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (LiGlD)

8 I'm gonna have to rosen up my super-tiny violin's bow.

Posted by: Chupacabra at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (q/kmn)

9 Speaking of MSNBC, they crashed and burned recently in this huge communication failure when airing a clip live.

Damage control exceeding anything in recent memory.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LltnLzLXs7U

Posted by: Jintoki at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (xKEYG)

10 I was treated as badly as that headless child in Moscow, except I'm still feeling the repercussions.

Posted by: Melissa Harris-Perry at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (TJCSB)

11 ...tampon earrings...?...Wheeeeeeeeee!!!

Posted by: Corky the Retard at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (INxoa)

12 Thank you, Ace, for an escape fr lurking on the thread below. Yay! New Thread!

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (2x3L+)

13 MSNBC once called me a porch-monkey to my face.

Posted by: Brian Williams at February 29, 2016 01:55 PM (q/kmn)

14 I'll take People Who have a VASTLY Inflated Sense of Their Actual Place in the World for whatever this bint's contract was, Alex.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 01:55 PM (659DL)

15 Well the dispute all boils down to this: RETARD FIGHT! RETARD FIGHT!

Posted by: Naes at February 29, 2016 01:55 PM (Ypc8j)

16 I'll actually miss her. She was a one-woman parody of all the causes she claims to espouse.

Her brand of journalism passes for scholarship in certain Studies departments at major universities.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 29, 2016 01:55 PM (r1fLd)

17 On the upside, she could sign with Al Jaz....oh.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 01:55 PM (659DL)

18 Buh-bye, now.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (LA7Cm)

19 She talked herself right out of a job. Perhaps she felt that they could not fire her no matter what she did. Her ratings were crap so they were looking to get rid of her.

Posted by: Vic-we have no party at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (t2KH5)

20 Mellisa's departure creates an opportunity...

Maybe MSNBC is ready to for a smart military type show.

Posted by: jwest at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (Zs4uk)

21 Slap fight!

Posted by: Soona at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (Fmupd)

22 Doesn't she actually have a teaching gig somewhere?

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (TJCSB)

23 which objected to her show being "taken"

===

LIAM NEESON WILL COME FOR YOU

Posted by: Bigby's Punchbug Blue at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (3ZtZW)

24 jintoki, that is hilarious footage

Posted by: Feh at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (JOWmw)

25 'She also implied that MSNBC was trying to change the "racial composition" of its on-air talent.'

I think she means on-air "talent".

Posted by: Dirks Strewn at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (kfcYC)

26 It's a pity they don't give oscar awards for bitching about the network that gives her a gig.

Cause then she wouldn't have gotten one.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (326rv)

27 She also implied that MSNBC was trying to change the "racial composition" of its on-air talent.

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assumes facts not in evidence.

Habeus corpus me some MSNBC talent

Posted by: Buzzsaw90 at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (h/uSM)

28 She seemed like a prefect example of an entitled snowflake given a television platform. Clueless, self absorbed, misinformed, and incredibly confident and certain. Like she stepped off the stage with that newly granted Womyn's Studies degree right into the studio.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (39g3+)

29 Well, shit. Now who's gonna wear my douchebag shaped earrings on tv?

Posted by: Guy who makes ridiculous earrings & laughs when people buy them at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (LiGlD)

30 Oh nooooeeeez! What are we to do without the guidance of Americas "Foremost Public Intellectual"???

Posted by: The Nayden Broad at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (jJ48T)

31 An utter lack of self-awareness should be painful.

Posted by: Chupacabra at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (q/kmn)

32 Tampon-theme accessory designers hardest hit.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (8ZskC)

33 She and that little snowflake from Yelp should get together and compare notes.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (kTF2Z)

34 MSNBC is getting out of the personality-driven news business, it seems. They used to have a named feature presenter in each hour block, now their entire daytime lineup is "the place for politics", using whomever.

As I snarked the other day, when all else fails perhaps they're falling back on journalism.

MHP had a chance to keep her job under the new reality and chose not to.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (1xUj/)

35 Maybe she wanted to be fired.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (iQIUe)

36 The most diverse, intellectually bracing show on network news was treated as expendable and its host would not have it.

Posted by: Starflower at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (mEZce)

37 Sounds like they want to shut down the crazy and bring back some viewers. My perception that cable cutters do the most damage to left wing organizations remains strong.

If they're cutting the kooks loose, it's because they're hurting.

Posted by: mega machines at February 29, 2016 01:58 PM (fbovC)

38 I guess she thought the backlash from her fans that MSNBC would get from her public email was going to cow them into giving into all her demands? I expect the next thing she will do is file a discrimination lawsuit.

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 01:58 PM (2x3L+)

39 There's an opening at Yelp.

Posted by: BignJames at February 29, 2016 01:58 PM (x9c8r)

40 I'll actually miss her. She was a one-woman parody of all the causes she claims to espouse.

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Same here.

Posted by: SH at February 29, 2016 01:58 PM (gmeXX)

41 By the way, I'm on FreezePeach instead of Twitter, if anyone wants to connect:

https://freezepeach.xyz/kestrelarts/

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 01:58 PM (39g3+)

42 The first 3 letters of rage are rag!

Posted by: Rachel Maddow at February 29, 2016 01:58 PM (7WVYT)

43 Slave? But I thought MSNBC gave Keef Oberseer the boot years ago.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (8ZskC)

44 Maybe she can go find a job more suited to her talent level, like collecting trash or mopping floors at a gay porn theater.

Posted by: Insomniac at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (0mRoj)

45
Shouldnt we be discussing pouring the Bisquick when you dont want to make pancakes?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (iQIUe)

46 Can we start a collection to bribe Chris matthews next guest to ask him why he supports a raaaaaaaacist network?

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (326rv)

47 Pro tip: When you publicly insult your boss, it won't end well. Surprising some people don't know this.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (kTF2Z)

48 Aggregate IQ of MSNBC raises by a miniscule amount, because really, she's just a drop in that sea of stupid.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (9krrF)

49 Governor Donuts will have a press conference at 3PM today.

Posted by: mrp at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (JBggj)

50 Wow. That was like the AmishDude banning playing out in real life.

Posted by: Landofskybluewater at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (LiGlD)

51 She will,be hired by Fox as a contributor in the time it takes to pull all the tampon strings. After all, they hired Tamara Holder.

Posted by: Decaf at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (KAB75)

52 "I'm gonna wash this job right outta my hair
and send it on its way"

Posted by: Melissa heading to the audition of South Pacific at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (TnUKj)

53 The combination of having a white mother who she hates along with a massive rear end was the last straw for her.

Too white and too fat for the chair. Hmmmm.

But I like me some back.

Posted by: Jeshee Jaxshun at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (PYaGV)

54 The left eating its own. Who knew that MSNBC would start caring about their ratings like one of those evil capitalistic monsters!

Posted by: Cheri at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (oiNtH)

55 Shouldnt we be discussing pouring the Bisquick when you dont want to make pancakes?
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!

Also racist. And they suck.

Posted by: Ain't Jemaima at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (326rv)

56 They used to have a named feature presenter in each hour block, now their entire daytime lineup is "the place for politics", using whomever.

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They must be getting ready for President Trump. At least candidate Trump.

Posted by: SH at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (gmeXX)

57 I love it when Ace brings us the feelz gud stories.

Makes me feel warm in my happy place.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (ptqRm)

58 So when a racist lefty calls MSNBC racist they can just can her and get away with it?

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (/tuJf)

59 And if you're going to talk shit about your bosses, never put it in writing.

Posted by: Chupacabra at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (q/kmn)

60 My perception that cable cutters do the most damage to left wing organizations remains strong.

I think that's pretty accurate. Cable gives leftists a way of controlling info and forcing people to pick up their worthless, uninteresting content. Dumping that lessens their impact significantly.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (39g3+)

61 I will need a press secretary who won't make me look stupid...

Posted by: Hilary at February 29, 2016 02:01 PM (h/uSM)

62 horde crushing this thread

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:01 PM (xuouz)

63 #BlackCareersMatter

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 29, 2016 02:01 PM (8ZskC)

64 She must be a delight to be around. I feel sorry for her family. I doubt she has many friends. It must be pins and needles at all times waiting for some bizarre racially-charged tantrum. One could literally feign outrage or racism at anything at any time if you really tried and she probably has.

Posted by: Naes at February 29, 2016 02:01 PM (Ypc8j)

65 She will,be hired by Fox as a contributor in the time it takes to pull all the tampon strings. After all, they hired Tamara Holder.
Posted by: Decaf

But what does the Krystal Ball say?

Posted by: Ain't Jemaima at February 29, 2016 02:01 PM (326rv)

66 Wow. That was like the AmishDude banning playing out in real life.

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Wait was AD banned? Did I miss something?

Posted by: SH at February 29, 2016 02:01 PM (gmeXX)

67 When you can't tell the difference beween employee and slave,you might be a progressive.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (Kucy5)

68 Damage control exceeding anything in recent memory.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LltnLzLXs7U
Posted by: Jintoki at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (xKEYG)

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Now THAT is funny.

Posted by: Soona at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (Fmupd)

69 MSNBC ratings will drop because their viewership consists largely of conservatives watching to see what idiotic crap they're spewing that day, and she is the queen of spewing idiotic crap.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (oKE6c)

70 Claims of racism are the last bastion of the incompetent

Posted by: Vashta Nerada at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (Qvgg/)

71 MSNBC now says this email destroyed their working relationship and that they're out of the Tampon Earring business.

Posted by Ace at 01:49 PM Comments

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Seriously, the moment she put those silly things on the only reasonable response to anything she has to say is to point and laugh.

Posted by: NotCoach at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (rsudF)

72 Wow! She should really learn to watch her mouth!

Posted by: Melissa Click at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (LiGlD)

73 I'll show you! I'll show EVERYBODY!!!

Posted by: Melissa Harris-Perry at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (YFFpo)

74 "They must be getting ready for President Trump. At least candidate Trump."

It'd be a good move if they wanted market share to make some money. Fox News is vulnerable, for several reasons.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (r1fLd)

75 I don't know whether to feel disgruntled about this or merely gruntled.

Posted by: Semi-engaged scroller at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (LQLeS)

76 Did she actually walk off her show?

Posted by: RWC - Team BOHICA at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (mEZce)

77 Not taking sides here, just LMAO. From the network of al sharpton

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (mw8Dm)

78 Wondering here if Comcast corporate are sniffing a potential rightward tilt in D.C. this year, and are starting to reduce the aggressiveness of their lefty media outlets so as to ruffle fewer feathers.

Comcast has a *lot* of money on the table when it comes to things like FCC regulatory affairs and corporate tax schedules.

Also, unbundled "a la carte" cable pricing proposals scare the willies out of them. The corrupt Republican establishment teamed up with Democrats to fight those off before, but may not be able to do so if the proposal comes up again.

Posted by: torquewrench at February 29, 2016 02:02 PM (noWW6)

79 In other news, MSNBC asked "who's bitch this is?".

Posted by: Chupacabra at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (q/kmn)

80 She can use her tampon earrings to dry her tears. Those things are versatile and more useful than Melissa Harris-Perry.

Posted by: no good deed at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (GgxVX)

81 This thread was the perfect counter balance for the last thread. Needed some good news. Thanks, ace!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (kTF2Z)

82 I do wonder what this is driven by, though. They've had awful ratings for ages now. Only recently have they started ditching the losers that run their regular shows like Schulz and this woman. What changed? I don't believe they are moving away from hard left propaganda. They've long been the Obama administration's media outreach wing, so are they prepping for his departure, or shifting to new people for a different presidency?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (39g3+)

83 We need to hire her and get her to "report" on the next award show. The combination of perceived injustice, an assigned camera and a red carpet will be the molotov in anyone's cocktail.

Posted by: Pitching a concept at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (326rv)

84 I guess she thought the backlash from her fans that MSNBC would get from her public email was going to cow them into giving into all her demands? I expect the next thing she will do is file a discrimination lawsuit.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 01:58 PM (2x3L+)

That was her first mistake.

Actually that was her entire mistake.

Trusting her viewers to come to her rescue. Babe your dearth of viewers is what kicked off this whole sad affair.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (xuouz)

85 MSNBC now says this email destroyed their working relationship and that they're out of the Tampon Earring business.

Doh!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (+058L)

86 Melissa! Call us!

Posted by: Kotex Designer Team at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (JBggj)

87 MSNBC now says this email destroyed their working relationship and that they're out of the Tampon Earring business.

i think msdnc shoudl have to own this. hire her until she wants to leave

They advocated for this victimhood, That everything challenge in life is becuase you are female, gay, black, brown, or of a certain religion.
everyone Else around you hase a cake walk for being different than 'we'

Posted by: willow at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (L1+sh)

88 47 Pro tip: When you publicly insult your boss, it won't end well. Surprising some people don't know this.
Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 01:59 PM (kTF2Z)

NOW he tells me.

Posted by: Talia Jane Ben-Fired at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (oKE6c)

89 MELISSA HARRIS-PERRY OUT AT MSNBC?!!?!

Posted by: AL SHARPTON? at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (xuouz)

90 So, is this right: MSDNC paid her to call other people racist every day but when she turned on them they fired her?

Posted by: MTF at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (TxJGV)

91 Posted by: Jintoki at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (xKEYG)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (659DL)

92 Maybe she can go find a job more suited to her talent level, like collecting trash or mopping floors at a gay porn theater.

GFY

Posted by: The Int'l Congress of Jizz Moppers & Glory Hole Maintenance Workers Local No. 1322 at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (8ZskC)

93 OT: Let them eat cake!

http://tinyurl.com/jsf7vuj

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (Nwg0u)

94 This really isn't all that good news. They'll just replace her with someone far worse.

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (2x3L+)

95 MHP had a chance to keep her job under the new reality and chose not to.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 29, 2016 01:57 PM (1xUj/)
_____

When a politician or a candidate vomits all over himself in a career ending fashion like that, we say that he is "auditioning for an MSNBC gig".

But she is already an MSNBC anchor. Is there anything in the AOSHQ Style Guide about this?

Posted by: The Nayden Broad at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (jJ48T)

96 Huh. Just can't muster any interest in this.
Another MSNBC host imploding.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (NOIQH)

97 I don't know nothing about tv shows. Ma never let me around when folks was hosting 'em.

Posted by: Pissy at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (LQLeS)

98 Melissa Harris-Perry is to political discourse what Lena Dunham is to porn.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (TJCSB)

99 Here entire argument is "I'm black", "I have a PolySci doctorate", and "I'm entitled".

No mention of her complete lack or ratings or producing anything of value.

So... she sounds like every other liberal out there.

Posted by: Damiano at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (XItbt)

100 80 She can use her tampon earrings to dry her tears. Those things are versatile and more useful than Melissa Harris-Perry.
Posted by: no good deed at February 29, 2016 02:03 PM (GgxVX)

MSNBC could send them out to both of their viewers to use as ear plugs. Win-win!

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (oKE6c)

101 This is a great topic to talk about and we're all shaken for dear Melissa, but what does this do for Trump and his campaign?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (xuouz)

102 I saw Tampon Earring open for Golden Earring at Armadillo World Headquarters in 1981.

Posted by: naturalfake at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (0cMkb)

103 Maybe she can host the Oscars next year.

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (2x3L+)

104 MHP at least said explicitly what progressives really feel - that your children are their children.

Posted by: SH at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (gmeXX)

105 This really isn't all that good news. They'll just replace her with someone far worse.
Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (2x3L+)

????

Shawn King or that other fake black gal? Worse? Who?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (mw8Dm)

106 zero phucks given. who?

Posted by: chavez the hugo at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (ucDmr)

107 MSNBC ratings will drop because their viewership consists largely of conservatives watching to see what idiotic crap they're spewing that day, and she is the queen of spewing idiotic crap.

Exactly. If it weren't for family of staff working at the network and right leaning pundits, MSNBC wouldn't have any viewers at all. I swear the outrage machine props up people like this.

Remember when Andrew Sullivan was getting constant coverage for his latest AIDS-drug fueled rant? Just ignore him and he'd go away, but noooo, they had to keep on linking him over and over and over again. Same thing with MSNBC. And Salon. And Buzzfeed. Its like trolling on a grand scale.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (39g3+)

108 Melissa Harris-Perry is to political discourse what Lena Dunham is to porn.
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (TJCSB)

She's never actually participated in it but the idea that she might someday try makes you puke chunks of your lunch up into your nasal cavity?

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:06 PM (xuouz)

109 "I have a PolySci doctorate"

My golden retriever could earn a doctorate in PoliSci. Hell, if you leave a carton of milk in the back of your refrigerator for six months, it'll come out with a doctorate in PoliSci.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (oKE6c)

110 >>So, is this right: MSDNC paid her to call other people racist every day but when she turned on them they fired her?

*golf clap*

Nailed it.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (NOIQH)

111 she is right the progressives victimized by using her skillset temporarily for gain now they want to toss her to the curb for a new usable skillset for power.

Posted by: willow at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (L1+sh)

112 But she is already an MSNBC anchor. Is there anything in the AOSHQ Style Guide about this?

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She's auditioning for LGF poster.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (kTF2Z)

113 This seems appropriate here:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/drones/a19633/antelope-attacks-drone/

Posted by: alexthechick - love and despair bitches at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (mf5HN)

114 So, is this right: MSDNC paid her to call other people racist every day but when she turned on them they fired her?

Just like an attack dog. You attack who I tell you to attack.
You attack me, and I put you down.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (+058L)

115 Melissa Harris-Perry is to political discourse what Lena Dunham is to porn.
Posted by: Dr Spank

What is, 'both are screwed'?

Posted by: I'll take hanging curveballs for $500 Alex at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (326rv)

116 Going to have to question the use of the word 'talent' in this report.

Posted by: Weasel at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (6xtq3)

117 You know who will soon be out of a Jpb? Rubiol. Just saying

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (mw8Dm)

118 Meh ... I'd still hit it.

Posted by: Irony at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (BHaRb)

119
Maybe she can go find a job more suited to her talent level, like collecting trash or mopping floors at a gay porn theater.

A woman with her qualifications should have no trouble finding a top flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries.

Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (LUgeY)

120 Get ready for your one-way ticket to enter the world of public access cable commentary, a/k/a oblivion.

Posted by: PrincetonAl at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (adCxK)

121 "But she is already an MSNBC anchor. Is there anything in the AOSHQ Style Guide about this?"

*Flips through Style Book*

Looks like from MSNBC she could move upward to "Handies under the overpass for $15.00 an hour".

Or a contestant on "Who wants to be a cum dumpster"

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (ptqRm)

122 >>>> Shawn King or that other fake black gal? Worse? Who?
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02
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Eric Cockholder or that Rachael from the Zimmerman trial

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (2x3L+)

123 Posted by: Jintoki at February 29, 2016 01:54 PM (xKEYG)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 02:04 PM (659DL)

Best part was that rather than even PRETENDING to act like a journalist and say "the man raised an interesting point, what do you think about his take on the proper place of race and racism in today's political discourse, guest talking head guy?" she just stammered out a "that asshole's not really black anyway" and shit the bed.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (xuouz)

124
Puppet Show
and
Melissa Harris-Perry

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (176QP)

125 she is right the progressives victimized by using her skillset temporarily for gain now they want to toss her to the curb for a new usable skillset for power.

Willow, this is much funnier if you read it as I did: "skillet."

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (659DL)

126 At least people in housekeeping or food service provide a service people need.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (w4NZ8)

127 Just like an attack dog. You attack who I tell you to attack.
You attack me, and I put you down.
Posted by: rickb223

Ver ver dich wann habe ich eine Problem?

Posted by: Dr. Victor Frankenstein at February 29, 2016 02:08 PM (326rv)

128 >>Sounds like they want to shut down the crazy and bring back some viewers

Must be. I'm surprised they had the stones. I'd have expected sackcloth and ashes.

Posted by: General Zod at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (Bdeb0)

129 My golden retriever could earn a doctorate in PoliSci. Hell, if you leave a carton of milk in the back of your refrigerator for six months, it'll come out with a doctorate in PoliSci.

Have you ever taken a grad level poli.sci course at a good school?

They're hard.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (1xUj/)

130 Claims of racism are the last bastion of the incompetent

And the first. And...well actually it's pretty much the go-to argument.

Posted by: Brother Cavil, Restorationist at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (9krrF)

131 Isn't she still a tenured professor? Tenure needs to be seriously addressed at the state level in the same way that forced unionism is being addressed.

Posted by: Naes at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (Ypc8j)

132 "She's auditioning for LGF poster."

Oh, goody.

Jimmy will be delighted

Posted by: Ice Sleazel at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (ptqRm)

133 She basically quit her job in a huff and acted like the Execs were supposed to run after her and apologize.

I have never and will never follow the script on that. If there is still food on my plate, it will be eaten before I pay the bill.

Posted by: CozMark at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (CbGSW)

134 circa, you're right , smiling.

Posted by: willow at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (L1+sh)

135 You don't like me! You really don't like me!!

Posted by: Melissa Harris-Perry at February 29, 2016 02:10 PM (YFFpo)

136 Where's Olbie these days?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:10 PM (iQIUe)

137 This thread is lacking Kate Upton content.

Posted by: Weasel at February 29, 2016 02:11 PM (6xtq3)

138 Wanna buy a race card?

Only slightly used.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at February 29, 2016 02:11 PM (ptqRm)

139 Sorry, MHP, cast of MSNBC is full. Moose out front should've told ya.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 02:11 PM (kTF2Z)

140 MHP had a chance to keep her job under the new reality and chose not to.

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It wasn't the new part she objected to. It was the reality part.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 29, 2016 02:11 PM (Nwg0u)

141 A woman with her qualifications should have no trouble finding a top flight job in either the food service or housekeeping industries.
Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (LUgeY)

She and Mooch can team as housekeepers at the Marriott. After some patient tutelage, of course.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:11 PM (oKE6c)

142 Her...ummm..."scholarly books."

Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought

Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 02:11 PM (659DL)

143 Where's Olbie these days?

Cleaning windshields with old newspapers at the Lincoln Tunnel toll station.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at February 29, 2016 02:11 PM (8ZskC)

144 Maybe she should get Ronan Farrow or Alex Wagner to join her fight?
Or Keith Olberman? Or Cenk Uygur? Or Dr. Nancy Snyderman?Or Ed whathisname?

They just go through a lot of on-air "talent" over there.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (NOIQH)

145 I have never and will never follow the script on that. If there is still food on my plate, it will be eaten before I pay the bill.
Posted by: CozMark at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (CbGSW)

Mmhmm. Um.
*Glenn Beck chalkboard*
MSNBC execs are the restaurant patron and MH-P is the food... and the bill is her salary? No
MH-P is the patron and the food is what was left of her contract and now she's...no.
MH-P is the waitress and she didn't give them execs, who are dining, all their food? So she can't expect a tip?

I'm sorry squadron leader but I'm afraid I can't understand your banter.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (xuouz)

146 "Where's Olbie these days? "

He got hired back by ESPN to do some limited broadcasting. No show or anything like that.

Posted by: Ricardo Kill at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (LA7Cm)

147 Clearly, the Drone is the natural enemy of the Antelope.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (39g3+)

148
"I have a PolySci doctorate"

My golden retriever could earn a doctorate in PoliSci. Hell, if you leave a carton of milk in the back of your refrigerator for six months, it'll come out with a doctorate in PoliSci.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:07 PM (oKE6c)

Hey! I'm offended!

I'll have you know that I dropped out of a PoliSci program!

Because, errrr........Moron.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (176QP)

149 Have you ever taken a grad level poli.sci course at a good school?

They're hard.

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 29, 2016 02:09 PM (1xUj/)
Those who can't cut probably went into physics or chemistry instead.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (oKE6c)

150 Rubio is an asshole for accusing Trump of accepting the KKK. What an asshole

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (mw8Dm)

151 You guys, she has a PhD in PoliSci. She is clearly professional blogger material.

Thpread your wingth Melitha!

Posted by: CozMark at February 29, 2016 02:13 PM (CbGSW)

152 Ronan Farrow

Someone should be beaten publicly for that.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 02:13 PM (659DL)

153 Who?

Posted by: Iblis at February 29, 2016 02:13 PM (9221z)

154 Melissa Harris-Perry doesn't ant her racial grievance program anymore.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:13 PM (xuouz)

155 @ 125, Circa

Yeah I did read "skillet" in that post and was trying to figure that out.

I blame it on the last food thread.

Posted by: The Walking Dude at February 29, 2016 02:13 PM (W7sM1)

156 >>Those who can't cut probably went into physics or chemistry instead.

AmishDude's body isn't even cold and you are trying to steal his shtick? I say good day, sir!

Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (/tuJf)

157 I have more respect for women doing housekeeping at the Marriot than I do for Melissa Harris-Perry

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (w4NZ8)

158 Didn't Olbermann get fired again by ESPN because he kept talking about politics and he was'nt supposed to?

Posted by: steevy at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (B48dK)

159 Where's Olbie these days?

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:10 PM (iQIUe)
____

If I had to hazard a guess Id say he is somewhere being fired from moderating furniture discount store openings.

Posted by: The Nayden Broad at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (jJ48T)

160 Rubio is an asshole for accusing Trump of accepting the KKK. What an asshole

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (mw8Dm)

That's not fair. I've been an asshole for years.

Posted by: Marco Rubio at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (8ZskC)

161 It is funny to me that MSNBC thought you could make a TV network by hiring rejects from the failed Air America show.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:15 PM (39g3+)

162 She is an idiot. They are better off without her stupidity. In fact, MSNBC needs to eradicate a lot more stupidity.

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 29, 2016 02:15 PM (xWW96)

163
Ronan Farrow

Someone should be beaten publicly for that.

My bad.

Posted by: Zombie Frank Sinatra at February 29, 2016 02:15 PM (FwRqg)

164 Don't make Amish Dude mad! He made a list before he cratered over the weekend, and he could still be watching the blog!!!

Posted by: Weasel at February 29, 2016 02:15 PM (6xtq3)

165 ESPN will give he a show soon.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 29, 2016 02:16 PM (0LHZx)

166 I remember when Olbie was a weather bunny in SF, something he has erased from his CV. lol

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:16 PM (iQIUe)

167
Mellisa's departure creates an opportunity...

Maybe MSNBC is ready to for a smart military type show.

Posted by: jwest at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (Zs4uk)

Be realistic. How many shots of an Israeli tank stuck in the mud do you thing there are in the world?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 29, 2016 02:16 PM (176QP)

168 I'm proud to say that I've never watched MSNBC. AoS is as close to it as I get.

Posted by: Soona at February 29, 2016 02:16 PM (Fmupd)

169 Trump should know a lot about assholes, as he is the undisputed Emperor of Assholes.

Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 29, 2016 02:16 PM (xWW96)

170 Didn't Olbermann get fired again by ESPN because he kept talking about politics and he was'nt supposed to?

I think he got demoted to "second alternate fill in guy if he keeps his mouth shut"

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:16 PM (39g3+)

171
I'm sorry squadron leader but I'm afraid I can't understand your banter.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (xuouz)

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
MHP was being a drama queen on a date with the MSNBC execs and stormed out of the restaurant expecting the MSNBC execs to run after her and beg her to come back.

Posted by: CozMark at February 29, 2016 02:17 PM (CbGSW)

172 156 >>Those who can't cut probably went into physics or chemistry instead.
AmishDude's body isn't even cold and you are trying to steal his shtick? I say good day, sir!
Posted by: JackStraw at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (/tuJf)

I used to joke that I'd like to go back to college, major in sociology, flunk all my courses, and then finish with a degree in physics, just to be the first person in human history ever to have done that.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:17 PM (oKE6c)

173 I don't understand how you can be half something but claim to be all something.

Where is the cutoff? A quarter? An eighth? A sixteenth?

A one hundred and twenty eighth?

Posted by: MJ at February 29, 2016 02:17 PM (iIPS1)

174 I remember when Olbie was a weather bunny in SF, something he has erased from his CV. lol
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang!

Would but that we could do so.....

Posted by: pass the brain bleach at February 29, 2016 02:17 PM (326rv)

175 158 Didn't Olbermann get fired again by ESPN because he kept talking about politics and he was'nt supposed to?
Posted by: steevy at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (B48dK)

___

That's 1/2 of ESPN these days, all politics all the time. One of the reasons they've lost 3 million viewers in the past couple of years.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 29, 2016 02:17 PM (0LHZx)

176 When we start seeing Menonite Guy posting a ton of anti-Trump stuff, we'll know Amish figured out how to erase cookies, reboot router, and enter a bogus email.

Posted by: Irony at February 29, 2016 02:17 PM (BHaRb)

177
think, not thing

And I can't even blame autocucumber for that one.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (176QP)

178 The mental anguish inside of her skull must be excruciating. Poor dear, I hope she's heavily medicated and not contemplating suicide.

Posted by: Fritz at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (UzPAd)

179 "She also implied that MSNBC was trying to change the "racial composition" of its on-air talent."

I guess wanting fewer race baiters qualifies.

Posted by: West at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (1Rgee)

180 He made a list before he cratered

He's making a list
And checking it twice
Gonna find out Who's naughty and nice

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (FkBIv)

181 Why does MSNBC have Sabrina the teenage witch on anyway?

Posted by: Make America Great Again at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (LXJ1e)

182 157 I have more respect for women doing housekeeping at the Marriot than I do for Melissa Harris-Perry
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 29, 2016 02:14 PM (w4NZ

Me too. It's honest work, and a definite step up from MSNBC.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (oKE6c)

183 " she sent out an email which objected to her show being "taken" in the most overwrought terms conceivable and kinda-sorta implied that MSNBC was trying to "own" her, like a slave."

Heh. Imagine what all the leftist persons of pallor at MSNBC (I would be willing to bet the MSNBC office is as pale as the staff of the New Republic or Obama's Chicago campaign HQ) must have felt when they read that. Imagine the flushed cheeks and quivering indignation.

"Why, she's talking about us like we're right-wingers or something! How dare she!"

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (u0lmX)

184 Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Okay, so her one viewer has the sadz, oh well.

I guess she and her husband still owe the IRS? Well those payments just got a little bit tougher on one income.

Posted by: Jim Scrummy at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (/TQ6p)

185 The guy that has a show who most deserves to be washing windows with a newspaper is Colin Cowherd. The guy is a crappy knockoff of Jim Rome who needs his face pushed in to begin with. Cowherd had a show in Arizona, got fired there for being a jackwagon, got hired in Portland Oregon and stunk up the airwaves there for a couple years displaying basic ignorance about everything and acting like a punk, then for some inexplicable reason was hired by ESPN.

He's the kind of guy that needs his face pushed in several times a day just to correct his attitude.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:18 PM (39g3+)

186 Take This Job and Shove It.

- Melissa Harris-Paycheck

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (Nwg0u)

187 So Quaker Guy is gone?

Posted by: donna at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (/dSsq)

188 She ants dumb.

Posted by: General Zod at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (Bdeb0)

189 I don't know who she is & it doesn't seem like I'll need to bother.

Posted by: Carol at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (sj3Ax)

190 I don't understand how you can be half something but claim to be all something.

Where is the cutoff? A quarter? An eighth? A sixteenth?

A one hundred and twenty eighth?

Bite my teepee.

Posted by: Princess/Sen. Running Joke at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (326rv)

191 I don't understand how you can be half something but claim to be all something.

Common Core math.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (oKE6c)

192 Rubio is an asshole for accusing Trump of accepting the KKK. What an asshole
Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:12 PM (mw8Dm)

Trump was asked on-air by Chuck Todd (or some idiot) to disavow David Duke's endorsement.

Trump already disavowed David Duke's endorsement. Go to his facebook page, there's video from his press conference with Christie, from last Friday.

But rather than play the game and give credibility to their "conform to our speech codes or you're racist" schtick, he was like "no. I don't even know who he is. I'll have to do more research."

Which made Scott Adams go haywire, by the way. But I think he's just bored, by now. Some cartoonists aren't cut out for politics. Aside: whatever happened to Cox & Forkum?

Anyway, Trump did the right thing, he just sounded like a simpleton with a speech impediment while he did it. Welcome to 2016.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (xuouz)

193 Those who can't cut probably went into physics or chemistry instead.
AmishDude's body isn't even cold and you are trying to steal his shtick? I say good day, sir!
Posted by: JackStraw

Bite your thumb at him! Bite your thumb!

Posted by: rickb223 at February 29, 2016 02:19 PM (+058L)

194
That's 1/2 of ESPN these days, all politics all the time. One of the reasons they've lost 3 million viewers in the past couple of years.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo

Just becoming more selective.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot Jr. at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (FkBIv)

195 So Ms. Perry is gone? Was it the tampon earrings or...... every stupid thing She ever said or did....

Posted by: donna at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (/dSsq)

196 MHP was being a drama queen on a date with the MSNBC execs and stormed out of the restaurant expecting the MSNBC execs to run after her and beg her to come back.
Posted by: CozMark at February 29, 2016 02:17 PM (CbGSW)

Gross!

You guys, CozMark went on a date with Melissa Harris-Perry!

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (xuouz)

197 Where can you once you leave MSDNC? There's nothing lower on the food chain.

Posted by: MTF at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (TxJGV)

198 Donald Trump Secretly Told The New York Times What He Really Thinks About Immigration

http://tinyurl.com/jkstxve

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (TJCSB)

199 Think AmishDude has a funny beard with no mustache, a straw hat and carries tools around in a wooden box?

Posted by: Weasel at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (6xtq3)

200 Trump should know a lot about assholes, as he is the undisputed Emperor of Assholes.
Posted by: maddogg, now certified infrequently vile at February 29, 2016 02:16 PM (xWW96)

No doubt, but what is this a race to the bottom?

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (mw8Dm)

201 Amish was not banned.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:21 PM (iQIUe)

202 Doesn't she actually have a teaching gig somewhere?
Posted by: Dr Spank at February 29, 2016 01:56 PM (TJCSB)

I assume, because I'm rational, that she teaches Stupid. And signing up for one of her classes earns you an instant A, since even she will admit that there's nothing she can teach you.

Posted by: jwpaine, otherized for your protection at February 29, 2016 02:21 PM (wKcQA)

203 Amish was not banned.

So, were His feelings hurt?

Posted by: donna at February 29, 2016 02:21 PM (/dSsq)

204 I have more respect for women doing housekeeping at the Marriot than I do for Melissa Harris-Perry

Those ladies work really hard and are taken for granted by the owners most of the time.

One of the reasons they've lost 3 million viewers in the past couple of years.

ESPN is one of the primary losers when people get Ala Carte cable. Even folks who like sports tend to get their info from dedicated channels like MLB or NFL. Sports Center and their coverage used to be the shows to watch but its been years now since that was true.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (39g3+)

205 Here's another pro tip: If you're going to bluff,be prepared to have that bluff called.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (kTF2Z)

206 Who was writing "racial composition?!"

*hyperventilating*

Posted by: derit at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (OC+TJ)

207 1 She will,be hired by Fox as a contributor in the time it takes to pull all the tampon strings. After all, they hired Tamara Holder.
Posted by: Decaf at February 29, 2016 02:00 PM (KAB75)

Tamara Holder has a nice rack, at least.

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (dH97I)

208 I don't understand how you can be half something but claim to be all something.

It depends on which half gives you the upper hand in hte grievance derby.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (659DL)

209 It's been over 10 years and you guys still havent figured out that Ace was the little Israeli tank stuck in the mud.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (iQIUe)

210 "Have you ever taken a grad level poli.sci course at a good school?

They're hard."
---
only because spewing bullshit with a straight face isn't easy.

Posted by: redc1c4 at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (ISW4H)

211 You can often hear the Obama administration's script on MSNBC first, so I watch it occasionally.

So I've noticed that they're stealing from the Fox News playbook by using a crop of fresh-faced attractive young women as on-the-scene reporters. e.g. Hallie Jackson and Katy Tur.

Keep up the good work.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 29, 2016 02:23 PM (r1fLd)

212 How to get yourself fired from your phony-baloney job using this One Weird Trick.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 29, 2016 02:23 PM (wtvvX)

213 197 Where can you once you leave MSDNC? There's nothing lower on the food chain.
Posted by: MTF at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (TxJGV)

____

Yooooo hoooo

Posted by: Al Jazeera at February 29, 2016 02:23 PM (0LHZx)

214 Where can you once you leave MSDNC? There's nothing lower on the food chain.
Posted by: MTF at February 29, 2016 02:20 PM (TxJGV)

She'll just have to ant the racial grievance circuit on twitter.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:23 PM (xuouz)

215 ESPN is one of the primary losers when people get
Ala Carte cable. Even folks who like sports tend to get their info from
dedicated channels like MLB or NFL. Sports Center and their coverage
used to be the shows to watch but its been years now since that was
true.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (39g3+)
I yearn for a la carte cable. You mean some people are offered it?

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (oKE6c)

216 I wonder if she'll replace the slavery picture in her office with a new picture of blacks in an unemployment line to remind herself of what that's like?

Posted by: tu3031 at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (YFFpo)

217 >>>Have you ever taken a grad level poli.sci course at a good school?

They're hard.
....

Couldn't agree more. I am amazed at some people's capacity to remember such large volumes of false information, capacity for producing results, and ability to completely separate expected compensation from results.

I can't manage to detach myself from reality enough for that. Silly me.

Posted by: Damiano at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (XItbt)

218 MSNBC was trying to "own" her, like a slave.

Hey, somebody's gotta pick the cotton for your tampon earrings, honey...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (wtvvX)

219 185
The guy that has a show who most deserves to be washing windows with a newspaper is Colin Cowherd.

His dickishness aside, how does someone with such a grating voice get and keep a radio show?

Posted by: Naes at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (Ypc8j)

220 PhD in political science?
Well I guess that's worth more than a PhD in Education -- but not much more.
She was lucky to be employed at all and for as long as she was.
And yet, she is too dim-witted and ungrateful to know you don't publicly diss your employer lest you get fired.
Just like the slaves.

Posted by: Dancing Queen at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (lZaEn)

221 "Have you ever taken a grad level poli.sci course at a good school?

They're hard."
---
only because spewing bullshit with a straight face isn't easy.
Posted by: redc1c4

It's a bitch an a half if you're a conservative.

Ask me how I know....

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (326rv)

222 How to get yourself fired from your phony-baloney job using this One Weird Trick.

Harrumph!

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (39g3+)

223 152 Ronan Farrow

Funny. I had to think for a moment before I remembered who he was.

He had 5 minutes of fame (although using the word "fame" to describe an MSNBC host is a bit of a misnomer) before he was tossed in the pop culture landfill.

Posted by: Donna and V. (sans ampersands at the present time) at February 29, 2016 02:25 PM (u0lmX)

224 I wonder if she'll replace the slavery picture in her office with a new picture of blacks in an unemployment line to remind herself of what that's like?
Posted by: tu3031

So a selfie then?

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 29, 2016 02:25 PM (326rv)

225 ~~ESPN~~Disney is ~~one of~~ the primary losers when people ~~get Ala Carte~~ ditch cable.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (39g3+)

http://bgr.com/2015/07/13/cable-tv-profits-espn/

Posted by: First-Rate Political Hack at February 29, 2016 02:25 PM (dH97I)

226 OT: Ed Mahmud Morrissey endorses Rubio
Big surprise there!
Now, back to your regularly scheduled tampon earring insertion...

Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (8hxbD)

227 How to get yourself fired from your phony-baloney job using this One Weird Trick.

Find the job they don't want you to know about by avoiding this one food!

Posted by: derit at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (OC+TJ)

228 My own take is that I would rather carry diapers in my briefcase (experience says you can mop up almost an entire can of pop) rather than tampons. How many would you need to match the absorbency of a diaper?

Posted by: mustbequantum at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (MIKMs)

229 I'd guess that it was a weird trick that got her the job in the first place.

Posted by: Weasel at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (6xtq3)

230 223 152 Ronan Farrow
Funny. I had to think for a moment before I remembered who he was.
He had 5 minutes of fame (although using the word "fame" to describe an MSNBC host is a bit of a misnomer) before he was tossed in the pop culture landfill.

The male analogue of Chelsea Clinton's on-air charisma and presence.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (oKE6c)

231 ESPN is one of the primary losers when people get
Ala Carte cable. Even folks who like sports tend to get their info from
dedicated channels like MLB or NFL. Sports Center and their coverage
used to be the shows to watch but its been years now since that was
true.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:22 PM (39g3+)

Wait... is a la carte cable actually a thing now? I always thought the reason that no cable providers did that was because they had so many junk channels that wouldn't sustain themselves if they did.

Posted by: joe, living dangerously at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (KUaJL)

232 I yearn for a la carte cable. You mean some people are offered it?

Canada, I believe, is all ala carte now. And I think some cities or states have picked it up. If Cable companies are smart, they'll jump on this because its their only real hope of a bright future. More and more people are dropping it entirely for streaming content.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (39g3+)

233 Kate Tur lived with Olbie for years. Think they were engaged. She is also the daughter of Bob Tur.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (iQIUe)

234 The guy that has a show who most deserves to be washing windows with a newspaper is Colin Cowherd.
His dickishness aside, how does someone with such a grating voice get and keep a radio show?
Posted by: Naes at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (Ypc8j)

The only possible explanation for his success is that he's a shameless and talented cocksucker.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (xuouz)

235 I don't understand how you can be half something but claim to be all something.

Common Core math.

-
If it feelz right, it iz right.

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (Nwg0u)

236 "...ant the racial grievance circuit on twitter."

That's pretty much the definition. As Ace noted, it's a monumental time-suck.

Posted by: General Zod at February 29, 2016 02:27 PM (Bdeb0)

237 Perry is out?

That's a shame.

Posted by: MacGruber at February 29, 2016 02:27 PM (FEAjO)

238 MSNBC is an activist front. They have the thin veneer of being a respectable news outlet via the "NBC" association (I know, but it must still fool LIVs). However, they are 110% all in as a source for broadcasting whatever the progressive talking points are for that particular day. Period. Each show pounds the same talking points, and since Obama took office, it's *his* message they are broadcasting.

Two best examples:
--- Mika reading the WH response to someone they were in the process of interviewing, ***vebatim***, from her smart phone on air. She essentially facilitated the WH doing a hostile interview.

--- Dr. Nancy Snyderman had a daily, 1-hour healthcare-themed show from the time Obama started pushing Obamacare through it becoming law. Then the show went away. They gave Obama 5 hours a week to broadcast the Obamacare talking points.

I would guess that MHP is simply no longer a useful progressive mouthpiece. Has she been critical of Hillary and Bernie?
Maybe her show will be given to a loud-mouth feminist to help Hillary get elected.

Posted by: Lizzy at February 29, 2016 02:27 PM (NOIQH)

239 226 OT: Ed Mahmud Morrissey endorses Rubio
Big surprise there!
Now, back to your regularly scheduled tampon earring insertion...
Posted by: Mister Ghost at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (8hxbD)

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How did the 12 remaining HotAir commenters react upon hearing the news?

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 29, 2016 02:27 PM (0LHZx)

240 It's a bitch an a half if you're a conservative.
Ask me how I know....
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (326rv)

You're a Trump supporter?

We don't call it bullshit anymore, it's called memes.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:27 PM (xuouz)

241 I think MHP is still a faculty member at Wake Forest University.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at February 29, 2016 02:28 PM (aW5/6)

242 MSNBC drank her milkshake.

Posted by: General Zod at February 29, 2016 02:28 PM (Bdeb0)

243 I would rather carry diapers in my briefcase (experience says you can mop up almost an entire can of pop) rather than tampons. How many would you need to match the absorbency of a diaper?

I read a biography in Vietnam where the unit was shipped an entire case of tampons by accident (meant for nurses, who probably were less than happy at getting a crate of web belts in stead of what they needed). The medics loved them for bandaging purposes.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:28 PM (39g3+)

244 Trump can challenge in NYS and even win. I've been saying this for months. Upstate is part of Appalachia, and will vote accordingly. The polls in this story show Trump winning NYC suburbs. Key is low turnout in NYC, which is how DiBlasio got to be mayor because less than 20% of eligible voters bothered to show up.

If you dig into Hillary's "impressive" beating of an old Jew from a snow state in the southern plantation of South Carolina, Democratic white turnout was down 40%, black turnout was down 20%, from 2008. Meanwhile Republican turnout was up a lot. This pattern can hold in the general. Hillary has high negatives which can be driven up, so her turnout will be down. Her core base is actually relatively small.

So Trump can win Ohio and Michigan and Nevada and New Hampshire, etc. He already has a lock on Florida. Force Hillary to fight in NY where she's very beatable and it's game over.

The NY Post story is by Fred Dicker who's the best journalist around on NYS political matters, so it's legitimate.

But go ahead and beat on Trump, thinking that Cruz might have a shot in the general, and that Rubio is something more than a glib first term Senator who's sunk to the level of doing dick jokes.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 29, 2016 02:28 PM (r1fLd)

245 Hamas: Terror wave shows Palestinian culture

No argument there

Posted by: Nevergiveup at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (mw8Dm)

246 It's a bitch an a half if you're a conservative.
Ask me how I know....
Posted by: Blue Hen at February 29, 2016 02:24 PM (326rv)

You're a Trump supporter?

We don't call it bullshit anymore, it's called memes.

There were ain't no memes when I went through the MA program.

Posted by: Blue Hen at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (326rv)

247 I�yearn�for a la carte cable. You mean some people are offered it?Posted by: Jay Guevara

Verizon was offering some version of it. Not full, limited.
They promptly got sued. Haven't heard much lately.

Don't care.

Posted by: mega machines at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (fbovC)

248 >>> Amish was not banned.
Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:21
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Yes, he was twice. The first was a temporary ban as a warning. And then he dug his heels in and kept up the same shit and adamantly refused to stop. Maetenloch banned him. I was on the thread when it happened.

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (2x3L+)

249 Everything is so screwed up in the world right now that I'm thinking of stealing Ace's time machine (that he totally doesn't have), going way back in time and kill that fucking butterfly.

Posted by: Soona at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (Fmupd)

250 Lizzy as someone further up the thread noted, she turned the racial grievance popgun she'd been aiming at various conservatives on her show around on the execs at MSNBC and they realized they didn't much care for it.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (xuouz)

251 Canada, I believe, is all ala carte now. And I think some cities or states have picked it up. If Cable companies are smart, they'll jump on this because its their only real hope of a bright future. More and more people are dropping it entirely for streaming content.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:26 PM (39g3+)

If the GOP were smart, they'd make cable unbundling part of their platform. They'd win the next election by acclamation.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (oKE6c)

252 Douchebag "journalist" bitches about her employer.

You won't believe what happens next!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (wtvvX)

253 MH-P

"When all you have is a Black hammer, every problem is simply a racist nail"

Posted by: Croaker at February 29, 2016 02:30 PM (kd6ig)

254 So MSNBC wants to go stealth left instead of foaming at the mouth moonbat ranting left?

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale inc. at February 29, 2016 02:30 PM (1JqUE)

255 Melissa Does Not Judge Anyone who eats off of Allah's Cart

Posted by: derit at February 29, 2016 02:30 PM (OC+TJ)

256 If the GOP were smart, they'd make cable unbundling part of their platform.

Yeah there are a couple of super popular platforms they could pick and publicize for mega support, but the problem is those first five words.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:30 PM (39g3+)

257 244 Trump can challenge in NYS and even win. I've been saying this for months. Upstate is part of Appalachia, and will vote accordingly.
Posted by: Ignoramus at February 29, 2016 02:28 PM (r1fLd)

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Every blue state has an "upstate" that votes red. Problem is the cities in those blue states have all the population. Washington state is Texas when you go an hour east of Seattle. But WA is as deep a blue state as it gets. Same with Oregon and Portland.

The idea of Trump winning NYS is beyond ludicrous. Let's not start falling into these traps.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 29, 2016 02:31 PM (0LHZx)

258 I just watched Melissa Harris-Perry walk into a trailer park clutching the biggest damned crack pipe I EVER saw!

Posted by: Rodney P. Terwilliger III at February 29, 2016 02:31 PM (Y8P5w)

259 We have to be careful when we talk about the soup line, because ~~MSNBC Host~~ unemployed hobo.

Posted by: Fritz at February 29, 2016 02:31 PM (UzPAd)

260 Douchebag "journalist" bitches about her employer.
You won't believe what happens next!!!
Posted by: Tex Lovera at February 29, 2016 02:29 PM (wtvvX)

Young professional makes career change with this one weird trick. Media executives hate her!

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:31 PM (xuouz)

261 If the GOP were smart, they'd make cable unbundling part of their platform. They'd win the next election by acclamation.

Hell yes. I'll take a dozen channels. They can keep the 3,000 I'll never use.

Posted by: rickb223 at February 29, 2016 02:31 PM (+058L)

262 From his Twitter Feed:
@ TheAmishDude
Pining for Lancaster, PA
Apologize for WHAT? -- The Real Andrew Breitbart Banned from AoSHq for aggressive #NeverTrump activities. No regrets.

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 02:32 PM (2x3L+)

263 Would it be possible to talk about Trump and Cruz in threads that...you know....actually have to do with their candidacy?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (w4NZ8)

264 The idea of Trump winning NYS is beyond ludicrous. Let's not start falling into these traps.
Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 29, 2016 02:31 PM (0LHZx)

Trump is not acted on by the laws of gravity. Everybody thinks this is a horse race and the Donald is playing spaceball.

And he's winning.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (xuouz)

265 Every blue state has an "upstate" that votes red. Problem is the cities in those blue states have all the population. Washington state is Texas when you go an hour east of Seattle. But WA is as deep a blue state as it gets. Same with Oregon and Portland.

The only way that would get reversed or change is with an objective, professional, conscientious news media that just reported everything, good or ill, about every candidate as unbiased as they can manage. That's how Carter was obliterated in 1980: the news didn't cover up his incompetence, horrific economy, and hapless foreign policy disasters.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (39g3+)

266 There are three reasons why I lost my job. Racism, sexism, and, ahhhhhhhhhhh . . .

- Melissa Harris-Perry

Posted by: The Great White Snark at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (Nwg0u)

267 Lancaster PA has a great farmers market.

Posted by: Weasel at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (6xtq3)

268 Own her.... you mean like a slave?

Posted by: Hillary! at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (mEZce)

269 >>>263

Would it be possible to talk about Trump and Cruz in threads that...you know....actually have to do with their candidacy?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (w4NZ

We're past 250, you're in the shit now boy.

I mean ma'am.

Posted by: Ghost of kari - certified inane at February 29, 2016 02:34 PM (xuouz)

270 Olbie shd have saved enough money to live comfortably without having to work at all.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:34 PM (iQIUe)

271 Melissa Harris-Perry is to political discourse what Lena Dunham is to porn.

Posted by: Dr Spank at February 29, 2016 02:05 PM (TJCSB)
It's the joke that keeps on giving, Spank. It truly is. Just glad wasn't when it was issued this time.

Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 29, 2016 02:34 PM (AJeMv)

272 unemployed hobo.

Don't you have to at least own that stick with a bundle tied on the end to be a hobo? Or at least know a few of the hobo symbols used to indicate a place to eat?

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:34 PM (39g3+)

273 These celebs and actors get so over paid it is ridiculous.

Posted by: Bruce With a Wang! at February 29, 2016 02:34 PM (iQIUe)

274 Lancaster PA has a great farmers market.
Posted by: Weasel

My God......they're selling farmers!!

Posted by: Melissa a hard hit reporter at February 29, 2016 02:34 PM (326rv)

275
The only way that would get reversed or change is with an objective, professional, conscientious news media that just reported everything, good or ill, about every candidate as unbiased as they can manage. That's how Carter was obliterated in 1980: the news didn't cover up his incompetence, horrific economy, and hapless foreign policy disasters.
Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (39g3+)

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It might help a little. But Obama could go on TV and say everything I have done has been a failure, and he'd still have 90% approval rating among certain demographic groups.

Posted by: Monsieur Moo Moo at February 29, 2016 02:35 PM (0LHZx)

276 I wonder if Olbermann still brags about his magic finger to the ladies.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:35 PM (39g3+)

277 274 I LOL'd.

Posted by: Weasel at February 29, 2016 02:35 PM (6xtq3)

278 I mean ma'am.

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I'd be careful if I were you. What with the way Fennso casually dispatched Grammie.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at February 29, 2016 02:35 PM (kTF2Z)

279 Nood, willowed people

Posted by: L, Elle at February 29, 2016 02:35 PM (2x3L+)

280 Ugh. Should read "glad I wasn't eating".

Posted by: Dead Parrot Society at February 29, 2016 02:35 PM (AJeMv)

281 Melissa awaits her cabinet position call with a plum

Posted by: derit at February 29, 2016 02:36 PM (OC+TJ)

282 Her criticism could have gotten more attention if she started off with wearing a mattress on her back.

Posted by: torabora at February 29, 2016 02:37 PM (TWjem)

283 I will need a press secretary (puts finger to lips and poses looking thoughfully for the cameras)

Posted by: Hillary Klin-Ton at February 29, 2016 02:38 PM (39g3+)

284 New trump post. Or you could stay here and avoid the Trumpwars.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:39 PM (39g3+)

285 263 Would it be possible to talk about Trump and Cruz in threads that...you know....actually have to do with their candidacy?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at February 29, 2016 02:33 PM (w4NZ

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Ace had that floating thread thing last week or two when HotAir went to Facebook comments.

Apparently that was too hard work to keep it going.

Posted by: Make America Great Again at February 29, 2016 02:40 PM (LXJ1e)

286 281 Melissa awaits her cabinet position call with a plum
Posted by: derit at February 29, 2016 02:36 PM (OC+TJ)

Thank God it's just the Cabinet. I thought Obongo was going to nominate her for the Supreme Court.

Posted by: Jay Guevara at February 29, 2016 02:41 PM (oKE6c)

287 George Morrow was not in Polysci, but he did change a few majors.

It started when George Morrow was a young fry-cook. He had a spoonful of
mayonnaise in one hand and a piece of bread in the other. "Hey, I can't
do this all my life. Besides the fact that I can't tell good food from
bad, this job is boring. I'm going to be an engineer," he thought to
himself.

So young George pursued the life of an intellectual. For awhile he took
engineering, but he figured that to fully understand engineering he needed
to know physics. He changed his major to physics. Soon he figured that
to fully understand physics he needed to know mathematics. He changed his
major to math. Just as he was about to get his PhD in math, he figured
that to fully understand mathematics he needed to know philosophy. So he
quit and went to work in the semiconductor business. "Otherwise, I would
have never gotten out of school," he recalls.

Posted by: AE at February 29, 2016 02:42 PM (sSKe8)

288 Apologize for WHAT? -- The Real Andrew Breitbart Banned from AoSHq for aggressive #NeverTrump activities. No regrets.
Posted by: L, Elle

Ta fuq?

He calls himself the real Andrew Breitbart?

Posted by: Bandersnatch at February 29, 2016 02:44 PM (1xUj/)

289 Even though she is pretty unlikable and without noticeable talent, I am guessing that her time on MSNBC has given herenough celebrity that she will not be homeless. There is probably some station in Reduce Speed, Alabama that will hire her as a weather girl or something as long as she does something about her attitude.

Posted by: obnoxious ahole at February 29, 2016 02:50 PM (MpvuV)

290 Apparently that was too hard work to keep it going.

It wasn't a big success so he dropped the experiment.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 02:51 PM (39g3+)

291 This one weird trick will get you fired!

Posted by: Tilikum Killer Assault Whale inc. at February 29, 2016 03:07 PM (1JqUE)

292 *Awaits refugees from the crap volcano...*

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 03:08 PM (39g3+)

293 *sadly walks away because they apparently like being awash in crap magma*

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at February 29, 2016 03:46 PM (39g3+)

294 22
Doesn't she actually have a teaching gig somewhere?
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At Tulane: http://tinyurl.com/gvzkjx5. (If you want to call it teaching.)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 01, 2016 11:06 AM (uWhPn)

295 109
"I have a PolySci doctorate"

My golden retriever
could earn a doctorate in PoliSci. Hell, if you leave a carton of milk
in the back of your refrigerator for six months, it'll come out with a doctorate in PoliSci.
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Where's that applause icon when you really need it????

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius at March 01, 2016 11:14 AM (uWhPn)

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