We got beat today. We just needed one vote to keep Betsy DeVos away from the Department of Education, and we couldn’t manage it. We waged one hell of an assault… occupying the offices of our Senators, jamming their phone lines, going after them with unprecedented enthusiasm them on social media… but it just didn’t […]
Tag Archives: Al Franken
Goodbye Olbermann, hello Comcast
Keith Olbermann was let go from MSNBC yesterday. I’ll admit that I wasn’t the biggest fan of his Murrow-aping delivery, but I liked knowing that he was out there every night, calling the conservatives out on their bullshit. He was, as far as I know, the first person in the media to speak up against […]
Posted in Media, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Comcast, Countownw, FCC, Federal Communications Commission, Keith Olbermann, media consolidation, monopoly, MSNBC, NBC, Rachel Maddow, threats to Democracy 8 Comments
Note to self… never cancel the TV show of a guy with political ambitions
Al Franken is trying his damndest to shut down the Comcast/NBC merger. I’m sure it has nothing at all to do with it, but I think it’s worth noting that, prior to getting into politics, Franken worked for NBC. It’s also worth noting, I think, that executives at NBC cancelled his series, LateLine, after a […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Civil Liberties, Media, Other, Politics Also tagged call to action, Comcast, Eric Holder, Julius Genachowski, LateLine, media consolidation, monopoly, NBC, Netflix, television 7 Comments
A whistle blower and a bitch slap
Via DailyKos and Firedoglake.
Posted in Politics Also tagged CIGNA, healthcare reform, insurance company bailout, Joe Lieberman, Keith Olbermann, Wendell Potter, whistle blower 6 Comments