Conservatives are upset about Keith Olbermann’s recent commentary which was highly critical of George Bush. NewsBusters, a site which presumably wants to bust the news media so that nobody can refute the talking points of the authoritarian right, recommends sending in protests to MSNBC.
I wonder if they were among those who claimed that liberal blogs were practicing censorship for criticizing The Path to 9/11. Protesting blatantly false information being passed off as fact on the public airwaves is hardly censorship. While protesting Olbermann’s cable commentary isn’t censorship either, but it would sure be hypocritical to condemn those who protested about The Path to 9/11 while attacking a commentary, which by definition is a biased presentation.
NewsBusters sent their protest to MSNBC’s general manager: Dan Abrams c/o MSNBC TV, One MSNBC Plaza, Secaucus, N.J. 07094. Email addresses were provided for Mr. Abrams and two other sources at MSNBC: dabrams@msnbc.com, sidebar@msnbc.com, viewerservices@msnbc.com .
Perhaps we should drop Mr. Abrams a note encouraging MSNBC to continue to stand up to Bush and the authoritarian right before the right wingers get their dream and all news shows are clones of Pravda, just like over at Fox News. I’ll drop him a line, right after I follow up my earlier protest to investor relations over at Disney.
I sent two e-mails last night and another just now to Abrams. Olbermann is our voice and it is more than half of the country right now.