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Is There Collusion Between Alan Grayson and MSNBC?
10/28/10 00:33
What is going on with Alan Grayson and MSNBC? Our research reveals some surprising statistics. And there’s more to it than just numbers.
We have to thank Media Matters for putting us on the scent. They have been publishing articles attacking Fox News for interviewing this candidate or that too many times for their liking. Last week they were concerned over the fact John Kasich has appeared on Fox nine times since announcing his candidacy (on June 1 2009). Similarly, MM complained that in the space of one year, Rand Paul made ’21 appearances’ on Fox. The number is a bit misleading, since when you subtract spots on Fox Business Network or online, it turns out to be 10 appearances on FNC. Still, it’s cited by MM to demonstrate that Fox ‘jumped to his cause’.
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So what did we find? MSNBC has treated Alan Grayson very well, with considerably more appearances than Kasich and Paul on Fox combined. More than 30. More than 40. In fact, a total of 62 appearances! To be fair, as a sitting Congressman prone to attention grabbing, it is likely that he would be called on more often than a non-incumbent. But over 60 appearances, even multiple appearances on the same day? (In what must be an oversight, Media Matters has yet to report on this spectacular example of what it calls ‘promotion’.)
It should be said that we only caught Grayson appearances where MSNBC provided a transcript (they do not for most programs) or someone uploaded a video. Since we don’t have access to a more complete database like that of TVEyes, there may have been even more Grayson hits on MSNBC than the ones we found.
WOW!!!! Just 5 instances in the last two months. :roll: Don't they know he's up for reelection?
Before you-know-who demands proof, here are the 62 they found:
Alan Grayson appearances on MSNBC:
10/1/09: Ed Schultz
10/2/09: David Shuster
10/2/09: Dylan Ratigan
10/2/09: Hardball
10/7/09: Ratigan
10/7/09: Schultz
10/9/09: Schultz
10/12/09: Daytime
10/14/09: Countdown
10/19/09: Rachel Maddow
10/21/09: Schultz
10/22/09: Hardball
10/29/09: Schultz
10/31/09: Schultz
11/2/09: Countdown
11/20/09: Ratigan
11/20/09: Schultz
11/21/09: Ratigan
11/24/09: Countdown
11/30/09: Schultz
12/4/09: Schultz
12/9/09: Hardball
12/15/09: Schultz
1/4/10: Schultz
1/18/10: Schultz
1/19/10: Daytime
1/21/10: Countdown
1/22/10: Hardball
1/25/10: Schultz
1/29/10: Schultz
2/9/10: Ratigan
2/10/10: Schultz
2/22/10: Shuster
3/5/10: Shuster
3/10/10: Schultz
3/17/10: Ratigan
3/19/10: Schultz
3/26/10: Schultz
4/5/10: Countdown
4/7/10: Ratigan
4/15/10: Daytime
5/3/10: Ratigan
5/20/10: Ratigan
6/18/10: Ratigan
6/25/10: Schultz
7/14/10: Schultz
7/20/10: Ratigan
7/20/10: Schultz
7/21/10: Daytime
7/23/10: Schultz
8/4/10: Schultz
8/6/10: Daytime
8/11/10: Daytime
8/11/10: Schultz
8/13/10: Schultz
8/18/10: Schultz
8/23/10: Schultz
9/11/10: Ratigan
9/23/10: Schultz
9/28/10: Daytime
10/5/10: Schultz
10/15/10: Schultz
If you go to the website, they have links to every single one of them.
Ed Schultz doesn't count because no one watches him. :lol:
Yup! Major fail on the OP!!!!:failpail:
Pretty entertaining thread.
LOL! That's all you have to say?
Umm...it's more than that for the past 2 months, recount.WOW!!!! Just 5 instances in the last two months. :roll: Don't they know he's up for reelection?
Ed Schultz doesn't count because no one watches him. :lol:
Is it any wonder why nobody watches him. It looks it should be called the Alan Grayson show...
I was 1 off, it was actually 6 times. 8/23 - 10/28 is 2 months and 5 days over 2 months worth.Umm...it's more than that for the past 2 months, recount.
pbrauer said:"Fox desperately wants Kasich to win this race"
pbrauer said:WOW!!!! Just 5 instances in the last two months....
...Major fail on the OP!!!!
Apparently my wife of 38 years thinks so as well.Your really something pbrauer...
Sixteen appearances AFTER he announced his candidacy for govenor and his appearances on Fox were in PRIME TIME!This is your reaction to Kasich making 16 appearances on Fox in 16 months:
All those appearances were in the day, if MSNBC were promoting Grayson, they would have put him on in prime-time and scheduled more appearances close to the election.Now this is your reaction to Grayson making over 60 appearances on MSNBC in just 13 months:
Conservatives just love Saul Alinsky Rules...Your blind partisanship would be laughable if it weren't so sad.
Yeah right, that's why you started this thread. :roll:And before anyone asks, I don't see a problem with either case.
Show me anything on MSNBC that matches this gush-a-thon:
Of course there are some similarities, but nothing like Fox promoting one of it's family members to be the next governor of Ohio. You guys don't want to admit that that's what's happening so you try finding something elsewhere for cover.MSNBC Issues a Challenge. We Accept! | slanders | johnny dollar's place
But I'm sure you won't see the similarities.
Of course there are some similarities, but nothing like Fox promoting one of it's family members to be the next governor of Ohio. You guys don't want to admit that that's what's happening so you try finding something elsewhere for cover.
Of course, it's much worse - Kasich isn't a democrat.
Of course you are not going to admit Fox is pushing one of their own who by the way backed out 10 minutes prior to meeting Strickland on NPR's Talk of the Nation.
All I can say is "lolololololololololololololol"
Is There Collusion Between Alan Grayson and MSNBC? | slanders | johnny dollar's place
Corporations can't give money directly to a candidates, but his appearance on Fox is as good or better than any money given for political advertising. Prime time exposure.I really don't understand what your argument is. Are you criticizing fox for being a corporation that supports its former employees when they run for office, or are you criticizing fox for being a corporation that supports Republicans? Neither one is out of the ordinary.
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