MSBNC's Brewer introduces Jackson as Sharpton

MSNBC's Contessa Brewer has apologized for mixing up civil rights activists Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. She made the slip-up Wednesday while introducing Jackson during a segment on homelessness. After the introduction, Jackson stared at the camera from a studio in Burbank, Calif., and said, "I'm Rev. Jesse Jackson."

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MSNBC acquires 'hyper-local' EveryBlock.com

As they try to stay relevant in the digital age, some very big news companies are starting to focus on very small beats.

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MSBNC, Starbucks in sponsorship deal

MSNBC's chief executive says its new sponsorship deal with Starbucks doesn't mean the network will filter out bad news about the gourmet coffee chain.

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Former CNBC host Dylan Ratigan lands at MSNBC

Former CNBC "Fast Money" host Dylan Ratigan has landed a new daytime program at MSNBC.

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MSNBC gives Ed Schultz new talk show

Veteran radio host Ed Schultz will have his own hourlong program on MSNBC, starting Monday.

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Her mother was a human pack rat

Everybody has seen stories about people who are human pack rats, unable to throw anything away and filling their houses with mountains of things that to them are treasures and to others are garbage and junk. But what do you do if the person living in that house is your own mother?

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MSNBC finding rerun is wise prime-time strategy

MSNBC will continue airing Keith Olbermann's talk show twice each weeknight in prime time, putting on indefinite hold a search for a new 10 p.m. program.

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MSNBC's Chris Matthews explains 'Oh God' remark

MSNBC's Chris Matthews said he was surprised by the "peculiar stagecraft" of Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's response to President Barack Obama's speech to Congress, leading him to quietly say "Oh God" as Jindal approached a microphone.

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MSNBC host now guarded by 7-second delay

After an F-bomb dropped on "Morning Joe," the MSNBC news-talk show has installed an early-warning system.

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4 more years for MSNBC's Olbermann

Barack Obama, the presidential candidate Keith Olbermann championed this fall, just won a four-year term. So, too, has Olbermann.

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Political focus helps make MSNBC more competitive

Phil Griffin, the NBC News executive who oversees MSNBC, is a coiled mass of energy who needs little provocation to do battle. Now he's got something to fight for.

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MSNBC's Chelsea Comment Angers Clinton

A distasteful comment about Chelsea Clinton by an MSNBC anchor could imperil Hillary Rodham Clinton's participation in future presidential debates on the network, a Clinton spokesman said.

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Rosie O'Donnell May Get MSNBC Talk Show

Rosie O'Donnell, who famously clashed with a co-host on "The View," is close to being her own boss again.

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MSNBC Won't Simulcast Imus Any Longer

MSNBC will no longer simulcast Don Imus' radio program, the cable TV network said Wednesday.

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MSNBC Aims to Get Edgy 10 Years Later

Since MSNBC switched on a decade ago, the question has hung over its executives' heads: Is there really a need for three all-news networks? MSNBC's energetic legal correspondent turned general manager Dan Abrams said it's a fair query, but really should be addressed to his competitors at CNN.

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MSNBC Names Abrams As New General Manager

NBC News legal correspondent Dan Abrams was put in charge of MSNBC Monday — and his first move was to take himself off the air there.

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MSNBC Chief Rick Kaplan Leaving Network

Rick Kaplan is out after two years as MSNBC president, during which the perennially third-place news network showed modest gains but didn't change its competitive standing with Fox News Channel and CNN.

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This is a Video from MSN that discusses both sides of the issue. What do you think?

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C-Street Loses Tax Exemption

There are far too many dirty politicians in Congress and the House of Representatives! These politicians knew all along what they were doing was illegal but they kept doing it anyway.

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Nobel Laureate Al Gore should debate former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and all those who don't believe man is responsible for global warming. So said MSNBC political analyst Richard Wolffe Friday in an appearance on "Countdown."

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Rachel follows up on her interview with Jeff Sharlet where they discussed C-Street Family member David Bahati's role in introducing anti-gay legislation in Uganda.

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Last night, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann reported on a segment in which ABC used a clip of the Daily Show's Jon Stewart to make him look like a climate change denier. But in fact, the full clip shows that Stewart was arguing the opposite.

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Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL), the congressman who gained nationwide fame after declaring that the Republican plan for health care amounts to hoping that people "die quickly," has a few choice words -- or, rather, one choice acronym -- for former Vice President Dick Cheney: "STFU."

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Andrea Mitchell interviewed Al Gore today to talk about climate-change deniers, since Copenhagen, with its many moving parts, has begun. And with the summit, the rash of climate-change and global-warming deniers has really stepped up.

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Last year, my column "Global Warming Rope-A-Dope" (12/24/08) started out: "Americans have been rope-a-doped into believing that global warming is going to destroy the planet.

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The former vice president and White House puppetmaster just can't keep his trap closed of late...

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Swine Flu: Neal Cavuto Is Not a Kook (Either, as Fox News Gets Equal Time)

"Scientific" evidence continues to prove my theory that you are a kook if you cough/sneeze into the crook of your elbow/sleeve BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT TELLS YOU TO DO THAT, and you are a kook if you are a government/health official (or "public service" ad) giving that advice with  …

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What happened to the Real Estate crisis, Mortgage modification and the "Mandelmans' March" ? Could be it's all about $

This is going to be short and sweet. I owe my buddy Mandalman an apology. It's going to be slightly off handed, but an apology just the same.

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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Although history suggests Comcast Corp. will win the government's approval to buy a majority stake in broadcaster NBC Universal, the process is certain to be lengthy and regulators are likely to attach conditions to protect consumers.

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Article with transcript: Olbermann Slams 'Cowardly' Cheney, 'Maybe You Should Shut Up, Dick'

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Fledgling newswire service BNO will hand over control of its massively popular Twitter account to American news network MSNBC today, in a move that could mark a significant step forward for the young compny.

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Here are the top ten Bing searches of 2009, in reverse order: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Top 10 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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This train wreck of a deal will hurt all over. It will mean increased costs for cable television service; currently free online NBC content locked behind a pay wall; less opportunity for the distribution of independent media; even fewer choices and less programming diversity.

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Below is a page from ACORN's 2005 Annual Report. In it, they tell the story of how one of their employees teamed up with NBC Dateline to do a 'video sting' on tax-preparer Jackson Hewitt.

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In the midst of promoting his TruTV show "Conspiracy Theory," Jesse Ventura casually dropped what sounded like a conspiratorial claim of his own.

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From "Birther" to the "Science" of "Global Warming" to the "War on Terrorism": The Left and Right of Our Loss of Morality

From the days of Ronald Reagan to today, the Right has angered itself no end by spewing a variety of slogans and quotations that "energize the base." We have "not proud to be American," "capitalism versus socialism," "soft on terrorism (usually capitalized)," and "anti-American" …

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I cannot believe these SCAM ADS continue to show up on legitimate News Sites such as FOX NEWS, MSNBC, CNN, etc. This one, pasted from a Fox News site, actually claims that a FOX NEWS Reporter tested the product and lost weight, no strings attached. No strings attached, my ass.

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It's nice to see that even after the election, conservatives are still playing the "liberal gotcha media" card every time they expose themselves as being shamefully ignorant regarding the issues they care about most.

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Sarah Palin: Andrea Mitchell Is a Whore (Guest Villains: Politico.com)

It is not Sarah Palin who says Andrea Mitchell is a whore (meant figuratively, with apologies to literal, honest whores). That is me, repeating the title of an article I wrote months ago.

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Good News Wednesday Has an Anniversary!

This week marks the one year anniversary for the concept of Good News Wednesday. Our friend, Azsky13 wrote the article kicking off the idea of posting only good news concentrating on one day a week.

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Another way to feed the USDA reported 49 million Hungry Americans

A sustainable way to feed the USDA reported 49 million hungry Americans , global chained with other nations: Sustainable because the world has experienced in the industry for millenium

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Fox News fans defend their network's journalistic integrity by pointing to high ratings and MSNBC as the liberal equivalent. While the comparison may seem valid on the surface, there are glaring differences between the two networks.

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