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10 January, 2009

Posts Tagged ‘NBC News’

Iron Fist in a Velvet Glove

By Denis Campbell • Dec 7th, 2008 • Category: Politics
 
By Denis Campbell
As Chancellor of the Washington DC Public School system, Michelle Rhee, 38, has tipped public education on its end in Washington, DC gaining a lot of high-powered fans and a few enemies. She was an unwitting reference during the 3rd Presidential debate as John McCain and Barack Obama disagreed on whether or not [...]



Maddow Head-to-Head with The King, Winning Hearts and Minds

By Denis Campbell • Sep 21st, 2008 • Category: Media
 

Rachel Maddow in her second week is winning hearts and minds away from the King and even beat her buddy Keith Olbermann in the ratings giving MSNBC a solid 1-2 punch. MSNBC continues to grow viewers and present NBC with headaches because the right wing attack dogs succeeded in banning their hosts Olbermann and Harball’s [...]



Keith Olbermann The Left’s Rottweiler

By Denis Campbell • Jul 8th, 2008 • Category: Features, Politics
Keith is my kind of guy. Creative, completely unmanageable, he says what he feels in the moment and wears his outrage like his very large heart on his 6’ 3” tall sleeve. Physically imposing, he has spent much of the last year teaching the left that if you’re in a gunfight, you’d better bring along [...]



Crying with the Saints

By Denis Campbell • Jun 14th, 2008 • Category: Features
“I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints – you know that only the good die young.” – Billy Joel.
As I sat for hours searching for yet more words to express the magnitude of the deeply personal loss I feel of Tim Russert, the tears just will not stop flowing. Every clip [...]