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Posts Tagged ‘NBC’

The Morning After The Night Before’s Debate

By Charley James • Sep 28th, 2008 • Category: Politics

 
by Charley James
Living in the Eastern Time zone, it was well after midnight before I got to bed after watching the debate and flipping the dial to see what the Commentariat would pronounce as post-debate truth, wisdom, justice and The American Way. 
As usual, all of the pundits got it all wrong: Most called it a [...]



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 [...]



The Money Medal Tally

By Denis Campbell • Aug 25th, 2008 • Category: Media

The bar has been raised to an impossible height. While innovative the human price had to be high with 25,000 people working night and day for more than a year The 29th Summer Olympiad ended with the same ritualistic, disciplined, spectacle and fanfare as they began. It was stultifyingly precise at every turn. Not one [...]



16-Days of Oranje Celebration

By Denis Campbell • Aug 23rd, 2008 • Category: Media

The Dutch know how to throw a party. In 2000 in Sydney, the hottest Olympic ticket was not to the Opening or Closing Ceremonies. It was to Holland House beside Sydney Harbour where the parties were so festive and long that athletes from other countries clamoured to join in and one eventually had to produce [...]



The Cone of Silence

By Denis Campbell • Aug 19th, 2008 • Category: Features

It would be nice: if rules were followed… if fair play was a guiding principle rather than something to smirk at… if those seeking high office did so with seriousness and gravitas instead of throw away lines and inside jokes they think they can get away with… if a situation arose where the appearance of [...]



Let the Games Begin

By Denis Campbell • Aug 9th, 2008 • Category: Features

The most spectacular opening ceremony of a modern Olympiad is in the bag. 15,000 in the cast. Synchronised fireworks, drumming and dancing wowed an audience of 4 billion globally on the telly. A remarkable festival of colours and digital effects combined with movements that took a year to rehearse under what had to have been [...]



Thank You Keith Olbermann for Both Inciting Right and Left

By Denis Campbell • Jul 11th, 2008 • Category: Reflections

Talking ‘With’ Rather Than ‘At’ Each Other on the Campaign Trail
This e-magazine had its busiest day ever last week by mentioning one man’s name – MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. I happen to like the guy and his work even if he periodically goes off the emotional deep end. Keith is mostly honest, open and brutal and [...]



For 33 Years, “Live, from New York…It’s Saturday Night”

By Denis Campbell • May 15th, 2008 • Category: Features, Lead Story

This Saturday Night the curtain falls on Season 33 of a program begun in the Fall of my freshman year at University. NBC’s Saturday Night’s first few episodes were mostly forgettable. The show began on 11 October 1975 at 11:30 pm where for 90-minutes cast members, Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd, Gilda Radner, Laraine Newman, Jane [...]