MSNBC has been taking heat for its obviously left wing bias and has removed Olberman and Matthews as news anchors.

To be honest I did not even realize that they were the anchors of an actual news show. This shows you how much I rely on the TV for news. I thought they were editorialists or on air columnists. If they were the anchors of an actual news show then their bias was totally unnacceptable.

There is a no difference between an Ann Coulter and an Al Franken, a Keith Olberman and a Rush Limbaugh, or Bill Mayer and Sean Hannity. They are all noted biased columnists. Their view are noted and they hammer for their side. None of them should have a place as a news anchor. Frankly, I prefer Dennis Miller and Jon Stewart to all of them.

When MSNBC announced Palin as McCain’s pick with the subtitle “How many houses does she add to the McCain Campaign” this is not news but very biased commentary. It is good that they are correcting their coverage.

The real bias is just picking the stories to cover as much as their obvious reaction to the stories. While fawning over Obama’s unmemorable but well delivered speech, Olberman’s commented on Palin’s electrifying speech that it was “OK if you like that sort of thing”.

I wonder what this bias must have cost them in ratings or advertising to make such a change.

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