Howard Kurtz continues to pretend Joe Scarborough doesn't exist

June 29, 2009 10:49 am ET by Jamison Foser

Here's Washington Post media critic Howard Kurtz this morning: "MSNBC is down to just five daytime hours of straight news, which once formed a counterpoint to its liberal evening programming."

Funny, I thought the three hours a day that former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough hosts an MSNBC show might be something of a "counterpoint" to MSNBC's "liberal evening programming." The evening programming to which Kurtz refers (Schultz, Maddow, and Olbermann) takes up -- wait for it -- three hours.

But Kurtz didn't even mention Scarborough. He gives readers absolutely no indication that MSNBC has a single conservative host, much less one who gets a three hour block each day.

This isn't the first time Kurtz has glossed over Scarborough in order to pad his case that MSNBC leans left.

JoeSco can't get no respect

Howard Kurtz, media critic

And just last week, Kurtz pretended that Chris Matthews is a reliably Democratic-leaning host, despite his lengthy history of attacking prominent Democrats, dismissing liberals, and gushing over conservatives like George W. Bush, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.

So, once again: If MSNBC is really as liberal as Howard Kurtz says it is, why does Kurtz insist on exaggerating his evidence?

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- by harley (June 29, 2009 10:53 am ET)
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  Democrats, dismissing liberals, and gushing over conservatives like George W. Bush, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.
  You forgot to add Angry Annie Coulter to the list he proudly gushes over. Every time Coulter comes on his show, he practically orgasms over "her" every word. And, don't forget that Tweety has dedicated entire shows to Coulter, not once, but twice.
  
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- by flounder (June 29, 2009 11:44 am ET)
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  I had a running battle with Kurtz in his chats earlier this year. He claimed that Tucker Carlson was "banished" from MSNBC. I kept pointing out that Tucker was consistently showing up on Morning Joe, and that "banished" must not mean what he thinks it means.
  He had a couple good freak outs.
  God he is thin-skinned little GOP troll.
  If you knew how many times I asked him to comment on why we still get Republican-leaning Sunday shows (despite his claim that the shows leaned GOP from the 1990's on solely because Republicans controlled government) it would probably bore you.
  He never answers those questions, but he did take one last week on why poor George Will had to singlehandedly battle 5 liberals (liberals such as Cokie "Obama going to see his dying grandma in Hawaii is freakishly unamerican" Roberts) on CBS's "This Weak".
  
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  - by Eric Jaffa (June 29, 2009 12:07 pm ET)
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    Tucker Carlson got low ratings.
    
    Instead of just canceling his show, MSNBC kept trying different formats for it.
    
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- by Calvin Jones and the 13th Apostle (June 29, 2009 12:22 pm ET)
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  And just last week, Kurtz pretended that Chris Matthews is a reliably Democratic-leaning host, despite his lengthy history of attacking prominent Democrats, dismissing liberals, and gushing over conservatives like George W. Bush, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.
  
  Tweety has admitted to voting for GWB at least once(and both times I believe). Besides, isn't Tweety responsible for Bush's "Commander Codpiece" nickname?
  
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- by Peter Principle (June 29, 2009 1:27 pm ET)
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  If MSNBC is really as liberal as Howard Kurtz says it is, why does Kurtz insist on exaggerating his evidence?
  
  Um, because Howie Kurtz is a right-wing putz who was mentally over challenged as a tabloid reporter?
  
  Just a guess.
  
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- by Grace Nearing (June 29, 2009 7:28 pm ET)
  
  Perhaps Kurtz counts each rebroadcast of Matthews, Olbermann, and Maddow separately. Don't know how Kurtz would classify (politically) "To Catch a Predator" and "Lock Up," or the occasional Sham-Wow infomercial.
  
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