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Posted on | July 23, 2013 | 37 Comments and 0 Reactions
The important background facts you should know about Ed Schultz: He was a sportscaster until he was 38 and began his talk-radio career attempting to be a conservative Rush Limbaugh imitator, failed at that and then re-invented himself as a progressive host, which provided the platform by which Ed got an MSNBC show in 2009.
Eds basic problem is that hes not very bright, nor is he well-educated, and he is essentially phony. His father was an aeronautical engineer and his mother was an English teacher, which means that Ed grew up in middle-class comfort, and his whole populist blue-collar shtick is just that, a shtick. Anyone who has ever watched or listened to Ed Schultz understands that he is a very angry man he reminds you of every angry drunk you ever knew and this is basically the selling point of the shtick. If you are the type of person who hates Republicans and rich people and Corporate America, then Ed Schultz will give voice to your anger.
Did I mention that Ed Schultz failed at MSNBC, too? Yeah, he started out in the 6 p.m. time slot, then moved to 10 p.m. after Keith Olberman quit in 2011, before moving to the 8 p.m. slot, where he accomplished the remarkable feat of actually placing fourth behind Bill OReilly on Fox, behind Anderson Cooper CNN and even behind Nancy Grace on HLN and was eventually bumped to the weekend shift.
If you think MSNBC has a tiny audience during the week (Chris Hayes doesnt even hit half-a-million viewers at 8 p.m. weeknights), their weekend schedule is almost viewerless. Its not broadcasting, its narrowcasting. Anyone could have predicted that Schultzs shot at the TV big time would end in failure; his exile to oblivion is not really surprising. The market for Angry Eds rants is quite small.
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Breaking News: MSNBC?s Ed Schultz Is Still an Angry, Dishonest Partisan Liar : The Other McCain
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Posted on | July 23, 2013 | 37 Comments and 0 Reactions
The important background facts you should know about Ed Schultz: He was a sportscaster until he was 38 and began his talk-radio career attempting to be a conservative Rush Limbaugh imitator, failed at that and then re-invented himself as a progressive host, which provided the platform by which Ed got an MSNBC show in 2009.
Eds basic problem is that hes not very bright, nor is he well-educated, and he is essentially phony. His father was an aeronautical engineer and his mother was an English teacher, which means that Ed grew up in middle-class comfort, and his whole populist blue-collar shtick is just that, a shtick. Anyone who has ever watched or listened to Ed Schultz understands that he is a very angry man he reminds you of every angry drunk you ever knew and this is basically the selling point of the shtick. If you are the type of person who hates Republicans and rich people and Corporate America, then Ed Schultz will give voice to your anger.
Did I mention that Ed Schultz failed at MSNBC, too? Yeah, he started out in the 6 p.m. time slot, then moved to 10 p.m. after Keith Olberman quit in 2011, before moving to the 8 p.m. slot, where he accomplished the remarkable feat of actually placing fourth behind Bill OReilly on Fox, behind Anderson Cooper CNN and even behind Nancy Grace on HLN and was eventually bumped to the weekend shift.
If you think MSNBC has a tiny audience during the week (Chris Hayes doesnt even hit half-a-million viewers at 8 p.m. weeknights), their weekend schedule is almost viewerless. Its not broadcasting, its narrowcasting. Anyone could have predicted that Schultzs shot at the TV big time would end in failure; his exile to oblivion is not really surprising. The market for Angry Eds rants is quite small.
all of it here
Breaking News: MSNBC?s Ed Schultz Is Still an Angry, Dishonest Partisan Liar : The Other McCain
