On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough and John Harwood clash over Dick Blumenthal, with Harwood downplaying Blumenthal's lies about having served in Vietnam as just a case of getting "carried away" and Scarborough coming close to calling Blumenthal a "scumbag."
In the wake of Campbell Brown's withdrawal from her CNN show, citing poor ratings, Howard Kurtz, on his CNN show, Reliable Sources, wonders whether CNN's business strategy is "viable."
On Fox News Watch, Jim Pinkerton cites a NewsBusters item reporting that Joe Scarborough had passed along the comment from an unnamed conservative insider questioning "what the hell was he [Paul] doing on MSNBC?", a reference to Paul's appearance on the Rachel Maddow show in which he made comments on the 1964 Civil Rights Act that have caused controversy.
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough approvingly cites a conservative insider who asked "what the hell was he [Rand Paul] doing on MSNBC?", referring to his appearance on the Rachel Maddow show in which he made controversial comments about the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
On Morning Joe, Katty Kay of the BBC, in New York to receive a Peabody award for outstanding journalism, finds Elena Kagan in the college dean mainstream, and worries recession not long enough to turn people off capitalism.
On Countdown Keith Olbermann pummels Sarah Palin for declining to come on MSNBC.
On Morning Joe, the Politico's Mike Allen says its absurd for voters to kick senators Robert Bennett of Utah and Harry Reid of Nevada out of office given their ability to bring pork-barrel spending back to their states.
In an MSNBC promo for his show, Keith Olbermann defends his practice of prohibiting any guests on his show who disagree with him. Olbermann claims he asks questions "to find out if I'm wildly incorrect about something," ignoring the irony he's unlikely to do so if he's posing his questions exclusively to people who share his views.
On MSNBC, Luke Russert expresses surprise that many black Republican congressional candidates are seeking support from the Tea Party, which Russert described as "a group that a lot of folks have claimed to be racist."
On The Ed Show, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) accuses Pres. Bush of having dropped the ball, claiming 9-11 "could have been avoided."
