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BlueStreak

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4. They want the audience without the honesty

Thu May 30, 2013, 10:13 PM

May 2013

Last edited Thu May 30, 2013, 10:48 PM - Edit history (1)

They want "personalities" that will play everything safe and not cause any ripples, and at the same time they want the progressive-minded to pay attention.

You cannot put the most hard-hitting stuff off-limits and still expect people to tune in.

I realize Olbermann had an ego. So what? You think Scarborough or O'Reilly don't have egos?

If they really wanted to have a solid progressive audience, they would have found a way to keep Cenk, Olbermann, Shultz, and Maddow in the line-up together.

It can be done. I've managed difficult personalities all my life. It requires some give and take.

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