Oliver Willis vs. Rachel Maddow…
Olliver Willis pens a response to Keith Olbermann’s Special Comment regarding diversity at NBC. But the kicker is the way Willis characterizes Rachel Maddow…
Even with the addition of Rachel Maddow to that lineup, still male and white.
Not cool. Not cool at all…
Update: alindc posted this comment which I quote in full here…
I think it’s a misunderstanding of a sentence that wasn’t written clearly enough. The last line of the study there, that says all the cable networks are too male and white, mentions that Greta and Campbell Brown are prime time anchors. Willis is saying that even with adding Maddow, the cable networks are still too male and white. Not taking a shot at Maddow.
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February 16, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Aside from being an arse with access to a computer, who the hell is Oliver Willis?
February 16, 2010 at 5:38 pm
– arse –
That pretty-well covers it.
February 16, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Willis works for Media Matters.
February 16, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Don’t get all mad at me b/c I mean this sincerely.
I think that Rachel Maddow would take that comment more as a compliment than anything else. Also, he may have meant it along the lines of Tweety with his “forgot for an hour” as a compliment.
Grammie
February 16, 2010 at 6:20 pm
C’mon people it was a joke. Lighten up. Besides it was a lefty who said it which makes it even more ok. Lefties can say whatever they want. Afterall, they’re the p.c. police and they don’t investigate their own.
February 16, 2010 at 6:29 pm
‘Arse’ knows no political boundaries. ‘It’s just a joke’ is a lame excuse for ‘arse’.
February 16, 2010 at 9:18 pm
Still the Tea Party movement dose have more Blacks than the entire MSNBC line-up…which according to Chrissy Mathews and KO must make MSNBC Racist too.
Of course as I said before the problem for Black Tea Party Members is when they do come out their either beat up by Pro-Dem SEIU Union thugs or MSNBC crops their image so no one sees them on air.
February 16, 2010 at 9:59 pm
I think it’s a misunderstanding of a sentence that wasn’t written clearly enough. The last line of the study there, that says all the cable networks are too male and white, mentions that Greta and Campbell Brown are prime time anchors. Willis is saying that even with adding Maddow, the cable networks are still too male and white. Not taking a shot at Maddow.
February 16, 2010 at 10:23 pm
AlinDC: Hmm, me thinks you have a point, and I’m surprised I missed it. “Still too male and white” flows much better in that sentence.
February 17, 2010 at 8:37 am
Hey! Don’t look at us! We didn’t say a thing this time.
February 17, 2010 at 9:30 am
Hey! Don’t look at us! We didn’t say a thing this time.
And I jumped all over the lib. Welcome to Upside Down World.
February 17, 2010 at 12:05 pm
2010 is shaping up to be one craaaaazy year! ;-D
February 17, 2010 at 7:45 pm
I wasn’t calling Maddow a man. Its the con blogs that do that.
February 17, 2010 at 7:50 pm
Sorry, Mr. Willis, we’re a little slow over here sometimes..