Lindsey Lohan, Levi Johnston, and LeBron James each get more coverage than President Obama

[jenmito]

on "The Place For Politics," MSNBC. Obama gave a speech today and MSNBC didn't even cover it. They even cover Sarah Palin, NOT a politician anymore, more than both Obama and the WINNING VP, Joe Biden.

[OneTenthofOnePercent]

1. What was the story about LeBron... is he going to the Knicks or staying with the Cavs?

[DrDan]

2. did you send a note to MSNBC?

that might be appropriate . . . and more effective in influencing their programming.

[jenmito]

3. Yes. SEVERAL emails and calls. I have their number on speed dial. n/t

[DrDan]

4. good . . . I send a lot of notes regarding AM Joe . . . have had one read on the air

glad to hear you are doing that as well!

[jenmito]

6. What did you write?

Did you criticize Mika or Joe?

[DrDan]

10. Joe - he was bashing big dog day after day after day

I wrote accusing him of having a crush on him because of his constant attention

[alsame]

5. MSNBC is mostly garbage during the day, except for

Tamaron Hall. It's hard to believe the same network that has Rachel in Afghanistan at night has such fluff and rightwing talking points all day. It's like two different networks.

[jenmito]

7. My favorite was David Shuster...

and I loved when he and Tamron Hall were on at the same time. I like Tamron, too, but do NOT like the others from morning to evening.

[alsame]

8. I miss Shuster too...I don't think MSNBC realizes what a loss it

is that he's gone. The network seems to be getting more and more biased to the right during the day and I'm watching less and less.

It was great to have Cenk for the last few days and I'm looking forward to Lawrence O'Donnell's new show, but I've pretty much given up on MSNBC before 6 pm.

[jenmito]

9. He got fired for a reason...

it was discovered by MSNBC that he made an audition tape for CNN. Too bad-he's not at CNN, either. I bet he was way too LW for them.

[alsame]

11. Yeah, I knew about the CNN audition, but I was hoping MSNBC

just suspended him for a while and that he'd be back. And since Spitzer got the new 8 pm CNN show, I guess Shuster is out for now (although there may be other time slots he could fill.) He was one of my favorites, he took no BS from anyone.

[Enrique]

12. Lindsay Lohan re-tweets an important story

http://twitter.com/lindsaylohan/status/17988819734

http://www.newsweekinteractive.net/2010/07/07/iranian-woman-faces-imminent-stoning-for-adultery.html?from=rss

Iranian Woman Faces Stoning for Adultery

Mother of two could be put to death as soon as this weekend.

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a 43-year-old mother of two, convicted of adultery in Iran, may be stoned to death unless a last-minute campaign saves her.

Human-rights campaigners say that Ashtiani, who says she was under duress when she confessed to adultery, could be buried up to her breasts and stoned to death as soon as this weekend.

Ashtiani has been in prison since May 2006, when she was convicted of adultery and sentenced to 99 lashes. Later that year she was accused of murdering her husband. Those charges were dropped, but an inquiry into the adultery charge was reopened. She was, according to The Guardian, sentenced to death under a rule that allows judges to cite "judge's knowledge" and convict without evidence.

(...)

[Raine1967]

13. HEY! I thought MSNBC was THE PLACE for politics as well.

I am so sick and tired of TV newsertainment.

When they DO talk about politics -- even then it is disingenuous at best -- pure lies at worst.

I rarely watch TV anymore because of this garbage.

[Radical Activist]

14. That's why I don't watch the corporate news channels.

It's crap. They will only make you better misinformed.

[JohnnyBoots]

15. They get more coverage than the 2 wars and the BP Oil spill. Rome burns.