Olbermann and Matthews Out

MSNBC has announced that Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews will no longer anchor political night coverage. My response? It's about damn time. These guys did everything within their power to influence the Democratic Primary -- with some of the most sexist coverage ever witnessed outside a FOX News broadcast. Their inability to be impartial has caught up with them, and they will now be demoted to the position of commentator.

MSNBC said Sunday it is replacing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews as co-anchors of political night coverage with David Gregory, and will use the two newsmen as commentators.

The change reflects tensions between the freewheeling, opinionated MSNBC and the impartial newsgatherers at NBC News. Throughout the primaries and summer, MSNBC argued that Olbermann and Matthews could serve as dispassionate anchors on political news nights and that viewers would accept them in that role, but things fell apart during the conventions.

Gregory, the veteran Washington hand, will anchor MSNBC's coverage of the presidential and vice presidential debates and election night, said Jeremy Gaines, network spokesman. The change was first reported by The New York Times.

I'm not sure David Gregory is much better. The network probably should have just asked Tom Brokaw to handle MSNBC, while Brian Williams covered NBC. Or bring in Meredith Vieira or Ann Curry to handle the MSNBC coverage. They seem to be able to report in a professional manner.

MSNBC has been plagued with squabbles by their male anchors. Keith, Chris, Joe Scarborough and David Shuster. There isn't a professional among the lot of them.

Jon Stewart had an interesting take, when interviewing Brian Williams on "The Daily Show."

All the drama made MSNBC a punch line when top NBC anchor Brian Williams appeared on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" last week. "Is there no control?" Stewart asked him. "`Is it `Lord of the Flies?'"

A sheepish Williams said that every family has a dynamic of its own.

"But does MSNBC have to be the Lohans?" Stewart said.

Stewart has proven once again that the best anchor this election season may just be a comedian!