National Journal – by Matthew Cooper
MSNBC bills itself as the “place for politics,” but if you’ve been watching the network lately, it’s been all of the Zimmerman trial, all the time. Political director Chuck Todd grew so frustrated with the coverage preempting his Daily Rundown show that he barely concealed his exasperation on-air, as evidenced by a video from the Washington Free Beacon that quickly went viral. Most of the network’s flagship news shows, from Hardball with Chris Matthews to Politics Nation with Al Sharpton, seem to spend more time talking about Trayvon Martin than President Obama. Continue reading “What’s Behind MSNBC’s Ratings Decline?”

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New Yorker – by ANDY BOROWITZ [Satire]
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Washington Post – by Rajiv Chandrasekaran
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