I don't have cable but I recently got DSL, and I like Keith Olbermann, so I decided to see what videos from Countdown are available on MSNBC's Web site. There's a number of "Oddball" segments linked to on
Countdown's main page. So I watched a few.
Imagine my dismay that after each one, I was exposed to an interview by Tweety of Ken Mehlman, chairman of the RNC. This was followed by interviews with John McCain, David Vitter, Trent Lott, Lamar Alexander, George Allen, and Bill Frist. Only after all that do we finally get back to Olbermann, with today's Oddball, "Wacky Japanese Video".
It goes without saying that since Tweety was interviewing Republicans, the interviews were as hard as marshmallows.
Matthew's Web page tonight looks like something redirected from the RNC home page. Apparently, tonight's Hardball, according to its Web page, was a "scouting report of possible GOP presidential candidates" made "at the GOP leadership conference in Memphis".
My question is: what has this got to do with Countdown? Why does someone wanting to watch Countdown on the Web have to be subjected to an hour's worth of Tweety interviews with Republicans before he gets to see tonight's Oddball? And does MSNBC always make any play of Countdown video clips from their Web site segue into a virtually complete download of the current day's Hardball?