Noel Sheppard is off his meds, again. The poor guy just can’t seem to go a single day without flipping his wig about what MSNBC does or says. They can’t breathe without Sheppard somehow being up their ass about it.
In a September 5 freakout, the second in less than a day, Sheppard (apparently covering for the regular NYT watchdog, Clay Waters), highlighted what he called was a “Shocking NYT Headline” that profiled the vast amount of enthusiasm the liberal network is getting at the Democratic National Convention this week:
On Wednesday, the New York Times published an article titled “Welcome to the MSNBC, Er, Democratic Convention” that largely made Limbaugh’s case:
Sure, the events here in Charlotte are a national celebration of the Democratic Party and its presidential nominee. But in many ways, it’s the MSNBC Convention.
Network, party and partisan moment have collided, felicitously, in Charlotte. MSNBC’s on-air personalities are mobbed in the street, snarling pedestrian traffic. Its network-branded pins, coffee cups and tote bags are ubiquitous collectors’ items for delegates. Its promotional posters and banners are so ostentatious that Willie Geist, an MSNBC host, has compared them to North Korean propaganda. [...]
Four years ago, there was open anxiety inside MSNBC over having the unabashedly partisan Keith Olbermann anchor convention coverage. But the era of liberal hand-wringing appears to have passed. “I feel they are part of this convention,” explained Lorret Battist, a 58-year-old MSNBC fan from Atlanta, who excitedly snapped a picture of Mr. Scarborough on the sidewalk on Tuesday. “They are in tune with the people here.”
