The 5pm episode of Hardball on MSNBC brought that network to a new low. Not only did they have a highly partisan politician sit in for Chris Matthews, but they chose Al Sharpton to be that guest host. At times he referred to "us" and "we" when referring to the Democratic party. Heck, he ran for President in 2004. That's the best the could come up with?

Way to go MSNBC. Not only did you put in a guest host that was incapable of handling the news that came across his desk during the hour, but you chose to use one that has a criminial past full of controversies and is openly partisan in his political stance on the issues. Absurd.

MSNBC is trying to give the illusion of racial harmony which is why most of the imitation Imus shows in the morning have both a black & white person. It's their version of Fair & Balanced.

So - did Sharpton have a white person sitting in as his co-host? Granted Matthews flies solo but I'm just asking.


The best part of last nights hardball was when they had the breaking news about Scooter Libby. Al had no idea what to say since that wasn't part of his 1 hour script. Then I noticed that on the 7pm Hardball episode they went live with coverage about Scooter and they had to have a new host and Al was no where to be found. They needed a desiginated host when Al Sharpton is on just in case some breaking news happens. Chris Mathews host hard ball=1 host. Al Sharpton hosts hardball= 2 hosts. Him and a backup for real news.

Nice. So Sharpton basically used the faked Imus outrage to finalise a deal with MSNBC to get his face on TV.

Sharpton was supposed to be on today as well, but Chris Mathews was on. Mathews wasn't going to return until thurs. I guess they realized this was a bad idea and need a real host.

* some of the above was culled from other posts on another website