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The latest sign that General Electric brass isn't pleased with the MSNBC situation? You know, besides their attempt at correcting all the in-fighting?

They're ousting HR head Jim Mills and bringing in a GE heavy to take over.

With the Dow Jones dropping more than 800 points, the dollar weakening with news of AIG's government buyout, and a total loss around one trillion dollars for the country in this week alone, you'll have to forgive Chris Matthews for forgetting himself for a moment and actually asking a legitimate question to Eric Cantor (R-VA):
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So … Keith Olbermann couldn't have been expecting thing. In lobbying MSNBC to give protege Rachel Maddow her own show, Olbermann thought he'd scored two programming hours for his political agenda. Which, well, he did. But he also didn't just provide a solid lead-in for Maddow's 9pm show — he gave her the opportunity to beat his own ratings.CONTINUED »

Leave it to the articulate, but wholly irrational, Catholic Exchange to explain the behind-the-scenes dealings at MSNBC. "And these people think John McCain is suffering from a delusion." [Catholic Exchange]

Then: "The only real winner in the endless Democratic primary? Those smart-ass policy wonks at MSNBC."

Now: The only real winner in the endless election cycle? Well …

Just when you thought that this country had stripped September 11th of all emotional resonance with bitter in-fighting and exploitative faux-patriotism, MSNBC found a way to get creative with the memorial:
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Tim Graham is the portly Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center, which sounds very Marshall McLuhan but in actuality is a conservative watchdog group. So already you know what station he likes to make guest appearances on (hint: rhymes with "box"). This man is obsessed with MSNBC's recent woes, and bringing down Keith Olbermann.

BFFN: Best Friends For Now?

If GE chairman "Jeff Immelt's fingerprints [are] all over" a supposed deal to beef up Keith Olbermann's contract while letting Chris Matthew's ride out his agreement until it expires next year, than Jeff Zucker's fingerprints are all over the Page Six item saying it's so.CONTINUED »

Ugh, shut up Fox News. Doocy? You're ridiculous. Kilmeade? You're barely a sidekick. We're more than fine with watching you dump on Olbermann and Matthews, but it's exhausting to listen to you talk about the "way left" MSNBC, especially in the context of "commentators … used to do actual news anchoring," when you've got Brit Hume playing nonpartisan news anchor like you're fooling anyone. Sadly, you are. [via TVN]