MSNBC Expands Into Comedy

MSNBC does not have a political agenda.

Bill Wolff, MSNBC's VP of primetime programming, who moonlights as Rachel Maddow's executive producer, let the side-splitter slip in an interview with the Hollywood Reporter.  The subject matter was the MSM's fixation with Sarah Palin.  Wolff argued that Palin merits extensive coverage because she's "powerful and important" and what she says "matters."  Wolff should have quit while he was ahead, but apparently couldn't resist adding his fact-defying claim as to MSNBC's impartiality.

Quoth the Wolff-man:

"MSNBC does not have a political agenda. The idea that we’re beholden to one side or the other is ridiculous."

Read more: http://newsbusters.org/blogs/mark-finkelstein/2011/01/26/hilarious-honcho-msnbc-does-not-have-political-agenda#ixzz1C9Je9a5j