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Ed Schultz, Moscow Mouthpiece

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Ever wonder what happened to Ed Schultz? He's now the face of Russian news in the US. There are too many layers of irony to count.


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How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media
The former liberal host who once called Donald Trump "a racist" for his birther views has become the lead news anchor for RT America, the global media organization funded by the Russian government.


Ed Schultz used to be the bombastic lefty host of a syndicated radio show and daily MSNBC program. He befriended Hillary Clinton, called Donald Trump “a racist” for his birther views, and once beseeched God to take Dick Cheney “to the promised land.”
In 2014, he ripped Russian President Vladi*mir Putin’s “nasty” human rights record. He also torched American conservatives for siding with the Russian president as a counter to President Obama. “Putie is their new hero,” sneered Schultz.
But the times have changed. And so has Ed Schultz.
In mid-2015, MSNBC handed Schultz his last paycheck. After six years on the air, the ratings of his daily program, “The Ed Show,” were soft and MSNBC was going for more news in Schultz’s time slot, not opinion. His daily radio show had ended the previous year.
So Schultz went back to his lakefront home in Detroit Lakes, Minn., and took stock. At 61, after a lifetime in broadcasting, he concluded he wasn’t done. In early 2016, he returned to television, albeit in an unlikely place and role for a guy who once styled himself as a “prairie populist.” He became the lead news anchor for RT America, the domestic network of what was once known as Russia Today, a globe-spanning multimedia organization funded by the Russian government.

Schultz, in other words, went to work for “Putie.”. . . .
 
Jack Hays said:
Ever wonder what happened to Ed Schultz? He's now the face of Russian news in the US. There are too many layers of irony to count.


(AP/MSNBC)


How Ed Schultz transformed from MSNBC lefty to the American face of Moscow media
The former liberal host who once called Donald Trump "a racist" for his birther views has become the lead news anchor for RT America, the global media organization funded by the Russian government.


Ed Schultz used to be the bombastic lefty host of a syndicated radio show and daily MSNBC program. He befriended Hillary Clinton, called Donald Trump “a racist” for his birther views, and once beseeched God to take Dick Cheney “to the promised land.”
In 2014, he ripped Russian President Vladi*mir Putin’s “nasty” human rights record. He also torched American conservatives for siding with the Russian president as a counter to President Obama. “Putie is their new hero,” sneered Schultz.
But the times have changed. And so has Ed Schultz.
In mid-2015, MSNBC handed Schultz his last paycheck. After six years on the air, the ratings of his daily program, “The Ed Show,” were soft and MSNBC was going for more news in Schultz’s time slot, not opinion. His daily radio show had ended the previous year.
So Schultz went back to his lakefront home in Detroit Lakes, Minn., and took stock. At 61, after a lifetime in broadcasting, he concluded he wasn’t done. In early 2016, he returned to television, albeit in an unlikely place and role for a guy who once styled himself as a “prairie populist.” He became the lead news anchor for RT America, the domestic network of what was once known as Russia Today, a globe-spanning multimedia organization funded by the Russian government.

Schultz, in other words, went to work for “Putie.”. . . .
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Which reminds me, whatever happened to Glenn Beck?
 
Really, stories of how the mighty have fallen make me think of other similar cases.
 
Schultz is much like a liberal Limbaugh. I can't stand either one of them. As for Schultz going to RT, meh. I never knew Schultz went anywhere as I never listened to him.

I'm underwhelmed by the shocking OP. :lamo

That has to have caused a dilemma for the alt. right seeing how they are new best friends with Trump buddy, Putin, and Russia.
 
Risky Thicket said:
Schultz is much like a liberal Limbaugh. I can't stand either one of them. As for Schultz going to RT, meh. I never knew Schultz went anywhere as I never listened to him.

I'm underwhelmed by the shocking OP. :lamo

That has to have caused a dilemma for the alt. right seeing how they are new best friends with Trump buddy, Putin, and Russia.
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I never thought of it as shocking, only ironic.
 
Risky Thicket said:
Schultz is much like a liberal Limbaugh. I can't stand either one of them. As for Schultz going to RT, meh. I never knew Schultz went anywhere as I never listened to him.

I'm underwhelmed by the shocking OP. :lamo

That has to have caused a dilemma for the alt. right seeing how they are new best friends with Trump buddy, Putin, and Russia.
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And hey, who knows. Maybe Schultz and Trump and Putin will meet for dinner because wouldn't it be great if we got along with Russia?
 
After years of being in the media wilderness, Schultz may fit in nicely with the Trump administration.
 
Jack Hays, Pentagon Mouthpiece?
 
Kind of a non-issue, I doubt many people care about Ed Schultz, and even less, probably, know who he is.
 
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I remember Schultz recently got kicked off the air after dropping the 'f' bomb. RT is an interesting animal. They have covered a number of important issues and their talking heads often far surpass the ones we have in the states, but I also recognize they are more-or-less a mouthpiece for the Kremlin.

Thom Hartmann, a progressive I have some level of respect for, has a show on RT, and it is interesting to hear how he plays down Russia's influence on the election while his progressive friends play it up.
 
Geoist said:
I remember Schultz recently got kicked off the air after dropping the 'f' bomb. RT is an interesting animal. They have covered a number of important issues and their talking heads often far surpass the ones we have in the states, but I also recognize they are more-or-less a mouthpiece for the Kremlin.

Thom Hartmann, a progressive I have some level of respect for, has a show on RT, and it is interesting to hear how he plays down Russia's influence on the election while his progressive friends play it up.
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Hartmann seems to be a propaganda-spouting toad.

[h=3]Thom Hartmann Sticking with RT despite Resignations over Putin's ...[/h]www.dailykos.com/.../-Thom-Hartmann-Sticking-with-RT-despite-Resignations-over-...



Mar 10, 2014 - In the wake of last week's on-air resignation of Russia Today (RT) anchor Liz Wahl over the Russian government's actions in the Ukraine, Thom ...
 
Jack Hays said:
Ever wonder what happened to Ed Schultz? He's now the face of Russian news in the US.
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I didn't realize that Donald Trump sometimes used an alias.
 
Abbazorkzog said:
Kind of a non-issue, I doubt many people care about Ed Schultz, and even less, probably, know who he is.
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He peaked right here, liberals can call people sluts.
 
Geoist said:
I remember Schultz recently got kicked off the air after dropping the 'f' bomb. RT is an interesting animal. They have covered a number of important issues and their talking heads often far surpass the ones we have in the states, but I also recognize they are more-or-less a mouthpiece for the Kremlin.

Thom Hartmann, a progressive I have some level of respect for, has a show on RT, and it is interesting to hear how he plays down Russia's influence on the election while his progressive friends play it up.
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I ran across RT for the first time while thumbing through the channels in a hotel room a few years ago. They were taking an in-depth view of 9-11... from the TRUTHER perspective and they were dead serious. Their take-away was that it was likely a government conspiracy and the buildings were brought down by controlled demolition.

What an absolute garbage "news" outlet.
 
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