That Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann continue playing both hard news anchor and opinionated talking heads is of no consequence to NBC News president Steve Capus. Responding to taunts from Fox News’ Chris Wallace made earlier this week at the Television Critics Association annual event, Capus told MSNBC’s audience he has no plans to change the formula, where his star power pundits anchor news coverage like elections while going on the air every night to deride the right wing. Says Olbermann: “We know there are different rules for us, and the viewers — I think based on how many of them have turned out — know there are different rules.”

And Capus agrees: “The audience gets it, and that's the single biggest factor that I see.”

Hey, remember when a certain other left-leaning institution thought their audience would “get it”?(...)
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