
Couldn’t have happened to a nicer lefty-pimp.
Executives at CNN must be in shock at the catastrophic implosion of their morning lineup, as Starting Point With Soledad O’Brien (7-9 a.m. weekdays) recorded the cable network’s lowest ratings for that time slot in more than a decade. Fewer than 100,000 adults 25-54 tuned in to O’Brien’s program on an average day, according to the latest quarterly Nielsen numbers.
Since you probably don’t recall Ms. O’Brien’s claim to fame–and since it’s clear you don’t watch her crappy left-wing political blog disguised as a cable TV news show–here’s a brief refresher.
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The hilarity of this clip is an all you can eat buffet of fail: Soledad getting the Wikepedia definition of critical race theory pumped into her earpiece by her flunkie producer, f-list actor Jay Thomas accusing Joel ‘Ummm, My Wife Is Black’ Pollak of racism, Soledad’s sneering through her ball-numbing stupidity.
The best part is how O’Brien defiantly refuses to get the joke. She insists that Pollak is trying to make a grand statement about the nature of Barack Obama as a callow youth. The clip of Obama palling around with deranged racialist Derrick Bell merely confirms what most conservatives already knew about the future leader of the free world.
Instead, Soledad O’Brien keeps taking the bait. In the process, she proves Joel Pollak’s larger point (and the late Andrew Breitbart’s too). It’s not really the President that needs to be vetted. It’s the liberal mainstream media that sorely requires a head to toe examination.
Did O’Brien’s run-in with Joel Pollak have something to do with her slide into obscurity? Maybe. It sure as shit didn’t help.
Don’t cry for Soledad, though.
Al Gore can always use a replacement anchor for when Keith Olbermann throws another temper tantrum at Current TV.



Starless on March 29, 2012 at 7:51 am said:
LOL. I didn’t realize that intellectual powerhouse Jay “Mork and Mindy” Thomas was in on this fight. If she wants to boost her ratings back up, maybe she can invite Donny Most on for a discussion of the Trayvon Martin story.
KingShamus on March 29, 2012 at 8:29 am said:
Was he Ralph-Malph or Potsie?
Also, could he be relied on to baselessly accuse conservatives of bigotry during the segment? Soledad “Tens Of Fans!” O’Brien needs to know this vital information before she books him on the show.
Starless on March 29, 2012 at 10:04 am said:
Ralph Malph. Anson Williams was Potsie. (And, yes, I used to have a t-shirt with a picture of The Fonz on it saying “Sit On It”. I really wish I’d saved it, some hipster would probably pay a fortune for it now.)
Also, could he be relied on to baselessly accuse conservatives of bigotry during the segment?
Yes, if that baseless accusation could be expressed in the form of a whoopee cushion.
“I still got it!”
Dan Collins on March 29, 2012 at 10:13 am said:
Soledad is Mexican for STFU. True story.
KingShamus on March 29, 2012 at 12:18 pm said:
Hahaaaa
EBL on March 29, 2012 at 10:28 am said:
My critical race theory question is this: White Hispanic or Black Irish?
I am going with Black Irish because Ms. O’Brien does not speak Spanish.
Dan Collins on March 29, 2012 at 11:01 am said:
There’s a little history between the Irish and Mexicans.
KingShamus on March 29, 2012 at 12:50 pm said:
Racial ambiguity frightens and confuses my primitive right-wing lizard brain.
[sarc/]
elle on March 29, 2012 at 12:52 pm said:
To be fair, all ratings from FOX to CNN have been down double digits.