Heartache: Markos of Daily KOS Banned From MSNBC

From Daily KOS:

In case you were wondering why you haven't seen me on MSNBC recently, it seems that Joe Scarborough, he of the lowest rated morning show in cableland, has blackballed me. And Phil Griffin, the alleged president of MSNBC, is going along with it.

How does someone as liberal as Markos Moulitsas of Daily KOS get banned from the most liberal cable news network? Allegedly, he has been badmouthing MSNBC's Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough. Here is an exchange between the two from twitter.

JoeNBC: @markos Unbelievable. You have a long history of spreading lies suggesting I am a murderer. This is the 3rd or 4th time by my count.

Markos: @JoeNBC, I've never suggested you're a murderer. I've noted media hypocrisy in going after Gary Condit. But he was Dem. You aren't.

JoeNBC: Anyone in media who interviews @markos, know that you're extending your credibility to someone who regularly suggests that I'm a murderer.

Markos: A bit touchy, @JoeNBC? Links for where I accuse you of being a murderer please.

Afterwords, Markos received this letter:

Markos,

Blog if you must, but here is my on the record statement to you which I ask that you print in full:

Yes, after I became aware of the ugly cheap shot you took at Joe on Twitter, I asked the teams to take a break from booking you on our shows for a while. I found the comments to be in poor taste, and utterly uncalled for in a civil discourse.

I'm hoping this will be only temporary and that the situation can be resolved in a mature fashion, but until then I just don't know how one could reasonably expect to be welcomed onto our network while publicly antagonizing one of our hosts at the same time.

The DailyKos community has been among the most supportive of MSNBC, and we continue to appreciate that support. (accent is mine)

Heartache: Daily Kos Pollster Accused of Fraud by Markos

Markos Moulitsas over at the left-wing site Daily Kos is accusing his pollster, Research 2000, of fraud. Hmm... Could they be telling him what he wants to hear? That would explain why the R2000/Daily Kos polls are often outliers over at Real Clear Politics.

Here are screen shots of a couple of recent examples.


It would seem the Daily Kos polls are very kind to Democrats.

Here is some of what Markos had to say about his pollster.

From Daily Kos:

We contracted with Research 2000 to conduct polling and to provide us with the results of their surveys. Based on the report of the statisticians, it's clear that we did not get what we paid for. We were defrauded by Research 2000, and while we don't know if some or all of the data was fabricated or manipulated beyond recognition, we know we can't trust it. Meanwhile, Research 2000 has refused to offer any explanation. Early in this process, I asked for and they offered to provide us with their raw data for independent analysis — which could potentially exculpate them....