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Spike Lee Appears To Be Directing The Next MSNBC Promo

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Lawrence O’Donnell filled in on MSNBC’s Countdown last night.

But Keith Olbermann was in the building. He announced on his Twitter feed he was filming a new promo for MSNBC – and it appears the new promo will be directed by legendary filmmaker Spike Lee.

To begin the day yesterday, Olbermann tweeted a response to someone who wanted to know what was “in store” for that night’s show: “Nothing! Shooting promos today. LO’D hosts tonight.”

Later in the day, Olbermann tweeted, “Hard at work on the new MSNBC promo,” with the TwitPic you see to the left. Mediaite has confirmed that is Spike Lee in the picture – in what appears to be a role directing a dressed down Olbermann at his desk.

The current run of MSNBC promos look like this – with hosts like Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Joe Scarborough, Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Dylan Ratigan and Tamron Hall explaining their shows and styles. Obviously a Spike Lee Joint would be a unique and bold choice for an MSNBC promo. Just speculating here, but maybe tied to midterms as November approaches?

Lee and Olbermann have worked together before (sort of). Lee was a guest on Countdown last week. Here’s that segment:

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  • BatBoy

    “Spike Lee Appears To Be Directing The Next MSNBC Promo”

    WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG?

    Steve please … NO MORE “Twit” Tweets from KO!

    Definitions of twit on the Web: “someone who is regarded as contemptible!”

  • The Real Royal King

    James Earl Jones for CNN, Spike Lee for MSNBC. For FOX, Eyad Sahra, maybe?

    MORE NEWS FOX WON’T COVER:

    FOX’S QUEST FOR THOSE FINANCING TERROR,
    OUGHT BEGIN WITH A LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
    BIN TALAL AND KINGDOM HOLDING COMPANY
    ARE OBVIOUS SOURCES OF THIS VILLANY.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Matt-Herrick/100000969560328 Matt Herrick

    TRRK must have been abused by FOX as a child. He should really out of the house more.

  • The Real Royal King

    Matt Herrick said:
    TRRK must have been abused by FOX as a child. He should really out of the house more.

    But, you don’t want to comment on FOX’s strong Islamic ties nor its exposure to terrorism financing?

    MORE NEWS FOX WON’T COVER:

    FOX’S QUEST FOR THOSE FINANCING TERROR,
    OUGHT BEGIN WITH A LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
    BIN TALAL AND KINGDOM HOLDING COMPANY
    ARE OBVIOUS SOURCES OF THIS VILLANY.

  • lonestar77

    Matt:
    What’s the point of responding to the Real Royal Racist? He’s obviously got some sort of mental problems. He doesn’t like Fox News, we get it. He should get over it but he’s too mentally unstable to focus on anything else. He was probably abused by his father as a child.

  • JimBob

    Good Lord! Thank God they were not in the same studio in this segment!
    It would have taken a team of surgeons the get their heads out of each others
    asses! Any wonder MSNBC has no viewers??

  • fallenchicken

    I don’t really watch a lot of msnbc. But as a fan of Spike Lee, the network should be thrilled.

  • notsofast

    It is only appropriate that a racist like Lee promote the racist MSNBC.

  • Pat Doherty

    I was under the impression the only person who thought Spike Lee was legendary was Spike Lee.

  • JimBob

    I do got to get me one of those hats though! Snazzy !

  • http://politicsofdestruction.com/ Bobomatic

    I gotta laugh, but does this Real Royal King character work for a living?? I mean, the constant response to every little thing with his nursery rhyme tags. reeks of insecurity, kind of sad.

  • Azarkhan

    Both Spike Lee the director and Keith Olbermann the news commentator have one thing in common: zero integrity.

  • StandUp

    Yeah, Spike Lee will help ratings, why not get Michael Moore and Oliver Stone to help out.

  • JimBob

    MSNBC PROMO RECOMMENDATION !. Get rid of ALL your CURRENT program hosts!
    Hire new ones and develop some shows that are not based solely on bashing you competion,
    and name calling. Have some guests occasionally that are not far left wing nutjob, wild eyed loons, spouting the same old
    hate over and over. find some good looking gals for a change, both show hosts and guest commentators!
    THEN DO A promo based on you NEW business model. State clearly in your severance packages that KO, Tingles Matthews, Ralphie, Mr ED, the talking Horses Ass, and Dylan will be arrested for trespassing if they
    come near MSNBC property again
    I will not bill you for that consultation.
    Thank me later!

    James

  • felixw

    I’m not sure how Michael Moore was passed over for this prestigious hack job. Then again, don’t underestimate the difficulty of making a promo to convince people that propaganda is news. Too bad Leni Riefenstahl isn’t available to do the shoot.

  • BatBoy

    JimBob said:
    MSNBC PROMO RECOMMENDATION !. Get rid of ALL your CURRENT program hosts!
    Hire new ones and develop some shows that are not based solely on bashing you competion,
    and name calling. Have some guests occasionally that are not far left wing nutjob, wild eyed loons, spouting the same old hate over and over.

    Jim Bob…that is going to take place about 6 months after the sale! You will see an entire new Network that competes with FOX. Both Fox and MSNBC and especially the viewers will benefit!

  • http://MsUnderestimated.com MsUnderestimated

    Mark my words… the dems are so afraid of what will happen in November that they’re going to arm-twist and cajole as many networks as they can to really play up Katrina anniversary coverage, and probably try to carry it in to October… just to see if they can get some of that good ol’ George Bush hatred festering enough to get the dems out to the polls.

  • writer

    Using all the tricks of the trade, Spike plans on using computers to make it look as if Olbermann isn’t scowling.

  • fallenchicken

    Wow 5 thumbs down for liking Spike Lee’s movies. Really rightards? If you like Do The Right Thing and Inside Man does that make you a socialist?

  • notsofast

    fallenchicken said:
    Wow 5 thumbs down for liking Spike Lee’s movies. Really rightards? If you like Do The Right Thing and Inside Man does that make you a socialist?

    Go blow some pipe, libby!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Maggie-Denson/100000117356468 Maggie Denson

    Don’t hoj find it humiliating that KO wouldn’t have anything to say on TV, UNLESS there was a REAL news station like FOXNEWS. He just can’t say anything without bringing in the Fox News Network and if there was any other station that gave the news the people wanted to hear, other than Fox, it certainly would NOT be him. Every station gives you the news that this administration Mandates you to do, except for Fox. You get both or more sides of every item, but with the others you get only the (whenever it is there) the good side of this adminstration. Why don’t some of you people that really want to make up your mind about what is right, listen to another station that gives all sides? That is unless you are a radical Democrat! Maybe by 2012, if you live until then, you will understand what the real AMericans are trying to do FOR, not TO our country.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Maggie-Denson/100000117356468 Maggie Denson

    OOPS! just llke all DemoRate do, I made an error, the second word should have been YOU. No one, even ABC, NBC, CBS or any other station is error FREE!

  • BR

    I could just picture Keith skipping down the street singing….”we have a negro……we have a negro. That just PROVES that we are not racist. Everyone……look at my black friend! Spike is my BFF!

  • felixw

    The Real Royal King said:
    MORE NEWS FOX WON’T COVER:

    FOX’S QUEST FOR THOSE FINANCING TERROR,
    OUGHT BEGIN WITH A LOOK IN THE MIRROR.
    BIN TALAL AND KINGDOM HOLDING COMPANY
    ARE OBVIOUS SOURCES OF THIS VILLANY.

    Is this supposed to rhyme? You may flunk nursery school, Royal King, and need to start all over again.

  • puck30

    What’s MSNBC going to do when this fails hire Oliver Stone?

  • http://libertyinprogress.blogspot.com/ ProgLib

    He just can’t say anything without bringing in the Fox News Network and if there was any other station that gave the news the people wanted to hear, other than Fox, it certainly would NOT be him

    So, you’re admitting that Fox News gives people the news that their far-right viewers want to hear, rather than the real news that is relevant to normal people’s lives? Interesting… thanks for the clarification.

  • http://libertyinprogress.blogspot.com/ ProgLib

    Is this supposed to rhyme? You may flunk nursery school, Royal King, and need to start all over again.

    Here’s something that doesn’t rhyme, and is just the plain facts: Fox News is partly owned by a Saudi Prince who is funding the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque” that Fox News constantly fear mongers about.

  • Phocus2

    Mediaite is great. Where else can you get all the news about MSNBC? That’s right, no where. Absolutely no where. Thank you Mediaite, without you, we wouldn’t even know who Keith Olbermann is.

  • Phocus2

    BR said:
    I could just picture Keith skipping down the street singing….”we have a negro……we have a negro. That just PROVES that we are not racist. Everyone……look at my black friend! Spike is my BFF!

    Worth repeating just because it’s right on the money.

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