When the game is rigged.

As a foreigner, I am amazed at the relationship between media and the political parties in the US, especially at how blatantly the major TV and cable channels shill for the Republicans.

MSNBC have dropped Matthews and Olbermann as anchors for their election coverage, apparently on the grounds of impartiality. That might be true, insofar as Matthews and Olbermann have called the Republicans on their bullshit, and not given them a free pass. The real problem, imho, is the link with NBC, and the fact that the people at the Peacock network think of themselves as serious journalists and cable TV as some kind of broadcasting ghetto.

Of course, if this were the UK, we wouldn't have this problem. People like Jeremy Paxman make Olbermann look like a nice, shy boy from New York.