MSNBC's  Hall referred to McCain and Lieberman as "maverick[s]"
 
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:08:04 -0500

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<p><b>MSNBC's  Hall referred to McCain and Lieberman as "maverick[s]" </b></p>
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<p>During the December 17 
broadcast of <i>MSNBC Live</i>, anchor 
Tamron Hall said of Sen. John McCain (R-AZ): "[H]e&#39;s been called, certainly, a 
maverick, but can he now be called the new comeback kid?" Hall then returned to 
the "maverick" label, asserting that "McCain now has the support from another 
maverick in his bid for president," referring to Sen. Joe Lieberman&#39;s (I-CT) <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200712170002&to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.reuters.com%2Farticle%2FdomesticNews%2FidUSN1634401920071217" title="http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN1634401920071217">endorsement</a> of 
McCain.</p>

<p><i>Media 
Matters for America</i> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200612060005?src=item200712170002" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200612060005">has</a> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708310002?f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200708310002?f=s_search">repeatedly</a> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200706180004?f=s_search" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200706180004?f=s_search">documented</a> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200705030002?src=item200712170002" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200705030002">media</a> <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704130006?src=item200712170002" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200704130006">figures</a> describing McCain as a 
"maverick," despite the various instances in which McCain has <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200612050007?src=item200712170002" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200612050007">fallen in 
line</a> with the Bush administration or the Republican Party 
establishment or has taken 
inconsistent positions on a variety of 
issues. Carolyn 
Washburn, editor of <i><a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200712170002&to=http%3A%2F%2Fdesmoinesregister.com%2F" title="http://desmoinesregister.com/">The Des Moines 
Register</a></i> -- the Iowa newspaper that has also <a href="http://mediamatters.org/rd?src=item200712170002&to=http%3A%2F%2Fdesmoinesregister.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D%2F20071215%2FNEWS%2F71215017" title="http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071215/NEWS/71215017">endorsed</a> McCain -- moderated the December 
12 GOP debate, during which she <a href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200712140002?src=item200712170002" title="http://mediamatters.org/items/200712140002">asked</a>: 
"Senator McCain, your reputation as a 
maverick has put you at odds with your own party leadership from time to time. 
Give us an example of a time you wished you had compromised to get something 
done instead of holding firm on your ideals." </p>

<p>From the December 17 
edition of <i>MSNBC 
Live</i>:</p><blockquote>

<p>HALL: 
Good morning, I&#39;m Tamron Hall. MSNBC is the place for politics. And we start off 
with John McCain. <b>He&#39;s been called, 
certainly, a maverick, but can he now be called the new comeback kid? Fresh off 
two key newspaper endorsements over the weekend, Senator McCain now has the 
support from another maverick in his bid for president.</b> This morning 
in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, independent Democrat Joe 
Lieberman, Al Gore&#39;s running mate back in 2000, officially announced his 
endorsement.</p>

<p>LIEBERMAN: We 
desperately need our next president to break through the reflexive partisanship 
that is poisoning our politics today and stopping us from getting anything done 
in Washington for the American people, who are good enough to send us 
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