Lawrence O'Donnell's show last night was the best journalism

[senseandsensibility]

I have seen on cable or broadcast news since the election. And you don't have to take my word for it. His first guest, Norm Ornstein, who many of you are familiar with, complimented Lawrence after his excellent introduction. He said that it was the best he had ever heard.

If you get a chance, watch it online. I won't try to summarize it here, except to say that it was about what is happening at Treasury, and downplayed the whole tariff show yesterday as a distraction.

I find that journalistically Lawrence and his staff are head and shoulders above other programs. They never follow the narrative of the rest of the press and chart their own course. They drill down on what is really important from the days' events.

That is so important right now when the zone is being flooded with BS every second of every day.

Oh, and he will continue to receive my support for calling out the white house press corps almost daily on their obvious and craven double standard!

[hlthe2b]

1. I know that he and Keith Olbermann are pretty much mortal enemies (at least from Keith's side), but i like Lawrence...

I do think people evolve and mature over time so I'm guessing that may have been part of the issue decades ago between the two.

But, O'Donnell is doing excellent work IMO.

[senseandsensibility]

2. What was the issue with him and Keith?

I would imagine that they both have very strong personalities.

[hlthe2b]

3. As I recall (& only from KO's side), when Olbermann was out for a few weeks when his father was dying,

LO made the move on his staff and timeslot... Several of KO's senior producers did indeed go over to help O'Donnell (and supposedly later regretted it). So, that sounds pretty awful, but I don't know O'Donnell's side of the story.

[wolfie001]

18. He needs to get over it

Too much is at stake. We need to think like Charles de Gaulle: "Graveyards is full of indispensable men." We're in a war with repukes. I wish I could tell KO that. Maybe one of his assistants will read this.

[KitFox]

4. Wholeheartedly agree! His intelligence and experience

are manifest. He graduated in Economics from Harvard. (A side note - he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon). He was a legislative aide and advisor to Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan and was the staff director of the Finance Committee and Environment and Public Works Committee . He was a writer and producer on “The West Wing”. He partnered with UNICEF and created the KIND fund for Malawi children.

[senseandsensibility]

11. Thanks for that background on Lawrence

I knew some of it, but not all.

[PA Democrat]

5. Below is a link to last night's show. It was great.

[senseandsensibility]

6. Thanks so much!

If anyone does not want to watch the whole thing, just watch the opening (10 minutes or so). The whole show is great, and he even covers the bungling of the "water release" in California as only he can!

[Deuxcents]

9. Thanks for posting. I try to watch him but tuned it late last night

[senseandsensibility]

10. You missed his masterpiece, so to speak,

so try to watch if you can. I know that any Lawrence fan will appreciate it.

[Cyrano]

12. Here's how to watch it

Type into your browser msnbc.com. When it comes up, you'll see three horizontal stacked lines near the top right. Click on it. Individual photos of all the MSNBC shows will appear. Scroll down a little and you'll see The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell. Click on it and watch the entire show.

You can follow this same procedure to watch any MSNBC show that you missed.

[oasis]

13. Double thanks.L.O. in an American hero.

[senseandsensibility]

14. He really is

And not to take anything away from him, but his staff is off the charts too.

[Easterncedar]

15. Thank you. Scary and very important.

[yellow dahlia]

20. It was a great segment.

Quintessential Lawrence.

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

7. Real news. Excellent reporting. I try to ALWAYS watch Laurence

Every American should be REQUIRED to watch the real news reports
by Laurence O’Donnell.

Got to admit…..I would much rather watch Laurence than Rachel….

IF I had to chose only one to watch.

[senseandsensibility]

8. Me too although I have nothing against Rachel

They are both so far superior to the daytime hosts (Tur, Mitchell, Jansing) that it's almost embarrassing.

[happy feet]

16. I agree

Since I turned off MSNBC Lawrence is the only show I habitually listen to each morning during my walk. I always learn something without the hysteria.

[ancianita]

17. Who has the nuclear codes?

If Lawrence doesn't know, then who does?

[senseandsensibility]

19. Who indeed

There is no transparency about who knows what about anything as far as I can see.

[Martin Eden]

21. This is beyond distressing and infuriating

I don't know any word adequate to describe it.