I Hope MSNBC Takes These Guys Seriously

Could MSNBC give liberals a shot at another talk show? Sirius Satellite Radio’s commentators The Young Turks may have a future in TV, thanks to an e-mail campaign targeting MSNBC president Rick Kaplan, USN&WR’s Paul Bedard says. Kaplan received enough e-mails that “we’re going to take a look at their pitch,” an MSNBC spokesperson says.

> You can watch the Turks’ TV show demo (and e-mail a message to Kaplan) right here. I’d watch!

> “For so long, all you’ve seen on television are conservative hosts, conservative commentators and conservative talk shows. But now we say the time has come for regime change on American television,” the hosts say…

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