MSNBC generally draws lower ratings than CNN, but Keith Olbermann is more popular than his competition on CNN and Rachel Maddow’s debut was more popular than Larry King:

It’s almost as there’s a niche to be served doing television programming that’s aimed at all these millions of people you see who have progressive political views.
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