With news that MSNBC is removing Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews out of the anchors’ chairs for its election coverage some are wondering if the Right has scored a victory. But what about the impact of independent media at the conventions? Would we have heard about the overwhelming assault on civil liberties and freespeech in St. Paul?

On our media roundtable Kerry Eleveld Political Editor of The Advocate, Chris Owens radio host of “Black Politics with Chris Owens” on Air America, Ka Chan communications director of the New York Community Media Alliance, and Dean Baker Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research look back at the past week.