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CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 03:45 PM Jun 2017

Can I Say Something About This: NBC News Chairman Defends Bringing More Conservatives Onto MSNBC

Celebrates Ratings Surge

http://www.mediaite.com/online/nbc-news-chairman-defends-bringing-more-conservatives-onto-msnbc-celebrates-ratings-surge/

I had to upgrade my cable in order to get MSNBC; this is when Phil Donahue had his show.

Their lineup has changed so much from those days, but there are still a few rays of sunshine left (Joy, Rachel, Lawrence).

However, fuck their conservatives and fuck their "ratings surge".

Greta is un watchable -- she pretty much mumbles out of the side of her mouth which I find highly irritating. And she has ZERO credibility.

I also think Megyn Kelly is a lying witch.

All of those former Fox hosts can go jump in a lake. I outright REFUSE to watch them.

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Can I Say Something About This: NBC News Chairman Defends Bringing More Conservatives Onto MSNBC (Original Post) CatWoman Jun 2017 OP
well, mr. lack, those very conservatives you praise is the reason i watch your network less and less spanone Jun 2017 #1
I'm still hurting from the loss of Phil and Keith CatWoman Jun 2017 #2
they've never been as liberal as fox and others have made them out to be...imho spanone Jun 2017 #4
If everyone dies the same as you, they'll be gone soon. Networks have no patients with bad napi21 Jun 2017 #3
Get a clue, Mr. Luck. blue neen Jun 2017 #5
If their target audience is like that of Fux Fake News BigmanPigman Jun 2017 #6
You nailed it big time. Wellstone ruled Jun 2017 #7
Daily Kos got it right, imo. Different Drummer Jun 2017 #23
I watch Rachel and Lawrence, Ari, Joy and sometimes the 11 pm show with Brian depending on news Justice Jun 2017 #8
What about Chris? Louis1895 Jun 2017 #30
He is very good also. Amaryllis Jun 2017 #32
Conservatives? WHAT conservatives? Right wing hacks. Not a conservative among them DFW Jun 2017 #9
damn right CatWoman Jun 2017 #10
+ 1, but some non-Repubs are guilty of some of the spooky3 Jun 2017 #34
They Need To Pry Jeffrey Lord Away From CNN SoCalMusicLover Jun 2017 #11
Let me tell you why it's the right thing to do, just listen MiddleClass Jun 2017 #19
But isn't it Chris, Rachel and Lawrence leading this? chowder66 Jun 2017 #12
you're such a snowflake. KG Jun 2017 #13
LOL CatWoman Jun 2017 #14
Megan Kelly's ratings are in and they aren't good justiceischeap Jun 2017 #15
The worst thing about Megan Kelly's show is that it exists Va Lefty Jun 2017 #18
and I just can not forget that CatWoman Jun 2017 #21
I agree and I really, really hate Greta katmondoo Jun 2017 #16
The are other stations. My area finally got lefty radio dembotoz Jun 2017 #17
Money. moondust Jun 2017 #20
But if that were true, the other networks would not spooky3 Jun 2017 #35
Some network executives moondust Jun 2017 #36
We dumped Comcast when they bumped MSNBC from their basic package. femmocrat Jun 2017 #22
There are sites where you can find MSNBC avebury Jun 2017 #24
I'm in the process of reevaluating my cable needs and package CatWoman Jun 2017 #28
Me too! riverbendviewgal Jun 2017 #25
Greta and Hugh Hewitt are the worst. I can stand "Morning Joke" most of the time and Vinca Jun 2017 #26
Hugh Hewitt CatWoman Jun 2017 #27
You could make a fortune selling punching bags with that guy's face on them. Vinca Jun 2017 #29
I'd be among the first to purchase one! n/t VOX Jun 2017 #31
NEVER !! flying-skeleton Jun 2017 #33

spanone

(135,844 posts)
1. well, mr. lack, those very conservatives you praise is the reason i watch your network less and less
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 03:48 PM
Jun 2017

and will continue till i don't watch at all.

spanone

(135,844 posts)
4. they've never been as liberal as fox and others have made them out to be...imho
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 03:52 PM
Jun 2017

but if they continue down their current path, they'll be as reviled as fox

blue neen

(12,322 posts)
5. Get a clue, Mr. Luck.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 03:58 PM
Jun 2017

The conservatives your'e insisting on hiring are NOT the reason for the ratings surge.

BigmanPigman

(51,611 posts)
6. If their target audience is like that of Fux Fake News
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 03:59 PM
Jun 2017

then go for it MSNBC. You'll end up with advertisers pulling out and poor ratings. Ailes began Fox with this target area in mind; "white men 55 to death, sit on couch with a remote control, live in rural areas, uneducated, pro GOP, anti-elite, enjoy rage, etc." I read this in Daily KOS article yesterday.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
7. You nailed it big time.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:08 PM
Jun 2017

Andy Lack is so into himself,he will destroy a Franchise just to save his sorry face.

Justice

(7,188 posts)
8. I watch Rachel and Lawrence, Ari, Joy and sometimes the 11 pm show with Brian depending on news
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:13 PM
Jun 2017

I am so grateful to have Rachel - don't know what I would do without her truth telling.

DFW

(54,408 posts)
9. Conservatives? WHAT conservatives? Right wing hacks. Not a conservative among them
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:14 PM
Jun 2017

Just hacks reading from a script because Fox Noise paid them to learn how to do it. Conservative? They don't know the meaning of the word, except in Republicanese. In English, "conservative" means cautious, risk-averse, in some cases "old-fashioned." A conservative has a look-before-you-leap or else a think-before-you-speak attitude--just like Barack Obama, for example, and the very OPPOSITE, by definition, of what today's right wing tools practice when they get to spout their garbage on TV.

In Republicanese, on the other hand, "conservative" means "nasty right wing Republican." But Republicanese is another language altogether. They have their own vocabulary (misunderestimate, ecolectic, and now covfefe), their own grammar (use an apostrophe to form a plural, which English does not. Always spell "lose" and "loose" the opposite way from how they are spelled in English), even their own rules of pronunciation (cut syllables out of words that have too many of them for comfort: e.g. English "liberal"= Republicanese "libbrul," English "conservative"=Republicanese "conservtive&quot .

spooky3

(34,460 posts)
34. + 1, but some non-Repubs are guilty of some of the
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:51 PM
Jun 2017

errors you mention, too. Chris Matthews, for example, makes me cringe when he describes cuts to "Soshe 'Curity." He just can't spare the extra nanosecond required to pronounce all the syllables, I guess...

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
11. They Need To Pry Jeffrey Lord Away From CNN
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:16 PM
Jun 2017

He's dying to defend the idea of Drumpf taking a dump on his desk.

MiddleClass

(888 posts)
19. Let me tell you why it's the right thing to do, just listen
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:57 PM
Jun 2017

I can see Jeffrey Lord explaining why it was courageous and presidential to take that dump where he did it.


Let me tell you about how it was done when I worked for Reagan

chowder66

(9,073 posts)
12. But isn't it Chris, Rachel and Lawrence leading this?
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:17 PM
Jun 2017

My guess was that so many people were shocked when Trump won they tuned into these programs when they normally either didn't watch anything or were watching something else entirely.

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)
15. Megan Kelly's ratings are in and they aren't good
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:35 PM
Jun 2017

I read a rerun of 60 minutes did better than her Putin interview.

Va Lefty

(6,252 posts)
18. The worst thing about Megan Kelly's show is that it exists
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:45 PM
Jun 2017

We're supposed to forget all the race baiting crap she spewed at faux.

katmondoo

(6,457 posts)
16. I agree and I really, really hate Greta
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 04:40 PM
Jun 2017

I switch to Netflix when MSNBC gets too Trumpitized. Getting to be more and more often.

moondust

(19,993 posts)
20. Money.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 05:01 PM
Jun 2017

One might guess that big advertisers like the Fox audience because in many cases they are older--meaning they tend to have more money to spend--and they generally spend more time staring at the teevee (consuming TV ads).

spooky3

(34,460 posts)
35. But if that were true, the other networks would not
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 06:53 PM
Jun 2017

Work so hard to compete for the 25-54 year olds.

moondust

(19,993 posts)
36. Some network executives
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 07:04 PM
Jun 2017

are probably hungrier than others to grow their viewer base. Growing their viewer base means going after viewers they don't already have. I think MSNBC has quite a few younger viewers already because of their prime time lineup.

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
22. We dumped Comcast when they bumped MSNBC from their basic package.
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 05:06 PM
Jun 2017

Their new lineup certainly lacks diversity. We used to watch Rev. Al (daily, not one hour a week), MHP, Tamron Hall, and Joy every afternoon. Those were the days!

I can't stand the new people (all women, btw!) and switch channels or turn off the TV when they come on.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
24. There are sites where you can find MSNBC
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 05:24 PM
Jun 2017

for free. I got rid of my cable months ago and don't miss it. I have started watching MSNBC on line for free.

CatWoman

(79,302 posts)
28. I'm in the process of reevaluating my cable needs and package
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 05:38 PM
Jun 2017

and I may very well need to do that in the future.

Vinca

(50,278 posts)
26. Greta and Hugh Hewitt are the worst. I can stand "Morning Joke" most of the time and
Tue Jun 6, 2017, 05:35 PM
Jun 2017

what's-her-name in the late afternoon isn't horrible, but enough . . . no more!!!!!

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