MSnBc is faLLiNg aPart

[madamesilverspurs]

In their haste to jettison hosts of liberal inclination, MSNBC is also apparently replacing good sound technicians with those of questionable ability. It’s become routine for them to “lose “ or otherwise botch audio connections with on-scene reporters, and the sound regularly cuts out during interviews; just happened, again, as I was typing this.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Is NBC intentionally trying to kill it off?

Sure looks that way.

[Merryland]

6. I wonder how much MSNBC costs them to have as an asset.

[tularetom]

7. There it is!

Well, actually not NBC, but Comcast.

[Atman]

2. I saw a report yesterday, reporter was literally reporting via selfie.

She was holding her iPhone at arms length filing her report to MSNBC. Great...send a reporter into the field, but don't bother with any camera or sound people.

Oddly, though, it's probably not an issue for young people (who don't watch MSNBC anyway), but us 50-somethings remember when we had real news agencies, not kids sent into the field with an iPhone and a $20 stipend.

[tabasco]

3. Why not turn it off?

Stop supporting the plutocracy's propaganda machine.

Cut off dish and cable forever.

[nashville_brook]

4. Their makeup people have also lost their damn minds

Or their glasses.

[tularetom]

5. It's Comcast, they don't care

It's a delivery system for corporate propaganda, but they already have plenty of those, so it wouldn't surprise me if Comcast is actively considering dumping the entire MSNBC network. As I understand it, they have pitiful ratings and many of their newsreaders and pundits are little more than hacks in the first place. (Even Fox with much better ratings, still loses money for Newscorp, but of course Murdoch has a whole other agenda).

Comcast is probably losing a ton of money on this turkey which is a lot to spend just so Morning Joke, Chris Mathews, Ms Greenspan, and Baby Russert can pull down a ginormous paycheck.

You'll probably wake up one morning and turn it on, and it will just not be there anymore. And very few people will miss it.

[GoneFishin]

10. Could be. I know liberal radio stations with very high ratings have been bought just for the purpose

of shit-canning the liberal programming.

[StrayKat]

8. They're unwatchable.

It used to be that I would pick may way through the bargain bin of "news" selections MSNBC was offering to find a few good pieces, but I haven't been able to stomach even a few minutes of it today.

Joe and Mika ought to be left in the figurative roadside ditch of TV personalities. (They can't be called journalists or reporters.)

For those that aren't ready to shut off the TV completely, I recommend BBC because at least they have various news items instead of the non-stop, bad, right-wing punditry of MSNBC. PBS is still decent, (Democracy NOW and PBS NewsHour specifically).

[cui bono]

9. When Clear Channel bought the only progressive talk radio station in Los Angeles

they slowly turned it into full on right wing radio. At first they claimed they would keep it progressive but little by little the programming changed. It wasn't about the production quality, but I wonder if Comcast will slowly turn MSNBC into something completel other than what it was.

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[ZX86]

11. Forget it Jake, it's Kabletown.