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His final show is June 22. What do you think bout this move?:
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/dylan-ratigan-leaving-msnbc_b132034
BEYOND TALK
By Dylan Ratigan
June 10, 2012
I left a fifteen year career in financial journalism amid the crisis of 2008. I did this to join the traditional cable news ranks with a clear goal of revealing the ruthless truth about our biggest problems and telling the inspiring stories of those who are resolving them despite all odds.
After three years at MSNBC, two national roadshows and one book, (and a couple of rants,) my objections to our current political process and our dominance-at-all-costs culture that gives us all less, while we pay more is well documented.
Fortunately, I have been inspired by meeting countless doers like Bea Cohen, 102 years old and one of the original Rosie the Riveters to contemporaries like Marine Veteran Colin Archipley who, after serving 3 tours in Iraq, started Archis Acres with his wife in San Diego to teach returning veterans how to use low-cost, hydroponic, organic farming techniques to create good jobs that produce twice as much food, at a higher quality, using 90% less soil and water.
They are pointing us through their actions in history and today on a clear mission to seize new tools and take cultural risks to resolve our challenges. Bea Cohen, and millions of other women did this in the past. Millions of men and women are doing this now simply by daring to create new, sustainable, tolerant, problem-solving cultures in almost every social, personal and financial system.
It is in this context that I have decided to leave cable news to collaborate and join with some of these leaders to experiment and explore new ways to tell their stories.
While it may seem unconventional to leave a rapidly growing political cable show on the eve of a Presidential election, to me, the timing couldnt be better.
In fact, the thrill of an opportunity to expand new systems that cost less and give us more in every part of life is impossible to pass up.
I believe if we are honest about where we are now, honest about where we want to go and honest about how we are going to get there, we may well end up as the hero of our own stories. While I dont know exactly how my own story will develop, I hope to share some initial details with you soon. In the meantime, keep in touch at www.dylanratigan.com.
I have had the privilege and confidence of NBC News, MSNBC, and CNBC for nine years and want to thank everyone who worked with me in that time, especially Phil Griffin and Steve Friedman, who made the work of the past three years possible along with The Dylan Ratigan Show and MSNBC staff. I look forward to collaborating with all of you in learning, sharing, and building new ways to solve old problems in this expanding mission.
Capt. Obvious
(9,002 posts)Is he going to Fox News?
TheWraith
(24,331 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)Not sure what his ratings were but his was the most unwatchable hour on cable that wasn't Fox.
The contrast with the excellent Martin Bashir show that preceded him was striking.
I don't believe a word of his bullshit story, I think they finally had enough of this fucking self important loudmouth and tied a can to his ass.
honeylady
(157 posts)more than Dylan Ratigan. And what was that silly banter he always had with Martin Bashir just before his show. I always felt that Martin thought it was all BS but had no choice but to go along with it. And remember the time that Ed Shultz left the panel because Dylan kept interrupting him? I just read an article he wrote in Huffington Post and he said much of what I believe. It was a great article. Maybe he should write rather than talk.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)but I thought well of him.
He didn't seem to read the same notes-of-the-day as most of the others on that channel do (and all news channels so I'm not picking on MSNBC especially, in fact they are freaking fantastic compared to CNN).
Same story told by 10 different people all day long.
girl gone mad
(20,634 posts)Sorry to say that the rest of the line up on GE's channel does not have the first clue about finance, banking or economics, which are really the key matters of our era.
cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Ratigan has never made enough of an impact on me to give a rat's ass.
Spazito
(50,339 posts)far too fond of his own ruminations and prone to outbursts if a guest or panel member dared to express an opinion opposite to his own.
I happened to see one of these outbursts when a panel member dared to infer his views are often to the right of the political spectrum. He ranted on for an extraordinarily long time, embarrassing the panel member in a very inappropriate way, imo.
He also believes Tom Coburn is very trustworthy and is one of his favorite people. That says it all, imo, about his judgement.
I hope MSNBC gives Mr. Bashir two hours, his show is worth it, imo.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)dylan is shit