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2016 Postmortem

valerief

(53,235 posts) Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:40 PM Feb 2016

The Palin pimp on M$NBCComcast said, "Meanness is a political advantage in

South Carolina."

Is that true? Sounds awful.

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The Palin pimp on M$NBCComcast said, "Meanness is a political advantage in (Original Post) valerief Feb 2016 OP

They call it "ignoring political correctness." Ilsa Feb 2016 #1

Ask John McCain about how it went in 2000? Kelvin Mace Feb 2016 #2

GE doesnt own any of NBC anymore. Just fyi. nm mr_liberal Feb 2016 #3

Thanks! Fixed. nt valerief Feb 2016 #4

Have you any idea why GE buys lots of time on MSNBC? immoderate Feb 2016 #5

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)

1. They call it "ignoring political correctness."

Reply to valerief (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:50 PM

Feb 2016

I call it rudeness, nastiness, etc, and it's terrible that politics has become this ugly.

Kelvin Mace

(17,469 posts)

2. Ask John McCain about how it went in 2000?

Reply to valerief (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:51 PM

Feb 2016

mr_liberal

(1,017 posts)

3. GE doesnt own any of NBC anymore. Just fyi. nm

Reply to valerief (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:52 PM

Feb 2016

valerief

(53,235 posts)

4. Thanks! Fixed. nt

Reply to mr_liberal (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 9, 2016, 11:53 PM

Feb 2016

immoderate

(20,885 posts)

5. Have you any idea why GE buys lots of time on MSNBC?

Reply to mr_liberal (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 10, 2016, 12:01 AM

Feb 2016

GE is seemingly the most prolific advertiser on MSNBC. They are not marketing consumer products. It's mostly software services. Why might that be?

--imm

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