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Well duh!!

http://www.mediaite.com/online/msnb...r-network-is-not-the-place-for-breaking-news/

Over the last several months, it has become pretty clear that when it comes to ratings, MSNBC struggles during breaking news events, while CNN and Fox both receive boosts. In an interview with the New York Times this morning, MSNBC chief Phil Griffin essentially conceded the “breaking news” mantle to the other networks, telling viewers that his network is not focused on that sort of coverage.

In what seems like a stunning admission, Griffin said: “We’re not the place for that,” he said of breaking news. “Our brand is not that.”

Instead, he explained, MSNBC’s bread and butter is progressive political talk and analysis. While this may be true, the stable of NBC News correspondents who work so hard to break news on MSNBC, and often do it very well, can’t be happy that Griffin appears to be diminishing or even throwing in the towel on their important work and coverage
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Now can we get Fox News to admit to being republican news?
 
This is not new. MSNBC has always been up front about their progressive bent.
 
They've been upfront about being a politics channel and not a news channel, too. Though that was a rather significant change when they let a bunch of actual news people go (a few went to NBC News, a few went to other networks).

The "Lean Leftward" motto might be a clue.
 
MSNBC admits that FauxNews and CNN are better than them at breaking news. MSNBC's mandate seems to be to give liberals a network to watch that will validate their world view.

Sounds like propaganda to me.
 
But honest propaganda. Fox "News" on the other hand.
 
GOD said:
But honest propaganda. Fox "News" on the other hand.
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Fox is News though.

All day it's news. At night, Hannity and The Five are politics.

Red Eye is a late night comedy show. Greta is a show about the Law. O'Reilly does social commentary mixed with a little politics.

Fox has hundreds of actual reporters. It's surprising how many of their on air people are lawyers.
 
Denny Crane said:
They've been upfront about being a politics channel and not a news channel, too. Though that was a rather significant change when they let a bunch of actual news people go (a few went to NBC News, a few went to other networks).

The "Lean Leftward" motto might be a clue.
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It was "Lean Forward". That's a socialist phrase.
 
GOD said:
But honest propaganda. Fox "News" on the other hand.
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I rarely watch the news on TV. I find it to be scripted and full of talking points. It's my understanding that FauxNews actually has quite a few progressives on their network, though.
 
I will say I find it funny and a bit stupid when people here say they watch Maddow and Matthews, while slamming others for watching O'Reilly and Hannity.

That a DERP in life, and the sign of an incurious person to me.
 
PapaG said:
MSNBC admits that FauxNews and CNN are better than them at breaking news. MSNBC's mandate seems to be to give liberals a network to watch that will validate their world view.

Sounds like propaganda to me.
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No ones going to disagree, and Fox is obviously the ying to MSNBC's yang but this shit only exists because its raking in money, not because some anonymous room full of white people in suits are plotting to brainwash people into left or right leaning viewpoints.

As long as people continue to watch their left leaning/right leaning news it will always be this way. There's too much money at stake to give it up and get into real reporting and let someone else fill that niche.
 
GOD said:
Show me where it has been a socialist phrase.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...obama-slogan-has-long-ties-marxism-socialism/

Maybe "progressive" isn't enough of a clue to you. If you're watching MSNBC and don't understand their POVl, then I do feel a bit embarrassed for you.

The Obama campaign apparently didn’t look backwards into history when selecting its new campaign slogan, “Forward” — a word with a long and rich association with European Marxism.

Many Communist and radical publications and entities throughout the 19th and 20th centuries had the name “Forward!” or its foreign cognates. Wikipedia has an entire section called “Forward (generic name of socialist publications).”

“The name Forward carries a special meaning in socialist political terminology. It has been frequently used as a name for socialist, communist and other left-wing newspapers and publications,” the online encyclopedia explains.

The slogan “Forward!” reflected the conviction of European Marxists and radicals that their movements reflected the march of history, which would move forward past capitalism and into socialism and communism.

The Obama campaign released its new campaign slogan Monday in a 7-minute video. The title card has simply the word “Forward” with the “O” having the familiar Obama logo from 2008. It will be played at rallies this weekend that mark the Obama re-election campaign’s official beginning.
There have been at least two radical-left publications named “Vorwaerts” (the German word for “Forward”). One was the daily newspaper of the Social Democratic Party of Germany whose writers included Friedrich Engels and Leon Trotsky. It still publishes as the organ of Germany’s SDP, though that party has changed considerably since World War II. Another was the 1844 biweekly reader of the Communist League. Karl Marx, Engels and Mikhail Bakunin are among the names associated with that publication.

East Germany named its Army soccer club ASK Vorwaerts Berlin (later FC Vorwaerts Frankfort).
Vladimir Lenin founded the publication “Vpered” (the Russian word for “forward”) in 1905. Soviet propaganda film-maker Dziga Vertov made a documentary whose title is sometimes translated as “Forward, Soviet” (though also and more literally as “Stride, Soviet”).
Conservative critics of the Obama administration have noted numerous ties to radicalism and socialists throughout Mr. Obama’s history, from his first political campaign being launched from the living room of two former Weather Underground members, to appointing as green jobs czar Van Jones, a self-described communist.


Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog...as-long-ties-marxism-socialism/#ixzz2VDB9xi3z
Follow us: @washtimes on Twitter
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Glad I fired cable. They all suck.
 
GOD said:
By the way, I hardly ever watch msnbc or fox except for prior to presidential elections. I actually watch O'Reilly more than msnbc. I do on occasion listen to the Maddow podcast, like once a month.
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I don't care who you watch. You called me out on the "Forward" phrase, which has a deep history in socialism.

I just wish you socialists would actually say what you believe, instead of hiding behind divisiveness and slogans.
 
PapaG said:
It was "Lean Forward". That's a socialist phrase.
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Lean Forward is not a socialist phrase. The word "Forward" may ave been used in socialist context, but it has also been used in gay rights, in directions, in progressive speech, it is just a word. The phrase "Lean Forward" as far as I can tell was only used by MSNBC.
 
GOD said:
Lean Forward is not a socialist phrase. The word "Forward" may ave been used in socialist context, but it has also been used in gay rights, in directions, in progressive speech, it is just a word. The phrase "Lean Forward" as far as I can tell was only used by MSNBC.
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They really mean "forward" in the sense you put the car in reverse and stomp on the gas thinking it's in drive.
 
GOD said:
Lean Forward is not a socialist phrase. The word "Forward" may ave been used in socialist context, but it has also been used in gay rights, in directions, in progressive speech, it is just a word. The phrase "Lean Forward" as far as I can tell was only used by MSNBC.
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Okey Dokey

LOL
 
Denny Crane said:
Fox is News though.

All day it's news. At night, Hannity and The Five are politics.

Red Eye is a late night comedy show. Greta is a show about the Law. O'Reilly does social commentary mixed with a little politics.

Fox has hundreds of actual reporters. It's surprising how many of their on air people are lawyers.
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Oh gawd, the fact you have Fox's schedule down verbatim tells me all I need to know about where you get your 'news'.
 
I don't go for "lean forward." For prepositions I prefer "lean backward." But really what I usually say is, "Strip and get down on de flo'."
 
MickZagger said:
Oh gawd, the fact you have Fox's schedule down verbatim tells me all I need to know about where you get your 'news'.
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MSNBC has Morning Joe, Daily Rundown, Jansing & Co, and Andrea Mitchell's shows during the day. At night it's Chris Matthews, Rachel Maddow, and Lawrence O'Donnell.

Two words you might know: "Channel Surf"
 
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