MSNBC Upper Management full of twits

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23 Jul 2011, 7:14 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7o0sNrulg&feature=channel_video_title[/youtube]

Honestly, first Olbermann and then Uygur, are there any more ratings superstars these spineless, half-hearted upper-management twits want to throw out next?

"We are the establishment" WTF??! ! Uh, is this something news corporations should pride themselves in?

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23 Jul 2011, 7:24 pm

Has the "MSN" part of the name not given you a hint of that 5 years ago?

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23 Jul 2011, 7:27 pm

Vexcalibur wrote:

Has the "MSN" part of the name not given you a hint of that 5 years ago?

No, because as the Daily Herrald's degeneration into The Sun proves, it's possible for a news entity to outgrow it's heritage. This executive meddling, though, is f*cking infuriating.

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23 Jul 2011, 7:39 pm

http://current.com/shows/countdown/vide ... ving-msnbc

^ Keith Olbermann interviews Cenk Uygur on his departure

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23 Jul 2011, 7:51 pm

Much respect to him for refusing to sell out.

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23 Jul 2011, 7:54 pm

I actually use to like the channel but they went off the deep end after Tim Russert died. They're just Obama cheerleaders and race baiters now, the Reverend Al Sharpton seems like a fitting replacement.

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23 Jul 2011, 9:13 pm

Glenn Greenwald with sound analysis:

http://www.salon.com/news/media_critici ... 7/21/uygur

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23 Jul 2011, 10:50 pm

A few articles from Mediaite on the situation:

http://www.mediaite.com/online/white-ho ... ing-msnbc/

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/looking-back ... rst-enemy/

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/inside-cable ... s-problem/

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/keith-olberm ... d-pro-quo/

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24 Jul 2011, 8:06 pm

The only news shows that I watch with any regularity are The Daily Show and The Colbert Report.

I don't think that I've ever even tuned in to MSNBC.

I did tune in to Fox a couple of times--what a joke that network is.

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24 Jul 2011, 8:34 pm

Master_Pedant wrote:

"We are the establishment" WTF??! ! Uh, is this something news corporations should pride themselves in?

Hasn't Uygur pointed out General Electric's favorable tax arrangements on air? That's not something GE would be interested in broadcasting to the world.

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25 Jul 2011, 12:39 am

If anyone wonders why MSNBC never beats Fox in anything, this is why. Those corporate executives keep throwing out TALENT!!

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25 Jul 2011, 5:33 am

Orwell wrote:

Master_Pedant wrote:

"We are the establishment" WTF??! ! Uh, is this something news corporations should pride themselves in?

Hasn't Uygur pointed out General Electric's favorable tax arrangements on air? That's not something GE would be interested in broadcasting to the world.

He's not the only one, though. Maddow has done it several times herself, and I'm pretty sure I've seen Lawrence O'Donnell mention it once or twice. That Glenn Greenwald article does a good job of explaining why they can get away with it and Uygur couldn't.

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25 Jul 2011, 10:07 am

Uygur needs to cut down on the kebabs by the looks of him.

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25 Jul 2011, 1:48 pm

Aww, thats too bad about Cenk. seems like a honest good guy. unfortunaltey good guys finish last in just about everything

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26 Jul 2011, 10:21 am

I wonder who MSNBC will purge next.

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26 Jul 2011, 12:01 pm

The upper management of almost any other organization is going to be different, how exactly?

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