This is the real story re: NBC

[onecaliberal]

[2naSalit]

1. K&R!!!!

[CrispyQ]

2. "The Apprentice." They kind of have a history of this, don't they.

Bumper sticker wisdom:

The media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own it.

[liberalla]

34. Accurate description /explanation!

[UTUSN]

3. Well, ABC had CHRISPIE for years and now Rinse PRIEBUS

Both of them dumping on Donna BRAZILE

[PortTack]

4. Keep speaking up...and don't watch! Tank their ratings...they'll get the message

[Earth-shine]

5. NBC execs are using Meet the Press as a trojan horse.

They want to soften us up for her presence.

I can't boycott MTP to make a statement. I already never watch it.

[live love laugh]

39. Like ABC uses Dancing With the Stars to launder Republicans stench.

They’re all Republican owned.

[KS Toronado]

6. Thought she said Biden won fair & square this morning

What's the revisionist disinformation she was putting out there?

[czarjak]

11. Wind blown disinformation. Goalpost moving disinformation.

[agingdem]

17. I've notice that every Trump kiss-ass enabler

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sees the light only AFTER he shits all over them...Barr, Mattis, Kelly, Esper, Milley, Tlllerson, Bolton...

as for Ronna McDaniel...two things are driving her supposed about-face...(1) Trump forced her out of her job after nearly bankrupting the RNC shelling out millions of dollarsto pay his legal bills..no more money/no more Ronna...she wants revenge and (2) NBC is paying her a lot of money..

[calimary]

24. Well, you know that old joke about "we know what you are, now we're just quibbling about the price."

[DENVERPOPS]

25. LOL

I love all these Repub flippers.......After spending every day for the last seven years helping Trump to the place is occupies, NOW when he kicks them to the curb, the finally realize he uses anyone and everyone to achieve his position. That includes the entire RNC, Republican Politicians, and Republican Voters.

Then, these flippers try to crawl out of the gutter, finally having fully realized what they knew all along about their martyr.....

In the meantime, all of us are left with the Frankenstein's Monster they took a big part in creating........

[Cha]

19. Good question.TY

[ShazzieB]

21. I think it was more gaslighting than plain old misinformation.

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She flatly refused to acknowledge how she enabled Trump after the 2020 election, when he was pushing the Big Lie and getting his supporters all worked up.

She also said she believes Biden was elected "fair and square," but refused to admit that she had ever said otherwise in the past, even after Welker showed a clip of an interview where she did exactly that. At that point, McDaniel should have said, "Yeah, I said that, and I was wrong back then." Oops.

Welker kept trying to pin her down, but McDaniel kept insisting there were "problems" and "issues" with the election, that Biden won, but "both of those things can be true."

Basically, Ronna seems to expect people to believe she didn't do what everyone knows she did or say what everyone knows she said in the past, accept that she has never held any other stance than "Biden won and the election was fair," and trust what she says now. Good luck with that, girl.

P.S. She also said that she doesn't believe Trump "meant" for his cultists to violently attack the Capitol, and that Trump is not responsible for what they did. Sure, Jan!

[KS Toronado]

26. Thanks Shaz, never had the TV on today.

[ShazzieB]

30. Same here, but someone helpfully posted a link in another thread!

https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/ronna-mcdaniel-says-there-was-tension-between-rnc-and-trump-campaign-over-debates-full-interview-207575621720

[et tu]

7. mehdi has zeteo

[jalan48]

8. Our owners are showing their cards.

[jaxexpat]

9. I was going to say, they're playing their hand. Coincidence?.......But in either case, David Brinkley would be so proud.

And that's a bad thing.

[jalan48]

20. I think yours is closer to the truth. They won't show all their cards right now.

[jaxexpat]

42. They play with a deck of jokers and treys. Makes them delusional.

[twodogsbarking]

10. I have never fully trusted the media and less so recently.

Just me.

[Blue Idaho]

12. NBC and its satellite MSNBC have never been really liberal

The fact is, they offer a smattering of moderate shows while bookending them with capitalist and pro conservative propaganda. They are no different than all the other capitalist media bandwagons.

[LiberalFighter]

13. Are they bringing back that sleaze bucket Mark Burnett?

[LiberalFighter]

15. I don't care for his wife either.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Piss on the Nazi Broadcasting Corporation.

[Marcus IM]

16. And some still think that it's about ratings??

Like PACs, it's an investment that yields staggering returns in corporate tax cuts.
I have no idea how people think otherwise.

[FakeNoose]

18. It's about selling the advertising, ratings are only one part of it

Fact is that most of the ad agencies and product managers who purchase $ billions in TV advertising every year, well most of them vote R, even if they don't like Chump. They're more likely to spend their clients' money where they feel comfortable, on channels that spout the politics they approve. One hand washes the other.

[calimary]

32. I'd add - "throwing a bone to the RNC."

Now NBC has a dyed-in-the-wool Republican sympathizer on staff.

TREMENDOUSLY disappointing and off-putting.

[senseandsensibility]

28. You're right

CNN's ratings tanked when they lurched right, and it didn't even faze them. They're after the big prize: tax cuts from cheato.

[Daylily]

22. Already misrepresented the law in Montana

The dear girl said that Democrats were suing in Montana to be able to vote in two states. What they are really suing for is to not be arrested for a felony if they have moved and are still REGISTERED in another state, but aren’t planning to vote at the previous address. One does not unregister when moving from one state to another. One simply registers in the new state. But Montana is going after young voters who register to vote in Montana while going to college there. Oops! Arrested for a felony and now afraid to vote.

[senseandsensibility]

29. Good point, and welcome to DU!

[Daylily]

23. Democrats suing to be able to vote in two states.

The dear girl said that Democrats were suing in Montana to be able to vote in two states. What they are really suing for is to not be arrested for a felony if they have moved and are still REGISTERED in another state, but aren’t planning to vote at the previous address. One does not unregister when moving from one state to another. One simply registers in the new state. But Montana is going after young voters who register to vote in Montana while going to college there. Oops! Arrested for a felony and now afraid to vote.

[Voltaire2]

27. Plutocrats normalizing fascists. I'm just shocked. nt.

[SouthernDem4ever]

31. She's a liar and should not be on any network except Fux, Newsmax or OAN.

Those are the only three deserving of her bullshit.

[TBF]

36. "She's a liar and should not be on any network." - this sums it up fine :) nt

[SouthernDem4ever]

46. If NBC is really cancelling her, let's take wagers on which of those other three she'll end up.

I vote for Fux.

[ariadne0614]

33. It's sad that more Democrats/Progressives haven't discovered FSTV.

Free Speech TV has been around for two decades, and isn’t owned or controlled by the oligarchs. It provides a platform for Democracy Now!, Thom Hartmann, Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, and other progressive programming.

It took a while for me to get used to their decidedly non-commercial format, but now I’m a regular listener. The informative public service slots (ex. Robert Reich) they provide in place of annoying commercials are a welcome change.

I don’t feel pressured by their fundraising drives, because I became a monthly contributor last year. The pittance I can afford makes me feel like a valued member of a community supporting my own values, whereas corporate media commercials clamor for my money to fatten the wallets of oligarchs so they can buy corrupt, anti-democracy politicians. Just sayin’.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

35. I LOVE "FSTV"

Best network ever ThomHartmann, Randi Rhodes, Documentaries …

What’s not to like!

It’s a streaming channel unless you get dish tv they had fstv on as a channel a good few years back.
Discovered free speech tv back in 20 10 .

Totally recommend!!

[druidity33]

37. I used to...

listen to DemocracyNow!. I have a hard time with their allegiance to Code Pink and the Green Party (or at least their spokespeople).




edited to add...
I also used to pay attention to Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi. I dropped those guys too. Some of the people i once thought were iconic progressives have become utter turncoats. Cornell West is a good example too.

[ariadne0614]

40. I know what you mean about the Code Pink and Green Party spokespeople.

The others you mentioned never appear on my favorite programs, and I’d be surprised if they’re given air time on Democracy Now! Matt Taibbi in particular, has been dead to me for ages.

Nevertheless, nothing is perfect. FSTV is light years from corporate media. Like DU, they provide a much needed service and refuge in these dark days.

[onecaliberal]

45. I make a modest donation to FSTV monthly.

Well worth it.

[Trust_Reality]

38. I must assume that woman is a Mormon based on her family. The question is...

How much NBC stock does the Mormon church own???
I see that Comcast is the parent company. So,
How much Comcast stock does the Mormon church own?
I know they own a lot of stock in a lot of companies.

I think many people need to raise hell.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

41. Does her version of Heaven allow LIARS and PEDDLERS of Misinformation?

One must think that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have strict rules on that sort of thing.

At least her Uncle Mitt Romney is holding up to his side of the bargain. I wonder what went wrong in that family.

[onecaliberal]

44. Their version of heaven allows anything they say.

[appleannie1]

43. Why is it you can almost pick Republicans out in a crowd.

The women all have blank looking eyes and sort of robotic and the men are either overweight slobs trying to look manly with guns for "protection" or sort of effeminate in suits with red or blue ties? And then there are the patriotic variety that wear flags for clothes.