Big Important Source: MSNBC to Replace Greta Van Susteren with

[MineralMan]

Louise Mensch and Claude Taylor in co-hosted news program called: "We Got Sources."

This surprise move reflects the increasing popularity of breaking news on Twitter. One MSNBC Exec, speaking anonymously, said, "Those two are hot properties on Twitter right now, so we grabbed 'em for our new show. Nobody has as many unnamed sources as Mensch and Taylor, so we wanted to take advantage of the gullibility of our target demographic and feature them during the dinner hour."

When asked about questions many have about the Twitter duo's veracity, our source said, "I'm not sure how important that really is when it comes to our viewers. If they can get the ratings, what they're saying has to be true, right. I mean if you don't believe them, don't watch, OK?"

[NightWatcher]

1. save yourself the trouble and just trash the words Claude and Louise

This thread accomplished nothing.

[MineralMan]

2. Thanks for the advice.

I'll consider it.

[Scoopster]

3. "big important source"

....that you conveniently fail to name or source with a link. Ooookay there.

[MineralMan]

4. Hey! Nobody names sources any more.

You have to trust the online journalists. They wouldn't lie to you, after all.

[SharonClark]

5. Satire?

[MineralMan]

6. See my emoticon:

[FSogol]

7. Is "We Got Sources" a game show?

The tweet: CNN has taped evidence of Donald Trump committing treason.

Did the source come from:

A. Invisible radio signals beamed straight to my braces
B. My dog (recently retired from a long distinguished career in the foreign service)
C. My house plants who know an azalea with close ties to the cousin of Steve Bannon's dry cleaner
D. Red Lectroids

[MineralMan]

8. What a great idea for MSNBC!

They could have a guest panel that guesses whether stories reported on the show are True or False. The winner who guesses most accurately wins a fabulous prize like a trip for two to Cincinnati for a week or a 2-year old Ford Focus.

[FSogol]

9. Actually, that's a weekend fill in show on NPR. Its called "Wait, Wait" iirc.

But of course, anything is better than Greta.

[MineralMan]

10. As you say, anything is better than Greta.

She's was my cue to switch channels to the local news on the CBS affiliate here in the Twin Cities.