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Jarqui

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35. Cable is stagnating. Little to no growth since 2008

Mon Nov 18, 2024, 07:26 PM

Nov 2024

With the election over: "Boost your ratings/advertising by sucking up to Trump or you're done here"

Trump won't give them the time of day unless they meet his 'conditions'

Like nearly all of Trump's relationships, it isn't going to end well.

Stick a fork in them. They're done but just don't realize it yet.

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Consider this: Joe & Mika have self-destructed * [View all] no_hypocrisy Nov 2024 OP

"They're now FOX Lite." They always were Bluetus Nov 2024 #1

Yep, they always played to where they thought the political power was. Good riddance to profit seeking equivocators. ancianita Nov 2024 #5

I argued with Keith Olbermann about Comcast synni Nov 2024 #72

They gave him airtime in 2016 for ratings. Now, maybe they just don't want to be sent off to a re-education camp. surfered Nov 2024 #2

Don't f..ing care! PortTack Nov 2024 #4

BIG mistake and your point is well taken! Eugene in particular must be shaking his head. He's a great guy. CTyankee Nov 2024 #3

Rather than risk being fired by Dictator Trump, they fired themselves. travelingthrulife Nov 2024 #73

They're saving their butts. haele Nov 2024 #6

Saving their butts but not their reputation. Flip flopping again 😤 Deuxcents Nov 2024 #51

Mika was snowybirdie Nov 2024 #78

They are now officially just another part of the right-wing Trump Wurlitzer. hadEnuf Nov 2024 #7

Worthlesstzer BattleRow Nov 2024 #16

Nicely done there. Maru Kitteh Nov 2024 #66

hmm Paul-EM Nov 2024 #8

I've never watched them and no idea why anyone does NewHendoLib Nov 2024 #9

Me, neither. ancianita Nov 2024 #11

I suspect they are hoping for a Tweetie moment. gordianot Nov 2024 #10

Morning Jerk Off can go fuck himself... AZ8theist Nov 2024 #12

Yup. Did people forget this rat-bastard's role in the Clinton impeachment? GoCubsGo Nov 2024 #75

I dumped those two years ago and never looked back. City Lights Nov 2024 #13

They had a long run, but the game is up. bucolic_frolic Nov 2024 #14

Obeying in advance alarimer Nov 2024 #15

MSNBC is dead to me LSparkle Nov 2024 #17

Joy Reid bdamomma Nov 2024 #41

They all should leave. AngryOldDem Nov 2024 #44

Independent bdamomma Nov 2024 #48

Same. The Rev and Joy too. onecaliberal Nov 2024 #50

I don't watch 'em, and never trusted them. calimary Nov 2024 #18

No more pamdb Nov 2024 #19

Right claudette Nov 2024 #31

Yes Joe and Mika are dead to me. Demsrule86 Nov 2024 #20

Have not watched in quite awhile. TNNurse Nov 2024 #21

Mass exodus is definitely called for. AngryOldDem Nov 2024 #45

Haven't watched those opportunists since Monday November 4th La Coliniere Nov 2024 #22

Frauds robleb Nov 2024 #23

Any claim to serious journlism Mika may have hoped for... 3catwoman3 Nov 2024 #52

LOL live love laugh Nov 2024 #24

Mika claudette Nov 2024 #30

"Know your worth!" AngryOldDem Nov 2024 #46

Mika and Joe have always been the most SharonClark Nov 2024 #49

I wonder how much they paid to her ex husband whom she cheated on when she started her affair with Joe? CTyankee Nov 2024 #59

I tuned them in this am. After 5 minutes amuse bouche Nov 2024 #25

I gave them 8. Then OFF. For a very long time to come. Dock_Yard Nov 2024 #70

I stopped watching them long ago. Nt Figarosmom Nov 2024 #26

If you were a regular listener of Olbermann you would know Scarborough is a fake flashman13 Nov 2024 #27

Most of us have ColinC Nov 2024 #28

I will claudette Nov 2024 #29

So much for Mika's, women's empowerment and know your worth blather. Botany Nov 2024 #80

Exactly! claudette Nov 2024 #81

And now they have no audience. paleotn Nov 2024 #32

Brezinski's dad must be rolling over in his grave carpetbagger Nov 2024 #33

Yeah, what very little regard I had for them KatyaR Nov 2024 #34

Cable is stagnating. Little to no growth since 2008 Jarqui Nov 2024 #35

I was really pissed off when they announce they went to kiss the ring of TSF over the weekend. And I think it is iluvtennis Nov 2024 #36

Opportunism is as opportunism does Hassler Nov 2024 #37

One has to bear in mind how it all started. Intractable Nov 2024 #38

Watch CSPAN Washington Journal in that time slot. Emile Nov 2024 #39

Did everyone forget they did the same thing when he ran for president the first time? They started FSogol Nov 2024 #40

They are done Roc2020 Nov 2024 #42

Are they "journalists" though? Or tv news presenters whose bosses give the orders. IcyPeas Nov 2024 #43

I find them incredibly annoying. nt returnee Nov 2024 #47

Such hypocrisy DontBelieveEastisEas Nov 2024 #53

Agreed. Their pilgrimage to MAL reveals who they really are. brush Nov 2024 #54

Comcast News, don't watch it. Passages Nov 2024 #55

Was not happy when they let Medhi Hassan and Tiffany Cross go. Will see who stands tall after this Deuxcents Nov 2024 #56

They're going to call us mean and nasty in the morning for the things we said here today. Hotler Nov 2024 #57

They're sell outs who have lost a viewer MustLoveBeagles Nov 2024 #58

So now ForgedCrank Nov 2024 #60

We will hear about every fart from that guy for the next 4 years newdeal2 Nov 2024 #61

They didn't interview him. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #63

I still ForgedCrank Nov 2024 #64

Bullshit. Yavin4 Nov 2024 #62

Speak for ForgedCrank Nov 2024 #65

Another One Bites the Dust DET Nov 2024 #67

If folks are feeling betrayed by Joe and Mika TheKentuckian Nov 2024 #68

I have always found them insufferable Skittles Nov 2024 #69

Don't feel betrayed at all SocialDemocrat61 Nov 2024 #74

I don't Faux pas Nov 2024 #71

Apropos of nothing, anyone remember snowybirdie Nov 2024 #76

Their recent anti-tsf attitude was personal, not political... getagrip_already Nov 2024 #77

Dead to me. The Unmitigated Gall Nov 2024 #79