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In reply to the discussion: THREE MINUTES OF TERROR For The Koch Brothers As Bernie Sanders Storms Sunday Show [View all]greiner3
(5,214 posts)76. I found the DU link;
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=thread&address=10026253249
And also the CrooksandLiars URL it quotes;
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/msnbc-source-goal-move-away-left-wing-tv
"MSNBC Source: 'The Goal Is To Move Away From Left-wing TV'"
"It's really not as complicated as you think -- unless, of course, the real goal is to push the ownership's corporate agenda:
As its afternoon shows hosted by Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid are canceled due to poor ratings, MSNBC is reportedly planning to replace Chris Hayes with Rachel Maddow.
It was hardly a surprise Thursday when ratings-challenged MSNBC announced the cancellation of the poor-performing afternoon programs hosted by Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid after less than a year, with veteran news anchor Thomas Roberts stepping in to preside over the two-hour block from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Until a permanent replacement is named for Robertss 5:30 a.m. program Way Too Early, the 6 a.m. Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski will temporarily take up the slack by starting a half-hour earlier. But according to knowledgeable sources at the Comcast-owned cable network, Thursdays moves were only the opening salvo in a wider programming shakeup.
In the relatively near term, two well-placed sources predicted to The Daily Beast, Chris Hayes will be relieved of his weak-performing 8 p.m. show All In, to be replaced by the current 9 p.m. host of The Rachel Maddow Show, while a talent search is currently underway to fill the prime-time slot to be vacated by Maddow.An MSNBC spokespersonwho tried put a happy face on the demotions with talk of prime-time specials and multiplatform national reporting for the still-employed Farrow and Reid--declined to comment on the Hayes-Maddow scenario."
And also the CrooksandLiars URL it quotes;
http://crooksandliars.com/2015/02/msnbc-source-goal-move-away-left-wing-tv
"MSNBC Source: 'The Goal Is To Move Away From Left-wing TV'"
"It's really not as complicated as you think -- unless, of course, the real goal is to push the ownership's corporate agenda:
As its afternoon shows hosted by Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid are canceled due to poor ratings, MSNBC is reportedly planning to replace Chris Hayes with Rachel Maddow.
It was hardly a surprise Thursday when ratings-challenged MSNBC announced the cancellation of the poor-performing afternoon programs hosted by Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid after less than a year, with veteran news anchor Thomas Roberts stepping in to preside over the two-hour block from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Until a permanent replacement is named for Robertss 5:30 a.m. program Way Too Early, the 6 a.m. Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski will temporarily take up the slack by starting a half-hour earlier. But according to knowledgeable sources at the Comcast-owned cable network, Thursdays moves were only the opening salvo in a wider programming shakeup.
In the relatively near term, two well-placed sources predicted to The Daily Beast, Chris Hayes will be relieved of his weak-performing 8 p.m. show All In, to be replaced by the current 9 p.m. host of The Rachel Maddow Show, while a talent search is currently underway to fill the prime-time slot to be vacated by Maddow.An MSNBC spokespersonwho tried put a happy face on the demotions with talk of prime-time specials and multiplatform national reporting for the still-employed Farrow and Reid--declined to comment on the Hayes-Maddow scenario."
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THREE MINUTES OF TERROR For The Koch Brothers As Bernie Sanders Storms Sunday Show [View all]
Segami
Feb 2015
OP
They will offer to pay the networks three times their going rate for their ads to get them to stop talking about them.
Fred Sanders
Feb 2015
#5
If it wasn't for the environment, I might be more curious about the Kochs
Voice for Peace
Feb 2015
#39
ok.. I stand doubly corrected. but I kind of feel sorry for them all. so many rude awakenings due.
Voice for Peace
Feb 2015
#95
yah.. well, it is a sad thing. It's what a person becomes when they live that way.
Voice for Peace
Feb 2015
#94
The Kochs are good at their game. But when the opposition isn't playing
Voice for Peace
Feb 2015
#32
Considering the Koch's don't disclose their donors, use secret donors very heavily
JonLP24
Feb 2015
#96
Personally, I hope the Koch brothers don't consider him a threat to them
NorthCarolina
Feb 2015
#103
Got one in the Los Angeles area wherein they are not affiliated with no political parties
Iliyah
Feb 2015
#28
Bill Clinton signed the Telecommunications Act which allows the owernship of broad segments
JDPriestly
Feb 2015
#45
Yet, so few own up to taking a side. Even the biggest liars purport to be telling the truth.
merrily
Feb 2015
#102
It's a genuine effort to get good government that is not as corrupt as Hillary and her friends are.
JDPriestly
Feb 2015
#48
I hope Sanders does to the Koch brothers what silver did to the Hunt brothers. nt
Xipe Totec
Feb 2015
#12
Iowa was progressive during the Progressive Era also. At least a lot of farmers were progressive.
JDPriestly
Feb 2015
#49
Nixon ran on the race card and won. Johnson is remembered for the VIet Nam War but he
JDPriestly
Feb 2015
#51
I would bet any amount of money that Bernie is thinking all of this through VERY carefully.
Voice for Peace
Feb 2015
#37
You are well drenched in awareness of their dastardly efforts, being in Wisconsin with Walker
Voice for Peace
Feb 2015
#38
If Bill Clinton had vetoed the Telecommunications Act, maybe we would have more
JDPriestly
Feb 2015
#85
Been watching the Greek Finance Minister, Yanis Varoufakis, and he's getting a lot of traction
libdem4life
Feb 2015
#75