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jeff47

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15. No, the people who would watch that are much less likely to watch TV.

Reply to Spitfire of ATJ (Reply #9)

Wed Feb 25, 2015, 10:22 AM

Feb 2015

They've catered to the right for so long that the "opposite" side has moved on to other media.

For example, to get me to watch MSNBC, you first have to convince me to get cable TV. One show isn't going to do that. Heck, it's unlikely that an entire 24/7 network would convince me to do that unless it was particularly good. So they're not going to be able to sell me to advertisers, which means no money.

TV executives have lost a generation or two. Getting them back is not as simple as a liberal news channel.

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