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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:21 PM Original message |
Interesting that NBC and CNBC are owned by GE. You know....the ones |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:25 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kinda makes you wonder why on earth they would broadcast Rachel Maddow and Keith Olbermann |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Beat me to it |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:31 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. moving with the zeitgeist. it's about "people control" and reaching a market segment. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Yes. Just like every other television station. They're ensuring people watch their ads, |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:45 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. line between propaganda and new forms of advertising within shows |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:38 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. We have exactly what we want to watch. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. I wonder how GE rationalizes keeping K.O. and Rachel Maddow on MSNBC |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Token Lefties... eom |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Yes, just like Sean Hannity, Bill O'Reilly, and Glenn Beck are FNC's Token Righties. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. nope. if there was a FoxNews version of Joe Scarborough, you'd have a point. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. My point was not "there are no 'pockets of right-wing nuttery' on MSNBC" |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 01:26 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. except I believe the power of the microphone has been used repeatedly by the government |
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hellbound-liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Probably trying to appear "fair and balanced". You're right, it's all about the money! |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
7. Er, yeah. And so is MSNBC, which has the only outright liberal hosts in America. |
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PretzelWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 05:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I guess you don't understand how it works. |
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Occam Bandage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 06:46 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. It's not that hard to understand. |
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