Is MSNBC going thru some big shake-up?

[kentuck]

I sense that they are in the process of making some big changes.

Maybe it is just giving time off to their regulars so they can enjoy the summer?

Maybe their ratings slip is causing them to change their recent liberal lean?

But, going back to Phil Donahue, and Keith Olbermann after him, they have not hesitated to throw their liberal voices overboard.

This may not be what's happening but don't be surprised.

[pwb]

1. Same old people, same old opinions.

It is boring .

[still_one]

9. That isn't just MSNBC

[FakeNoose]

2. I think it's just summer vacations - they shift the schedule around

I keep hoping they'll offer a time slot to Al Franken. Wouldn't he be awesome as a show host, or even a color analyst?

[pecosbob]

3. Anytime they add someone to the lineup like Joy

they will always add a Reaganite faux liberal like Joe Scarborough and a half dozen racist and neocon commentators like Pat Buchanan. They're a network that chases ratings like any other, and like all the others they have an agenda.

[CTyankee]

4. I notice that Joe has decreased his "when I was in Congress" digressions over time as that calling

card has worn out its welcome. But I think Joe is a survivor. I haven't seen Pat B. in a long while and thought he was dead.

I really don't know what their agenda is. I just think they are opportunistic. Gotta make dough...

[pecosbob]

5. I heard Pat was going to be a member on the newly revived McLaughlin Report...oh, boy

[CTyankee]

6. I dunno. But I firmly believe if the $$ are there, they will follow...

[FakeNoose]

19. He wants people to forget that he was a Repuke

... for most of his life.

[CTyankee]

23. I don't know if he cares. He's making lots of $$$...

[procon]

7. It's just the usual end of summer vacay time.

Congress is gone for their scheduled long break so the political activity slows to a crawl and there's not much news to report.

[still_one]

8. Have no idea, but I suspect by the time the first primaries roll out many will have political

burnout

[kentuck]

11. You can hear the burnout in some of their voices...

..and see it on their faces.

It must be really tough to try and explain insanity every day.

[Mike 03]

13. I noticed this with Nicole Wallace

I really like her, but she and Brian Williams really blew it the day of the Mueller hearing, and after that she did some apologizing and she stopped laughing so much, and then started taking days off. She might just need a vacation.

ON EDIT: To me, the CNN personalities sound closer to "the edge" than the MSNBC people, but who knows?

[brooklynite]

10. What liberal voices are being thrown overboard?

[Mike 03]

12. Hope not. Didn't CNN lose viewers to MSNBC precisely

because of CNN's both siderism? Or has that changed recently?

[LiberalFighter]

14. They do get to have time off for vacation.

Nicolle Wallace I think had jury duty the day she was off last week.

Rachel was suppose to be enjoying her vacation but apparently ended up on crutches.

[democratisphere]

15. First, they need to stop showing a giant image of drumpf's

head, slow zooming in and out; it is nauseating. Second, there are a lot of babies in the works or just born; time off for the new moms. If they get rid if anyone, I hope it is Andrea Mitchell, a true Hillary hater and rethuglicon. I like most of the NBC crew, but I think many people are really burning out about drumpf and his daily sh'tshow. It is sad and exhausting. The political process for electing a President of the USA is far to long and drawn out and people just get sick and tired of it.

[Paladin]

16. Todd, Matthews and Kornaki need to be fired. The sooner the better. (nt)

[shraby]

18. .....

[FakeNoose]

20. I think Chris Matthews should retire

... I'm pretty sure he's older than I am, and I retired 2 years ago. Why stick around until they can you, Matthews? Go out on your own schedule, and call it a day.

[Paladin]

21. He's always been irritating, but now I think his health is shot, as well.

All that hacking, coughing and wheezing he does during the show. He's got to have enough money for a dozen lifetimes---time for him to go.

[Recursion]

17. DU does this every August

Speculating about networks changing their lineups because the programming is unusual. The programming is unusual because everybody is on vacation.

[VarryOn]

24. I haven't watched much since the report came out...

Sept is setting up with the IG report, possibly something from Durham and/or Huber, and declassified shit. Plus, I see no prospects of us narrowing down to a handful of candidates so airtime is consumed with the lesser candidates. UGH! It may be January before I return to regular viewing.

[Me.]

22. They Need To Go Thtough A Shake-up

Their designated hosts have become absentee landlords...who knows when the great married morning couple will ever show up. They've had several vacations plus a honeymoon this year and they still weren't there this past week except for maybe a few minutes of Joe. S. Ruhle is consistently missing and many of their other hosts haven't been around either. Nicole Wallace did mention she's been on jury duty and Rachel has slipped in the ratings perhaps due to many 3 day weekends. Hard to say, but the ratings are slipping.