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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBig Important Source: MSNBC to Replace Greta Van Susteren with
Louise Mensch and Claude Taylor in co-hosted news program called: "We Got Sources."
This surprise move reflects the increasing popularity of breaking news on Twitter. One MSNBC Exec, speaking anonymously, said, "Those two are hot properties on Twitter right now, so we grabbed 'em for our new show. Nobody has as many unnamed sources as Mensch and Taylor, so we wanted to take advantage of the gullibility of our target demographic and feature them during the dinner hour."
When asked about questions many have about the Twitter duo's veracity, our source said, "I'm not sure how important that really is when it comes to our viewers. If they can get the ratings, what they're saying has to be true, right. I mean if you don't believe them, don't watch, OK?"
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)This thread accomplished nothing.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)I'll consider it.
Scoopster
(423 posts)....that you conveniently fail to name or source with a link. Ooookay there.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)You have to trust the online journalists. They wouldn't lie to you, after all.
SharonClark
(10,014 posts)MineralMan
(146,288 posts)FSogol
(45,481 posts)The tweet: CNN has taped evidence of Donald Trump committing treason.
Did the source come from:
A. Invisible radio signals beamed straight to my braces
B. My dog (recently retired from a long distinguished career in the foreign service)
C. My house plants who know an azalea with close ties to the cousin of Steve Bannon's dry cleaner
D. Red Lectroids
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)They could have a guest panel that guesses whether stories reported on the show are True or False. The winner who guesses most accurately wins a fabulous prize like a trip for two to Cincinnati for a week or a 2-year old Ford Focus.
FSogol
(45,481 posts)But of course, anything is better than Greta.
MineralMan
(146,288 posts)She's was my cue to switch channels to the local news on the CBS affiliate here in the Twin Cities.