RIP MSNBC – The Loudest Liberal Voice Has Died

[GoLeft TV]

With the departure of Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC is one step closer to becoming the pro-corporate mouthpiece that they’ve dreamed of since the day Comcast took over. The few remaining hosts with a conscience could be on the chopping block soon, and the only way to fight the corporate power over the media in this country is to simply change the channel.

Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins discusses this.

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. WTF were they thinking?

Tweety is a blathering idiot, Rachel is a complete sell out and they treated MHP so poorly it's a wonder she didn't leave earlier.

[erlewyne]

16. I agree with your comment 100%. The old nail on the head !!!

And I kind of like "change the channel" from the original post.

I'm still trying to follow Cenk. And I watch for big Ed. I am now
a fan off Melissa (I didn't give her enough time before, but I did
watch her). Yes, Rachel went the wrong direction. And, fleur-de-lisa,
that is the best description of Tweety, a blathering idiot.

A news media needs to hire these newscasters and give us the
intelligence we desire.

[uhnope]

41. wow Matthews is one of the most insightful folks on TV, & Maddow is brilliant.

even if they are sometimes too moderate for me, I at least acknowledge that.

[ghostsinthemachine]

2. I stopped watching when KO was KO'd.

But my reich wing pals still think it is the mouthpiece of the left. So funny.

[Bubzer]

18. I cut way back after KO was taken off... then stopped all together after the removed Big Eddie.

[MissDeeds]

21. Same here

Getting rid of Ed was the last straw for me. MSNBC is FOX Lite.

[EndElectoral]

32. Yeah, me too. Sad to see this lady go.

[winterwar]

39. Same here

After they did Keith like that, I lost a part of my daily routine. Ed helped me deal with not having countdown every night. But then MSNBC goes and hers rid of Ed too Melissa Harris Perry was the best one left. She wasn't afraid to stir some shit. Good luck to her. I honestly feel that they held her career back. I think she'll be better off without them.

[jhart3333]

31. I no longer have a TV. Well, not one that works. I can play video tapes in it though.

Let's get Bernie elected before they figure out that the internet is a free for all and start reigning it in.

[Bubzer]

34. They've been trying to reign it in for quite a while now.

Fortunately we have groups like the EFF (electronic frontier foundation) https://www.eff.org/
working to help keep an eye on things.

[jhart3333]

38. Thanks for the reminder, I have to send them some money once we get Bernie elected.

First things first.

[Ilsa]

51. Me too. When Ed left, they lost me, for the most part.

I don't know what the fuss is about Rachel because I haven't been watching much at all. I wonder how she sold out?

[2naSalit]

3. I have been wondering how long RM will hold out...

I think they renewed her contract about a month before they traded in their scruples to the point they can't even cover up their pile of poo anymore.

I didn't see RMS last night but I think Rachel is pissed, she seems so on her show lately and I know that she and MHP are friends as are Rachel and Chris Hayes. When they "walk" it will be just like another Fuxnooz 24/7.

[Stellar]

9. Does Rachel mostly talk about Trump and the rest of the Republic0n party?

They usually appear to talk about Republic0ns for the first 45 minutes of the show and then when they can get to it....Democrats.

[2naSalit]

13. When I have

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gone to their site to watch the past few months the scripting has been obvious and her makeup isn't hiding the stress anymore. I think that she's getting ready to leap anyway but may be waiting to be pushed out of the soaring plane... maybe some lawsuits are in the works over contract issues.

I can't imagine Rachel actually selling out, I think she's preparing a place to land for when she finally leaps. She helped build the short-lived brand the network had for a spell, she's got a lot of skin in that game and may be staying to keep from getting burned or maybe as a thorn in the side.

[Stellar]

19. You can tell that her heart isn't in it because her show is getting more boring by the minute.

Her bosses will be scrutinizing everything.

[kracer20]

30. Rachel totally pulled the football from me last night

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They had John Lewis on last night early in the show, and she was asking about his comments regarding not seeing Bernie back in the 60's. I was literally sitting up getting ready for her to ask how he could have met the Clintons back then when he wrote in his book that he didn't meet them until much later. Then she threw some softball stupid question and I had to scream at the TV.

All hopes for any MSM reporting died last night.

[demwing]

48. Think that was rep John Lewis, right? ./nt

[kracer20]

55. Yes, you are correct.

So many characters, and only so much space in my head.

[markpkessinger]

56. I used to be such a Rachel fan . . .

I haven't had cable TV for years, but I would watch her show online. Then, MSNBC changed their website so that in order to watch any of their shows in full, you had to either have a cable account, or your ISP had to be a company that provided cable service. At the time, my ISP was Clear. Clear was eventually bought out by Sprint, and last fall, they ceased offering Clear's satellite Internet service. So I wound up getting an internet-only account through Time-Warner. I was then able, once again, to watch RM (which I had previously watched religiously). And to my immense disappointment, it was no longer the show I had once known and loved. A real shame.

[Stellar]

4. She will be missed! nt

[oldandhappy]

5. I have been gradually leaving for six months.

The owners are all repubs. Why are we surprised.

[7wo7rees]

6. We all knew it was coming....... nt

[jalan48]

7. It's part of the corporate media. Why would they want liberal voices when it's important?

[fredamae]

8. It died a Long time ago

it just took awhile for the reality to set in, imo.

A fatal diagnosis:
1980's Reagan began with the Fairness Doctrine - and

1990's Clinton finished it off with signing the Telecommunications Act into law.

[heaven05]

24. +10000

[CoffeeCat]

10. From a business sense, I don't understand how they'll make money

Who is their target audience now? Who will watch this slop?

Republicans view MSNBC as a liberal outlet. They won't touch it. They've got Fox News.

Progressives are done. That was their base audience. The owners may have wanted to stop touting and leveraging progressive voices, but they've alienated their base of ad revenues.

Nearly all of us are gone.

Bottom line--MSNBC exists to make money. How are they going to do that?

[StandingInLeftField]

14. "All Trump...

All the Time!"

[snowy owl]

20. Simply put: Boeing

and other defense corporations

[zebonaut]

11. They ALWAYS fire their best Liberal Hosts.

[randys1]

12. Oligarchy is preparing for a second best case scenario. Democratic party in current makeup

defers to the oligarchs, sadly.

[colsohlibgal]

15. I Have Wondered About Those Remaining

Ed got axed because he railed against the dreadful TPP...Griffin told them all not to go there.

That made me ponder what was up with Rachel, Chris, and Lawrence..my opinion of them took a hit because they would not go near the TPP, they seemingly toed the corporate line.

It is sad but with the Internet you can find real progressive talk easily and more and more are doing that, especially the younger folks. I dumped MSNBC some time ago, I watch Cenk, Ed, Thom Hartmann, Ring Of Fire, etc right on my TVs through my WiFi enabled Blu Ray players.

That is a burgeoning nightmare for the Ruling Class.

[snowy owl]

22. Burgeoning nightmare???

I think the ruling class is doing quite well. And Rachel doesn't seem to mind. She's been okay not talking about net neutrality or giving Bernie is due for quite a long time now. I think she likes her paycheck although it seems to me their numbers are going down...I wonder what effect that will have.

[chapdrum]

17. It's offensive enough when they have

Steve Schmidt on as a talking head, but they topped that last night, with the smiling Tom DeLay being introduced by Matthews (who later went on to describe Hillary by saying "she does good works.&quot

Yes, it was inevitable.

The Masters of War survive it all.

[lark]

23. This was predictable the moment Comcast bought them.

Lo, it's coming to pass, gee what a surprise (NOT). I listen a few minutes to Morning Schmoe to catch the temperature for the other side. I rarely last more than 5 minutes unless Eugene Robinson is on. Otherwise, I only listen at night to Rachel and then maybe 1-2 times per month. I used to watch them almost non-stop until they betrayed us. There is no liberal press in America.

[heaven05]

25. exactly

was predicted as soon as Comcast acquired MSNBC.

[lark]

27. Some things you can see coming from miles away,

and this is one. Just like it's really clear what a clusterfuck will happen if we are so unfortunate to have Trump attain the presidency. Don't know exactly what that ego-maniacal buffoon would do, but it certainly would be to the detriment of everyone who isn't him or part of his billionaire class.

[snowy owl]

47. Do not understrand loyalty to Maddow

She has been a mouthpiece and nothing more ever since Keith left.

[valerief]

26. More proof that television is dead. It's certainly dead to news.

And unless you like endless sports, Jesus, shopping, and kiddieshit on tv, cable is certainly dead--or, at least, on life support. There are some entertaining shows that sneak in news, but the internet is our only hope for real information. That is, until we become the New China/New NK and they cut off most of the internet to us, too.

[Kip Humphrey]

28. QUESTION: Will Maddow & Tweety stay on when it becomes the Tea Party Channel (MSTPC)?

[Joey Liberal]

33. I used to watch MHP every weekend

This means a lot less MSNBC for me.

[turbinetree]

35. This is the agenda------------------from 1971 forward-----------------this is the agenda

and how every, or, almost every director, CEO, GOP, Lackey's, Media, merger's, have operated under prior to this right wing justice being put on the U.S. Supreme Court he wrote this, and it has been the republican playbook on "everything" ..................a conservative agenda, even the agenda of removing "Liberal" voices off the airwaves..................


http://reclaimdemocracy.org/powell_memo_lewis/


Honk------------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016


It is about getting a Progressive President, U.S. Supreme Court, Congress, and State and Local Legislatures

[ISeeA BrightFuture]

36. We need a true Progressive station!

I like The Young Turks & Thom Hartmann (on his many shows) & Benjamin Dixon on Youtube !!! But maybe someone who knows how to CrowdSource or do other group funding maybe can set it up so we could all get together and put together a truly Progressive Channel that we all could chip in $1 a month or so we could watch them on cable tv? The TV generation out there needs access to a real Progressive message, instead of the extremely edited and negative view they see on Corporate TV!

[droidamus2]

37. Not sure but...

It may be my imagination but it seems to in every Presidential election cycle MSNBC goes through this kind of purge. That let the progressive/liberals hand out until about a year before the election then they can the most liberal. In so doing they are trying to cow the remaining progressives to 'tone down' their rhetoric and fall more in line with the corporate message.

[watoos]

40. I have to laugh

where have all of you been? I have been saying this for years.

Have you forgotten; Phil Donahue, Keith Olbermann, Cenk Uygur, Martin Brashear, Toure', Ed Schultz?

msnbc has only been liberal toward the social issues.

Ever hear of good cop bad cop? msnbc may put a liberal slant to a narrative, but the narrative is controlled by the owners, COMCAST and GE.

There is no such thing as a liberal M$M, and once they pass the TPP the internet will also fall into their hands.

[Phlem]

42. To be honest, we're just kidding ourselves if we think

Any (which is mostly all) of corporate controlled media would support any type of liberalist social position.

Things need to change drastically for that to happen and we're not even close to drastic changes in regards to media.

We need to let go of this fantasy and focus on the things that work. Like creating a central place on the internet where liberal socialists can get together and organize.

Like creating lists, maps, and legends that point us to places that support our cause. Bernie is just one piece and you know what they say about putting all your eggs in one basket. We need more leaders like Bernie and we need to find them, promote them, and support them.

We need to be proactive and not solely rely on Bernie, we need to look past him at the long term movement.

This can't be a short run, we need to play like the other guys and set long term objectives while we deal with short term issues like getting Bernie elected.

Just my 2 cents.

[bvf]

43. Got rid of cable months ago. Haven't missed it one bit

except for TCM and "Democracy Now."

[snowy owl]

49. Did you get rid of internet too?

[bvf]

52. Cable-based, yeah. Phone is what I have,

but I make do. I've gotten really good at thumb-typing!

[Ccarmona]

44. The MSM

Has always been run by right-wingers that will tolerate opposing voices only if it makes them money. MSNBC recently changed management and has been circling the drain. Adding Brian Williams to its election coverage was the last straw for me. I still watch RM as she still has some cred left, as evidenced by her work on the Flint water crisis.

[snowy owl]

50. Bryan Williams = what a joke!

I have never been able to tolerate his mewing and phoniness.

[truthseeker1]

45. The Fourth Estate is dead, may it RIP

Thank God we have the Fifth Estate, with TYT leading the way.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

46. I deleted MSNBC from my iPhone...

... I haven't used the app in half a year.

[Uncle Joe]

53. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, GoLeftTV.

[zebonaut]

54. What do we replace it with??