MSNBC Is Now Bragging About Moving To the Right...

[thomhartmann]

[saidsimplesimon]

1. thanks thom

You think hiring Hugh Hewitt as a contributor was a clue? (sarcasm)

[Blue Idaho]

2. Do I really have to watch Russian Television

To get fair and unbiased reporting about America? That's kinda sad...

[bjo59]

3. That's what it's come to.

[valerief]

6. Yep. We have no free press. It's all bought and paid for by the oligarchs. nt

[glinda]

13. Perhaps that is why Putin recently kicked the Rothschilds out.

[mwooldri]

16. RT isn't "free".

In my mind it's basically today's version of Radio Moscow. There is a reason why Thom Hartmann is on RT. This is not to say that his viewpoint is invalidated because Vladimir Putin is signing his paycheck. However given the media worldwide, you sometimes need to turn to outside sources to get a balanced view. Radio Moscow was propaganda for sure. However even a heavily slanted viewpoint has some validity. Just check out Fox "News".

[MillennialDem]

28. In partial fairness it's because so many people especially millennials / xennials have cut the cord

and gone to new media.

It's time for satellite and cable to be relegated to special circumstances, like radio (car or certain job sites). For cable or satellite, good for waiting rooms and hospitals because of ease of use. But amazon video, netflix, youtube, hulu are all way better along with ala carte stations.

[Blue Idaho]

29. I think you make good points but

They are about a broader issue. I don't really see NetFlix, YouTube, Hulu, Amazon, etc. as "new media." They are all mostly just new delivery systems delivering the same old media online. It's true they are starting to make some content but by and large they are just delivering existing content created by "old media" systems. Most of that content is entertainment content.

What I miss is are independent news operations. Back in the day (yes I'm that old) most M$M news organizations operated with both autonomy and with a greater sense of working for the public good. In short - real journalists who felt an obligation to tell the truth as best they could. That ended the day most broadcasters folded their news desks into their entertainment divisions.

Sadly today it seems one must reach out to a variety off shore news agencies - that shouldn't have to be the case.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. mainstream media needs to dry up and blow away

[disillusioned73]

5. Thom Hartmann..

although I wish he would have been a bit less kumbaya about the Dem candidates during the primary.. he is still a solid listen for truth.

[AlbertCat]

7. 20 seconds

This was interesting in many respects.

But to those who insist Sanders has been given a fair shake...

TWENTY SECONDS

Anyone who thinks Sanders hasn't been sidelined is delusional. He was ignored until they couldn't ignore him anymore...

because, once again, a politician no one had heard of has given Hillary a run for her money. It's amazing, considering, how close Sanders is to Hillary's lead what with her name recognition plus her cronies at every level of the process on top of being ignored by the media. Imagine if there had been more debates and Sanders had gotten as much coverage from the start as the Clintons.

[elljay]

19. They did notice

and took action (IMHO the wrong action), which is PRECISELY why Sanders has been ignored. The powers-that-be resolved to not let another outsider usurp their ordained candidate so they made sure to tie this one down thoroughly (and still almost lost). What they should have done is recognized that the tide is turning against them and started swimming out in front of it.

If Hillary wins, they will delude themselves into thinking it is because America loves her and not because Trump is the most dangerous candidate ever so millions will settle for her as the only other realistic option. We will need to keep the pressure on until they finally learn their lesson.

[colsohlibgal]

8. Disgusting

The good news is that the younger set and other non elderly folks have other news options outside traditional cable TV.

MSNBC has just circled back to the days they had the Pom Poms out for PNACs Irag war...an unnecessary war that has cost rising trillions and set in motion ISIS, the gift that keeps on giving.

Kudos to Keith/Ed/Dylan/Cenk who refused to play along, shame to the supposed liberals still there who have bowed to their corporate masters.

[LongTomH]

9. Hold it!!!! I'm elderly (71) and I have other news options

I get most of my news online!

[HubertHeaver]

15. You are one of the non-elderly old.

I may be old but I'm not elderly!

[bbgrunt]

11. Yes! They deserve kudos and our support along with people like Palast and Malloy.

[mwooldri]

18. From somewhen in the 1930s to the turn of the century...

...there was this thing called shortwave radio which people could listen to in order to receive alternative viewpoints - both friendly and not so.

I'm not so young anymore (41) but those who want alternative views can get them.

Edit to add: Shortwave hasn't gone away, it's that the internet has replaced shortwave as a delivery mechanism for the developed world. It still has its place, and is slowly going digital too.

[Binkie The Clown]

10. The media goes where the money is. That's all there is to it.

Balance, objectivity, and truth no longer matter.

Investigative journalism is a thing of the past.

The media is in the pocket of big money and it will stay that way until the extinction of the human race later this century (an event which the last living reporter will still, under instructions from big money, deny).

[Mark 750]

20. See "Network"

All those that haven't seen the movie "Network" should rent it. Basically illuminates these sad points made by Blinkie The Clown.

[elljay]

23. Ouroboros

but it is a snake swallowing its own tail. The media follows the money, but it also generates the subject matter that makes the money. Thus, my cable package has approximately 5 billion channels, most of which present "reality" shows, sports (or shows about sports), cooking competitions (5 minutes to make dessert using snails, diesel fuel, and pigs' feet), or "historical/scientific" documentaries about ancient aliens, Bigfoot, and psychic phenomena. After a steady diet of this, viewers would rather see a politician/reality star dish out insults just like on their favorite shows than a factual debate on climate change.

[Loki]

12. Putin controlled media

yeah, that's the ticket. Thanks, but no thanks.

[truebrit71]

14. Yup, Thom Hartmann is a total puppet of the Soviets!

[Mark 750]

22. KGB?

I think I saw in a flash, some KGB in the background of his show.

[truebrit71]

25. Yup, definitely. ..

[rurallib]

17. FWIW - NPR seems to have a "right winger of the day" feature now in the morning

with the likes of Jonah Goldberg, Tuckee Carlson, Kathleen Parker and Erik Erikson.

So it seems that any media that ever had any sheen of being even a little liberal is now being brought in to the right wing tent. There was always the right wing analogy of government creeping into your lives of a camel's sticking its nose into the tent. Pretty soon the whole camel is in the tent.

That seems to apply to right wingers taking over the news media. Only, like Comcast, they often buy the tent first and then lead the camel in. In the case of NPR, I know not what their leverage is but they surely are applying it.

Our little corner of the non-internet news is now Freespeech TV or freespeech.org.

[ancianita]

21. Fuck MSNBC and their three guilt-ridden lefties, Rachel, Chris and Lawrence. Tired of this shit.

[Enthusiast]

24. Kicked and recommended! Jeff is a hero!

[billymike]

26. The Return of Bow-Tie Boy?

I do forget his name.
I was holding on to cable for MSNBC and TCM. TCM started selling wine via commercials and rotating the same flicks weekly; MSNBC just got weird: all Trump all the time in April. Melissa Harris Perry bolted, so I figure something was up. It was. I cancelled cable and I'm still jonesing a bit, but O did I used to love my two go-to-and-stay-there stations!

[MisterP]

27. I belive his name is Carlson

Fucker Carlson