Why Doesn't MSNBC...

[WiffenPoof]

...hire someone like Phil Donahue, Bill Press or Thom Hartmann to host a show. To me, any one of these people would be a great addition and be a real feather in the cap of MSNBC. I'm baffled by this.

-PLA

[malaise]

1. Because Comcast is now in charge

and the right wing hacks are all over the place like a virus

[WiffenPoof]

6. Really?

Okay so Keith is gone...but Rachel is still there...Cenk and The Last Word. All of these seem to be left of center.

-PLA

[arcane1]

2. They already fired Phil Donahue once

He would probably tell them to GFY if they offered him a job now.

[Motown_Johnny]

7. didn't Press co host a show too?

for about a minute

[KharmaTrain]

8. Crossfire...

...and hosted it for several years before Robert Novak and Bow Tie Boy Carlson ruined it.

[Motown_Johnny]

10. Buchanan and Press is the one I was thinking of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchanan_and_Press



Funny how I blocked out Pat

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. They fired Phil Donahue 8 years ago

[JoePhilly]

4. Joe Scarbarough is their morning liberal. ooops.

[ecstatic]

5. Is Cenk on now?

He has been their biggest mistake yet.

[SoCalDem]

9. Corporate bosses do not like liberals who "rock the boat".

Press has had his own show (CNN, I think) and then again with co-host Tucker Carlson :puke:..

Donahue was on MSNBC and was axed because he was anti-war..(GE did not like that much)

Corporate media will throw us a bone now and then, but other than Rachel and Keith when we had him. it;s hard to find ANY MSNBC host that doesn't "have" to include righties to counter whatever the intelligent guests say..

Of course they have Pat Buchanan (Xenophobe/Racist Emeritis) stashed away at HQ, ready to be trotted out at a moment's notice..

The recipe is pretty standard:

Crunchy, crumbled news, coated with a thin sweet layer, and the chewy nougaty center of commercials...(news part is artificially flavored and may or may not include nuts) consume at your own risk

[in_cog_ni_to]

11. Phil Donahue had the highest rated show on MSNBC and was fired because he wouldn't cheer on the

Idiot-In-Chief's illegal wars.

[Enthusiast]

12. Donahue was MSNBC's most

popular TV personality when they fired him for his opposition to the Iraq War. The truth is MSNBC only tolerates today's liberal content. I seriously doubt they would consider giving those guys a voice.

[mucifer]

13. They need more diversity more people of color in their lineup

It is the year 2011.

[WiffenPoof]

14. Can't Argue With That......n/t