The Foxification of MSNBC is Official:

[Atman]

Greta's first show tonight. First guest, none other than John McCain.

Ugh.

[yeoman6987]

1. I hate they went right but when they were left the ratings were awful

Most of us get our news from the internet.

[Atman]

2. I do, too.

MSNBC is on the satellite radio in the car.

Oh, look...next guest is Rince Pubis.

[OrwellwasRight]

9. I always call him

Prince Rebus.

[ReRe]

16. I've always called him...

..."Rinse Pubis."

[OrwellwasRight]

18. Eech!

That's a far more lurid image.

[nil desperandum]

21. We need a like button....nicely played. NT

[femmocrat]

5. Plus we all started boycotting it on Nov. 9.

Even more reason to do so now.

[Paladin]

15. I had no thought of staying away from MSNBC this long.

I just don't feel a compelling need to go back and watch.

[bravenak]

3. Hopefully CNN can give it a go

Of course she decides to have Cotton Hill up first
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[left-of-center2012]

4. I hate that Rachel is doing ads for her

Rachel says give her a chance.
No.

And I have no interest in Megyn Kelly, either, on NBC.

[The River]

6. I Expect Them to Hire

Roger Ailes any minute now.

[Angry Dragon]

8. He was hired yesterday

[sarcasmo]

7. Fox News 2

[Motown_Johnny]

10. McCain and Graham seem to be the least bad of the lot.

If only they had one more (R) Senator who was just crazy, instead of being bat s#@t crazy, things would not be quite so terrible.

[putitinD]

11. most of the reason FOX has higher ratings, is it is the only news channel available in

most of those podunk towns down south. Fox has no competition in 30% of the Country, because nothing else is available.

[Caliman73]

14. True

MSNBC, Free Speech TV, and other channels that had a more progressive bent, were always excluded from the basic line up. You had to pay extra to get those channels. Fox started out losing money and having low ratings for the first 3-5 years, but they did it for the purpose of being on the basic line up so that all the cable and satellite providers would include them on the basic channel line up. That is one of the reasons you always see Fox or CNN on at airports or other public and private establishments. They are part of the basic channel line up.

[djg21]

12. John McCain may be our best hope.

He is serving what likely is his last term in the Senate, and no longer has to appease the Republican Party or his Dumbfuckistan constituents in Arizona. He is no friend of Trump, and would cement a lasting legacy if he were to take Trump down. This is hardly unlikely given McCain's anti-Russian ethos and his dislike of Trump. I'm crossing my fingers.

[brooklynite]

13. I've been watching for the past 20 minutes...

...seems likely perfectly innocuous news stories and interviews.

[MFM008]

17. Dunno

Not watching.

[DeminPennswoods]

19. I remember Ed Shultz saying

I was watching Ed Shultz' show on MSNBC one time while he was interviewing another radio or TV talkshow host. What has stuck with me since then was Shultz saying they both knew what to say to rev up or appeal to their particular audience. Everything was geared toward ratings/ears/eyeballs. Shultz is a great example, from conservative talker, to liberal firebrand, to Russian propaganda. I don't know what he believes, but he knows what his audience wants to hear and that's what he says.

I remember Van Sustern from CNN where she seemed middle-of-the-road. She went to Fox News and evidently played by their rules. Now she's at MSNBC with a different audience where I'd expect her to return to be being more-or-less non-partisan.

[Stinky The Clown]

20. Those of you wondering why Maddow has grown increasingly unpopular . . . .

. . . . she's just another media person. A moral compass lacking in principles. A performer.