Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:01 PM

SummerSnow (12,608 posts)

**MSNBC fires Greta Van Susteren,*

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/29/business/media/greta-van-susteren-leaving-msnbc-after-only-six-months.html?_r=0

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18 replies	Author	Time	Post
**MSNBC fires Greta Van Susteren,* (Original post)	SummerSnow	Jun 2017	OP
good fucking riddance	Skittles	Jun 2017	#1
Im glad shes gone too.	SummerSnow	Jun 2017	#2
It's insulting that MSNBC thought liberals would watch her.	Alice11111	Jun 2017	#3
She's a friend of Rachel Maddow....	PoliticAverse	Jun 2017	#7
OK, I was trying to forget this.	Tatiana	Jun 2017	#8
Yes. All of the MSNBC hosts tried to give her a great start.	Alice11111	Jun 2017	#18
Well, she's being replaced by liberal Ari Melber, who	Hortensis	Jun 2017	#10
Well, Kagan and Scalia were best buds.	defacto7	Jun 2017	#14
RBG and Scalia went to the opera, plays, & and dined together.	Alice11111	Jun 2017	#17
This message was self-deleted by its author	defacto7	Jun 2017	#13
watched 10 minutes of her 1st m$nbc show....that was too much.	spanone	Jun 2017	#4
It must be Christmas!...;	JHB	Jun 2017	#5
LOL! One of my favorite movie moments to reference!	Coventina	Jun 2017	#11
They never should have hired her and the other right wingers they have recently hired.	SamKnause	Jun 2017	#6
18%(300,000 viewers instantly shut off MSNBC when her show began at 6, Hardball brought 58% back.	FreepFryer	Jun 2017	#9
She was probably told to do that (insert rightie talking points).	Chipper Chat	Jun 2017	#12
that right there is the salient fact. 58% back for matthews.	mopinko	Jun 2017	#16
*Who bloody cares*	A HERETIC I AM	Jun 2017	#15

Response to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:03 PM

Skittles (133,646 posts)

1. good fucking riddance

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Response to Skittles (Reply #1)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:05 PM

SummerSnow (12,608 posts)

2. Im glad shes gone too.

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Response to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:18 PM

Alice11111 (5,730 posts)

3. It's insulting that MSNBC thought liberals would watch her.

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Response to Alice11111 (Reply #3)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:07 PM

PoliticAverse (22,580 posts)

7. She's a friend of Rachel Maddow....

( See https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2016/05/20/bff-watch-rachel-maddow-and-greta-van-susteren/?utm_term=.1f7f23c975b6 )

who was also a big fan of her Fox show: "Greta Van Susteren is great"...

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #7)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:08 PM

Tatiana (14,167 posts)

8. OK, I was trying to forget this.

***Sigh*** Not one of Rachel's finest moments.

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Response to Tatiana (Reply #8)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:33 PM

Alice11111 (5,730 posts)

18. Yes. All of the MSNBC hosts tried to give her a great start.

I figured it was orders from above, though RM seemed genuine.

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #7)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:14 PM

Hortensis (43,878 posts)

10. Well, she's being replaced by liberal Ari Melber, who

I suspect Rachel likes a lot better. I don't recall Van Sustern subbing for Rachel.

I hope Ari's show does well. These days he'll be like a sunny clearing in a conservative forest.

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Response to PoliticAverse (Reply #7)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:32 PM

defacto7 (13,485 posts)

14. Well, Kagan and Scalia were best buds.

Sometimes people like being close to their nemesis.

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Response to defacto7 (Reply #14)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 09:30 PM

Alice11111 (5,730 posts)

17. RBG and Scalia went to the opera, plays, & and dined together.

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defacto7 This message was self-deleted by its author.

Response to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:20 PM

spanone (125,508 posts)

4. watched 10 minutes of her 1st m$nbc show....that was too much.

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Response to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:27 PM

JHB (32,782 posts)

5. It must be Christmas!...;

"Out you... go, through the door or out the window!"

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Response to JHB (Reply #5)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:17 PM

Coventina (22,080 posts)

11. LOL! One of my favorite movie moments to reference!

Evil Nick.

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Response to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 06:34 PM

SamKnause (12,160 posts)

6. They never should have hired her and the other right wingers they have recently hired.

I hope they all bomb in the ratings and get fired as well.

I don't watch Fox 'News' for a reason.

They lie.

They don't believe in facts.

They misrepresent.

They omit.

They manipulate.

I don't know why MSNBC is trying to emulate them.

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Response to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:08 PM

FreepFryer (5,642 posts)

9. 18%(300,000 viewers instantly shut off MSNBC when her show began at 6, Hardball brought 58% back.

Her show sucked mostly because she uncritically allowed Right-wing talking points to be repeated ad nauseam. Only recently did she put real fangs in her critique... too late for management.

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Response to FreepFryer (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:25 PM

Chipper Chat (7,990 posts)

12. She was probably told to do that (insert rightie talking points).

The whole enchilada was dirty. Greta was sucked in on the promise of "you will be a great fit and your viewpoint will be great for M$NBC." I didn't think it would work as I switched and watched the Wolfman at 6pm. I don't think Greta is a bad person and I kinda feel sorry for her and wish her well.

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Response to FreepFryer (Reply #9)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 07:42 PM

mopinko (58,964 posts)