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In reply to the discussion: Regarding MSNBC [View all]BlueStreak
(8,377 posts)They let Rev Al go off about race relations because they figure nobody is listening. Tweety isn't a liberal at all. He and Laurence are there mostly because they enjoy the sounds of their own voices so much. Ed is a bit of fun. They aren't sure what to do with him. Carnacki, Harris-Perry, and Hedges are all wonks. The network figures they can't hurt anybody too much. Rachael is the only one that could be called an influential liberal on the network, and I'm sure they works with strict boundaries as well.
MSNBC doesn't even make more than a half-assed effort to produce anything. They run the same talking heads out there night after night -- sometimes the same one covering 3 or 4 of the shows. And they run mostly the same stories on all the programs. It is as if they figure they are the only progressive option, so it doesn't matter what they do. The audience will be the same size anyway.