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FreepFryer

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

Reply to SummerSnow (Original post)

Fri Jun 30, 2017, 08:08 PM

Jun 2017

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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****MSNBC fires Greta Van Susteren,*** [View all] 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