Bernie Sanders Blasts MSNBC and Comcast For Canceling Ed Schultz--Removing Voice for Working America

[KoKo]

Bernie Sanders Blasts MSNBC and Comcast For Canceling Ed Schultz

Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted MSNBC and Comcast for canceling Ed Schultz and removing one of the few voices for working Americans from television.

In a statement Sen. Sanders (I-VT) said:

We live in a time when much of the corporate media regards politics as a baseball game or a soap opera. Ed Schultz has treated the American people with respect by focusing on the most important issues impacting their lives. He has talked about income and wealth inequality, high unemployment, low wages, our disastrous trade policies and racism in America.

I am very disappointed that Comcast chose to remove Ed Schultz from its lineup. We need more people who talk about the real issues facing our country, not fewer.

At a time when a handful of large, multi-national corporations own our major media outlets, I hope they will allow voices to be heard from those who dissent from the corporate agenda.

It is rare to see a sitting U.S. Senator blast a network for a programming decision, but it is also rare that a network makes such a blatantly pro-corporate decision as the one that MSNBC has made. The cancelation of Ed Schultz means that one of the only populist voices for blue collar liberalism will be taken off the air. The decision to replace Schultz’s voice with that of NBC News Political Director Chuck Todd made MSNBC’s new direction obvious.

They don’t get much more corporate than Chuck Todd. MSNBC could have replaced Schultz with a wide variety of journalists, but the network intentionally chose to replace an anti-corporate voice with a man who owes his career to not rocking the boat and doing the bidding of his corporate bosses.

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/07/23/bernie-sanders-blasts-msnbc-comcast-canceling-ed-schultz.html

[G_j]

1. K&R!

[olegramps]

120. I will not watch that channel. Todd, dear God what a loser.

[SusanaMontana41]

136. Real news = AlJazeera America. Its hosts are not celebrities:"Wolf," "Hannity," Rachel Maddow …

Whoops. Check that. The economist does have his name in the title. Can't remember it.

[myrna minx]

2. Who on earth is going to watch Chuck Todd? Who.do they think is his market?

This is a horrible decision.

[Cleita]

4. I'm suspicious that they don't care.

Look for the commercials that are run. If it's for Boeing. (Are you going to run out and buy a jet.) Ads to locate your business in any oil rich ME nation? Ads for oil companies about the joys of fracking and drilling in the Arctic? None of those ads are for the middle class consumer. They are purchases of that station's time to prevent relevant and useful news from being aired that interfere with corporate agendas. Nobody but Chuckie's family and some Republican operatives will be watching and they don't care.

[NCcoast]

23. Bingo! Thank you.

The last three times I watched video segments from Rachel and Chris Hayes' shows streaming from the MSNBC website I was treated to pro fracking commercials. I shuttered when I saw those. The only reason they would be buying those spots is for the purpose of exerting financial pressure on MSNBC when there's a story they want suppressed, or spun. Or when they want influence over selection and control of on air talent. These are bad signs for MSNBC, one of the few voices in the MSM who'll give a fair shake to the left.

Fortunately there's not enough turd polish in the world to make Chuck Todd watchable. They'll spend a fortune backing that sad sack. Serves them right.

[passiveporcupine]

33. I shudder when I see Chuck Todd

This is disgraceful.

[wordpix]

79. I really don't see what Chuckie has at all

He is not a dynamo like all the people in the top MSNBC spots like Rachel, Chris Hayes, Rev, Chris M., etc. and Ed was one of those.

But Chuck Todd? Really? Verrrrrrrry bad choice. I hope MSNBC/Comcast feel the heat somehow.

[Dustlawyer]

107. A great example is the BP oil spill and resulting litigation. BP put the fix in by offering the

sell out Plaintiff's Steering Committee (PFC) $600,000,000 to agree to a one-sided class action settlement. The catch was that they don't get the money unless the settlement goes through to the end without being over-turned. The victims are stuck in the class and cannot opt out even though it is denying 75% of the victims. Most people believe that there really was a $20,000,000,000 fund. That fund was as real as unicorns, but was reported as gospel by everyone!

Ed Shultz was the only network personality to come down and accurately report that the victims are being screwed and most never get paid. When my boss asked him about catching heat for doing the story (he ended up doing segments for over a week on it) since BP has been one of the biggest advertisers of all media, he said he can do what he wants. Guess who was just replaced by chuck Toad? I don't believe Ed was replaced for the BP stories of several months back, I believe it was because Bernie is surging and Ed was his biggest media backer! Bernie has made it clear he would work to bust up the media oligopoly!

Our once great country has been rotted to the core by campaign contributions and sell out politicians!

[SusanaMontana41]

135. Yep. n/t

[wordpix]

78. yes I've noticed more ads for ME business like U.Emirates arline

anyone seen this? Very clever ad showing people enjoying all these beautiful interesting places all over the planet. I start thinking, what is being sold here? You don't find out til the end of the ad what it is.

[2banon]

122. Public Relations for Boing, Big Oil etc.

that's what those ads are about. Public Relations for "Big Business". Businesses that are involved in egregious harm to the planet and to humanity must have it's "Good Citizen" PR .

[G_j]

126. good take

very sad

[SusanaMontana41]

133. MSNBC = corporate "news." This is not a surprise. MSNBC= the Great Pretender. n/t

[kelliekat44]

22. I want some billionaire to finance a media outlet for Schultz, Maddow, Olberman, O'Donnell, and Cris

Citizens are ignorant enough just having to watch FOX and listen to Rush. If you thing the ratings are bad now, just take off one or two more of the MSNBC hosts.

[liberal from boston]

28. MSNBC

Totally agree kelliekat44. This is a deliberate decision to make sure that a Republican will be put in the White House in 2017!!!! Remember MSNBC ratings were astronomical in the 2012 Presidential election. In fact Rachel & Lawrence were beating fox in their time slots. MSNBC was a major factor in President Obama's re-election in 2012.

[wordpix]

81. Who will replace Jon Stewart, political instructor extraordinaire?

Educating his audience in a very funny way. There's one person who comes to my mind right now and that's Wanda Sykes.

[Bjorn Against]

99. Trevor Noah has already been announced as Jon Stewart's replacement

He is a South African comedian who is relatively unknown in the US, but extremely popular in his home country as well as Europe.

[Cleita]

31. I think Al Gore tried that with Current TV. Commercial TV still is

about who buys ads. The only cable channels besides Free Speech TV that aren't dependent on Ads are Al Jazeera and BBC.

[Historic NY]

44. He found out liberals are cheap...

they aren't willing to put up. You can't run TV w/o making a profit, either from ads, or subscriptions . Then they ran out of liberal commentators, including Olbermann, Spitzer, Behr, Cenk, etc...

http://www.wsj.com/articles/al-gore-had-reservations-about-selling-current-tv-to-al-jazeera-court-papers-say-1408652509

[wordpix]

82. we need a new model like picking out your own networks for a bundled price

Instead of the cable co. telling you what networks you get for basic cable on up, they give you a price for a bundle of, say, 10 networks on up to the max. available. I would not choose the shopping networks, for example.

[47of74]

92. Yeah, that's what pissed me off about The Lecherous Channel

I have to pay for that shit but can't have WGN unless I upgrade to the next package level.

Fuck.

[Duval]

104. Yes, Al Gore did try. We watch

FSTV, and Al Jazeera, also. We watch Lawrence O'Donnell, too. Well, the number of shows that tell us the truth is decreasing. Bad news for us and the country. BTW, I won't watch Todd, but I do want to say that Chris Matthews is worse! Ed was the one who first took on the Bush crap. This is awful.

[appalachiablue]

46. Same here, for 3 years. Best there is is FSTV (Free Speech TV) carried on

Dish, Direct and some select cable carriers. The FSTV channel airs Thom Hartmann's 3 hr. weekday program, Amy Goodman's "Democracy Now!" and excellent documentaries which can also be seen at freespeech.org online.

Too many people assume that folks know of alternative news sites online, but they don't. And not everyone can afford Sirius XM for some progressive radio talkers either, not in these times. Only 10% of US households have internet service I just read, if that's true; it sounds plausible.

This country needs an accessible, alternative and independent (non corp) Media. Where those wealthy backers are I don't know. (Gore's Current TV wasn't the end). This country is descending into dangerous decline... Watching the final minutes of Ed Schultz now, what a shame..

[alp227]

88. Unfortunately, progressive media and commercialization don't mix well.

Since many progressive positions directly conflict some big money advertisers' (oil for instance) interests. Ultimately, non-profit or viewer-supported (think Democracy Now, The Young Turks) should be the way to go. The outlets I mentioned have lasted longer than Air America Radio or MSNBC's "Liberal Fox" models have.

[SCVDem]

98. Add TYT

I will watch and DVR.

[alfredo]

128. I'm usually spent after watching Alex Wagner.

I can stand TV for about an hour. After that I have to do something productive.

[SusanaMontana41]

131. MSNBC is a corporate hack, too. Chuck Todd? ugh.

[OKNancy]

3. LOL - of course since Ed is a big Sanders supporter

He didn't mind last time Ed was taken off. Why now? Because he gives Sanders a lot of free air time.

[OnyxCollie]

15. Jealous much?

Maybe Hillary can ask her friend, Rupert, for some air time.

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[Capn Sunshine]

39. Yeah, 'cause "everybody" knows they are tight

Know why Rupert is kissing Hill's ass in this meeting? Because he KNOWS who the next President of the US will be. Billionaires like to cover their bets.

Of course, a pic like this at DU creates a lot of "knowledge" about Hillary's ties and viewpoints.

[Go Vols]

110. The pic is from 2008

He was wrong if he thought it was gonna be Hillary.

[appalachiablue]

47. +1

[passiveporcupine]

35. I think that is exactly why he was taken off

Because MSNBC has no problem with Hillary but they have a huge problem with Bernie. Last time it wasn't primary season with Bernie running.

[Capn Sunshine]

41. They have a huge problem with Bernie? Really?

They seem to be the only major network covering the masses showing up at Bernie's Rallies. If Chuck Todd even mentions it, it's accompanied by the inside the beltway line " long shot outsider".

Even though Bernie is about as insider as it gets.

[passiveporcupine]

50. They have a problem with his message.

Just my opinion. Why else would they take off the only person talking about his message?

[wordpix]

84. Agree and follow the corpos $$$$

The big oil/real estate/Wall St. exec pricks making millions off things like toxic debt, stock options and just plain salaries do not want to change the status quo. Oh, no. They want to keep their tax havens and fake headquarters in the Caymans and moving jobs overseas and buying the congressmen. In short, they like things just fine and Bernie is a big threat.

This means Rachel could be next. I hope he watches her back.

[SusanaMontana41]

137. Absolutely she could be next. MSNBC is not "progressive" news. It serves its corporate masters. n/t

[rhett o rick]

85. I am guessing that you and other HRC supporters are not Big Ed/union supporters.

Tell me I am wrong.

[stevenleser]

116. Big Ed fan and big Union fan and Hillary supporter here. Nt

[rhett o rick]

125. Good to know. I was hoping that some Clinton supporters would show up

in support of Big Ed.

[OKNancy]

117. you are wrong. I actually liked Ed's show

and I grew up singing union songs.
My dad loved this part of the Woody Guthrie song ( an Okie by the way)

You gals who want to be free, just take a tip from me;
Get you a man who's a union man and join the ladies' auxiliary.
Married life ain't hard when you got a union card,
A union man has a happy life when he's got a union wife.
.....

[rhett o rick]

124. Yes, I misunderstood your post. You were only taking a shot at Sanders and

not Big Ed. You are aware that Goldman-Sachs is not a big union supporter and that a lot of Sen Sander's financial support comes from union members.

[WillyT]

115. Oh Yeah... That'll Get Them To Vote For Hillary... Nice Job...

[Cleita]

5. K&R

[Rex]

6. Comcast could not handle the truth being told, so they purposely insult their viewers with

their new choice - Chuck "I'm not actually a reporter" Todd. I hope they lose billions.

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. I think they will

[Cleita]

9. They won't. The oil companies and MIC industries that will buy

commercial time will consider it money well spent to shut down any discourse that thwarts their agenda to drill and frack every drop of oil on the earth and then put that to use in the new and awesome weapons being manufactured to to bomb every third world country on this earth to smithereens. Then Wall Street will dance a conga line over all the fabulous profits the 1% will reap because of it.

[KoKo]

66. Views and Click Bait to their Online Website...

And, as always, Competing with Faux News and the "Leg Ladies Peek-a-Boo's."

[wordpix]

77. well said & the only way to win is turn out the vote

get people interested and registered. Nuts and bolts things like that.

[kentuck]

8. I think they let him go because of Bernie...

He had Bernie on his show a lot and Bernie was gaining more and more Democratic voters. I don't think they wanted to continue giving Bernie that platform?

[Cleita]

10. Wall Street and the MIC definitely don't want Bernie to have any face time.

If they are moving this aggressively to shut him and anyone who supports him down this early, it's going to be a bad fight for this Presidential race in 2016.

[Nevada Blue]

12. that was the first thing I thought when I heard this - I think you're spot on n/t

[wordpix]

86. yes there's a discussion about Bernie's role upthread

How dare Ed Schulz highlight a candidate who talks seriously about the nation's problems, offers solutions and tells the truth.

Maybe Comcast clients will decide to go elsewhere.

[trueblue2007]

11. i am SO ANGRY with MSNBC for taking off the 3 GOOD Programs that I like. I HATE Chuck Toad

[world wide wally]

13. Just more bullshit

[jalan48]

14. If they take Rachel off then we will know they have gone over to the dark side.

[passiveporcupine]

36. So I hear they are bringing Olberman back

I wonder who he supports.

[jalan48]

40. I guess it's really who does MSNBC/Comcast support.

Ed liked Bernie and Ed is going so.......

[wordpix]

89. my thought about Rachel, too. I stand strong for journalist truth tellers

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

16. Upchuck is a defacto republican, a puppet, a tool

He's the guy who's had an endless string of Republicans on Meet The Press and when asked why he never challenges their version of facts or their mistaken opinions, he responds that if he challenged any of their lies, they wouldn't come on his show.

That's not journalism.

[wordpix]

91. oh gawd, that story shows what a wuss he is

Doesn't he realize that these politicians love publicity and so of course they will continue to come on the show. And if they don't, who cares, that's good for Dems if the repukes don't show to spout their lies and Obama-aimed venom.

[malaise]

17. Fuckie Todd - proof that ignorance is bliss

I won't watch that crap

[Augiedog]

18. FEAR!!! They see what's coming....

The real ground swell in America is embodied in the Sanders campaign. The goofy right wing Trump humpers are exposing the real republican skeleton for the god awful wack jobs they are. People are sick of corporate cruelty and 1%er social welfare state. Getting rid of the venues through which the ideas and platforms of the rational majority; Dems, Progressives, Liberals and even Socialists is just a beginning. Voting machines are the real weak spot and you can expect election fraud on an unprecedented scale in 2016 by right wing extremists. They are running scared and they see their own end coming and are willing, as any wild animal is, to do anything to save their rabid, vile and creepy existence.

[yuiyoshida]

19. I like Ed Schultz

and MSNBC totally messed up removing him, agree with Bernie...

[HereSince1628]

25. Blame me, I haven't really watched Ed since he came back from weekend duty...

I think Ed's heart is in the right place. He is certainly sympathetic to labor and to Wisconsin.

[yuiyoshida]

29. I seriously doubt

that you are an executive at MSNBC. They are ones who removed Ed.. and they are pretty short sited, but I get that all they are thinking about is the dollars in their pocket. But, omg.. Chuck Todd, is a total loser and should be removed from Television. He certainly doesn't add extra money to their coffers...

MSNBC may be about politics, but its more about what they can sell to the general public to put more money into their pockets.

[HereSince1628]

30. But they do count viewers. And I've not watched him.

Totally about Chuck Todd. He needs to learn how to knot a bow-tie. Theny he'd better fit his political predacessor on MSNBC

[yeoman6987]

102. This is why they cancelled his show

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/thursday-cable-ratings-ed-schultz-hits-new-low-of-25k-in-demo/


You cannot have a show on TV when you have 25 thousand viewers in the 18-49 age group. That is just way too low. I mean 25,000 watch the show in that age group? That is really low.

[wordpix]

93. Ed's show is always very educational about labor issues

He is really very good on every aspect of labor, including the business/ coprporate side such as exec. salaries, bonuses, perks, scams, etc.

[whathehell]

56. I love Big Ed! This so pisses me off!

[yuiyoshida]

58. What pisses me off is

MSNBC are sell-outs. They aren't in this cause they want to inform the American people about politics.. they want to fill their pockets with green, and move on.

[whathehell]

62. Correct. No one but Ed would talk about the TPP, I was

very suspicious that Chris Hayes and Rachel were being "gagged'" on the issue.

[Omaha Steve]

20. Fire Morning Joe

[TDale313]

90. Sadly, he's the last one they'll let go.

[wordpix]

94. what? After he got his new hair color, cool glasses & thinned down?

Oh no, Joe is gonna stay young and virile forever.

[nikto]

21. If you think along the lines of cui bono ...

Then it seems all too likely that the main reason Schultz was taken off is because he gives Bernie a platform
in the 1st place.
Corporate ownership surely disapproves.


Sometimes, something is so disturbingly obvious, that 1/2 the Public can't even believe it, and doesn't.

Shame on them.

Corporations and banks operate entirely on the principle of BENEFIT, so, since those interest$ are basically running the show in America (and essentially own all media), using cui bono as a standard way of looking at politics is just the smart thing to do these days, IMO.

[London Lover Man]

24. My opinion: Toad should be fired immediately after the first night's flop

and Schultz resigned into a long-term contract ensuring MSNBC and Comcast will have to pay HEAVILY for him to leave them, promising the following

1) New primetime show
2) New radio show
3) Meet the Press host spot
4) Promising more progressive shows instead of pretending to be Faux Nooz.
5) More exposure on the Internet and social media

[Jack Rabbit]

26. The Toad taking over for Big Ed? Where is this going?

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[blm]

27. Corporate media doing what they ALWAYS do before an election.

Padding the number of RW voices for their war-profiteering masters.

[chillfactor]

32. needless to say...

I will not not be watching MSNBC when the Toad is on...

[kairos12]

34. So much GOP crap will come from that new

program they should name it Toadstool.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

42. LOL - DUZY for sure

[Marty McGraw]

129. Great one!

[ORjohn]

37. MSNBC

Pulling the plug on Keith Olberman silenced another who spoke truth to deception.

[Capn Sunshine]

43. Olberman was a discipline problem and a giant ass ego.

They hardly "pulled the plug" on him. He ultimately fired himself. It just took him a while to find a big enough trailer to haul his ego along with him.

[mythology]

51. Which is why he's been fired from pretty much every job he's ever had on TV

[zappaman]

57. Exactly!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

67. Yeah but what a great 8 year run on Countdown on MSNBC

Olbermann was truly a voice in the wilderness, another Edward R. Murrow in taking on George Bush and Dick Cheney night after night. No one at that time had his guts and his ability to level withering attacks on the war makers. And his fights with Bill O'Reilly were legendary. No one else could make O'Reilly squirm as Keith Olbermann could. Often, great artists have great egos and Olbermann was truly great.

[kairos12]

71. Agree 100 percent. Keith and the West Wing helped me keep sane during the Shrub regime.

[wordpix]

95. I agree he was brilliant there

[Duval]

105. Olbermann was the greatest. He

pulled no punches. I never thought he had this HUGE EGO. BS! They couldn't handle his straight forward and thoughtful opinions. We still miss him. GOOD for Bernie Sanders!

[bvar22]

80. Every single TV NewsTalker...

..has a giant ass ego.
So does every politician.


Why would someone without giant ass ego want to be a newscaster or politician these days?

[MrMickeysMom]

100. Well, what is the inside information you have on this, then?

Large ass ego's Olbermann's included, are not directly proportional to discipline and the need to "dump".

Olbermann is legend. There is a liberal purge, starting with Keith and ultimately will end with Rachel, I'm guessing.

They fear…. speaking TRUTH to POWER.

[dflprincess]

101. The liberal purge at MSNBC started with Phil Donohue

he had good ratings, but he opposed Bush's war so he had to go.

[MrMickeysMom]

103. That's right...

I stand corrected on that. God… How could I forget that?

After all these years, Phil was interviewed, and he seemed to have this tender aura around him. This, when he might rightly be filled with rage, given the early indicators, starting with his questions…. The ones dared not be asked!

[YOHABLO]

38. Do they not understand that this crowd does not like Chuck Todd? We avoid him at all cost.

Why don't they give that boring Mrs.Greenspan the ax? Talk about dull. They've now made another big mistake IMO> and many others. I don't watch MSNBC anymore, sometimes Rachel and Chris Hayes but very rarely. I tune into Thom Hartmann, Ring of Fire on the weekends. I listen to Democracy Now. Corporate tv is just propaganda at this point that caters to the oligarchy that runs this country. Screw them.

[TexasTowelie]

45. A disappointing decision to read and wake up to in the afternoon.

It looks like I'll be sleeping until the evening now.

[SusanCalvin]

48. WHAT?????

This is a slap in the face, plain and simple. I watch Ed. You @$#!ers think I don't know the difference between Ed and Chuck? How stupid do you think I am? How stupid are you?

[budd3456]

49. who is going to bother watch WTF CHUCK

[Octafish]

52. Maybe someone at Fox News will stand up for the working men and women of the USA?

[Enthusiast]

69. Yeah. That's the ticket.

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[KoKo]

83. Oh Yeah when Hell Freezes over and the "Peek-a-Boo" Up the Ladies legs gets Stale!

[HenryWallace]

53. Sorry to disagree, but....

MSNBC's ratings are tanking (and have been for some time).

I don't think it is a knock on the network so much as a sign of the times.

Cable television is in free fall....... "Cable cutters" are quickly transforming the industry. In a few years cable providers and cable-only channels will be as relevant a Blockbuster Video!

Progressives are less likely to sit and stare at any six hour block of programing than their conservative counterparts (who are generally older and well, less open to variety).

In addition, Progressives are more likely to be unsatisfied with cable television in generally and probably make up a higher percentage of the people leaving the medium.

The future is not Fox News, or it's liberal alternative, but something else.

[KoKo]

74. You might have a point..although I disagree that Ed's Viewers don't have a Right to Pissed off..

We have older Roku Boxes in our house.

We went to replace our 6 year old Roku with their New Roku 2 and the Salesperson at Best Buy who looked to be in his Mid-20's said to us..I use it for everything except my "I Tunes Library." He said, "actually, we have a hard time keeping them in stock."

I said to him: "But Roku sells the online" and "we are here because we just decided to upgrade and thought we'd skip their 20% discount and the hassel of doing it online."

He said: "Yeah..that's what we find...that some have Roku Boxes for multiple TV's and they come in here because they are buying it for Kids Birthday or their Parents for some special occasion and they need it now and don't want to order online even if its the 20% Discount considering its for a special gift." He asked if that's why we were there and we said..."No..not special occasion..we just decided to upgrade and didn't want to do it online."

I have no doubt that one of the Major Hedge Fund/Venture Capitalists or even Comcast or TWC will buy Roku Out to Stifle the Competition at some point. But, for now, this works for us to get rid of the endless loud commercials we find time consuming and offensive and the constant drone of stale content or voyeur style viewing that can get kind of sick and tiresome.

For now things are Great with Alternative Media ....but, it won't take much longer before our Freedom to View is Bought Out by Another Big Company and we are back into the WEEDS with Manipulated Watching that we pay Double For...or just sit at home listening to Pod Cast Radio.

[wordpix]

96. disagree - right now many still use cable but main prob is ads

I am very close to stopping cable TV due to all the ads.

[brooklynite]

114. While not necessarily disagreeing, consider one thing...

...cable news channels, whatever people think of them, PAY people to collect, edit and report the news. If the cable channel goes away in your new world, how many reports are you going to get from a war zone, and how many investigative pieces are people going to spend months preparing for free?

[valerief]

54. Ed's plain talk appeal is too dangerous in an election year, I guess. Fuckin' Fascism. nt

[valerief]

55. Chuck Todd is corporate diarrhea. nt

[Unknown Beatle]

59. Chuck Todd?

What a fucking joke.

That little pissant Todd thinks he's relevant.

[Rosco T.]

60. Two Problems...

1) Much as I love Ed, his ratings are in the tank.
2) He's doing the show from his place in ND, not NY. "Out of the Loop"

that said, I think they could have moved him to weekends.

[Coventina]

61. I am so angry right now I can't even see straight.

I'm shaking.

[senseandsensibility]

63. Were Ed's ratings particularly low?

Why is he being singled out?

[Rosco T.]

70. Yes they were low and he wasn't 'singled out'

"The Cycle' and Alex Wager's show are also cancelled

basically that 3 hour block

[wordpix]

97. They're all difficult time slots

How many people are home watching TV in the afternoon M-F?

[northoftheborder]

64. what????

How did I miss this news. I LIKE ED. Chuck Todd???? Certainly not going to tune in for him. My favorite MSNBC hosts & shows are: Daily Rundown and Newsnation, in the morning; The Cycle and Ed Schultz in the afternoon, and Chris Hayes, Rachel, and O'Donnell at night.

Can't believe Ed is going - I used to listen to him on the radio. He's an institution.

[Uncle Joe]

65. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, KoKo.

[JCMach1]

68. to bring back the Toad

No Thanks...

[silvershadow]

72. I called them today and gave them my mind. Told them to bring back Olbermann, too. nt

[colsohlibgal]

73. How Discouraging

Olbermann coyly hinted on his show today he would be on to somewhere, but MSNBC seems an unlikely landing spot now, wow.

This move is just so alarming, dropping Schultz for a corporate toadie like Todd.

[qazplm]

75. we do need more people

but Sorry Ed Schultz is not very good on TV. He's a radio guy and that's where he should stay. There are other, better progressive talents out there who can say the same thing.

[wordpix]

76. whaaaaaat? They're replacing Ed with Chuckie Todd? NOOOOOOOO

We need to organize to get Ed back on the air and get rid of the person (s) who made that stupid greedmongering decision.

Yet another shout out to my guiding light, Sen. Bernie Sanders. Terrible Comcast corporate, I hope this crummy company gets a good public backlash.

[rhett o rick]

87. I bet that HRC supporters really like the Chuckster. nm

[brooklynite]

112. I always liked him...but I don't spend endless hours watching people pontificate on Cable News

Whether MSNBC or Fox.

[davidpdx]

106. The only thing left for BSComcast to do is to get rid of Rachel

to make it a clean sweep. Then they can officially become the new Fox lite.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

108. I think Rachel is probably safe for now

but Lawrence O'Donnell might be feeling a bit uneasy.

[davidpdx]

109. Oh, I forgot about Lawrence O'Donnell

I love him for his work on The West Wing. .

[brooklynite]

113. Since his ratings are far higher than Ed's, I'm thinking he doesn't need to...

With 58K viewers in the 25-54 demo at 5 p.m., MSNBC’s The Ed Show was the lowest rated hour across all of cable news on on Wednesday afternoon (Ari Melber guest-hosted). In the same time slot, Fox News’ The Five was #1 with 253K and CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer came in second with 96K.


http://www.mediaite.com/tv/friday-cable-ratings-msnbcs-schultz-last-in-demo-with-58k/

[SusanaMontana41]

132. It can happen to anyone. MSNBC is a pretender. I quit watching years ago. n/t

[indivisibleman]

111. Went to see Bernie in Madison, WI. and who was there?

Ed Schultz of course. Ed has his hand on the pulse of the progressive movement and needs to stay on the airwaves.
Thanks Senator Sanders for speaking out about this.

[hornyfrog]

118. chuck Todd!?

Chuck Todd is a gerbil. Can't believe this is happening. Did the ratings go way down?

[turbinetree]

119. And as the Bugs Bunny /Pork Pig, would say .................

That's that's ALL FOLKS.

[bora13]

121. Bern one

It's time to Bern one!

[rock]

123. Very nicely done Bernie!

[neverforget]

127. On the bright side, we'll have the pleasure of seeing Chuck Todd get

fired when his show tanks.

[lark]

130. "Just another brick in the wall",

as Pink Floyd opined way before their time.

[snot]

134. K&R'd!

When are we going to demand media reform???