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[Warpy]

1. It's likely the end of anyone under 70 watching it

If they want the Pox demographic, they can have it. Problem is that demographic keeps dying off and there's less of it to have every year.

[Revanchist]

11. Actually the 65+ age group is the fastest growing in the U.S.

and it's projected to keep growing

[Warpy]

13. Those are the oldest Boomers retiring

but don't forget the oldest Boomers by and large are not right wing foamers. Right wing media will get only the minority who spent their college years in YAF and Ripon Society meetings while the majority hated the war and everything Nixon stood for.

[JaneyVee]

2. No. NBC is a giant media powerhouse.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

3. You've used up all your questions for today.

Each poster gets only 4 (four) questioning OPs in a 24-hour period.

[Kingofalldems]

4. Boom.

[bravenak]

5. .

And they need to start with the words "Quick Question"

[A-Schwarzenegger]

25. And a question gets taken off the daily count

if it gets over 650 responses.

[freshwest]

19. LOL!

[Marie Marie]

6. Welcome to DU cloudywing.

[tularetom]

7. Far as I'm concerned they no longer exist right now

They're muting the voices that make sense and promoting those that parrot the Comcast talking points. Like Chunk Turd and Puke Russert.

Rachel is a special case. I think she is secure in her position with the network simply because she's smart and politically astute enough to pick her battles.

But for the most part, MSNBC has turned to doo doo.

[chillfactor]

8. who said anything about getting rid of Rachel? n/t

[newfie11]

9. Is something happening with Rachel?

That will end MSNBC for me.
I watch Freespeech TV usually but do watch Her.

[Kingofalldems]

10. Who says they are firing Rachel?

Is it you? Or do you have another source?

[JoePhilly]

20. Maybe Scarborough is being sent to Fox where he belongs.

[NuclearDem]

12. They won't. Her show is their only primetime that even competes with Fox.

[840high]

18. I thought her ratings

are dropping.

[PoliticAverse]

27. She's got about one-fifth of the ratings of Fox's The Kelly File...

See: http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/03/20/cable-news-ratings-for-thursday-march-19-2015/377444/

Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN KELLY FILE, THE 2,727 540 1,018
CNN INSIDE MAN 369 125 181
MSNB Rachel Maddow Show 603 119 271
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 255 130 118
HLN Dr. Drew ON CALL 231 90 128

[William769]

14. ...

Get it?

[99th_Monkey]

15. The end of the MSNBC network having any shred of credibility, yes. -nt-

[NaturalHigh]

17. Is that in the cards?

I hadn't heard anything about it. She has never been a favorite of mine personally, but I think she's pretty much the star of MSNBC. If she leaves who would be the heir apparent?

[liberal_at_heart]

21. I haven't watched MSNBC in a long, long time. It is all cable news and they are all motivated by

ratings and money. They are all the same.

[elleng]

23. Yes it is!

[liberal_at_heart]

24. yes, but just like all cable news the producers decide what is news worthy and what we should be

outraged about. I prefer to hear about more than just what they decide should be outrageous and news worthy. How many MSNBC shows are covering the TPP? or the problems with Race to the Top and standardized testing in our schools? Or the fact that both parties have allowed our middle class disappear? Or how we need publicly funded elections so billionaires will stop buying elections? Or how we must have single payer health care and cannot sit on our hands and let the ACA be the only change to health care we make?

[Sherman A1]

29. Agreed

try Al Jazeera, it's not bad at all.

[AndreaCG]

26. I cancelled cable

And can't get msnbc anymore. I could a couple of months ago on my iPhone. They are being shortsighted because many young people use the internet not cable. And some oldsters like me.

[Sherman A1]

28. MSNBC?

that network is still on the air? I switched to AJ a long time ago for what little TV news that I do watch.

I like to simply get information and not talking heads.

[davidpdx]

30. I'd go ape shit

Maddow is the only reason to watch MSNBC (ok, granted I watch it on the website..not the TV). I'm sure if she did there would be a line of people around several city blocks wanting to hire her.