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Sekhmets Daughter

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29. MSNBC is not a news channel...

Tue Jan 1, 2013, 11:16 AM

Jan 2013

Its purpose is to provide analysis and left leaning opinion...much like the OP Ed pages of newspapers. Your assessment of 'true journalists' is really just your opinion of which personalities you enjoy. If you want pure news read a few newspapers...

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Rachel Maddow's Surge Is Fox News' Worst Ratings Nightmare [View all] TomCADem Jan 2013 OP

GO RACHEL! Skittles Jan 2013 #1

Next: Turbineguy Jan 2013 #2

Never... awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #6

Made in the USA! Our #1 product. GO USA!!! GO USA!!! GO USA!!! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2013 #26

The perfect punch line! Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #27

I think Rachel's ratings are due to people catching on who mainly watch their news online. Crowman1979 Jan 2013 #3

Pretty Sure Online Viewing Isn't otohara Jan 2013 #44

Smarts > Fear. nt onehandle Jan 2013 #4

+1 n/t Sophiegirl Jan 2013 #5

Fox News was Designed for 3 reasons..... Grassy Knoll Jan 2013 #7

Super ditto. SoapBox Jan 2013 #9

The question remains why it was created tabasco Jan 2013 #50

Griffin wants to boost brand awareness. Good! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #8

I don't particularly like MSNBC. delrem Jan 2013 #10

I disagree. I admit Fox and MSSNBC are both partisan, and napi21 Jan 2013 #11

Fox doesn't admit that they are partisan NewJeffCT Jan 2013 #28

I miss Rachel on radio. I dont watch much TV. Now in Seattle we will miss all of rhett o rick Jan 2013 #40

A sdtumbling drunk.. sendero Jan 2013 #42

I take it you don't listen to Ed's show. gtar100 Jan 2013 #12

Ed's good DreWId Jan 2013 #14

Agree!!! LovingA2andMI Jan 2013 #18

MSNBC is not a news channel... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #29

What makes you think you get any real news from papers? Ian62 Jan 2013 #36

Well maybe we dont want "real news" ever think about that? rhett o rick Jan 2013 #41

To really get out of the bubble, get out of the country MindPilot Jan 2013 #46

The Russian Channel. Manifestor_of_Light Jan 2013 #70

I think you must read the wrong newspapers. n/t Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #47

Which one do you suggest? Ian62 Jan 2013 #49

Censor is too strong a word... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #51

I don't think Censor is too strong a word Ian62 Jan 2013 #75

LOL... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #76

Then MSNBC Should Say That: LovingA2andMI Jan 2013 #57

No they don't... Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #60

Disagree. Under That Standard, There Is No TV News TomCADem Jan 2013 #62

Those are the exceptions. Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #63

This. WilliamPitt Jan 2013 #22

Anyone who's not a repug MUST appreciate, if not like, MSNBC samsingh Jan 2013 #24

So one does not fit into a LovingA2andMI Jan 2013 #58

who said you can't criticize msnbc? i explained how aware we should be about how fox operates samsingh Jan 2013 #73

REALLY? Ed supports arming the "freedom fighters" dotymed Jan 2013 #35

Of course I prefer MSNBC news shows to FOX or CNN underthematrix Jan 2013 #52

This is perfect, Thank You! LovingA2andMI Jan 2013 #59

And yet you are willing to clap for a blogger who makes unfounded accusations... Walk away Jan 2013 #68

Did you just call Richard Engel a spy? Walk away Jan 2013 #67

Even if they had no one watching, murdoch would keep it going. It is an extension of the repug still_one Jan 2013 #13

agreed samsingh Jan 2013 #25

Fox News is the department of propaganda for the neocons Ian62 Jan 2013 #37

Perhaps Fox viewers are buying shortwave radios and tuning in Art Bell Kennah Jan 2013 #15

I have a few relatives PatSeg Jan 2013 #16

Nice to hear... defacto7 Jan 2013 #17

What irked me Auriandra Jan 2013 #21

No, no no! Keep the repugs ignorant, confused and hateful! Long Live Faux Spews! PerceptionManagement Jan 2013 #19

ed`s radio show is far better than his tv show madrchsod Jan 2013 #20

+1 n/t NMDemDist2 Jan 2013 #23

It would take honesty mgardener Jan 2013 #30

So When Do We Add More People like Rachel to MSNBC Liberalynn Jan 2013 #31

I gotta tell you.. I find Joe... useful annabanana Jan 2013 #33

Those are good points Liberalynn Jan 2013 #65

If I wanted to see consrevatives like Scarborough Blue Hen Buckeye Jan 2013 #77

How the HELL did I miss Rachel on the Colbert Report?!? annabanana Jan 2013 #32

Yes, I missed that too, and I record all to watch later. Is it on the website? northoftheborder Jan 2013 #53

I found the segment annabanana Jan 2013 #56

Still wish they could somehow get Keith Olbermann back. He made the station IMHO. n/t patricia92243 Jan 2013 #34

Yeah, Keith O. needs to come back Ligyron Jan 2013 #39

The Fox message is short, ugly and horribly repetitive. I would think even morans would get rhett o rick Jan 2013 #38

It's because the Geezers watching that crap all had heart attacks when the dark dude was WCGreen Jan 2013 #43

While the post election ratings increases Jenoch Jan 2013 #45

Faux Newz was caught in a big lie. Now, some of their viewers question everything SDjack Jan 2013 #48

the destruction of the Republican is their own doing lovuian Jan 2013 #54

Texas GOP/schools ban "Critical Thinking" Skills libdem4life Jan 2013 #55

Go Rachel! ReRe Jan 2013 #61

Maddow & Chris Hayes are the best commentators on television. DirkGently Jan 2013 #64

I just had a good friend who is a senior producer at MSNBC over for my New Years brunch today... Walk away Jan 2013 #66

I do love Rachel Maddow! another_liberal Jan 2013 #69

There Was a Study of Just How Disconnected from Reality Fox Viewers Are AndyTiedye Jan 2013 #71

Either way, journalism loses. harmonicon Jan 2013 #72

Rachelle is a good teacher madisongrace Jan 2013 #74