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NBC cancel Al Roker and Tamron Today hour for Megyn Kelly (Want to be next Fox News)
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TheCochese
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Money always wins.
sturgboski
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One fox news is bad enough.
Ploid 3.0
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Seriously, this seems like some Onion piece. What is going on?
Yes, it is great!
The left needs their own brainwashing machine. How else are we going to compete with the endless right wing propaganda??
Acerac
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The media will largely decide how his presidency is remembered. I wish I was surprised at the direction they are taking.
EnlightenedMint
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Can't believe they are canceling it for some woman from Fox News.
Seriously? They push out that hour but keep the absolutely unwatchable Kathy Lee hour?
What?
Do you have a link to that? First I've heard of it.
Chie Satonaka
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Megyn Kelly isn't fit to host a show on the Home Shopping Network, let alone a show on NBC News.
The fact that she's replacing black people on top of it would be hilarious if it didn't enrage me.
The fact that she's replacing black people on top of it would be hilarious if it didn't enrage me.
Well, there is the infamous story about the CEO of GE, and Bush friend, Jack Welch demanding NBC call the 2000 election for Bush early, which they did, and Tim Russert was one of the first influential mainstream media people to tell Al Gore to basically pack it up and go away for the good of the country.
And of course there is Chuck Todd...
Byakuya769
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Hmm.. this seems in conflict with demographic viewing habits.
I predict that this will be a failed venture.
Same here.
I predict that this will be a failed venture.
Same here.
perfectchaos007
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Dude Abides
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NBC isn't on record saying that. Unnamed "media insiders" are.
It very well could be true but it's not like NBC has confirmed it.
Want those white racist views huh?
She only calls out guests on things the negatively affects her. She will time after time defend white supremacy.
Let's not forger "The girl was no saint either." when the black girl was assaulted by the cop.
She's just as much of a piece of shit as everyone else at fox.
She only calls out guests on things the negatively affects her. She will time after time defend white supremacy.
Let's not forger "The girl was no saint either." when the black girl was assaulted by the cop.
She's just as much of a piece of shit as everyone else at fox.
I feel like people might be reading into this a bit too much. NBC are taking these people because of who they are to try and poach viewers who watch for the personalities. I mean, MSNBC is still as left-leaning as they've ever been. I don't like Greta just because I find her show boring but from what I've seen, it's certainly not some conservative outlet.
MSNBC is still as liberal as it gets in prime time and Morning Joe has been around forever so they've already had conservative leaning hosts.
I don't think Megyn's show is going to be Fox News-esque either.
(Also, Tamron is great and deserves a prime time slot on MSNBC -- the hour with Al Roker was pretty much nonsense anyway. I think it's time for Matthews to retire and I'd love to see Tamron take over.)
MSNBC is still as liberal as it gets in prime time and Morning Joe has been around forever so they've already had conservative leaning hosts.
I don't think Megyn's show is going to be Fox News-esque either.
(Also, Tamron is great and deserves a prime time slot on MSNBC -- the hour with Al Roker was pretty much nonsense anyway. I think it's time for Matthews to retire and I'd love to see Tamron take over.)
distantmantra
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Seriously. MSNBC is still my cable news of choice and it feels just as liberal as ever.
Yup. I still remember when she first broke from conservative orthodoxy by criticizing the US for not adopting more liberal maternity leave laws like France, aka, Fox News favorite punching bag post 9/11.
People were fawning over her for showing some "independence", ignoring the fact that she was doing it because she was pregnant, not becuase it was the right thing to do.
gutter_trash
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Fuck You NBC
Al Roker has been loyal throughout his whole career.
Tamron Hall is awesome and has proven herself
Fuck You NBC
hipbabboom
Huh? What did I say? Did I screw up again? :(
Not that they were ever really progressive but Morning Joe from some of the clips I've recently watched seem to have softened considerably on Trump after being granted an interview. Its fucking disgusting watching the host of the show go hard when attacking people speak out against Trump by mixing in Trumps own propaganda into the show. Spicer was on recently and got no real challenging questions or follow-up by the in-studio panel.
HarryDemeanor
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How many hours of the Today Show do they need?
Just axe the drunken hour and keep Tamron and co. in their spot. Besides, which hour is John Cena hour?
Just axe the drunken hour and keep Tamron and co. in their spot. Besides, which hour is John Cena hour?
Yup and generally just be dicks as usual.
Gordon Shumway
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That two for one special..
PepsimanVsJoe
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IIRC Al Gore tried to get something started back in the early 2000s.
Even in California it never caught on.
Chie Satonaka
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Pretty much.
Just have her do a special in February about All Lives Matter while you're at it, NBC. Just twist in that knife as much as you possibly can.
Make sure the first person she interviews is David Clarke. Let's just take it as far as we possibly can.
I watch it regularly. I still remember Ann Curry's tearful goodbye and how she rejected Matt Lauer trying to comfort her because he fucked her over so hard.
Jeffolation
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Hopefully this tanks and her primetime aspirations are dashed.
She used her show to attack Gretchen Carlson when she came forward to expose Roger Ailes and Fox News. She actually said her experience as a lawyer gave her special insight that told her that Carlson was lying.
Of course, then everyone found out that Carlson had recorded proof, and Van Sustren never brought it up again, or was ever questioned about it.
Now, like Kelly, she's being rewarded for her service to the status quo.
WhiteRabbitEXE
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And the race to the white right begins.
Yay.
Yay.
Discotheque
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God damn. Now the networks are finally aiming for the fox news demo
The state of journalism is gonna be even worse than ever soon
The state of journalism is gonna be even worse than ever soon
lol
On Fox, she wasn't going to be cuddled anymore by them Fox news crowd, mostly men who hate women and with their leader who grabs women by the pussy in charge. She runs into the arms of libruls who still respect and adore women and she's also getting paid.
Why are you guys upset about this? She knew exactly what she was doing.
On Fox, she wasn't going to be cuddled anymore by them Fox news crowd, mostly men who hate women and with their leader who grabs women by the pussy in charge. She runs into the arms of libruls who still respect and adore women and she's also getting paid.
Why are you guys upset about this? She knew exactly what she was doing.
ThePrequelsSuck
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MSNBC was a more conservative channel before the 2008 election. They even had Tucker Carlson and Michael Savage on.
They switched to being more overtly liberal because, at the time, it brought them better ratings.
They fired Phil Donahue in 2003 becuase they were afraid of of having *one* strong anti Iraq war critic on their so called liberal network.
theignoramus
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American news networks have little to no credibility. Just think about the fact that ludicrous cartoon characters like Jeffrey Lord get regular guest spots on CNN, while Noam Chomsky basically gets blacked balled by the major networks. That tells you these networks arent interested in relaying news, their desire is to shape the conversation for the masses.
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