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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been brewing almost since she was hired by NBC, but it's official:

[url]https://www.cnn.com/2024/03/26/media/nbc-news-ousts-ronna-mcdaniel/index.html[/url]

Gotta say that I find this heartening in a way. [b]Actual journalists and reporters took a stand and won.[/b] Part of this era that's been so jarring is the total failure of the media to just say what's going on - sugarcoating the word "lie" forever, lapping up every crazy thing Trump did, treating the GOP like everything was normal. This is a step back towards some semblance of sanity.
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They have actual journalists and reporters at NBC and MSNBC?  No, just folks dedicated to the party line.  Poor Ronna would have been in for a tough ride but the inmates got their way.

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+100
This is the same network that promoted the Russian hoax for over 3 years. 
And, now they scream "iNteGriTy?"

The reality is that their audience doesn't want to hear any opposing views.  And, the hosts want to make sure they don't. [/quote]

The audience is not interested in an opposing view that Biden did not win the election without a shred of credible evidence to back it up.   If you want to listen to that nonsense, don't watch NBC.[/quote]

MSNBC is an arm of the DNC.  Can't have anyone who does not parrot the party line appearing.  [/quote]

While MSNBC is very liberal and supportive of the DNC, [b]they are far less partisan that Fox News.[/b]  MSNBC has Michael Steele as a regular commentator, has Joe Scarborough as a regular host daily and Nicole Wallace as a regular host.

Not that many, but still significantly more conservative voices than Fox has liberal voices.

The problem here is that Trump and MAGA have taken over the Republican party, and believe that conservative voices that oppose Trump are not Republican.  There are still many conservatives who are anti-Trump and those voices are welcome at MSNBC.  The Trump idolatry is the problem, not the lack of conservative voices.[/quote]

The bolded is just laughable.  Have you ever watched Fox?
Just a few of the regular Democratic contributors.....
Jessica Tarlov
Harold Ford
Marie Harf
Richard Fowler
Leslie Marshall

I could go on.... but, you get the point.  
There is a reason Fox ratings are heads and shoulders above MSNBC.  They actually value dissenting opinions.

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You people arguing about which of these cable news networks is more objective and credible is hilarious. They are highly toxic poisons to any of the duped sheep that tune in for their daily dose of hate the other side rhetoric. Their sole job is to keep the sheep in line by making sure their viewers remember why they hate the other side so much that they don't care about how awful their side is. People like Hannity and Maddow are being paid 30 million dollar annual salaries because they are very good at their toxic agendas; not because of their straight forward, objective approach to political news. They are part of the reason why much of America thinks it's "okay" that we have a choice between the two weakest presidential candidates in the history of America in a single election. I just can't with you people... [/quote]
I don’t actually watch any cable news, though I have watched the odd Rachel Maddow segment and the fact that you lump her well-researched pieces in with Sean “Russia ‘Rites My Pieces” Hannity is both sides garbage. [/quote]

this and I basically said this earlier. Yes, she is liberal. That said, she also has done a TON of research and presents those facts in her pieces, podcasts and books. Her 30 minute piece on Monday used some of the research she did for her book and podcast about the Nazi infiltration of our government in the 30s. It is worth your time to read that history and learn from it.

Chris Hayes is very much the same. I listen to his WITHpod from time to time and it is excellent. Very thoughtful, scholarly discussions. I am listening to one right now about polling and why it seems so wonky at this point in time. As a former market researcher (we didn't do political polls, but same methodologies apply), I find these things fascinating.[/quote]

The prime time cable news hosts are very good at what they are paid very well to do which to present current political news in a one-sided manner to maintain the thoughts of the major party political base. Some of these hosts knowingly use altered facts in their presentations and some don't but their agendas are the same. Acknowledging the similar agendas behind the reporting from Maddow and Hannity isn't an attempt to equate the legitimacy of what they are reporting. Political bias in media has always existed but it's influence has become increasingly toxic since Rush Limbaugh took partisan journalism to another level in the 1990s with his daily in your face divisiveness that was easily accessible by the American public. Cable news has had a noticeably detrimental impact on our political landscape and while Fox News may be the worst of the worsts in many ways, MSNBC has long been a consistent player in the same game. Long term exposure to partisan journalism, even if based in 100% factual reporting, is never healthy.[/quote]

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