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This is the real story re: NBC (Original Post) onecaliberal Mar 24 OP
K&R!!!! 2naSalit Mar 24 #1
"The Apprentice." They kind of have a history of this, don't they. CrispyQ Mar 24 #2
Accurate description /explanation! liberalla Mar 24 #34
Well, ABC had CHRISPIE for years and now Rinse PRIEBUS UTUSN Mar 24 #3
Keep speaking up...and don't watch! Tank their ratings...they'll get the message PortTack Mar 24 #4
NBC execs are using Meet the Press as a trojan horse. Earth-shine Mar 24 #5
Like ABC uses Dancing With the Stars to launder Republicans stench. live love laugh Mar 24 #39
Thought she said Biden won fair & square this morning KS Toronado Mar 24 #6
Wind blown disinformation. Goalpost moving disinformation. czarjak Mar 24 #11
I've notice that every Trump kiss-ass enabler agingdem Mar 24 #17
Well, you know that old joke about "we know what you are, now we're just quibbling about the price." calimary Mar 24 #24
LOL DENVERPOPS Mar 24 #25
Good question.TY Cha Mar 24 #19
I think it was more gaslighting than plain old misinformation. ShazzieB Mar 24 #21
Thanks Shaz, never had the TV on today. KS Toronado Mar 24 #26
Same here, but someone helpfully posted a link in another thread! ShazzieB Mar 24 #30
mehdi has zeteo et tu Mar 24 #7
Our owners are showing their cards. jalan48 Mar 24 #8
I was going to say, they're playing their hand. Coincidence?.......But in either case, David Brinkley would be so proud. jaxexpat Mar 24 #9
I think yours is closer to the truth. They won't show all their cards right now. jalan48 Mar 24 #20
They play with a deck of jokers and treys. Makes them delusional. jaxexpat Mar 25 #42
I have never fully trusted the media and less so recently. twodogsbarking Mar 24 #10
NBC and its satellite MSNBC have never been really liberal Blue Idaho Mar 24 #12
Are they bringing back that sleaze bucket Mark Burnett? LiberalFighter Mar 24 #13
I don't care for his wife either. LiberalFighter Mar 24 #15
Piss on the Nazi Broadcasting Corporation. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 24 #14
And some still think that it's about ratings?? Marcus IM Mar 24 #16
It's about selling the advertising, ratings are only one part of it FakeNoose Mar 24 #18
I'd add - "throwing a bone to the RNC." calimary Mar 24 #32
You're right senseandsensibility Mar 24 #28
Already misrepresented the law in Montana Daylily Mar 24 #22
Good point, and welcome to DU! senseandsensibility Mar 24 #29
Democrats suing to be able to vote in two states. Daylily Mar 24 #23
Plutocrats normalizing fascists. I'm just shocked. nt. Voltaire2 Mar 24 #27
She's a liar and should not be on any network except Fux, Newsmax or OAN. SouthernDem4ever Mar 24 #31
"She's a liar and should not be on any network." - this sums it up fine :) nt TBF Mar 24 #36
If NBC is really cancelling her, let's take wagers on which of those other three she'll end up. SouthernDem4ever Mar 26 #46
It's sad that more Democrats/Progressives haven't discovered FSTV. ariadne0614 Mar 24 #33
I LOVE "FSTV" I_UndergroundPanther Mar 24 #35
I used to... druidity33 Mar 24 #37
I know what you mean about the Code Pink and Green Party spokespeople. ariadne0614 Mar 25 #40
I make a modest donation to FSTV monthly. onecaliberal Mar 25 #45
I must assume that woman is a Mormon based on her family. The question is... Trust_Reality Mar 24 #38
Does her version of Heaven allow LIARS and PEDDLERS of Misinformation? ProudMNDemocrat Mar 25 #41
Their version of heaven allows anything they say. onecaliberal Mar 25 #44
Why is it you can almost pick Republicans out in a crowd. appleannie1 Mar 25 #43

CrispyQ

(36,558 posts)
2. "The Apprentice." They kind of have a history of this, don't they.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 01:26 PM
Mar 24

Bumper sticker wisdom:

The media is only as liberal as the conservative corporations that own it.
 

Earth-shine

(4,044 posts)
5. NBC execs are using Meet the Press as a trojan horse.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 02:07 PM
Mar 24

They want to soften us up for her presence.

I can't boycott MTP to make a statement. I already never watch it.

KS Toronado

(17,453 posts)
6. Thought she said Biden won fair & square this morning
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 02:10 PM
Mar 24

What's the revisionist disinformation she was putting out there?

agingdem

(7,874 posts)
17. I've notice that every Trump kiss-ass enabler
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 03:53 PM
Mar 24

Last edited Sun Mar 24, 2024, 06:12 PM - Edit history (1)

sees the light only AFTER he shits all over them...Barr, Mattis, Kelly, Esper, Milley, Tlllerson, Bolton...

as for Ronna McDaniel...two things are driving her supposed about-face...(1) Trump forced her out of her job after nearly bankrupting the RNC shelling out millions of dollarsto pay his legal bills..no more money/no more Ronna...she wants revenge and (2) NBC is paying her a lot of money..

calimary

(81,594 posts)
24. Well, you know that old joke about "we know what you are, now we're just quibbling about the price."
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 05:24 PM
Mar 24

DENVERPOPS

(8,893 posts)
25. LOL
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 05:36 PM
Mar 24

I love all these Repub flippers.......After spending every day for the last seven years helping Trump to the place is occupies, NOW when he kicks them to the curb, the finally realize he uses anyone and everyone to achieve his position. That includes the entire RNC, Republican Politicians, and Republican Voters.

Then, these flippers try to crawl out of the gutter, finally having fully realized what they knew all along about their martyr.....

In the meantime, all of us are left with the Frankenstein's Monster they took a big part in creating........

ShazzieB

(16,636 posts)
21. I think it was more gaslighting than plain old misinformation.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:10 PM
Mar 24

Last edited Sun Mar 24, 2024, 06:02 PM - Edit history (1)

She flatly refused to acknowledge how she enabled Trump after the 2020 election, when he was pushing the Big Lie and getting his supporters all worked up.

She also said she believes Biden was elected "fair and square," but refused to admit that she had ever said otherwise in the past, even after Welker showed a clip of an interview where she did exactly that. At that point, McDaniel should have said, "Yeah, I said that, and I was wrong back then." Oops.

Welker kept trying to pin her down, but McDaniel kept insisting there were "problems" and "issues" with the election, that Biden won, but "both of those things can be true."

Basically, Ronna seems to expect people to believe she didn't do what everyone knows she did or say what everyone knows she said in the past, accept that she has never held any other stance than "Biden won and the election was fair," and trust what she says now. Good luck with that, girl.

P.S. She also said that she doesn't believe Trump "meant" for his cultists to violently attack the Capitol, and that Trump is not responsible for what they did. Sure, Jan!

jaxexpat

(6,879 posts)
9. I was going to say, they're playing their hand. Coincidence?.......But in either case, David Brinkley would be so proud.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 02:44 PM
Mar 24

And that's a bad thing.

Blue Idaho

(5,067 posts)
12. NBC and its satellite MSNBC have never been really liberal
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 03:28 PM
Mar 24

The fact is, they offer a smattering of moderate shows while bookending them with capitalist and pro conservative propaganda. They are no different than all the other capitalist media bandwagons.

Marcus IM

(2,274 posts)
16. And some still think that it's about ratings??
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 03:36 PM
Mar 24

Like PACs, it's an investment that yields staggering returns in corporate tax cuts.
I have no idea how people think otherwise.

FakeNoose

(32,884 posts)
18. It's about selling the advertising, ratings are only one part of it
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 03:53 PM
Mar 24

Fact is that most of the ad agencies and product managers who purchase $ billions in TV advertising every year, well most of them vote R, even if they don't like Chump. They're more likely to spend their clients' money where they feel comfortable, on channels that spout the politics they approve. One hand washes the other.

calimary

(81,594 posts)
32. I'd add - "throwing a bone to the RNC."
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 06:46 PM
Mar 24

Now NBC has a dyed-in-the-wool Republican sympathizer on staff.

TREMENDOUSLY disappointing and off-putting.

senseandsensibility

(17,215 posts)
28. You're right
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 05:53 PM
Mar 24

CNN's ratings tanked when they lurched right, and it didn't even faze them. They're after the big prize: tax cuts from cheato.

Daylily

(33 posts)
22. Already misrepresented the law in Montana
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:52 PM
Mar 24

The dear girl said that Democrats were suing in Montana to be able to vote in two states. What they are really suing for is to not be arrested for a felony if they have moved and are still REGISTERED in another state, but aren’t planning to vote at the previous address. One does not unregister when moving from one state to another. One simply registers in the new state. But Montana is going after young voters who register to vote in Montana while going to college there. Oops! Arrested for a felony and now afraid to vote.

Daylily

(33 posts)
23. Democrats suing to be able to vote in two states.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 04:54 PM
Mar 24

The dear girl said that Democrats were suing in Montana to be able to vote in two states. What they are really suing for is to not be arrested for a felony if they have moved and are still REGISTERED in another state, but aren’t planning to vote at the previous address. One does not unregister when moving from one state to another. One simply registers in the new state. But Montana is going after young voters who register to vote in Montana while going to college there. Oops! Arrested for a felony and now afraid to vote.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
31. She's a liar and should not be on any network except Fux, Newsmax or OAN.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 06:33 PM
Mar 24

Those are the only three deserving of her bullshit.

SouthernDem4ever

(6,617 posts)
46. If NBC is really cancelling her, let's take wagers on which of those other three she'll end up.
Tue Mar 26, 2024, 07:25 PM
Mar 26

I vote for Fux.

ariadne0614

(1,746 posts)
33. It's sad that more Democrats/Progressives haven't discovered FSTV.
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 06:52 PM
Mar 24

Free Speech TV has been around for two decades, and isn’t owned or controlled by the oligarchs. It provides a platform for Democracy Now!, Thom Hartmann, Stephanie Miller, Randi Rhodes, and other progressive programming.

It took a while for me to get used to their decidedly non-commercial format, but now I’m a regular listener. The informative public service slots (ex. Robert Reich) they provide in place of annoying commercials are a welcome change.

I don’t feel pressured by their fundraising drives, because I became a monthly contributor last year. The pittance I can afford makes me feel like a valued member of a community supporting my own values, whereas corporate media commercials clamor for my money to fatten the wallets of oligarchs so they can buy corrupt, anti-democracy politicians. Just sayin’.

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,507 posts)
35. I LOVE "FSTV"
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 07:55 PM
Mar 24

Best network ever ThomHartmann, Randi Rhodes, Documentaries …

What’s not to like!

It’s a streaming channel unless you get dish tv they had fstv on as a channel a good few years back.
Discovered free speech tv back in 20 10 .

Totally recommend!!

druidity33

(6,452 posts)
37. I used to...
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 09:39 PM
Mar 24

listen to DemocracyNow!. I have a hard time with their allegiance to Code Pink and the Green Party (or at least their spokespeople).




edited to add...
I also used to pay attention to Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi. I dropped those guys too. Some of the people i once thought were iconic progressives have become utter turncoats. Cornell West is a good example too.


ariadne0614

(1,746 posts)
40. I know what you mean about the Code Pink and Green Party spokespeople.
Mon Mar 25, 2024, 06:58 AM
Mar 25

The others you mentioned never appear on my favorite programs, and I’d be surprised if they’re given air time on Democracy Now! Matt Taibbi in particular, has been dead to me for ages.

Nevertheless, nothing is perfect. FSTV is light years from corporate media. Like DU, they provide a much needed service and refuge in these dark days.

Trust_Reality

(1,723 posts)
38. I must assume that woman is a Mormon based on her family. The question is...
Sun Mar 24, 2024, 11:24 PM
Mar 24

How much NBC stock does the Mormon church own???
I see that Comcast is the parent company. So,
How much Comcast stock does the Mormon church own?
I know they own a lot of stock in a lot of companies.

I think many people need to raise hell.

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,891 posts)
41. Does her version of Heaven allow LIARS and PEDDLERS of Misinformation?
Mon Mar 25, 2024, 07:05 AM
Mar 25

One must think that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints have strict rules on that sort of thing.

At least her Uncle Mitt Romney is holding up to his side of the bargain. I wonder what went wrong in that family.

appleannie1

(5,077 posts)
43. Why is it you can almost pick Republicans out in a crowd.
Mon Mar 25, 2024, 08:43 AM
Mar 25

The women all have blank looking eyes and sort of robotic and the men are either overweight slobs trying to look manly with guns for "protection" or sort of effeminate in suits with red or blue ties? And then there are the patriotic variety that wear flags for clothes.

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