LOL! Elon to buy MSNBC?

There's going to be plenty of room of the anti-administration, posted on November 30, 2024 at 08:29:23
jedrider Audiophile Posts: 15909 Location: No. California Joined: December 26, 2003	news channel. I don't know what CNN has planned and I generally watched CNN, but only because I don't watch much cable news, but that may change. We are burned out now, but in another month, we'll be watching again.

Then I would change it's name to "XTC"...., posted on November 28, 2024 at 06:43:19
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Well he already brought a lame duck president, posted on November 25, 2024 at 07:40:53
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All of cable TV is in bad shape., posted on November 25, 2024 at 03:31:13

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Comcast is selling its entire cable TV operation. It's keeping NBCUniversal but not all of it. CNBC, E!, Fandango, the Golf Channel, MSNBC, Oxygen, Rotten Tomatoes, Syfy, and USA are going to be spun off into a separate entity to be called SpinCo.
The list of "ghost networks"--showing nothing but reruns--is getting longer and longer. This ties in with my post last week about Motor Trend TV.
Nobody's watching this crap but it's been devalued on purpose by management in the push towards streaming.
Even the broadcast networks. CBS likes to call itself the "most watched network," but it's only because it has the NFL. Something 90 of the top 100 rated broadcast TV shows last year were NFL games.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

Not ALL of cable TV from what I read here, posted on November 25, 2024 at 04:46:19

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FOX has apparently escaped the downturn so far. Newsmax and others too. Maybe "conservatism" will save cable like it did with AM radio. Can you believe there was a bill in congress to prevent deletion of the AM band in new cars, esp EVs. Even though it will add to the cost of an EV for RF interference suppression. A sneaky means of discouraging woke EVism by further increasing costs.

Speaking of conservative, did you catch the this morning's NPR interview with your buddy Leonard Leo. It was surprisingly cordial and non-confrontational. Leo calmly outlines his goals. In some respects it's chilling because he has a plan and the support and means to achieve it. I'll probably listen again when I can concentrate on the message.

I didn't mean news channels specifically...., posted on November 25, 2024 at 08:57:26

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Just all of cable. I don't think Fox or Newsmax will be immune, it'll just take longer before the corporate parents opt for streaming.
Our cable package is completely worthless. TBS, TNT, USA, FX, FXM, AMC, BBC America, all recycle the same movies.
And then there are the refusnik channels: MTV doesn't have music, A&E has hours of programming that's nothing more than YouTube clips (Neighborhood Wars, Road Wars), the Discovery Channel has no science, the History Channel has no history, The Learning Channel is home to the 90-Day Fiance franchise, and other classic program such as My 600-lb Life, and Dr. Pimple Popper. BBC America no longer has any British programming.
The regular channels we can receive via antenna? You'd think the Sixties and Seventies never ended. I was reading last night and Mrs. Ghost was looking for something to watch. She paused on a channel with The Dick Van Dyke Show, followed by The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, and The Fugitive

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

RE: I didn't mean news channels specifically...., posted on November 25, 2024 at 10:01:00

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" I didn't mean news channels specifically"

Yeah, I got that. You made several good points in that post. But I'll disagree with the "ghost networks" streaming thing. I think that a lot of people, including us, like to watch some of the early legacy shows. Heck, The Ed Sullivan Show featuring Duke Ellington, Maynard Ferguson, the Beatles, ... nobody is showcaing such established or new talent these days. Green Acres, The Andy Griffith Show, Mission Impossible, The Rockford Files, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Twilight Zone, Johnny Carson, Hogan's Heroes, and more, ... these were all great shows in their day, and have stood the test of time as still great shows even today.

"The Tonight Show" is a joke and barely a shell of it's former self. It should have been cancelled after Johnny Carson left. "Late Night" is all about leftwing promotion. Etc. Heck, even on PBS, I see episodes of shows which are 10 - 20 years old. While more-or-less "new", their info is outdated. I'd much rather watch something new, or, 60-year-old broadcasts of Julia Child's "The French Chef".

We rarely watch current shows on MSM channels. Even Rissoli & Isles, Fraiser, The Big Bang Theory, and a couple of other "recent" shows on the secondary channels are better than the current dreck.

"Comcast is selling its entire cable TV operation. It's keeping NBCUniversal but not all of it. CNBC, E!, Fandango, the Golf Channel, MSNBC, Oxygen, Rotten Tomatoes, Syfy, and USA are going to be spun off into a separate entity to be called SpinCo.
The list of "ghost networks"--showing nothing but reruns--is getting longer and longer. This ties in with my post last week about Motor Trend TV.
Nobody's watching this crap but it's been devalued on purpose by management in the push towards streaming.
Even the broadcast networks. CBS likes to call itself the "most watched network," but it's only because it has the NFL. Something 90 of the top 100 rated broadcast TV shows last year were NFL games."

Main stream channels are a wasteland on the weekends for us. Football, football, football, baseball, baseball, baseball, basketball, basketball, basketball, ...

*********

We are inclusive and diverse, but dissent will not be tolerated.

They weren't all great shows., posted on November 25, 2024 at 10:15:00

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Some of them were downright awful.
But even if you loved them, how many times do you have to see them? I loved Seinfeld but I can't watch it anymore. Other than three or four episodes, I can't watch the original Star Trek anymore either.
And I got news for you, Bub--the broadcast networks are a wasteland even when they aren't showing football or basketball games.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

It's your fault ghost !, posted on November 25, 2024 at 10:34:55
AbeCollins Audiophile Posts: 49202 Location: Maidenhead Grid Square DM79 Joined: June 22, 2001 Contributor Since: February 2, 2002	I think you're the one who mentioned that X-Files reruns can be seen on COMET TV. So after the late night TV monologues I tune into X-Files (via over the air TV with the antenna) or a Seinfeld rerun. It's my bedtime routine.

RE: It's your fault ghost !, posted on November 25, 2024 at 10:58:19
Inmate51 Industry Professional Posts: 3414 Location: Dallas, TX Joined: August 12, 2022	Ya know, we liked the X-Files when they were new. But, for us, they didn't age well. Seinfeld, on the other hand, is classic psychological comedy, much like Fraiser. ********* We are inclusive and diverse, but dissent will not be tolerated.

RE: It's your fault ghost !, posted on November 25, 2024 at 15:22:51
AbeCollins Audiophile Posts: 49202 Location: Maidenhead Grid Square DM79 Joined: June 22, 2001 Contributor Since: February 2, 2002	They very occasionally broadcast an X-Files episode that I didn't see but I don't mind many of the repeats. But you're right about Seinfeld. If I'm watching X-Files and it starts getting boring (I know within a few minutes), I'll switch to Seinfeld.

RE: They weren't all great shows., posted on November 25, 2024 at 10:21:28
Inmate51 Industry Professional Posts: 3414 Location: Dallas, TX Joined: August 12, 2022	You're preachin' to the choir. ********* We are inclusive and diverse, but dissent will not be tolerated.

RE: Not ALL of cable TV from what I read here, posted on November 25, 2024 at 07:13:22
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RE: Not ALL of cable TV from what I read here, posted on November 25, 2024 at 07:49:52

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"Even on SNL!"

Ha! Especially on SNL. "Surprise" appearance by Harris, my ass. Well, unless one believes that the Vice President can just show up with no previous security measures taken, and nobody on the SNL "talent" or production management or staff knew, and nobody on Harris's security staff or campaign staff knew. Barring all of that, it was a planned and scripted segment.

BTW, SNL and Late Night (with Stve Colbert) hasn't been funny for a looong time. Well, unless you're a Progressive Liberal. Don't even get me started on CBS Mornings with their leftwing anchors. Somebody here, help me out: How many pro-Kamala guests did they have on over the past few months, and how many pro-Trump guests? :(

The Left loves to hammer on with their "One Percent" derogatory narrative, but, it's clear that there are many very wealthy people who are lefties. Melinda Gates, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey (BFF of Gayle King), Gayle King, George Clooney, etc., etc. How do they square that?

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There's no "squaring", posted on November 25, 2024 at 10:18:12
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I forgot:, posted on November 25, 2024 at 08:56:40
Inmate51 Industry Professional Posts: 3414 Location: Dallas, TX Joined: August 12, 2022	Billionaire Taylor Swift. ********* We are inclusive and diverse, but dissent will not be tolerated.

I don't think you listened to the article (nt), posted on November 25, 2024 at 07:31:19
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Definitely did not listen, posted on November 25, 2024 at 07:37:43

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I *read* the text found here.

"In other words, I want to make sure that there's a level playing field for the American people to make choices about the lives that they want to have in their country. I'm perfectly happy having a world where people can make choices between various kinds of things. But what I don't want is a system where our entertainment system or our world of news media or our business and finance worlds are heavily dominated by left ideology that either chokes out other ways of thinking about things, or that just creates a system where sort of inappropriate political and policy decisions are being made in places where politics and policy don't really have a proper place."

It's ok for one person to insert himself and his worldview , posted on November 25, 2024 at 07:54:10
Steve O Audiophile Posts: 13264 Location: SE MI Joined: September 6, 2001	Into the popular culture and finance in a manner most won't notice till it's done? A level playing field isn't the real goal.

Believe whatever you please! ;) -nt, posted on November 25, 2024 at 08:12:42
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Perhaps I shall ;) -nt, posted on November 25, 2024 at 08:26:07
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Rachel Madcow is in tears NT, posted on November 24, 2024 at 23:26:09
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I don't think anyone else has any use for it., posted on November 24, 2024 at 20:41:31
nilknarf Audiophile Posts: 2631 Location: CA Joined: August 8, 2021	My guess is Elon takes it over or they just kill it. What were Joe & Mika thinking. Get this over with?

It will be great. Public Service Announcements from the Department of Government Efficiency, posted on November 24, 2024 at 20:46:21
nilknarf Audiophile Posts: 2631 Location: CA Joined: August 8, 2021	What's not to like? lol

Beware of doge! -nt, posted on November 25, 2024 at 07:09:17
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Just in time for Ai, posted on November 24, 2024 at 21:12:27
jedrider Audiophile Posts: 15909 Location: No. California Joined: December 26, 2003	now that is efficient, once 'trained', of course. Maybe they can put Trump's brain in an Ai machine so we will never be without that fount of nonsensical gibberish.

I suppose FoxNews is it for the believers, posted on November 24, 2024 at 19:21:58
jedrider Audiophile Posts: 15909 Location: No. California Joined: December 26, 2003	the rest are rather weary of propping up democracy.

I can't understand how anyone can watch cable news for more than half an hour., posted on November 25, 2024 at 03:55:26

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It doesn't matter what network it is.
There isn't enough news to fill a 24-hour cycle and the nets substitute with bullshit.
If, say, Russia launches missiles into Ukraine, I sure as hell don't need two hours of televised debate and speculation from discredited foreign policy talking heads or think tank apparatchiks.
We've had CNN as part of our cable package for 12 years and the only time I turned to that network was when the mob stormed the Capitol. I've never once turned to CNBC or MSNBC, neither of which are news networks anyway.
Unfortunately, generating outrage is profitable and that's what these networks excel at.
May they all wither and die.

The blissful counterstroke-a considerable new message.

Cable comes in handy when the ropes aren't strong enough..., posted on November 28, 2024 at 06:16:59
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It's great for weather, sports and ...um ...that's all. (nt), posted on November 25, 2024 at 06:12:32
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The only show I ever watched on Fox News was Tucker [nt], posted on November 25, 2024 at 01:55:42
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Post bow tie, no longer as good... (nt, posted on November 25, 2024 at 06:29:11
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LOL! - Good one!, posted on November 25, 2024 at 13:42:18
Chris from Lafayette Audiophile Posts: 28428 Location: SF Bay Area Joined: February 17, 2004 Contributor Since: February 6, 2012	Of course, before Fox, Tucker worked for (are you ready for it?) MSNBC for a time. ;-)

And I suppose Alex Jones is the anchor? nt, posted on November 24, 2024 at 18:15:47
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Musk has taken a legal interest into the InfoWars auction, posted on November 24, 2024 at 21:36:28
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RE: Musk has taken a legal interest into the InfoWars auction, posted on November 24, 2024 at 21:55:18
nilknarf Audiophile Posts: 2631 Location: CA Joined: August 8, 2021	The sale in fact has not happened yet. Alex is still running his mouth and vows to never stop even if he's reduced to a megaphone on the street corner. Unless they kill him. Enemies of free speech are enemies of freedom. Long live Alex Jones.

Apparently he's got big plans for it, posted on November 24, 2024 at 14:39:54

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Fake news you can use

RE: Apparently he's got big plans for it, posted on November 28, 2024 at 05:21:47
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Joe Rogan on MSNBC - ;-) ;-) ;-), posted on November 24, 2024 at 14:54:18
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RE: Joe Rogan on MSNBC - ;-) ;-) ;-), posted on November 24, 2024 at 15:08:03
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He can rename it "XTV", posted on November 24, 2024 at 14:30:20
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From Space... X Streaming via X Ray Specs... , posted on November 24, 2024 at 15:32:36
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X-files reruns! , posted on November 25, 2024 at 12:17:55
Steve O Audiophile Posts: 13264 Location: SE MI Joined: September 6, 2001	"The truth is out there" can become the tagline of a fledgling news network.

It's part of our cable package but I've never watched it., posted on November 24, 2024 at 14:21:00
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He might fire the clowns? -nt, posted on November 24, 2024 at 14:15:47
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LOL! Elon to buy MSNBC?

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