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red states rule

10-13-2009, 05:22 AM

Maybe real journalism would return to NBC after all if this happens

Rupert Murdoch interested in buying … NBC?

posted at 6:52 pm on October 12, 2009 by Allahpundit

I’m going to say three words to you and I want you to think hard before responding: O’Reilly. Olbermann. Co-anchors.

No, I kid. Given the chairman’s opinion of Kayo, the only thing he’d be anchoring is the 2 a.m. edition of SportsCenter if ESPN took him back. Which, let’s face it, they wouldn’t.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp (NWSA.O) and John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp (LINTA.O) are interested in NBC Universal, according to a report by CNBC, citing sources.

Cable company Comcast Corp (CMCSA.O) has been widely reported to be in talks with NBC Universal parent General Electric Co (GE.N) to buy a controlling stake in the broadcast, cable and movie company…
News Corp, which owns the Fox cable network and local TV stations, had been seen as a less likely bidder, analysts have said, because taking a stake in NBC might raise antitrust concerns with the U.S. government.

Yeah, “might.” What are the odds that Eric Holder “might” want to prevent the administration’s cable-news house organ from being acquired by a guy whose most famous holding is the subject of now-daily White House pants-wettings?

http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/12/too-good-to-check-rupert-murdoch-interested-in-buying-nbc/

PostmodernProphet

10-13-2009, 05:44 AM

red states rule

10-13-2009, 05:50 AM

Murdoch's an intelligent man.....I suspect, if he acquired the station it would become MORE pro-liberal, rather than less....how better to increase viewership than to foster a "newswar" between Fox and NBC.....

Once change could be the new show for Keith Olbermann

"Countdown to Unemployment."

How could Mr Murdoch possibly make NBC more pro liberal then it is right now?

Noir

10-13-2009, 11:21 AM

Good lawd, won't that man just leave media alone, it really is sickening just how much power one man can have.

PostmodernProphet

10-13-2009, 02:33 PM

How could Mr Murdoch possibly make NBC more pro liberal then it is right now?

new logo?...
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:v0lQXGcAsvI75M:http://llamanews.com/images/photo_album/Llama_NBC_ObamaDP.jpg

red states rule

10-13-2009, 10:21 PM

Good lawd, won't that man just leave media alone, it really is sickening just how much power one man can have.

I could not agree with you more Noir. That is why people like myself are constanlt speaking out against Obama, Reid, and Pelosi

Government has way to much power now as it is

Noir

10-13-2009, 10:52 PM

I could not agree with you more Noir. That is why people like myself are constanlt speaking out against Obama, Reid, and Pelosi

Government has way to much power now as it is

The difference being you can hold them to account via elletions, there is no one to hold thr dirty digger to account.

red states rule

10-13-2009, 10:56 PM

The difference being you can hold them to account via elletions, there is no one to hold thr dirty digger to account.

Sure they can. People can choose NOT to watch his programming or listen to his radio programs

That seems to piss off liberal to no end Noir - that people WANT to watch Fox news and listen to Fox Radio

Which is why libs are trying to push various versions of the "Fairness Docrtine" to silence voices they disagree with

red states rule

10-13-2009, 11:15 PM

Does anyone really need to ask why people do not watch MSNBC, and NBC as a company are losing viewers with the likes of Keith making comments like these?

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or

Olbermann: Without ‘Fascistic Hatred,’ Malkin Is Just a ‘Mashed-Up Bag of Meat with Lipstick’
By Brad Wilmouth (Bio | Archive)
October 13, 2009 - 21:53 ET

On Tuesday’s Countdown show, MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann spewed bile at conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, accusing her of possessing "fascistic hatred," and comparing her to a "mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it." During his show’s regular "Worst Person" segment, Olbermann attacked Malkin for her role in bringing attention to the recent controversy over school children in New Jersey singing a song about President Obama. Blaming the conservative commentator for death threats made against a woman who posted video of the children singing, Olbermann struck at Malkin. Olbermann: "She received death threats and hate-filled voice mails all thanks to the total mindless, morally bankrupt, knee-jerk, fascistic hatred, without which Michelle Malkin would just be a big mashed-up bag of meat with lipstick on it."

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2009/10/13/olbermann-without-fascistic-hatred-malkin-just-mashed-bag-meat-lipsti

red states rule

10-14-2009, 12:02 AM

new logo?...
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:v0lQXGcAsvI75M:http://llamanews.com/images/photo_album/Llama_NBC_ObamaDP.jpg

NBC reporters following Obama

http://thenationalscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cartoon-gimme-an-o-600.jpg

Abbey Marie

10-14-2009, 12:11 AM

NBC reporters following Obama

http://thenationalscene.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/cartoon-gimme-an-o-600.jpg

Judging by the tatt, I think the guy with the camera is a Navy man, lol.

red states rule

10-14-2009, 05:01 AM

Judging by the tatt, I think the guy with the camera is a Navy man, lol.

Abbey, if it was THE navy man, he would not be holding a camera. He would be running ahead of Obama throwing rose petals

HogTrash

10-14-2009, 10:31 AM

Associated Press Writer Steven R Hurst who authored this article concerning biased news reporting, wants you to believe he is 'fair and balanced'...Maybe he has even convinced himself?!

He reports that Fox and MSNBC are are in the corner of their respective political ideologies but doesn't mention ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN or the obvious bias of himself or the AP that employs him.

Does Mr Hurst really believe his own article is unbiased?

By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer Steven R. Hurst, Associated Press Writer – Mon Oct 12, 4:32 am ET

WASHINGTON – Vitriol and invective stain American political history, but falsehoods, half-truths and innuendo now spread with the speed of light across partisan airwaves and the Internet — the din drowning out the country's moderate political center.

Countless Internet blogs have taken on the administration of the first African-American president, claiming — falsely — that Barack Obama isn't an American citizen, is a secret Muslim, is a socialist, wants to establish death panels to decide when elderly Americans would no longer receive medical care and be allowed to die. The list is long.

Most recently, a partisan furor blew up when Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize. Republican national chairman Michael Steele set the tone, declaring that giving the prize to the U.S. commander in chief showed "how meaningless a once honorable and respected award has become."

Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, was not immune, nor was former President Bill Clinton. But today the volume of screeching partisanship is cleaving the American electorate, perhaps as deeply as at any time since the Civil War a century and a half ago.

"The environment is much more extreme today because of the level of public involvement, the level of incivility among both the political elite and the public," said Chris Dolan, a political scientist at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pa.

At Meredith College in Raleigh, N.C., Clyde Frazier said, "It is nasty and getting nastier." While he believes American history is littered with dirtier political periods and nastier claims among politicians, Frazier, also a political scientist, sees today's climate partly the result of the "media culture. Vitriol seems to sell. If you are telling people the end of the world is at hand, they watch."

From the lectern at the White House briefing room, press secretary Robert Gibbs routinely bemoans what he sees as the negative slant on coverage of Obama by the conservative Fox News cable television outlet.

While Americans once sought news from media outlets that aimed for objectivity, many are now turning to sources that reinforce their political viewpoints, including the conservative Fox News and the liberal MSNBC on cable television and the exploding blogosphere that ranges across the political spectrum.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091012/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_poisonous_politics_analysisWe can no longer rely on the honesty and integrity of American journalism.

For real change we must rely on ourselves to find the truth and act accordingly.

Noir

10-14-2009, 04:01 PM

Sure they can. People can choose NOT to watch his programming or listen to his radio programs

That seems to piss off liberal to no end Noir - that people WANT to watch Fox news and listen to Fox Radio

Which is why libs are trying to push various versions of the "Fairness Docrtine" to silence voices they disagree with

He already owns SkyNews and Fox, now he wants NBC too? (not including his newsprints) At what point does a signle man have too much control over the media?

red states rule

10-14-2009, 10:50 PM

He already owns SkyNews and Fox, now he wants NBC too? (not including his newsprints) At what point does a signle man have too much control over the media?

I agree with you once again Noir. Obama has about 14 or so former libera; media "journalists" working in his administration, he has MNBC, NBC, CNN, Abc, CBS, the Washington Post, NY Times, LA Times, TIME, and Newsweek in his hip pocket.

They all push his agenda, and do everything to slant the news in favor of the DEemocrats - yet at the same time, Obama has to attack Fox News, and private citizens like Rush Limbaugh for speaking out against his policies

Abbey Marie

10-15-2009, 11:36 AM

Abbey, if it was THE navy man, he would not be holding a camera. He would be running ahead of Obama throwing rose petals

No doubt. Maybe even a golden calf or two, on a pedestal. :beer:

NightTrain

10-16-2009, 09:26 AM

I'd wager that Olbermann and Matthews are sweating like whores in church over the prospect of MSNBC being purchased by Murdoch.

Still got that thrill up your leg, Matthews?

red states rule

10-16-2009, 09:29 AM

I'd wager that Olbermann and Matthews are sweating like whores in church over the prospect of MSNBC being purchased by Murdoch.

Still got that thrill up your leg, Matthews?

Chris has been obsessed with Rush these days

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sgtdmski

10-18-2009, 04:46 PM

Something has to give at NBC Universal. If not for the Sunday night football game, the broadcast network would not have a show in the top 25.

Once upon a time NBC was the standard for prime-time television. With shows like ER, Crosby, Friends and etc. Today all they have is football on Sunday night. Now CBS with shows like NCIS, The Mentalist, CSI, and The Good Wife are dominating the show listings.

Obviously some change needs to be made, it is a sinking ship. With Fox News dominating the prime-time line-up of Cable News, if NBC wants to get back on top, they need to dump who is in charge now and bring in someone that nows how to get the ratings, something Murdock has shown he nows how to do by hiring the right people and putting on the right shows.

dmk

red states rule

10-18-2009, 05:26 PM