Re: MSNBC In Deep Ratings Spiral...

[Ubiquitous]

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> Someone's sockpuppet wrote:
>> On 2014-10-14 01:15:08 +0000, Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> said:

>>> Some of the losses at MSNBC reflect a drift away from cable news
>>> channels in general, as Mr. Griffin noted. Over the last five years, Fox
>>> News and CNN are both down 13 percent in total audience in prime time;
>>> MSNBC is down 21 percent. Fox has little to worry about because its
>>> numbers so dwarf the others. CNN has responded with a new strategy that
>>> mixes its traditional hard news approach with a regular lineup of
>>> pre-produced original series. It had a major success last week with the
>>> latest of them, “Somebody’s Gotta Do It,” with Mike Rowe.
>>
>> Which is what msnbc deserves for dumping Olbermann.
>> He arrival brought the network UP... and his departure brought the
>> network back DOWN, where it so richly deserves to be.
>> Serves 'em right.
>>
>> On the bright side, Olbermann really looks like he's enjoying his ESPN
>> show. I've never seen him so happy and relaxed.
>
>I wonder what the ESPN folks have tranked him with? When he was on MSNBC,
>his mouth was so regularly filled with froth, he looked like he had a
>perpetual milk mustache.

I suspect it was a mandatory term of employment, but I don't think we should be
mocking Olbermann's mental problems.

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So to recap:
Iraq is imploding
Russia is expanding
The US is being invaded
Vets are dying
IRS is lying
And Obama is fundraising & golfing