That’s been happening in fits and spurts for some time.
CNN is now the JV of cable news.
I think it’s real. Maybe they figured out that people don’t want hard core left wing dogma day in and day out.
I predicted that when Comcast bought NBC they would pull MS into the middle of the road and try to eat into the market leader, Fox. At the C level there’s a lot less motivation around political ideology than aroud bonuses and the quarter-over-quarter growth that creates them.
The template could not be more clear. Liberal talk fails every time it’s tried. Fair and Balanced has broadest appeal (whether or not you feel FNC is or isn’t).
MSNBC’s ratings are in the toilet because of being so liberal. The almighty dollar can change things quickly.
Comcast has more regulatory exposure than CNN.
It’s time to dial back the anti-Trump politics.
MSNBC found out that being an Obamabot/Clinton network was not good for its long term heath and survival. They realize they will have to live with Trump for the next eight years and with a Democrat Party that is just about dead politically and, is dyng more with each passing day!!!
As for CNN...they are dead as a media provider...other then the babble they spurt out everyday...while they have no viewers!!!
Yes, I think we’re seeing a shift where MSNBC is staking out a more moderate position, and CNN is further to the left. Part of it is probably that MSNBC was probably always a bit more willing to expose Clinton’s flaws either from the left or the right, whereas CNN was completely in the tank for her.
They are just resting, licking their wound.
They were herded there. They refuse to come center and have been pushed further and further left from encroachment from the right.
Why would you be watching either CNN or MSNBC? After what they have done to Trump, why give them the ratings? How can you believe anything you hear on those networks? Fox Business News or Fox News only.
yeah, odd
I watched Joe and Mika for some reason for a few minutes yesterday morning and they were pretty much going after CNN (they had Preibus on as a guest).
Usually those two networks are like birds-in-a-feather
In 2012 Ann Coulter started a crowd shout-out at the RNC national convention against NBC. Whenever bias in the media was mentioned on the stage, the crowd chanted “NBC....NBC....”
My guess, is that NBC finally got the point that they were limiting their audience by having such a left-leaning tilt .... and market, rather than politics pushed them to attempt to be more main stream, or at least somewhat more.
Hmmmmmm......what are you noticing in terms of MSNBC becoming less wack-job leftist? After all, MSNBC is the network of The Tingler Chris Matthews and Bullus Dykus Rachel Maddow. MSNBC has also started using disgraced liar/fraud Brian Williams again. That’s enough information for me to never watch MSNBC. I may be wrong, but I don’t see MSNBC being any more mild than CNN.
I think what seems like moderation is for real. You can see it on Morning Joe. He's been, let's say neutral, on Trump for a couple of weeks now. Neutral may be stretching it but he's far from the rabid anti-Trump raving you see on CNN.
Maybe the bosses at MSNBX and CNN have come to different conclusions about future repercussions and profitability.
MSNBC finally realized news is a business, and decided to move closer to where most of America is on the spectrum instead of being the crazy leftest maniac of news.
msnbc may be milder now, but they will forever have lost the trust of the public- same thing is happening with CNN now- The NYT however will never understand why they are failing and always blame it on republicans somehow
Having watched a bit of MSNBC post election, I get this feeling that Scarborough is reeling them slowly to the right, aided by the fact that they were cold-cocked by Trumps victory and were stunned. Joe seemed to be the only one with any sense left at that point, and has managed to drag them, however slightly, back towards the middle.