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MSNBC shake-up: Al Sharpton to lose nightly show (spox says left-wing TV a goner)
rollingOut.com ^ | 2/23/15 | MO BARNES

Posted on 02/23/2015 7:46:59 AM PST by Liz

The Brian Williams suspension has caused a shake-up at MSNBC. The Daily Beast is reporting that Rev. Al Sharpton may lose his nightly time slot. “Politics Nation with Al Sharpton,” has aired since 2011 and has had a successful run.

At issue is a steady slide in viewership....Chris Hayes is to be replaced by the “Rachel Maddow Show.” Maddow moves from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m., while a search is underway for a new host for the vacant time slot.

Sharpton’s show is rumored to be moving from nightly 6 p.m. to weekend-only. Sharpton attracts a solid 35 percent Black audience and is considered a lightning rod of controversy because of his activism on behalf of the oppressed. There has been no word from the Sharpton camp on the rumored changes.

The source at MSNBC stated the programming decisions were part of a change in MSNBC'S political mindset: “Going left was a brilliant strategy while it lasted, and made hundreds of millions of dollars for Comcast, but now it doesn’t work anymore…...The goal is to move away from left-wing TV.”


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; msm; msnbc; sharpton
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To: Liz

No matter what they do moving morons around will not make people watch a communist bunch of morons..Although a few will watch to keep Sharpton on if just for the one night..His audience might not be around to watch since Saturday is their night to rob and kill.Yeah better change the night these goons won’t be able to go out and beat up old people or kill police officers, to much to ask of them..


61 posted on 02/23/2015 8:43:02 AM PST by PLD
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To: Liz
I first read this part of the article as "Chris Hayes is to be replaced by the “Radical Maddow Show.”
62 posted on 02/23/2015 8:43:32 AM PST by CedarDave
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To: Chauncey Uppercrust

I think you need to check the definition of liberal. I doubt a single person at MSNBC- is a liberal.


63 posted on 02/23/2015 8:44:08 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: jjotto

They even tried to force it to drop the ‘MS’ from the title.
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If Microsoft had enough money for lawyers, they could file suit against NBC for copy-write infringement. /s


64 posted on 02/23/2015 8:46:27 AM PST by RetSignman (Obama is the walking, talking middle finger in the face of America)
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To: Liz

IRS to Sharpton: “ Oppress we much ! “


65 posted on 02/23/2015 8:46:42 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Red Badger
Is anybody in this country ‘oppressed’ any more?

The 'oppressed' are the working, tax paying citizens who have their hard-earned dollars gobbled up the the government to pay for those that are who feel entitled to money from who they and the radical left calls their "oppressors."

66 posted on 02/23/2015 8:48:06 AM PST by CedarDave
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To: kidd; All
NBC is getting rid off its liars..Which means
they are getting out of the news business.
America can only hope...
To show their "True diversity", they should have
"THE RUSH", starring Rush Limbaugh
(spot shots, from his Radio Program)
air-time about, 6:30pm7:00pm daily.
to counter the Gov't. Media News Shows.

67 posted on 02/23/2015 8:49:15 AM PST by skinkinthegrass ("Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid." Hedy Lamarr)
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To: jjotto

Exactly. The operating losses are more than compensated for by the good will it generates with the influential left. Comcast/NBC is pure evil corruption.


68 posted on 02/23/2015 8:52:14 AM PST by clintonh8r (CHRISTIAN LIVES MATTER!!!!)
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To: TomGuy

I thought the article was weird too, then I realized it was an MSNBC article about itself! “Successful” is relative in that context.


69 posted on 02/23/2015 8:56:26 AM PST by dead (It's time to turn off the Peter, Paul and Mary and turn on the George M. Cohan.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

Unemployment we much!


70 posted on 02/23/2015 8:58:28 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: clintonh8r

Right.

Unreported campaign contributions AKA bribes.


71 posted on 02/23/2015 8:59:09 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: a fool in paradise

....and HOW


72 posted on 02/23/2015 9:02:29 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: jjotto

If I were MicroSoft CEO, I’d just tell everybody that the ‘MS’ part of MSNBC stands for ‘MORE STUPIDITY’ and let them stew................


73 posted on 02/23/2015 9:03:28 AM PST by Red Badger (If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
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To: Liz

“Going left was a brilliant strategy while it lasted, and made hundreds of millions of dollars for Comcast, but now it doesn’t work anymore…...The goal is to move away from left-wing TV.”.....A new business model: Tell the F’n truth, report honestly and let the viewer digest it.


74 posted on 02/23/2015 9:10:00 AM PST by Safetgiver ( Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: Liz

Cancel all programming and replace it with a 24 hour hamster cage cam. Their ratings will be much higher.


75 posted on 02/23/2015 9:10:25 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Red Badger

I don’t think MS minds much being associated with crazy libs. I’d guess the split was just a business thing, but it sure seems like there should be a deeper story.


76 posted on 02/23/2015 9:10:48 AM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: MeshugeMikey

Well it frees him up to run for Prezzydent in 2016!


77 posted on 02/23/2015 9:12:43 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Shickl-Gruber's Big Lie gave us Hussein's Un-Affordable Care act (HUAC).)
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To: Liz

Bring back Buchanan.


78 posted on 02/23/2015 9:18:36 AM PST by ex-snook (God forgives because God is Love)
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To: Liz

Without Keith Olbermann on there having visible cranium explosions every time the Left was having a bad day, there is really not much entertaining about Left Wing TV.


79 posted on 02/23/2015 9:20:47 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: a fool in paradise

Imagine Another Revrunt Sharpton Candidancy, much!!


80 posted on 02/23/2015 9:21:59 AM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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