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MSNBC Hires Former NY Post Editor (In Desperate Bid For Ratings)
AP via iWon News ^
| April 30, 2002
| DAVID BAUDER
Posted on 05/02/2002 5:07:14 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
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At CNN, executives believe Nachman's hiring is a signal MSNBC is looking to emulate Fox more than CNN.
Well, if you're going to steal ideas, you might as well steal from the best. But instead of stealing ideas, MSNBC, how about if you go back to your ORIGINAL concept of combining news and the INTERNET? In the beginning MSNBC was actually a very interesting network since they had a lot of coverage of the Internet. But then the old fogey ideas crept in and the MSNBC reporters began treating the Internet in a very condescending manner. Yeah, they would do reports on "that there newfangled Internet thing" but would quickly return to "real" news. Nowadays there is barely a mention of the Internet on MSNBC.
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05/02/2002 5:07:14 AM PDT
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PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
With the absence of FNC in my area, I watch MSNBC. Seem to be fairly good channel, but nothing really stands out about them. But their latest slogan is "Fiercely Independent," obviously a pot shot at Fox.
To: kcrack
When MSNBC first came on the air it was actually quite interesting because they would analyze what was going on in the Internet and had stories about the Web in addition to regular news. However, after a few months, the old fogey ideas crept and they pretty much dumped all coverage of the Web and MSNBC became just another standard news network with nothing to distinguish itself. If you notice, you rarely (if ever) see Omar the weird looking dude doing reports about the Internet on MSNBC any longer.
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05/02/2002 5:25:14 AM PDT
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PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
I barely watch any of them anymore, not even Fox. They have all turned their back on the biggest news story to come down the pike in a long time. The murder by the clintons of Vince Foster, Ron Brown and others. They have basically winked a these murders. As long as they continue their complicity, I will consider them accomplices after the fact. I don't condone murder and especially by tinhorn despots like the clintons. So I watch Food TV and all the antique shows I can find.
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05/02/2002 5:26:59 AM PDT
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Samizdat
To: SolitaryMan
Seem to be fairly good channel, but nothing really stands out about them. In their first few weeks, MSNBC was distinguished by its interesting coverage of the Internet. However, the "regular" reporters seemed rather uncomfortable talking about the Web so this aspect was pretty much dumped.
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05/02/2002 5:28:05 AM PDT
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PJ-Comix
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To: kcrack
MSNBC used to actually show you what folks were posting to their website. No longer.
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05/02/2002 5:37:59 AM PDT
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PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
Re: Nachman...He ran the TV newsrooms at two NYC stations..think it was local CBS and NBC.and he prety much did nothing there....he's a great print journalist and editor....but those skills don't necessarily translate well into the TV news medium.....
what's ironic is that NBC actually has some good news programs on CNBC..America NOW, with LarryKudlow, gives a conservative, free-market view of the news, though it slantds towards busines coverage, and the weekly WSK roundtable is the BEST discussion show on TV, bar none...
' So, I think Nachman will do nothing, and disappear in about a year or so......BTW..looking at his pic, I hope they gave him a physical before he took the job....his BP must be off the charts..
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05/02/2002 6:02:48 AM PDT
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ken5050
To: ken5050
he's a great print journalist and editor Not according to friends who worked with him at The Post. They say the most innovative thing he did was fall asleep at about 6 p.m. every night, with a donut in his hand, a dusting of powdered sugar on his chin and a trail of drool hanging from one lip while the TV in his office played Sylvester and Tweetie cartoons.
What he was good at was sucking up to the Post's owner, a crook caled Peter Kalikow, who ripped off the Post reporters' retirement funds while fatso Nachman told everybody what a genius the guy was.
Lazy, corrupt, arrogant, an apologist for crooks -- Nachman will fit right in at MSNBC. If they can shoehorn his porcine bulk through the front door, that is.
To: Big Bunyip
I'll defer to your obviously inside knowledge...but Iwas just reiterating the generally held view that Nachman kept the Post together during the Kalikow fiasco....
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05/02/2002 6:33:51 AM PDT
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ken5050
To: Big Bunyip
Nachman said of Fox. "The question is: Will the glow endure? You have to look at it like President Bush's approval ratings."Yea, well.. there's a telling comment. Seeing that he was producer of "Politically Incorrect", I suspect he'll be making the same mistakes that CNN has made in recent months. That is, if he does anything whatsoever, besides running his mouth.
To: ken5050
What kept the Post together was the newsroom's willingness to take pay cut after pay cut, while Tubby toddled home with a salary reputed to be in the $400,000 range (plus donuts).
The most infamous incident during his reign was when a black reporterette complained that a copy editor was "racist" for refering to Harry Belafonte as a "Calypso King." Rather that anlienate one of the paper's few black reporters (of the professionally aggrieved, I'm-calling-Sharpton variety), he disciplined the editor -- even though he must have known the charge was ludicrous.
Expect more of the same at MSNBC -- with healthy doses of Tubby's jowls wobbling in egomaniacal delight as he squeezes his gross bulk between camera and viewer at every opportunity.
To: Big Bunyip
Tubby needs to bring Internet coverage back to MSNBC. That was the original concept of MSNBC---a merging of the Internet with Cable TV. They pretty much dumped the Internet part of it with disastrous results.
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05/02/2002 7:07:08 AM PDT
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PJ-Comix
To: PJ-Comix
When MSNBC first came on the air it was actually quite interesting because they would analyze what was going on in the Internet and had stories about the Web in addition to regular news. However, after a few months, the old fogey ideas crept and they pretty much dumped all coverage of the Web...You must recall, then, the show hosted by Soledad O'Brien, "The Site." Do you recall what event transpired that threw "The Site" off the air, and signaled the beginning of the end of fresh programming on MSNBC?
To: willieroe
Bzzzzt...the event which essentially ended Internet programming on MSNBC was the death of Princess Diana. For practically a month after her death, MSNBC ran non-stop interviews, stories and features on Lady Di, 24 hours a day.
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To: willieroe
Do you recall what event transpired that threw "The Site" off the air, and signaled the beginning of the end of fresh programming on MSNBC? Believe it or not it was the death of Princess Di. They went into 24/7 all-Di, all the time for a while and Soledad's show never returned. A shame since it was the only reason I ever watched MSNBC.
To: Samizdat
No, the biggest story this century was Bill Clinton's secret treaty signed with aliens from Neptune that will eventually led to the overthrown of human rule on earth...of course the #2 story was the O.J. Simpson trial.
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