Will Comcast Purchase Of NBC Universal Lead To Change In Network News Division's Liberal Agenda?

Illinois Family Institute ^ | May 4, 2010 | Daniel T. Zanoza

[Wilderness Conservative]

Probably not.

[devane617]

I look for BO to jump ship from Fox to the ‘New’ NBC....

[GeronL]

Doubt it.
They might make some changes to MSNBC in order to get viewers though. lol.

[cripplecreek]

I want to wring the collective necks of Comcast now as it is.

[GeronL]

bump

[Vermont Lt]

I worked for Comcast. I know several others that still work for Comcast in Senior management positions. The answer to your question, based on personal experience is this:

IF they make a profit, Comcast will leave them pretty much alone. If they do not, they will change.

Comcast is concerned with making money; they know what they know...and they know what they don’t know. They are smart guys.

[wita]

Suppose their will be weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

So...no more money losing Olympic coverage, then ?

[Vermont Lt]

I would think you would see a lot more “cable” coverage of the Olympics. But I doubt if they will make money on many “new” contracts. The existing ones must already be figured into the pot.

[Daniel T. Zanoza]

MSNBC and CNBC aren’t exactly rocking the charts in viewer ratings. Greater balance would bring more viewers. That’s a fact.

[jersey117]

I doubt it. But.... if they were to toss out Matthews, Olberman and Maddow, I would give them a chance.

[LearnsFromMistakes]

How much fun would it be to hear Meltdown the night the Keith takes his now boss to task for censoring him...

[clintonh8r]

It will lead to higher fees for viewers as Comcast rapes its competitors for program costs....with full approval of The Regime.

[GonzoGOP]

I doubt it. But.... if they were to toss out Matthews, Olberman and Maddow, I would give them a chance.

Watch for them to dump one of the three in a big "We are moving to the middle" PR campaign. But they really won't change. My bet is on Olberman. He can't be controlled and would destroy the credibility of any PR move. So they will dump Olberman, Chrissy the sissy will go to bashing everyone, like he did during the Clinton impeachment. Maddow will be moved opposite Beck to be a socialist counterpoint to his libertarian rants.

[wayoverontheright]

NBC attempts to give their chosen target market what they want. Their target market is, of course, flaming liberals; and since somewhere around half the country leans that way, it would be a great niche market strategy except for the fact that CNN, ABC, and CBS are after the same viewer.

Thus, they all lose money.

Right now, if NBC ticks off a viewer with their viewpoint, the loss is just that, viewership. If Comcast, after purchasing NBC, angers a viewer due to political bent, the viewer can discontinue cable, I would think a much greater loss of revenue. So I believe the author's thesis to be correct, that if Comcast buys NBC, its political lean will have to change.

[Carley]

Not as long as all broadcast is at the mercy of the O cabal.

[cripplecreek]

I feel like they pulled a fast one on me with the digital switch.

I went out and bought a digital flatscreen TV and figured I would be fine despite the fact that they told me I would need the converter.

Turns out that I didn’t need the converter.....at first. I started out with more channels than I had before with the old TV and I also had several HD channels. Then last weekend I woke up and no longer had FOX news and several of the other channels I normally watch.

I called comcast and they told me that it was because I didn’t have the box connected. I connected the box and found FOX and the channels I was looking for but the box doesn’t allow the HD channels (They said I need a different box for those).

I’ve got all the channels I had (incl HD) but it requires that I disconnect the box to get the extra channels but when the box is disconnected I don’t get FOX and several others.

[Rappini]

That would mean that there is a GOD.

[clintonh8r]

I fired Comcast years ago. I found them to be the most arrogant, unresponsive company I’d ever dealt with. They are a textbook case study for why monopolies are a bad thing.