Just my opinion of course.
General Electric (parent of NBC) has a calculated interest in MSNBC. Attract the 18% of Americans who are liberal nut-jobs and establish a core viewership. Of course, liberal nut-jobs despise advertising, so advertisers are getting hosed.
When it collapses on itself, eliminate MSNBC and NBC sails on with little damage.
It’s all Bidz-ness.
The radical left loves him. It's a shame. It really is.