[Brookhaven]

Gimme a break. MSNBC contributes tens of millions of dollars of TV time to the Democratic Party. They pay Olbermann to editorialize in favor of the Democratic Party.

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The previous owners of MSNBC did, but Comcast recently purchsed MSNBC. But they were stuck with the on air personalities big contracts...till now.

My guess is Comcast is scouring donation records to see if they can pull the same stunt on Rachel Madcow.

GE (the previous owners of MSNBC) didn’t seem to care that the lost money on MSNBC, there were more concerned about politics. I don’t think Comcast purchsed MSNBC to lose money, they want to make a profit. That means dumping the current “talent” and changing the lineup to something that might actuall pull in viewers and make money.

[fml]

Wouldn’t it be nice if MSNBC went back to being a news station? They should toss them all and begin again. There must be a market for an honest objective news outlet

[zeestephen]

Great post, Brookhaven.

I knew Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal.

I didn't understand MSNBC was part of the deal.

[zeestephen]

Brookhaven,

Another question...

Does Microsoft still own an 18% share of MSNBC?

Steve Ballmer is a well known Conservative (except on the issue of H1B foreign work visas for MSFT).