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Failing cable news nets CNN and MSNBC poised for a bidding war over Jen Psaki as their ratings savior
American Thinker ^ | 02/24/2022 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 02/24/2022 6:54:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind

There is a certain symmetry to the notion that the spokesmouth for the failing Biden administration reportedly is being assiduously courted by the two failing cable news networks, CNN and MSNBC, both of which have endured near-catastrophic ratings declines in the era of Biden.  More Biden cowbell...yeah, that's the ticket.

A scoop report by Dylan Byers, formerly of NBC and now the founding partner at media website Puck, gushes over Psaki and the reported talks she or her agent are having with the two networks.  Earlier this month:

CNN interim co-president Amy Entelis and CNN+ programming lead Rebecca Kutler were in Washington for a top-secret and mission-critical recruitment assignment. The chaos embroiling their brand had not deterred their efforts to court a new potential on-air talent who, in their eyes, had the potential to become a marquee star both in the CNN lineup and its nascent streaming service. 

They weren't the only ones to hatch this novel idea. Less than one week later, NBC News Chairman Cesar Conde and MSNBC President Rashida Jones made a similar pilgrimage to Washington to meet with the very same talent, in the hopes that she might one day join their networks in a flagship role, and perhaps even take the top spot in primetime on MSNBC. CNN may be reeling from the Zucker mess, but MSNBC is imperiled in its own way, as Rachel Maddow prepares to exit her nightly show, prompting a presumed top-down re-think of primetime.

The potential talent, of course, was Jen Psaki, the White House Press Secretary. In the last year, Psaki has achieved veritable celebrity status for her daily press briefings, which have restored sanity and professionalism to the office and earned her the adoration of the mainstream media, as well as a fervent following online.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
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Psaki intends to leave the White House at some point this year and, according to sources familiar with her thinking, intends to go into television news — not as a contributor, but as a host.


1 posted on 02/24/2022 6:54:38 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

And the lack of the MSMs optics once again prove to be less than stellar.


2 posted on 02/24/2022 6:56:01 AM PST by MrRelevant
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, she certainly is eye candy. /s/


3 posted on 02/24/2022 6:56:37 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: SeekAndFind

Scratching the bottom of the barrel


4 posted on 02/24/2022 6:56:41 AM PST by kanawa ((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
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To: SeekAndFind

If she fails at one network, she can always circle back to the other.


5 posted on 02/24/2022 6:57:48 AM PST by alternatives? (The only reason to have an army is to defend your borders.)
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To: SeekAndFind

In a text she sent me this morning, my sister ended with: “P.S. and I say this as a woman, Psaki is a c-word” although she used the NSFW wording. Who would watch her? Gack


6 posted on 02/24/2022 6:57:56 AM PST by cschroe
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To: V_TWIN

Between her and the weasel that is chris wallass...they’re really building an all star team.


7 posted on 02/24/2022 6:58:11 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
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To: SeekAndFind

well that will have me tuning it, won’t it you? < / s >


8 posted on 02/24/2022 6:58:56 AM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: SeekAndFind

Loser networks hiring a loser to drive their ratings lower.


9 posted on 02/24/2022 6:59:50 AM PST by Wizdum (Tyranny always ends badly for the tyrannical. Ask Ceaușescu, Gaddafi or Saddam.)
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To: SeekAndFind

News item from later in the year: Psaki leaves White House, President didn’t know she was ever there


10 posted on 02/24/2022 7:00:20 AM PST by cschroe
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To: SeekAndFind

Bidding wars over an idiot, Biden mouthpiece. Brilliant!


11 posted on 02/24/2022 7:01:34 AM PST by Huskrrrr (Alinsky, you magnificent Bastard, I read your book!)
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To: SeekAndFind

She loves it when Brandon passes gas and sniffs her hair.


12 posted on 02/24/2022 7:02:41 AM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: SeekAndFind

SMDH. Add another chapter to the book of ‘Proof life aint Fair kiddies!’. How many buhzillions are they gonna pony up? They though their ratings couldn’t get any worse? Then jen pussakee said hold my beer........


13 posted on 02/24/2022 7:03:16 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: SeekAndFind

Saki got one heck of a following of teenage, pre-puberty boys to attract to loser networks like CNN (America’s Fake News Headquarters) and MSNBC (The Mad Cow Network).


14 posted on 02/24/2022 7:04:41 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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CNN and MSNBC are not looking for her for talent but because she's a proven sociopathic liar and is used to working at a government rate.

She'll not only lie to any extreme, she'll do it for cheap.

15 posted on 02/24/2022 7:05:10 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: SeekAndFind

Take Circle Back and Biden will give you a Bonus


16 posted on 02/24/2022 7:06:08 AM PST by butlerweave
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About 30 days after Psaki leaves the White House for CNN....President Joe will be watching CNN, and just remark ‘hey, we ought to hire that lady to be our spokesperson’.


17 posted on 02/24/2022 7:06:15 AM PST by pepsionice
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“Psaki has achieved veritable celebrity status for her daily press briefings, which have restored sanity and professionalism to the office and earned her the adoration of the mainstream media”

I damn near quit reading right there, before I realized this was a Thomas Lifson column & this was simply an excerpt from some far left story.


18 posted on 02/24/2022 7:07:01 AM PST by Tupelo (“Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*ck things up” (Barack Obama))
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To: SeekAndFind

The Liberal Laundry keeps on washing the graft.


19 posted on 02/24/2022 7:08:32 AM PST by bray (The Vax is fake and deadly)
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To: SeekAndFind

She reminds me of Blabber Mouth Schultz. Wind her up and she spits out talking points like a nail gun.


20 posted on 02/24/2022 7:11:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money)
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