[Oldeconomybuyer]

[syriacus]

No one had to tune into Donahue's show because viewers knew ahead of time what would be said.

[Maceman]

What if they gave a Donahue show and nobody came?

[timydnuc]

And the left wonders why people don't want to listen to them. They'll never get it, not now, not ever.

SOCIALISM DOESN'T WORK! NEVER HAS, NEVER WILL.

[smith288]

He was fired because of his anti-war stand. Americans, showed by the polls, support our effort to oust Saddam. hearing him clamor on and on about how atrocious it would be and how we would be committing war crimes turns Americans off...thus, his ratings sucked.

[JohnHuang2]

Re: #1 pic -- ROFLOL

[JohnHuang2]

Donahue, incidentally, opposed military action against the Taliban, even after 9/11.

[Claire Voyant]

Memo to MSNBC: NEVER start to build on a crumbling cornerstone....idiots. Donahue wouldn't have been mothballed for 25 yeras if ANYONE had wanted to hear what he had to say.

[Bluntpoint]

"Friedman suggested that MSNBC's lineup didn't complement Donahue's show."

Typical liberal delusionary thinking:

If only they had a 4 hour block of communist/socialist programing, then Donahue would have succeeded as the "corner stone" for their forward thinking network.

Geesh!!!

[PGalt]

Their cornerstone (slickly packaged propaganda) is their tombstone when countered with the truth. Life is short. "just gimme some truth"

[bullseye1911]

We're proud of the program, and we're disappointed that the show was not able to attract the viewership we had hoped for and expected," MSNBC general manager Erik Sorenson said in a statement.

Which explains, exactly why it failed, as will the demonrats in 2004.

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[Cincinatus]

Ironically, Donahue's viewership was the largest of any program on the network, including "Hardball With Chris Matthews."

This is the funniest line in the whole article.

[Drango]

We're proud of the program...

Dang! They canned his @$$. I'd hate to see what they'd do to a show they didn't like....

[wbill]

Waiting for Dims to implement the 'Fairness Doctrine'. Maybe the reason that Libs are unsuccessful radio / TV hosts is because America isn't buying what they're selling.

We can only hope.

[par4]

Put Phil opposite Jerry or Oprah and he'll probably do well. After all, his style of eye rolling, head bobbibg and mike waving is much more suited to morning and afternoon mindless dribble than it is to news and information dissemination.

People who work all day want to see people sit and discuss issues, not emote like high school actors. If you can't figure that out, you sure shouldn't be running a network.