[KC_Conspirator]

I just wonder what type of advertising they are going to get in order to support this network which is going to have the worst ratings going. I'm sure his buddies in the media will support it for awhile.

[David Isaac]

We can only hope our liberal friends can find a few more money-pits like this one to siphon off some of their funds. Hopefully it will be as popular as most of their radio offerings.

[Caipirabob]

Been there, done that.

Get a life, Al...

[Jotmo]

What will be fun is taking a transcript from one of their offerings and compare it to those from other “major media outlets” and see if anyone can tell the difference.

Show it to your local liberal tree hugger type and watch them compare blatant liberal editorializing to, well, blatant liberal editorializing and try to tell you which one is the “unbiased” news source.

Better do it fast. This network won’t last six months without propping up from someone with deep pockets.

[G.Mason]

"Gore and his backers want to turn the digital channel into a liberal-leaning network. "

What a novel idea.

It's about time someone recognized we need [even if it's just one] a "liberal-leaning" network.

Why can't America draft people like this to run the country?

[samtheman]

A loser idea from a loser guy.

[chainsaw]

The former vice president is close to striking a $70 million deal to acquire Newsworld International,

Rich Democrats!

[mewzilla]

Ah ha! I knew I smelled a Ratner! LOL.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Gore close to cable buy

Al Gore doesn't even know how cable TV gets on his television set.

[from occupied ga]

Gore and his backers want to turn the digital channel into a liberal-leaning network

WHAT? Only "liberal leaning?" Then they want it to be to the right of hard left NBC ABC and CBS, not to mention Cox and Turner

[avg_freeper]

Just as long as Gore doesn't acquire BLIZZARD Entertainment from Vivendi. I would be steamed!

[Jimmy Valentine]

Joel Hyatt is the son-in-law of Howard Metzenbaum former senator (DemocRAT) and defense council in the 1950's for the American Communist Party.

I wonder if Ratner is lining up financing for Gore through Occidental Petroleum?

Regards,

[Redcoat LI]

Watch out! Any man brilliant enough to invent things like the internet is clearly capable of creating a Liberal news dynamo.

[wayoverontheright]

Gore and his backers want to turn the digital channel into a liberal-leaning network.

As a business man, I would say that this particular market niche is already suffering from having too many players.

The only thing that even portends the possibility of success is that none of the current mainstream media ADMITS their leftward lean, and it sounds to me like Gore-TV will wear it proudly.

[smiley]

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[NativeNewYorker]

1) Gore is not "leading" this group. Gore is the promotional, gladhanding, headline generating faceboy. He is a certified moron, as we all know.

2) Rattner is a slimy investment banker, a former NYT reporter, and a man with his nose in Pinch Sulzberger's anus. Recall, Pinch is the only person Ann Coulter flatly says is a "traitor". Rattner is a major Dem money man.

3) Diller is a famously gay media mogul. I am pretty sure he is a big Dem donor, but I couldn't get into the opensecrets.org website. I wonder how "arms length" this transaction is likely to be.

4) And of course, scalping the enterprise from the French makes is all perfect.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Al Gore is...

[wayoverontheright]

....media investment banker Steve Rattner, who's said to be lining up financing.

"I've looked over your loan request Mr Rattner, let me see if I understand you correctly, the fastest growing network in the country leans rightward, the five top radio shows lean right, left leaning media from CNN to the New York Times are bleeding profusely, and you want to start up a leftward leaning network, is that correct?"

[Fighter@heart]

Reminds me of an old addage "give a man enough cable & he'll hang himself!!" Gore has proven he is capable of failing at everything he tries! LOL!!!

[longtermmemmory]

GOOD! let the left expose themselves to the real market of ideas. Hopefully it will be as successful as the oxygen channel without oprah's money.