Wanted: a New Personality for MSNBC

New York Times ^ | December 9, 2002 | Some Guy

[chance33_98]

even, he said for emphasis, if it meant featuring "clowns jumping out of airplanes,"

Now if they pushed Phil the Clown out of an airplane, I would be glued to the set!

[bigaln2]

This is clearly not what Jeffrey R. Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric, NBC's parent company, meant when he told NBC executives last winter that he wanted MSNBC to draw as much attention as the Fox News Channel was getting — even, he said for emphasis, if it meant featuring "clowns jumping out of airplanes," people who attended the tense meeting said.

It probably would beat out National Geographic and their endless documentaries. Be a lot more interesting, too.

Can you spin falling clowns?

[Waco]

What part of the word "news" eludes these idiots? (Hint drop the propaganda!)

[Psycho_Bunny]

rollicking success of Fox News, whose brassy, opinionated style has reshaped cable news into a form that leaves at least some at NBC News uncomfortable.

Lol....NBC News "uncomfortable" about opinionated style?

Stopped reading right there...I thought this was a serious article.

[martin_fierro]

This is clearly not what Jeffrey R. Immelt, the chief executive of General Electric, NBC's parent company, meant when he told NBC executives last winter that he wanted MSNBC to draw as much attention as the Fox News Channel was getting — even, he said for emphasis, if it meant featuring "clowns jumping out of airplanes," people who attended the tense meeting said.

That explains this clown.

[breakem]

all Imus, all the time

[Consort]

They could have a Mario Cuomo talk show or a Barbra Streisand sing-along show or an Alec Baldwin "Acting for Fun and Profit" show.

[gcruse]

Jesse Ventura will not only drop the propoganda, but he'll give it a groin lock and pin it to the mat!!!

[NeoCaveman]

2 Words "Naked News"

Anchored by Ashleigh Banfield and Nora O'Donnell

[gcruse]

They're ok. A real turnoff though, is the weatherman, Buck Nekkid. Especially when he points out the weather in Florida.

[Badger1]

MSNBC is a lost cause. With all the news channels except Fox being on the left of the political spectrum, MSNBC has apparently decided to be the farthest left of them all. Instead of trying to compete in the center to center right news market with Fox being its only competitor, MSNBC tried to compete with CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, etc., etc., etc. Is it any wonder that they have not succeeded with the complete saturation that exists with the leftists news channels?

[Common Tator]

The format for News Talk TV is the same as News Talk Radio as Sean Hannity proves twice daily.

The news talk has to be center right oriented and has to have entertainment value.

Just look at the Matthews when he was trashing the Clinton administation he did well. When he is kissing Hillarys A$$ he is in the dumpster.

The people running MSNBC should ber prosecuted for impersontating broadcast management.

If I were doing MSNBC I would put on a 90 minute Tonight show type format except all the guests would be politcial. It would start with a 10 minute monologe of jokes.

What did James Carville the ragin Cajon contribute to Mary Landrieus victory... pause .. his absense. What does ti take for a Democat to win in the south... Bill Clinton to leave the country.

What is the differnce between tom daschle and a hound dog. A hound dogs bite is worse than his bark. What do you get if you breed Al Gore to he dumbest woman in the World? A son that is smarter than his father.

Then bring on a mix of guests ...some serious and some not serious. You could do tricks and skits based on current events. Put it on opposite O'Reilly and you would east his butt for breakfast.

But the MSNBC guys couldn't program their way out of a wooden box.

[DeFault User]

"I don't know a lot, necessarily, about the business or the industry, but I know how to kick butt. That's what I do."

Question: If you don't know what you're doing in that business, how are you going to kick the competition's butt?

He might start by disregarding advice from his New York team who don't have a clue either.

[Consort]

I still like the idea of a Daily (7-day) prime-time talk show with a different host each evening: Rush Limbaugh (Mondays), Anne Coulter (Tuesdays), Larry Elder (Wednesdays), Laura Ingraham (Thursdays), Ken Hamblin (Fridays), Matt Drudge (Saturdays), Sean Hannity (Sundays).

Make you own substitutes.

[Consort]

I didn't include any Liberals. Screw Fair and Balanced.

[NYTexan]

"But the MSNBC guys couldn't program their way out of a wooden box."

You have some great ideas, perhaps you should send your resume & ideas out to the soon to be starving networks!
Maybe you could be a producer too!

I know I'd watch that late show!

FRegards, bttt

[Nick Danger]

Bring Joe Pyne back from the dead.

[breakem]

"I have a gun on my desk and if the rioters come up Hollywood Blvd. I'm ready to use it."

[healey22]

Mr. Shapiro, the MSNBC president Erik Sorenson and NBC's research department have been hard at work figuring out what people want from cable news.

The people want the truth, politically uncorrect and all the facts without censorship. For example, you did not hear the story about the Witchita murders from any of the lamesteam media. Two black guys raped, robbed and murdered four white people. One girl survived and ran across a field naked with a bullet in her head. CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC and MSNBC cover what a good liberal thinks that you need to know and stories like the Witchita murders are something they would rather keep quiet about.