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New Poll: Most Americans Have Never Even Heard of MSNBC ‘Stars’
bigjournalism.com ^ | Sep. 28, 2010 | Jeff Dunetz

Posted on 09/28/2010 4:53:38 PM PDT by PROCON

I’m not sure which number is worse, the fact that a new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll reports that MSNBC is not a very popular source for political news, or that same poll reporting that many of MSNBC’s key talking heads are unknown by most of the country.

According to the poll, most Americans (81%) get their news about the midterm elections from cable channels, like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, or their websites, to a lesser extent (71%) the get their news from the broadcast networks, such as ABC, NBC or CBS, and their websites.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: mainstreammedia
Americans don’t really know just who in the hell is on MSNBC 70% of Americans never heard of Ed Schultz, 55% never heard of Rachel Maddow and 42% of lucky Americans never heard of Keith Olbermann.

Keith who?

1 posted on 09/28/2010 4:53:44 PM PDT by PROCON
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To: PROCON

Ok, I’ll bite. What is MSNBC?


2 posted on 09/28/2010 4:55:16 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (FORGET the lawyers...first kill the "journalists". (Die Ritter der Kokosnuss))
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What is MSNBC?

Metro-Sexual Nutcases Bloviating Crapaganda..:=)

3 posted on 09/28/2010 4:58:38 PM PDT by PROCON (Independence Day + 87, Let's See How Long It Lasts!)
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To: DCBryan1

Oh, come on! MSNBC is a website.

Duh.


4 posted on 09/28/2010 5:26:27 PM PDT by Qout
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To: PROCON
Keith Olbermann...that the talking piece of crap on South Park, right?
5 posted on 09/28/2010 5:43:08 PM PDT by tophat9000 (.............................. BP + BO = BS ...........................Formula for a disaster...)
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To: PROCON

is this story because the big corporation buying MSNBC is realizing they have overpaid and are now looking to reduce the price?

It seems to me not even CNBC is reliable information these days. It is all democrats pushing obamanomics.


6 posted on 09/28/2010 5:48:46 PM PDT by longtermmemmory (VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
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To: PROCON

Does it mean the lovely Rachel Maddow will be sacked?


7 posted on 09/28/2010 11:36:38 PM PDT by namvolunteer (I can see November from my house.)
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