MSNBC President Phil Griffin Finally Comes Clean on Channel's Liberal Slant

newsbusters ^ | 5/3/10 | Lachlan Markay

[Nachum]

It took a while, but MSNBC President Phil Griffin has finally admitted and embraced his cable network's hard-left slant. He told the Chicago Tribune that he will try to carve out a niche on the left, hoping some day to rival the Fox News Channel's record-setting ratings.

[freedumb2003]

To hit his target ‘demo, he need only broadcast Romper Room and Mad TV reruns on a 24-hour cycle.

[Snickering Hound]

Good luck with that. Liberals don't pay cable bills.

[Razmataz]

Ah, Idiot Phil, your leftist drivel is called a lie in most
circles. So, good luck selling that.

[BluH2o]

He told the Chicago Tribune that he will try to carve out a niche on the left, hoping some day to rival the Fox News Channel's record-setting ratings.

The premise is flawed, FOX is unique in that has a conservative bent ... MSNBC has to compete with the mainstream alphabet networks that are all profoundly liberal. MSNBC offers nothing new.

[bigredkitty1]

Color me surprised.

[ConservativeStatement]

One man’s slant is another man’s avalanche.

[vpintheak]

Hasn’t he heard about Air America? Lefty ideas don’t work, people won’t hear it, it doesn’t sell.

[dan1123]

MSNBC has to compete with the mainstream alphabet networks that are all profoundly liberal.

The irony here is that he doesn't realize that.

[Bullish]

Go ahead Phil, be as liberal and stupid as you guy’s want, as long as you don’t want any ratings.

[snowrip]

Liberal stupidity = short attention span, which is why msnbc will never, ever even come close to FOX’s ratings.

[NYCslicker]

“he will try to carve out a niche on the left, hoping some day to rival the Fox News Channel’s record-setting ratings.”

Well isn’t that special. I guess we all need a dream, don’t we?

[skeeter]

carve out a niche on the left, hoping some day to rival the Fox News Channel's record-setting ratings.

I'd like to see the Gantt chart for this project. I'm guessing it'll take at least one roll of TP to lay out.

[bray]

Must be nice not to have to worry about making a profit.

Pray for America

[Libloather]

...hoping some day to rival the Fox News Channel's record-setting ratings.

Liberal AND stupid. Goes hand-in-hand.

[Cyber Liberty]

I'd like to see the Gantt chart for this project. I'm guessing it'll take at least one roll of TP to lay out.

Probably has it set to a Decade per inch to get it to fit onto an 8 1/2 X 11 sheet of paper.

[John-Irish]

He might try re-arranging the deck-chairs on the Titanic too. Good luck with the Left-leaning slant thing there Griffin. seems to be working out good for your networks ratings. Not!

[norwaypinesavage]

In his liberal cocoon, he is totally unaware that Fox is barely centrist, while MSNBC is loony left. Fox is popular because it presents many sides of the issues. Loony left has only a micro audience to appeal to, and there are already multiple media to reach it.