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MSNBC shake-up: Al Sharpton to lose nightly show (spox says left-wing TV a goner)
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| 2/23/15
| MO BARNES
Posted on 02/23/2015 7:46:59 AM PST by Liz
The Brian Williams suspension has caused a shake-up at MSNBC. The Daily Beast is reporting that Rev. Al Sharpton may lose his nightly time slot. “Politics Nation with Al Sharpton,” has aired since 2011 and has had a successful run.
At issue is a steady slide in viewership....Chris Hayes is to be replaced by the “Rachel Maddow Show.” Maddow moves from 9 p.m. to 8 p.m., while a search is underway for a new host for the vacant time slot.
Sharpton’s show is rumored to be moving from nightly 6 p.m. to weekend-only. Sharpton attracts a solid 35 percent Black audience and is considered a lightning rod of controversy because of his activism on behalf of the oppressed. There has been no word from the Sharpton camp on the rumored changes.
The source at MSNBC stated the programming decisions were part of a change in MSNBC'S political mindset: “Going left was a brilliant strategy while it lasted, and made hundreds of millions of dollars for Comcast, but now it doesn’t work anymore…...The goal is to move away from left-wing TV.”
TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alsharpton; msm; msnbc; sharpton
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:46:59 AM PST
by
Liz
To: Liz
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:48:13 AM PST
by
Clint N. Suhks
( Laughter is the best medicine, unless you have diarrhea.)
To: Liz
Cue the “that’s racist!” kid.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:48:41 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Clint N. Suhks
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:48:53 AM PST
by
Gaffer
To: Liz
Bad news. Sharpton is the best entertainment they have.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:49:42 AM PST
by
ryan71
(Bibles, Beans and Bullets)
To: Liz
Al Sharpton may lose his nightly time slot... Dang, now he'll never be able to pay his taxes.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:49:44 AM PST
by
C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: Liz
Al Sharpton doesn’t love MSNBC.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:50:29 AM PST
by
blackdog
(There is no such thing as healing, only a balance between destructive and constructive forces.)
To: Texas Eagle
Cue the “that’s racist!” kid.
Laughter is the best medicine, unless you have diarrhea
8
posted on
02/23/2015 7:51:00 AM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: Liz
It worked while there was an R in the white house. Well, sort of. It worked like Air America worked. Held aloft by donations.
Is MSNBC really successful financially? I find that rather hard to believe.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:51:09 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: Liz
Rush should ask MSNBC if they want ratings. Take Maddow’s slot and answer everything she says. I can dream, I guess.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:51:18 AM PST
by
struggle
To: Liz
has aired since 2011 and has had a successful run.
At issue is a steady slide in viewership....
Wait. What?
A decline in viewership is a successful run?
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:52:51 AM PST
by
TomGuy
To: Liz
“Politics Nation with Al Sharpton,” has aired since 2011 and has had a successful run. Weird definition of 'successful'............
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:53:37 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: Liz; mickie; pax_et_bonum; Maine Mariner
"....his (Sharpton's) activism on behalf of the oppressed."
What WAS the writer smoking when he dropped this little gem into his article?
The truth was disregarded. Any and all activism on the part of the faux "reverend" is on behalf of one entity only....the "reverend" himself.
Leni
To: Liz
At issue is a steady slide in viewership....Hey. Shouldn't consistency count for something?
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:54:48 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: cuban leaf
I wonder if MicroSoft may be pulling their support? They are the MS part of MSNBC................
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:54:50 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(If you compromise with evil, you just get more evil..........................)
To: TomGuy
Wait. What? A decline in viewership is a successful run?
Why yes, yes it isn't.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:55:07 AM PST
by
PROCON
(Always give 100%---unless you're donating blood.)
To: Liz
That whole filthy network should shut down...
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:55:11 AM PST
by
who knows what evil?
(Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
To: TomGuy
A decline in viewership is a successful run? It's a Liberal thing. You wouldn't understand.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:55:27 AM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
To: Liz
"What Tax Problem Bro?"
To: SandRat
Instead of taking cough medicine, take a laxative -
then you’ll be afraid to cough.
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posted on
02/23/2015 7:56:13 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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