Comments on: MSFNC?: Comcast Doesn’t Rule Out Launching Right-Leaning Fox Competitor

By: TinaFromTampa

TinaFromTampa — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:38:44 +0000

ImNotBlue says:
December 15, 2009 at 10:44 pm

Interesting. Interesting observations. Interesting.

By: Fidoohki

Fidoohki — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:00:25 +0000

The trouble is that now it would seem that they are poaching from FNC. You know what it would
truly need to succeed? A name like say… Rush Limbaugh? At least for the first few years.

However this would last until they fouled up their first major story then it would crash and burn I think.

By: ireenawagner

ireenawagner — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:27:09 +0000

I think its more sinister, its like they got him in the back room and one of those Star Trek worms crawled into his skull and bam, instead socalist. I too can be bought off to go along with the alien invasion, where do I get my pocket of money. folic acid

By: ImNotBlue

ImNotBlue — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:44:18 +0000

TinaFromTampa says:
December 15, 2009 at 9:42 pm

The conservative journalists (as you might want to pretend they are) will go to the highest bidder.

Well… I’m not sure what you think I’m pretending, but I’ll ignore that part for the second half. Of course they’ll go to the highest bidder… that’s just business. Just like Wesley Clark, former Sen. Ford, and others… the highest bidder. But what’s wrong with that? As for current FNC talent, unless MSNBC pays to get the out of their contract, they won’t be going anywhere. Again, business.

Conservatives who have accepted paychecks from MSNBC…

Who’s arguing that? There WERE conservatives on MSNBC… WERE being the key.

It seems to me that you’re arguing something I didn’t actually say… probably because being unpleasant and disagreeable is all you know. I guess I can’t fault you for peeing on the rug, when you haven’t been potty trained.

My point (for your benefit) is that FNC’s talent is part of its recipe for success… not simply providing an opinion that the other networks and the MSM don’t often present. If a future, more conservative MSNBC is to form and succeed, they will need to find equally engaging and interesting talent. Furthermore, if it is to form, and Comcast then own two competing networks of differing political ideology, it will be interesting to see if they’re allowed to battle with each other, or being from the same parent company, are forced to make nice or ignore the other. That would be a tough dynamic for any station, and an interesting story for sure.

Now what in that paragraph do you disagree with?

By: TinaFromTampa

TinaFromTampa — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:42:15 +0000

ImNotBlue here’s what you need to know.
The conservative journalists (as you might want to pretend they are) will go to the highest bidder.
Wave the cash, I’m sure Gretchen Carlson will be able to read the prompter with the same ease.
She can make the same, lame observations no matter what camera is in front of her.
Somewhere, there’s another Griff Jenkins out there, who is just as inane as he is.
Conservatives who have accepted paychecks from MSNBC… let’s see there’s Pat Buchanan, Laura Ingraham,
Alan Keyes, Michael Savage and apparently Gregg Jarrett.
With a lineup like that, to quote you, I’m sure it would be interesting.

By: ImNotBlue

ImNotBlue — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:20:25 +0000

NsA says:
December 15, 2009 at 9:02 pm

I write three paragraphs of analysis… and the best you can do is to take my last sentence out? You make no comments about what I’ve said, you make no analysis of your own… only quote the summation of one point I made. Really?! That’s it?!

Maybe that’s why you’re a stalker… it’s the best you can do.

By: TinaFromTampa

TinaFromTampa — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:02:35 +0000

ImNotBlue says:
December 15, 2009 at 6:58 pm
I’m sure it would be interesting!

With analytical skills like that, you and TfT are operating on about the same low level.

By: ImNotBlue

ImNotBlue — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:58:25 +0000

Let’s please not forget that FNC’s success isn’t entirely due to its “opinion.” Rather, their talent has a large roll to play as well.

There have been quite a number of other programs across the dial that have tried to emulate FNC’s success… but never came close. Lou Dobbs on CNN, “Coast to Coast” with Ron Reagan and Monica Crowley on MSNBC, Tucker Carlson on CNN and MSNBC, and so on. It takes more than just a right-leaning opinion program to do well.

That isn’t to say that being part of the FNC brand doesn’t help… Beck’s career on HLN versus FNC proves that. Just that “personality” is important as well. If Comcast does try this (I doubt they will, they’ll have their hands full for a long time with MSNBC), I’ll be interested to see who they can grab as talent. Furthermore, the dynamic between MSNBC and Right-MSNBC would be very interesting… would Olbermann attack them (he has stated sometimes you have to take your own network to task… but he virtually never does, unless someone has apologized first or is about to get fired)… or would they pretend like the other doesn’t exist? I’m sure it would be interesting!

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:56:09 +0000

this is a ridiculous idea… comcast adding a right-leaning network would totally marginalize msnbc (not just ratings wise). what they can do is just make msnbc itself a little more right leaning. granted, there is a republican congressman hosting a 3 hour morning show everyday, but they can easily add a michael smerconish or pat buchanan to have their own program. thats something to think about, but starting a whole new network would just compete with msnbc and it would create an in-fighting within nbc’s news channels. thats a recipe for disaster.

By: Fidoohki

Fidoohki — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:48:03 +0000

It ought to be good for a laugh or two.

By: m

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:24:13 +0000

>and they will be admitting MSNBC is leftist. Please do!

MSNBC has admitted its leftist after one year of going liberal. While it took Fox News 12 years to admit it was right-wing.

By: m

Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:23:19 +0000

>Will Rupert Murdoch launch a left-leaning competitor at News Corp. aimed at knocking MSNBC out of picture completely?

No. Have you seen the ownership of News Corp? Its a smorgasbord of conservative media. Every. Single. One. All of them are slanted towards conservatism.

By: rmbltmbl

rmbltmbl — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:57:47 +0000

This would be a transitional network when MSNBC fails.. and they will be admitting MSNBC is leftist. Please do!

By: Magister

Magister — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:54:15 +0000

@dhg: Though I kind of doubt Comcast will make the move, but do you (or anyone) think it would escape an FNC-devotee’s notice, when they package the same field reports to go across the NBC parent, MSNBC and whatever a right-leaning network might be called.

I mean, it’s all about cost-cutting and bang for the buck, so it’s not like they’d put out another team.

By: TfT

TfT — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:51:30 +0000

What a shocker – someone actually talking about trying to compete with FNC. MSNBC and CNN just compete with each for the lefty audience where FNC gets a good contingent of viewers from D, R, and I political leanings. It always surprises me that CNN didn’t do anything to try to gain some credibility with independents and conservatives to try to eek out some of FNCs viewers; instead they went into the “teabagging” gutter and the Obama love-ins and lost what few independents and conservatives they once had.

By: dhg

dhg — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:32:11 +0000

This is a business and it hasn’t escaped Comcast’s notice that FNC has far far higher ratings than MSNBC.Why not take a piece of the pie especially when that pie is the biggest one of them all?Beyong that did this article really need a shot of Olbermann’s ego?And can he explain both his own and MSNBCs ratings slide?Personally I’d prefer to see Comcast go after CNN and add an unbiased news channel or naybe they could just buy CNN too!

By: Magister

Magister — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:22:34 +0000

If Tiger doesn’t come back, Comcast’s Golf Channel could give them a position on the dial.