MSNBC to Air Obama Inauguration in Movie Theaters

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Yesterday your humble correspondent chronicled how Comcast is airing an all Obama all the time channel up through the inauguration to satisfy those you with the need to worship Barack Obama non-stop. Well, now MSNBC has gone above and beyond the call of duty in Obama glorification. According to Paul J. Gough of the Hollywood Reporter, that cable channel is making it possible for folks not satisfied to see the inauguration of The One on mere large screen televisions to watch the coronation on the biggest screens of them all in movie theaters around the country. MSNBC is also making sure you can see the source of Chris Matthews' leg tingle for free at the theaters (emphasis mine):

NEW YORK -- President-elect Barack Obama is on his way to the big screen, thanks to a deal between MSNBC and Screenvision that will put the news channel's inaugural coverage in 27 theaters around the country.

Free tickets are being handed out via MSNBC.com to see the inauguration and parade from 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET at the 27 theaters run by 11 exhibitor partners in 21 markets. Midday Tuesday isn't necessarily a big movie time, so it helps to fill the theater -- and boost popcorn and soda sales -- at a time when it's not usually busy.

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That means that Keith Olbermann, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews and other MSNBC and NBC personalities will play the big movie screen in addition to the usual MSNBC cable and satellite stream. MSNBC won't be in high-definition until the second quarter, but both the channel and Screenvision say the quality will still be high.

"It'll look great," MSNBC president Phil Griffin said. "We're thrilled about it."

Screenvision was approached by MSNBC last year about carrying the coverage in some of the same theaters that take Screenvision's preroll video, executive vp exhibitor relations Darryl Schaffer said. Since August 2007, Screenvision has had an alternative programming division that has exhibited New York Mets baseball games, operas and other events live via movie theaters. Schaffer said that Screenvision had the capability to do as many as 200 locations, though MSNBC was looking for a smaller event than that.

For MSNBC, it's a chance to continue the momentum that vaulted it into the fastest-growing channel in all of cable in 2008. That's the strategy, and Griffin said Monday afternoon to expect more in 2009 to build MSNBC's brand.

"We want to reach people we've never reached before," Griffin said. "We're going to do numerous things like that to get our name out there. Ubiquity is the name of the game in 2009."

Will MSNBC also be playing Handel's Messiah as background music at the movie theaters?

—P.J. Gladnick is a freelance writer and creator of the DUmmie FUnnies blog.


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Unfortunately, this doesn't

Unfortunately, this doesn't surprise me at all.  MSNBC is also running a commercial or something saying "Where were you when Barak Obama was elected?"   Akin to "where were you when Kennedy was shot?" or "where were you when 9/11 happened.?"  Just incredible.

satan's children

It's early and my brain is fuzzy, but I think in Jeremiah ch uhh35 God laments the fact that satan's children work harder on satan's behalf than God's children work on God's behalf...this is an excellent example of that scripture.The wicked are tireless it would seem.

I'd rather

I'd rather be cleaning toilets than to watch the coronation.

 

Remembering little Caylee Anthony (2005-2008).  May justice be served.

I'd rather be...

Brent Roos

I would rather be waterboarded or spend some time in a stock

the day the earth cheered

Well, they're right on one aspect:

JFK assasination - disaster

9/11 - disaster

BHO inauguration - disaster

When I heard that commercial, I just could not believe it, even from MSNBC. I will so not be watching, but I'm sure I'll still be able to hear the billions cheering and crying around the planet. 

And don't forget....this

And don't forget....this new President is going to inspire[s] the nation! (MSNBC TV ad...no bias there!)

Are they going to put it up on that gigantic JumboTron in Times Square? 

Boycott NBC

We need to boycott NBC and all of it's advitisers. Let's begin a boycott and turn the channel. Write their advitisers and let them know there is alot of money they can and will lose. The Right really needs to get off their butts and take action. 

I just wrote a similar post

I just wrote a similar post on another thread.  We need to take action.  Hit 'em where it hurts until they start reporting fairly. And that goes for all the TV stations, newspapers, magazines, etc.

Write TV Cable Companies.

Perhaps a direct, effective protest would be a letter writing campaign to our cable TV providers requesting that the basic cable package not include NBC or MSNBC ( or CBS , ABC) but we would rather see in that space, A&E, HGTV, the Food Network or whatever your favorite network is.

Why clutter up basic cable service with news channels you don't use?

If cable providers began to get thousands of letters like this, I think NBC might get a little concerned.

I already put in my request

I already put in my request with my cable provider for the DPUI channel.

(Democrat Politicians Under Indictment)

NBC boycott...

I stopped watching NBC about 3 years ago...and by that I mean NBC and MSNBC. I don't watch any programming (with the exception of NBC sports) on either channel. I also don't watch virtually anything on ABC or CBS, with the exception of sports and my local news. Other than that, I have stopped watching network TV. I watch other cable programming, and FoxNews.

My decision to stop watching NBC was a direct result of the blatant left wing bias that the network has embraced in the last several years. Pretty much since President Bush was re-elected in '04, NBC and MSNBC have gone completely off the deep end from the standpoint of journalistic integrity, and after this last election and their being so obviously in the tank for Obama, I won't waste my time on either channel.  

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan~ January 20, 1981

If these theatres turn out

If these theatres turn out to be empty on innauguration day, will the MSM report it ?

 

"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media."  -- Lowell Ponte

If you fart in a Prius...

do you still get credit for saving the environment?

(This is a south park reference if you didnt get it)

Only 27 theaters

Per the Hollywood Reporter, "President-elect Barack Obama is on his way to the big screen, thanks to a deal between MSNBC and Screenvision that will put the news channel's inaugural coverage in 27 theaters around the country."

And seeing those Barrack

And seeing those Barrack Obama "collector" coins being sold on TV is getting a bit old too.

 

"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media."  -- Lowell Ponte

Free

Tell me you're kidding. Is there really such a thing?!

In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.

Chose

They have been taking the Hawaii quarters, and the Kennedy half dollar, and painting pictures of Obama on them.

Can't they wait until the Obama presidential dollar is released?

 

"Gov. Palin has been subjected to one of the most massive and dishonest pile-on smear attacks in the history of liberal media."  -- Lowell Ponte

There's also...

...a Obama-Lincoln coin.

Free

How friggin lame is that?! I'd flush money down the toilet before I'd buy that crap.

My husband came home from work with an 'Obama quarter' a few weeks ago. Someone colored poor George with a Sharpie.

In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.

The Obama-mania is just

The Obama-mania is just going to lead to an even larger disappointment down the road.

Comforting thought, isn't

Comforting thought, isn't it...
I haven't watched 'Dances with Marxists' since the last debate. I won't watch him again till after the first indictment against him. The law is going to catch up with 'That One' eventually. I'm calling it right now.

In order to be pro-choice, one must first be born. Ah, the irony.

Who thinks

The liberal jackass TV media will actually have an audience in another year?

Wouldn't it be cool to send Joe The Plumber over to report on the empty theaters?

I think it's now official,

I think it's now official, MSNBC is the propaganda outlet for the Dem Party and the choosen delivery system for the Obama message.  Next we shall see Obama, larger than life displayed on bill boards, big screens of movie theaters and spots in mass transit systems.  We love big brother, we have always loved big brother.

I heard that the most recent estimate for this coronation on Jan. 20th is now $150 million!!!!  Over 3 times the previous ones.  And this is not private money like W's in 2005.  It seems prolific ate spending is an understatement to describe the wild spending spree by Democrats.  It is a sign of things to come with the federal budget.

Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.

Yes, billboards, statues,

Yes, billboards, statues, blimps floating above every city with YOU MUST LOVE OBAMA flashing on the side, mandatory photos of Obama in every home, songs praising Obama, prayers to Obama before each meal, Obama cartoons, a Book Of Obama Quotes which must memorized by every school child in the US.

This is a cult. Period. Count me out.

For liberal Democrats and the Old Media, everything is crisis, chaos, calamity and catastrophe. That justifies stealing your property and liberties.

This year you can go and watch the inauguration if you want....

.....in 2013 it may be mandatory.

fahrenheit 451, The Exciting Future of Interactive TV !

yes John can you answer the questions

FREEDOM

(D)

 

It Is Idolatry

I just keep repeating, "This is frightening." It's Idolatry: Obama Worship.
The liberals have been silencing any opposing voices and thoughts, for years thanks to our stellar liberal school system. No thinking will be allowed in Obama's regime. Only obedience.
Real Conservatives will have to continue to speak of what this country is, what it was founded on, and do so relentlessly, no matter what they say about us. Or our Capitalist Republic will go away and full scale socialism will replace it. Then all thoughts and voices will be silenced.
I have been recommending to everyone that I can, the movie 'John Adams'. The thoughts that our founders had, compared to the gibberish of the Liberals and leftist Republicans today, is striking. Could our Liberals today have brought about the American Revolution and the foundation of our Republic? I don't 'think' so.

For MSNBC, it's a chance to

For MSNBC, it's a chance to continue the momentum that vaulted it into the fastest-growing channel in all of cable in 2008.

Is that true?

No Cable

I guess his base can't afford cable TV...

This morning the gang on

This morning the gang on Morning Joe were celebrating the poll that says BO has a 60% approval rating....he's not President yet...I'm sure Ronald Reagan has a higher approval rating and he's dead.  Who the hell did they poll; the media?

Brian Williams discusses Obama on Imus this morning

Brian Williams interview this morning

http://youhavetobethistalltogoonthisride.blogspot.com/2009/01/brian-williams-tells-imus-he-was-hit.html

Brian Williams heading to D.C. for the pre inaugrual staging.

 

 

 Employees at MSNBC will

 Employees at MSNBC will be able to watch the coronation in private peep booths in the basement  ..

 

save money dumb bombs for dumb people... durka durka ... dark_ds said that

I'll bet the theaters will be empty!

OMG

Who the heck is this guy they call the "One"

I'm already in gag mode and now "theaters"?

Give me a freaking break!

How many years duing this socialist/marxist term will he be allowed to blame Bush?

Good grief! "Ears" in stereophonic sound?!

It's bad enough to look at, and to listen to, "Ears" on regular TV channels. Now he's coming to movie screens everywhere, in full stereo sound...UGH! How much more of this stuff can we take?

SentForth5 Is Right . . .

about the children of satan. They do work overtime because satan knows his time is running out. His job is to collect as many unsaved souls as he can. Those that don't comply (take his mark) will be beheaded (I'm praying for a pre-Trib Rapture of the true Body of Christ). Now connect all the dots and the media's love affair with "the one." Is. 53 states, in part, "all we like sheep have gone astray, we have gone each to his own way . . ." The only consensus today about the children of evil is the adoration of "the one," which makes my skin crawl. I can't watch or listen to the Clintons for even a nano-second. I can tolerate B. Hussein for less than that. If Chris Matthews gets a thrill or chill up his leg, I have the direct opposite reaction . . . kind of like nausea in the pit of my stomach . . . my soul reels when those folks speak because the Christ who dwells in me recognizes evil.

Unfortunately, we're in for a rough time. I suggest y'all read the article http://newswithviews.com/Eakman/beverly149.htm to find out what's coming from our government. I've taken some of those employment tests and I usually "fail" them because I'm too honest. I'm sure they have a record of that in some file somewhere, unless over time those records are deleted. In the meantime, prepare, my fellow conservatives. We're in for a rough ride after the rise of the anti-Christ and his followers.

JillCW, Everything is "saved" and you are on file.

I'm sure they have a record of that in some file somewhere, unless over
time those records are deleted. In the meantime, prepare, my fellow
conservatives. We're in for a rough ride after the rise of the
anti-Christ and his followers.

google yourself.........

The depression was bad, because the banks FAILED..

Taking ones savings.. 

Now the banks are under stress, soon.. a choice will need to be made, starve or  eat the hand outs from the 0ne.

FREEDOM

(D)

 

Those tickets would have to

Those tickets would have to be free. I w2ouldn't pay a cent to see that antiamerican bigot. The only way I'd watch his coronation is if I hear he's on his way to the hospital not expected to live because of gunshots.

Simmer down

Simmer down

This is getting out of

This is getting out of hand.  All bow to DC 5 time per day and say Obama is One and all is Obama .. selah.  Below is an email sent out through the city and through city channels by city officials.  It chills me to the bone.

2009 Presidential Inauguration: On Tuesday, January 20, 2009 the 56th presidential inauguration ceremony for President-elect Barack Obama will take place.  This inauguration marks a significant moment in our nation’s history as the 44th president of the United States commences his term in office.  I understand that many of you wish to experience this occasion via live coverage on television.  The formal inauguration begins shortly after 11:30 a.m. Central Standard Time.  The inauguration will be broadcast in the City Hall lobby with as much seating as possible.  You are welcome to take a moment and watch the presidential inauguration as your schedule and job commitments permit.  Even with the significance of this event, it is important for us to keep in mind the job responsibilities we have to our residents and corporate citizens.  I have requested that department directors provide additional viewing areas at work sites around the city as feasible.  Employees wishing to take time off may do so if vacation leave is available, the work schedule permits his/her absence, and they have received their supervisor’s approval.Mary K. SuhmCity ManagerFor more information: Juanita Tovar 214-670-1858Approved by: Frank J. LibrioDirector, Marketing & Media Relations

Nuke em til they glow then shoot em in the dark.

Obama Coronation

I would love to see the Obamatron Coronation.  And for free too!  Wow!!!

But unfortunately I'll have other more mundane things to do that day: clean my cats' litter box, take out the trash, fertilize the lawn, and get a colonoscopy.

Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell

Trix... I'm with you...I

Trix...

I'm with you...I had a doctor appt. for that day, got a call early this morning and they had to reschedule...made me mad...of all days to do that, who wants to go to the doc, but if you have to, I couldn't have had a better day to do so.

Dang my luck anyway...

I will most likely stay busy elsewhere also...probably here for awhile.

"You've gone beyond the law"... Sen. Kerry~ Head of Foreign Relations Committee to Hillary at Sec.of State confirmation hearings~1-13-09 

Propaganda

Propaganda machine in motion. How soon will it be before we are expected to listen to or watch the regular brodcasts of "The One" and his apologists?

MSNBC on the big screen? Yecch

That means Olby's head will be even bigger, Chrissy's mouth will be bigger, and Maddow's butchness will be, uh, butchier.

No thanks.

Welcome to the era of unity, you racist!

Rocky Horror Picture Show:

Rocky Horror Picture Show: Decline of America

Premiers Jan. 20th, 2009

Starring:  The One

Brought To You By: The Media Elite at MSMBC

FREE PEPSI (featuring new Obama/Pepsi logo)

BYOP: Bring Your Own Popcorn (to throw at the screen)

This show is rated I/D: Idiots/Dems Only

WAIT A MINUTE

Can't believe you made a reference to RHPS and the Savior.  How about using Xanadu instead. 

Just think...100 years from

Just think...100 years from now our children's children will file past The One's preserved corpse and recite passages from Dreams From My Father at Sotero Square in Obama D.C.

I am saddened to think that I won't be able to see it all.  ;-(

One of the 24% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 89% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.