Apparantly this isn't such a smart strategy considering MSNBC's ratings but who cares?  They are supported by the Obama administration and the taxpayers.  It makes me feel soooo good that we have MSNBC as the first step in state run media.  Obamavision all day, every day!  

MSNBC who?

I just want them to admit it. Viewers should know ahead of time that they're going to get the news from a liberal perspective. That way, when some talking head declares that he knows what's really going on, the viewer can take the perspective into account. The same holds true for conservative media. That amounts to Fox, right now, and even they're shaky.

You see, the one "untrue" portrayal of any media outlet is that they're neutral and objective. No one in the news media is neutral or objective, because no human being is. It's a conceit to portray yourself that way. You see what you've been trained to see, or what you want to see.

It goes back to the presmise of the news media. The news is intended to tell you what's going on. But that's a generality. Lots of things go on, most of them uninteresting. The media, therefore, tells you things that they presume will interest the general public. Right away, you have a problem: how to decide what should interest the public? If you have a political point of view, you suddenly have a motive to restrict what you tell people. You highlight things that promote your cause, and most importantly, you don't report what denigrates your cause. It's the absence of reflective criticism where the bias is really dangerous.

And here's the biggest difference. When they claim to be objective and neutral, that implies they're telling you everything. But they never do. When the admit that they're subjective, you know that there may be other sides to they story.

A smart news consumer will go to different sites and sources, and never takes any one place whole. Think of it like a courtroom: should a judge or jury only listen to the prosecutor? Or the defense? No, you listen to both. When a news outlet says that they're "objective," they want you to listen to them alone - that's how they make money, but it rebels against what makes a good news consumer.

I would like to hear Phil Griffin say,

“We at MSNBC (and NBC and CNBC) are here to lobby on behalf of the business interests of our parent company, General Electric.  Through our support of and cooperation with the Obama Administration, our media arm has put General Electric into a position where it is poised to rake in billions of future dollars after the successful passage of Cap and Trade (ecomagination) and Nationalized HealthCare (healthymagination).  Ratings, though important, are of less significance than our business partnership with the federal government.”

By positioning NBC/MSNBC as the Obama/Democrat networks, General Electric stands to make billions of dollars in partnership with the Obama administration and the Democrat majority in Congress.

General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt is focusing on two issues critical to liberals:

(1) Green technology, encompassing global warming (i.e climate change), Cap & Trade, reduction of green house gas emissions and renewable energy technologies.

(2)  Healthcare Reform, consisting of computerized health records and new healthcare-related products.

An Examiner.com article titled Obamagate – The tangled web of Obama, GE, Immelt, Cap & Trade, GE Healthcare and Daschle part II:

"Cap & Trade has been a huge part of Obama’s plans since before the election. ...In 2007 the Climate Action Partnership was formed by several corporations to come up with a solution to curbing greenhouse gases, aka CAP. One of the largest corporations that is part of this organization is GE. GE currently is also the largest manufacturer of clean energy equipment such as windmills, natural gas and nuclear power. Since GE already has the technology that will be required for other companies to purchase, with the sales of its products alone in order for companies to abide by any Cap & Trade laws, GE stands to make billions."

A cnet news article titled Google and GE team up on clean-energy policy, tech:

"Wind power is far ahead of other renewable energy sources in being reliable and cost-competitive with fossil fuel power plants, Immelt said. GE's wind business, one of the largest in the world, will bring in more than $7 billion this year."

Chilmark Research article titled GE Commits Billions to Healthymagination:

GE established a Health Advisory Board recruiting two influential former Senators, Bill Frist and Tom Daschell. That may help in landing some of that Stimulus funding. ...They intend to invest $3B over 6 years on healthcare innovation. Primary focus of research is to provide new products, HIT and otherwise that lower cost of care, encourage broader access and improve quality.

GreenBiz article titled GE, Cisco and Others Team with Miami for $200M Smart Grid Project:

Mayor Manny Diaz today unveiled an ambitious, $200 million "Energy Smart Miami" smart grid project developed in partnership with General Electric, Cisco Systems, Florida Power & Light and Silver Spring Networks to deploy smart meters on every home and most businesses in Miami-Dade County. ...The project, which aims to land stimulus bill funding for as much as half the project, will create as many as 1,000 new jobs as it brings next-generation technology to homes and businesses.

Lastly, GE CEO Immelt summarized it best: "There's a lot of money to be made here," Immelt said. "It doesn't make me afraid or scared. There's a tidal wave coming, and you either get ahead of it or you get crushed."

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“The liberal mind does not work like the mind of a regular person.  Their obsession with power and control is what drives them at all times.” ~ Rush Limbaugh

...why MSNBC's ratings are in the crapper?