Dylan Ratigan Will 'Dismount' From His MSNBC Show
Brian Stelter at The New York Times reports MSNBC's 4 pm host, Dylan Ratigan, is quitting as of June 22, and his hour will be taken over by Martin Bashir. Staff on the Bashir show will try to create a new 3 pm template. "The channel may try out an ensemble of hosts and contributors at that hour." An ensemble...together...like a ripoff of The Five? After all, that started as a place-holder.
“Once you’ve said your piece, you can either keep saying it — and then it’s a job, good job, pays well, everybody knows your name, it’s great — or you can decide what you’re going to do about it,” Ratigan said. “And the answer is, I don’t know. But I do know, in order to figure it out, I have to dismount.”
“Think of it like ending a Broadway play,” Mr. Ratigan said, referring to a “three-year run.”
His statement (as posted by TV Newser) seemed vague and optimistic: "I believe if we are honest about where we are now, honest about where we want to go and honest about how we are going to get there, we may well end up as the hero of our own stories." Stelter added:
Cable news, he said Sunday, “is designed to argue about rules and resources, and who should control them,” especially in an election year. That’s an argument that he’s no longer interested in having, he implied, though he went out of his way to thank MSNBC and NBC News.
Mr. Ratigan’s current contract expires this month. He was unusually highly paid by MSNBC daytime anchor standards — about $1 million a year, according to several staff members, who insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to speak on the matter. Mr. Ratigan said there was no negotiation about a new contract because he told the company three months ago that he was planning to leave. He released his television agent in January, he added.
Phil Griffin, the president of MSNBC, said in an internal memorandum Sunday afternoon that Mr. Ratigan “has decided to pursue new opportunities and will be ending his role as a full-time host.”
“Dylan’s distinct voice and his fearless approach to tackling complicated issues has been a key part of MSNBC’s growth and success,” Mr. Griffin added.
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$1 Million dollar salary a year, huh?
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 9:50pm.
This guy sounds like a 1 Percenter to me. What a fraud.
Dylan RATigan, don't let the door hit you where the good lord split you. Hood riddance.
Current TV
Submitted by GregE on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 9:51pm.
Current TV
maybe
Submitted by KornKing on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 9:56pm.
It's Howdy Doody time!
➚ Dylan, we hardly knew ya'
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 10:03pm.
And remember, wherever you go, you're still a loser. Couldn't even keep a job at MSNBC.
Even Al Sharpton gets to stay . . . heck! Even Ed Schultz gets to stay!
Ratigan, you must really be a loser.
The RAT
Submitted by HudsonRiverGirl on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 7:13am.
Saw this fool one time. He was advising homeowners to stop paying their mortgages even if they were able to pay. Said they should be punishing the banks by not paying.
An MSNBC version of "The Five"? That's called "group therapy"
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 10:08pm.
and requires the presence of a licensed therapist, psychologist, counselor or psychiatrist to moderate. Perhaps NBC is loaning them Dr. Nancy Snyderman. The Good Lord knows she needs help keeping her big trap shut.
As they say in "journalism," ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:03am.
... the story about PMSNBC getting a version of The Five, "has no legs."
At least it won't have any legs that will come close to the legs on The Five!
The only way The Five can put an unattractive person on the show is to have a liberal.
I don't think PMSNBC will have any problem filling their Uglo-American quota.
And so...
Submitted by Paul G on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 10:11pm.
If a tree falls in a forest......
As MSNBC trims the crap off the tree... now the hard stuff.
Submitted by acaiguana on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 10:19pm.
When tree trimming one uses a tool that doesn't cost much. But as one goes up the branches; tools are bigger and more expensive.
Could Chrissy be next? I doubt it but one can hope.
ACA
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Quoted from: 'Acaiguana notes from the Underground' (Soon to be at theaters near you)
Ratigans' short step
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 10:44pm.
He has piled the horse s*** so high around him that dismounting will be a short step.
LIKE!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:05am.
!!
Never heard of this guy
Submitted by TXTRUTH on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 10:57pm.
Never heard of this guy before.
What's He Going To Do About It??
Submitted by Samaritan01 on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 11:22pm.
How about he take real action and start a small business, hire people, try to make a payroll and pay taxes? This, above all else, would acquaint him with the actual solution to his questions.
Experience is a great teacher.
Dylan Ratigan Will 'Dismount' From His MSNBC Show
Submitted by derekwilson on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 11:27pm.
Who?
Watch...
Submitted by DeweyD on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:56am.
I think NewsBusters is the only one watching MSNBC.
Well, certainly not Rachael
Submitted by texastommy on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 7:42am.
Well, certainly not Rachael Madcow. Nobody would ever dare to mount her.
Beckel?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:06am.
Maybe Special Ed?
Whoopie?
It feels so good not to watch tv.
Submitted by DaMav on Sun, 06/10/2012 - 11:27pm.
btw, Comcast now lets u drop tv cable and just keep the internet. Savin a bunch
Feet, Head, or A$$....
Submitted by bigdaddy on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:07am.
...it all depends on what you land on as to whether you "dismounted" or were "thrown" from the horse. This is perfect terminology for RAT-again since he was kicked in the head by a horse long ago...
See
Submitted by grammajane on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 2:11am.
ya.........No loss. Stop and pick up tingles and fat a$$ schultz on your way out
I used to enjoy him on Fast Money, because..
Submitted by Robert17 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 2:34am.
he was fairly to the point and asked decent questions. Then I remember a segment just before the election, during the economic mess, when they had several guests on the show. One of them was a fund manager of some sort, a minority as well, who said what a terrible mess we would be in if the country elected Obama.... that he was an incompetent, and a crypto socialist. Dylan, and his group shouted him down, and they gave him the hook. How bout that Dylan....still think Soetero is the messiah? Then he left Fast Money, went over to MSNBC, and started doing the Glenn Beck fan dance. Both parties are bad, both parties are the problem, blah blah blah.
Dylan wasn't a
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:39am.
lunatic like the rest over at MSNBC..I think he was a voice of moderation....
I do think there is more to this story than what's being reported......without nothing other than just a ""gut" feeling I think he is being "forced" out because he refuses to sign on to the moon bat express
Recall also he challenged Douchebag Martin Bashir once over his continued diatribes on conservatives...recall also Dylan was "absent" 2 weeks afterwards ( my guess he was suspended)
Regardless...the shift to the far left at MSNBC is now almost complete...no room for moderation there
Dylan wasn't a
Submitted by fivestring_assassin on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 8:39am.
lunatic like the rest over at MSNBC..I think he was a voice of moderation....
I do think there is more to this story than what's being reported......without nothing other than just a ""gut" feeling I think he is being "forced" out because he refuses to sign on to the moon bat express
Recall also he challenged Douchebag Martin Bashir once over his continued diatribes on conservatives...recall also Dylan was "absent" 2 weeks afterwards ( my guess he was suspended)
Regardless...the shift to the far left at MSNBC is now almost complete...no room for moderation there
I never found him to be a voice of moderation
Submitted by Galvanic on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 10:41am.
Generally, he was more rational than Bashir and Schultz and former MSNBC ranter Olbermann. But he was always leaning left.
On another note. . .
Cable news, he (Ratigan) said Sunday, “is designed to argue about rules and resources, and who should control them,” especially in an election year.
I have no idea what Ratigan is talking about here. Is he making a point for partisan newscasting? That would seem to align with MSNBC's doctrine.
How do you know so much about what goes on at MSNBC?
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:19pm.
I have programmed my TV to skip MSNBC and I only watch Fox for my news and yet I know less about Fox than you know about MSNBC.
Perhaps you are the one who should dismount?
A curious choice of words. Dismounted? My question is...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Mon, 06/11/2012 - 12:13pm.
what did he dismount from? A horse or a Jackass?
I think we all know the answer to that one.