Apparently viewers are getting tired of the cutsey, smugness that is Rachel Maddow, and not just a few of them either. Ratings for the already low rated Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC have shown a steep decline recently, falling from a high of 1.9 million viewers to "slightly over 1.1 million."
Naturally, MSNBC President Phil Grifin is putting on the brave face calling Maddow a "rock star" and that Maddow is a "great success." He told the L. A. Times, "We've never had success anywhere near that in our 12-year history at 9 p.m. right out of the gate."
Apparently after barreling out of that "gate," Maddow took a harsh fall as her ratings took a dive.
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HA HA HA HA HA HA
April 22, 2009 - 21:43 ET by Lord ErondHA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA MADOW SUCKS HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA IMMELT THE FAILURE HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA OLBERMANN IS A PSYCHO HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA.
I want to have a memorial funeral for MSNBC and the NY Times when they both fail. And furthermore, we should blacklist anyone who has either of these corporations on their resume seeking employment elsewhere.
"Please get your facts right, then you may distort them as you please" -Mark Twain
"Proud Member of the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy"
He told the L. A. Times,
April 22, 2009 - 21:45 ET by MidAmericaHe told the L. A. Times, "We've never had success anywhere near that in our 12-year history at 9 p.m. right out of the gate."
But their ratings have always sucked. What he's saying is "This is the least bad we've ever done".
Right MA....it's like
April 23, 2009 - 05:49 ET by motherbeltRight MA....it's like saying "No one's ever started out that high before crashing."
They might say "Wow, that sucks!" But at least they'll say "Wow!" -Duff Goldman, the Ace of Cakes
Oh goody...this means she
April 22, 2009 - 21:45 ET by bigtimerOh goody...this means she will be around much longer than I hoped for.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Yes, Maddow is a rock star all right
April 22, 2009 - 21:52 ET by jefflebowskiShe looks like one of the guys in Devo! I don't know if she's good or bad because I would eat glass before watching MSNBC or any other MSM. But it is fun to watch the socialist media outlets go the way of the buffalo.
Angry White Dude
www.angrywhitedude.c...
I like DEVO!
April 23, 2009 - 02:03 ET by AgentAmericanI love their music...to see Richard Maddow jam with them would be torture.
Oh...the blonde in the Conservative T-Shirts banner is hot.
2010: A GOP Hill
SHE'S JUST THE GIRL, SHE'S JUST THE GIRL, THE GIRL YOU WANT...
April 23, 2009 - 04:04 ET by danybhoyAgentAmerican,
I thing Jeff is refering to the plastic hair Devo used to wear back in the day. It was'nt always the upside down flowerpot hats. I also like Devo, & I believe they were underrated, bigtime.
As for Rachel Mancow, her show really is poorly done. She does her smug delivery & talks down to her viewers. That is not a good plan for cablenews TV success. The other thing, the idiots at MSNBC soften up her appearence when she does her own show, then you see her other shows. She looks very butch, very dyke-ish, & I'm sure Griff Jenkins wants his glasses back. She will never be a rating swinner at MSNBC, but nobody in charge at GE cares. Matthews just got a contract extention, & his ratings are plunging into the core of the earth. His show sucks, his ratings suck, & he gets rewarded with an extention, why should Maddow be any different?
"The Fairness Doctrine = Jim Crow laws for Conservatives". Jim Quinn from "Quinn & Rose"
Devo?
April 23, 2009 - 08:13 ET by Jinx McHueI was thinking she looks like Wesley Crusher. Whenever she talks, I always hear Captain Picard yelling, "Shut up, Wesley!!!"
Are we not men?
April 23, 2009 - 08:25 ET by VonuD-E-V-O!
It was the novelty
April 22, 2009 - 21:59 ET by slickwillie2001I assume a lot of folks tuned in initially just to see what a lesbian looked like. Once they saw she was no different than Olberphage, they moved on.
This is Shocking
April 22, 2009 - 22:01 ET by VinncyGAn MSNBC show with lower ratings? WOW I can't believe it.
Some talent Maddow has
April 22, 2009 - 22:01 ET by general companymaking the blind (liberals) see. Once they see, they turn her off.
My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful
"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg
What all this means...
April 22, 2009 - 22:05 ET by Alpha101Is hopefully a new day is dawning for the decline of MSDNC. Even the stockholders of GE are getting upset about the networks far left tilt. Couple that with Olb's interview last week with Garalafalaloo and this could mean, HOPEFULLY, the beginning of the end, at least for one of Milhouse's best press secretaries.
I am continually amazed how this piece is able to keep his head in the sand, among other places. His non denial denial about his left leaning tilt was just amazing tonight...
People, boycot, soon, good God! What else do we need?
?
April 22, 2009 - 22:09 ET by owlpelletsI STILL haven't heard of anybody seeing madcow and olbie at the same time.....They MUST be the same guy....
Don't blame me....I voted for Palin...
→ Owlpellets
April 22, 2009 - 22:12 ET by Cool ArrowYou're mistaken.
I believe Ms. Maddow played Jeff on the Donna Reed Show.
Obama - A whole new dementian
LOL...Hey, Come on
April 22, 2009 - 22:27 ET by bigtimerLOL...Hey, Come on RO...don't dis Jeff like that!
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Hmmm.
April 22, 2009 - 22:41 ET by ArcherBLooking at the picture above, I'd say she's the guy who screwed an apple pie in that movie.
Normally, though I'm split between Harry Potter and Wesley Crusher. It could go either way.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Zelda Gilroy
April 23, 2009 - 08:23 ET by Paul AtreidesShe's actually Zelda Gilroy from Dobie Gillis.
Actually, Maddow is the male
April 23, 2009 - 20:38 ET by math4lifeActually, Maddow is the male version of Olbermann.
Sgt Schultz
April 22, 2009 - 22:26 ET by slickwillie2001Ed Schultz's MSNBC ratings are crashing as well: Far Left Angry Host Fails on TV Too: http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com
Yum-Yum
April 22, 2009 - 22:41 ET by bigtimersw...
If that wasn't a delectable report I don't know what would be.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Warner
April 22, 2009 - 22:36 ET by shawn228I guess this is something that is weird. The ratings for for MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, Newsweek, Time and the NYT have had falling ratings and suscribers for years and I would say the majority here love to cheer that fact.
That is understandable, because many consider them the enemy within. However with their low viewership and FOX news having a more viewers than MSNBC and CNN combined, why do many people still blame losing the election in the MSM if their viewership is so low?
Could it be that the MSM is not so influencial after all and people can think for themselves?
He had my vote
boa... ...and I guess all
April 22, 2009 - 22:50 ET by bigtimerboa...
...and I guess all that thinking for yourselves is paying off for you eh?
Do you like what is happening and already a pretty well painted picture coming down the road with what the govt under his control is doing boa?
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
boa?? He had my vote
April 22, 2009 - 22:55 ET by shawn228boa??
edit
oic, you thought I was Bal. I know us libs ,we all look alike ;-)
He had my vote
Sorry 'bout that. Doubling
April 22, 2009 - 23:03 ET by bigtimerSorry 'bout that.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
No problem, but I will
April 22, 2009 - 23:51 ET by shawn228No problem, but I will still answer your question
"Do you like what is happening and already a pretty well painted picture
coming down the road with what the govt under his control is doing boa? "
No, I don't like it at all. He is failing miserably right now especially with national security.
He had my vote
Thanks shawn. Looking spooky
April 23, 2009 - 00:06 ET by bigtimerThanks shawn.
Looking spooky to me for the future regarding National Security...very spooky.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
Not the cables
April 22, 2009 - 22:54 ET by ArcherBFact is, very few people watch cable news. Most people watch Good Morning America, Oprah, Nightline, 60 Minutes and so on. These shows are much more nuanced in their bias. Sometimes it's something as simple as a scowl when mentioning a Republican's name (or looking over their glasses while interviewing them). Sometimes it's how things are worded ("Eliminate costly tax cuts" vs. "raise taxes"). It's ommiting the Democrats scandals and pounding the Republican ones for as long as the public pays attention. When they are forced to cover a Democratic scandal, they are sure to mention a Republican one, as perspective.
Most of the time it's putting fake information out there, but preceeding it "some say" or "research shows". And, of course, let's not forget the adjectives like "embattled president", "struggling economy", "controversial ideas" and "failed war effort". After eight years of all this being thrown at them, day in and day out and back in and day out and on and on and on and on.... people start to believe it, but can't tell you why. They just know that they hate the Republicans because they are bad and do bad things even though they can't give you a single example. Fact is, there is not one example, but a constant barrage of little, cherry picked examples that have been dripping on the forhead of the American public for years. They just accept it as fact.
"To send men to the firing squad, judicial proof is unnecessary."
--Ernesto "Che" Guevara
archerb
April 22, 2009 - 23:29 ET by shawn228I'm not denying the msm are bias, I am saying people can think for themselves, proof of that is George Bush winning two terms and winning and controlling both chambers for two years
The American people were not very happy with their performance and that is the reason why the Dems won 06 and 08
He had my vote
But who saw to it to
April 23, 2009 - 06:41 ET by bretzysdudeBut who saw to it to influence the people that "conservative" George W. Bush was responsible for problems, even though he is a moderate? The MSM.
"why do many people still
April 23, 2009 - 00:13 ET by ckc1227"why do many people still blame losing the election in the MSM if their viewership is so low?"
Because their viewership ISN'T so low in general, it's just lower than it used to be. It's still high enough to have an impact.That's why so many voters believe Sarah Palin said "Duhhhhh, I can see Russia from my house, derrrrr".
Why no alternative?
April 23, 2009 - 01:38 ET by KC MulvilleWhy doesn't anyone else adopt the conservative model?
Are there so few writers, editors, producers ... never mind on-air personalities ... that there isn't enough of a talent pool to sustain a second conservative network? I think that's short-sighted. I'll bet half of them "go liberal" because it's the only way to keep their career. If you give conservatives more chance to make a living as a conservative, they won't get sucked into the liberal funnel.
Sadly, they feel that
April 23, 2009 - 06:43 ET by bretzysdudeSadly, they feel that liberals can have more power to control the American people and limit their freedom. The media took their cues from Pravda.
MSM's influence
April 23, 2009 - 09:56 ET by SweetnessShawn- Comparing Fox vs. MSNBC + CNN is too limited and selective. I think it is Fox + talk radio vs. all other TV plus almost all major newspapers. John Zeigler's polling and interviews were very telling for me (Obama supporters knew which candidate had a pregnant daughter and a $150k wardrobe but didn't know who Reid or Pelosi were, and McCain supporters were overall much more informed.)
Sadly, to answer your question, I think most Americans have less time and attention for politics than they do for American Idol. They are a blank canvas for the liberal media.
The bad penny
April 22, 2009 - 22:38 ET by GalvanicMaddow is to Air America and MSNBC what Bob Shrum is to Democratic Presidential campaigns.
The weakness of MSNBC programs is their aversion to airing opposing views. So, instead of being shows where liberals root for the Lefty host to abuse a representative of the Right, they are merely snarkier versions of The Daily Show, sans the laughs.
I suspect that MSNBC will stick with Maddow, Olbermann, Shuster, and Schultz for the foreseeable future, and they'll retain a viewership of 1.0-1.5 million.
Galv...Yep, like moss to
April 22, 2009 - 22:57 ET by bigtimerGalv...
Yep, like moss to a stone.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
They can't air opposing views...
April 23, 2009 - 15:39 ET by MrDavisonotherwise the weakness of the liberal view becomes immediately obvious.
Can't believe it's still
April 22, 2009 - 22:54 ET by RR GOPCan't believe it's still over a million!
I hope the next round of tea parties are on a weekend and at least a million show up nationwide if nothing else to counter those watching MadCow.
I wonder if the Fairness Doctrine will include a chip switching your cable box or satellite system automatically over to MSNBC?
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
Funny thing
April 22, 2009 - 23:10 ET by Warner Todd HustonFunny thing is that I have nearly as many readers in a month as she has viewers. And I'm just an Internet dude that doesn't have his own TV show!!
Be sure and visit my home blog PubliusForum.com.
Warner... Update your
April 22, 2009 - 23:45 ET by JerWarner...
Update your portfolio with some new head shots and smile more. You could still be TV's 'next big thing", instead of the nation's best kept secret.
Jer
Jer
April 23, 2009 - 00:22 ET by Warner Todd HustonLOL
The next big thing is my soon to be 50-year-old man's stomach! It ain't as flat as it used ta be.
Be sure and visit my home blog PubliusForum.com.
Warner...You see a
April 23, 2009 - 01:09 ET by JerWarner...
You see a 50-year-old man with an expanding waistline, while I see inside that same man a Ninja warrior whose victim would find himself deep in the frozen Alaskan tundra with no shoes.
Jer
P.S. I have visited your website, and will continue to do so.
WITH
April 23, 2009 - 03:15 ET by Warner Todd Huston...WITH a jumbo bag of Doritos!
Ha, ha.
Be sure and visit my home blog PubliusForum.com.
PubliusForum.com
April 23, 2009 - 00:00 ET by Forest for the TreesWTH, just bookmarked your site and will read shortly. Thanks for your work to do it.
Thanks
April 23, 2009 - 00:22 ET by Warner Todd HustonBe sure and visit my home blog PubliusForum.com.
HEY WARNER...
April 23, 2009 - 04:13 ET by danybhoyI'm not trying to be mean, but having more readers here then she has viewers ain't really a big deal. Really, it's like beating the Little Sisters of the Poor.
What's sad, is that if you were a LEFTIST internet dude, you might get your own show on MSNBC. Hell, looking at Special Ed's ratings, a timeslot may be available soon. My pick to replace Schultz, either Randi Rhodes or Mike Malloy. They have poorly rated radio gigs,(does Rhodes have a gig?) & would fit the profile of a potential MSNBC host.
"The Fairness Doctrine = Jim Crow laws for Conservatives". Jim Quinn from "Quinn & Rose"
Bookmarked, Warner...I'll
April 23, 2009 - 23:20 ET by RR GOPBookmarked, Warner...I'll be sure to stop by, Brother!
One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 61% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory (yep...approval for Congress now at 39%...do you believe that!?).
lol
April 22, 2009 - 23:26 ET by GeronLLordEron has the same reaction as me. to laugh
I thought GE's main products were...
April 22, 2009 - 23:54 ET by traderjameslocomotives, steam turbines, and jet engines, but, interestingly, all anybody wanted to discuss at the annual meeting was the sickening leftist bias of its news networks. Forget the microphones being shut off...let's talk about the 60% drop in the share price, or the cutting of the dividend. What a great company to invest in ! How are you shareholders out there feeling right now? Retiring on your GE stock? LMAO at $11 per share and change. Anything under $10 is lovingly referred to as a 'penny stock'.
One more thing: Many mutual funds, pension funds, etc., are prohibited from investing in stocks under $10 or even $15. That means that they must sell. What do you think will happen when they do that? I give you the law of supply and demand...
Grinning so much that it hurts!
April 22, 2009 - 23:56 ET by Forest for the TreesWell, well, imagine that? One of my friends watches her and Olberhatred every day and tells me she doesn't understand why I won't watch them after a couple of exposures to their shows.
As a mentor of mine once said, "You can't fix stupid."
That is where the million +/- come from that stick with them; the ones that either can't think for themselves or are just too plain lazy to think for themselves; both categories end up as "stupid" in my book.
What did you expect?
April 23, 2009 - 02:38 ET by jdripperWhen you put a girl on TV whose face is made for radio you have a formula for failure.
Jack
"If at age 20 you are a conservative then you have no heart. If at age 30 you are a liberal then you have no brains." Sir Winston Churchill
Nothing but lies here
April 23, 2009 - 05:36 ET by RagamuffinRatings for pure political shows are down across the board post election. There's no way you didn't know that.You even had to link to an article that mentions that.
What's sad is how many people don't realise that almost everything here meets the definition of a lie: you're paid to advocate Scaife's (et al.) agenda and go out and find "evidence" after the fact. Then you make up crap with no justification like "viewers are getting tired of the cutsey, smugness that is Rachel Maddow" and the zombies here just cheer you on because they've swallowed your Kool-Aid.
Ragging muffin
April 23, 2009 - 06:40 ET by DontFeedTheTrollsHmmm, 'down across the board'? Sorry, not true, check out this quote here from the same source:
First, despite the predictions of some analysts, Fox News'
Obama-age meltdown has not occurred. In fact, since the new Democratic
administration has entered office, the Rupert Murdoch-controlled
network looks as dominant as ever. During prime time, where the most
valuable advertising is sold, Fox News averaged more viewers through
the first quarter (2.3 million) than CNN (1.1 million) and MSNBC
(957,000) combined.
Guess that blows your little theory right out of the water.
EDIT: Oh my, look at this quote too:
Maddow's numbers have cooled recently, and March was her lowest-rated month so far.
D
Keep the ILLEGALS out, join NumbersUSA to send free faxes to your reps.
Hmmm, 'down across the
April 23, 2009 - 16:56 ET by RagamuffinFixed.
Hehehe. Time for you to
April 23, 2009 - 07:18 ET by HockeyKidHehehe. Time for you to follow the First Rule of Holes, Raggie.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
~Question
April 23, 2009 - 07:30 ET by choselife3xAre these lies?
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Oh those pesky facts
April 23, 2009 - 09:02 ET by BlondeHasn't Gary Hall given you the pesky fact lecture yet?
I hope he fails, too.
Answer...No they are not lies
April 23, 2009 - 15:58 ET by JerAnswer...
No they are not lies, but they fail to tell the whole story which essentially confirms the thesis which I have been advancing for months: Fox News has successfully captured the overwhelming majority of the conservative and center/right cable audience while leaving the remainder dispersed among CNN, MSNBC, etc.
A few examples illustrate this undeniable reality: Glen Beck was essentially the same libertarian/rightist at CNN as he is now, yet his ratings have exploded since moving to Fox. Shep Smith is fairly centrist [and considered liberal by most NBers] and yet he blows away the center/right Lou Dobbs and conservative Larry Kudlow in the same time slots. Greta Susteren, a Democrat who does very few politically oriented shows, has twice the viewers of Anderson Cooper, a left-leaning [reportedly] registered Republican.
So, what is an appropriate response by CNN and MSNBC? When they had a roughly equal balance of "left" and "right" political commentators, both networks were still regarded by conservatives as stalwarts of the "liberal" media. As I mentioned in my earlier post--and have frequently opined for many months at NB--it would be preferable if those networks expanded their conservative programming. But I'm not sure it's the solution for gaining market share against Fox. That paradigm wasn't especially productive in previous years (from a ratings perspective), and there is little to suggest the strategy would portend a more positve result now.
Jer
Do you know what
April 23, 2009 - 16:59 ET by RagamuffinDo you know what "irrelevant" means?
~Yes, I do
April 23, 2009 - 17:02 ET by choselife3xIt's a synonym for 'Ragamuffin'.
That high-pitched scream you hear is the troll under my heel.
Good evening Rags
April 23, 2009 - 17:12 ET by cocodrieThat's why I like the circus, there's lots irrelevants in the circus - Groucho Marx.
Jesus Loves You so much He died for you
Rag, I believe your post was referring to the KOS site.
April 23, 2009 - 12:54 ET by pahuberThis is the NB site.
No, Richard Mellon Scaife
April 23, 2009 - 17:05 ET by RagamuffinNo, Richard Mellon Scaife is paying NewsBusters to prove that the media has a liberal bias.
I'm sure his checks will stop if they don't keep "finding" it.
Rm... So the
April 23, 2009 - 17:24 ET by bigtimerRm...
So the hell what?
Scaife is a patriot who believes in the Constitutional Republic....
Soros wants this country to be nothing but a Marxist Banana Republic.
Simple as that.
Doubling down on stupid is not a particularly good idea. ~Andrew Breitbart
it's a tedious connection bigtimer
April 23, 2009 - 18:08 ET by candanceLefties love to compare the two, saying "our boogeyman" is worse than "their boogeyman."
But not so much.
George Soros is personally involved in making donations to specific people and speaking at lefty events. The Washington Post admitted ten years ago that Scaife gives donations through various foundations and puts no pressure on groups to do his personal bidding.
candance...Soros vs. Scaife
April 23, 2009 - 20:12 ET by JerI fail to see any material distinction. Scaife doesn't need to pressure the groups to do his bidding since the beneficiaries of his largesse already share his world view.
Jer
A patriot who has donated
April 23, 2009 - 20:19 ET by JerA patriot who has donated millions to what pro-lifers call the "baby-killing" industry.
Jer
nice logic there Kosbot
April 23, 2009 - 17:42 ET by candanceFirst, notice how he completely draws attention away from the topic at hand by attacking a philanthropist. I submit that from now on we call this tactic RADA - Random Accusations to Divert Attention.
Second, note how the Sarah Scaife Foundation is one in a list of many. Yet rag zeros in on this because - wait for it - Scaife was a boogeyman in the Clinton years because he presumably paid Ann Coulter to write High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Coulter has long since said she wished this rumor were true because then she could collect all that money she was supposed to get paid. His name went dormant during the Bush years, what with Dick Cheney and Karl Rove stealing all the spotlight. But now without Bush lefties need a new boogeyman, so apparently they've all decided to go back to whining about Richard Scaife.
Third, those donations went to MRC which is a lot bigger than just Newsbusters. Unless rags here can prove that Richard Scaife oversees NB bloggers to approve of their content, his complaints are pretty vague.
Not for his possible
April 23, 2009 - 20:16 ET by JerNot for his possible support of Coulter, but rather his obsessive anti-Clinton views and the funding of the odious Arkansas Project.
Jer
NewsBusters and the MRC are
April 24, 2009 - 17:06 ET by RagamuffinNewsBusters and the MRC are more odious than the Arkansas Project. They're still around.
Ragamuffin...Who ARE you, anyway??
April 24, 2009 - 17:11 ET by PrairieSkyWhy don't you troll on over to Kos or HuffPo? You're way out of your league here...
"...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
Sorry Rags, I
April 24, 2009 - 17:12 ET by JerSorry Rags, I disagree.
Jer
If you find it so odious
April 24, 2009 - 17:18 ET by BlondeYou may leave.
I hope he fails, too.
Blonde...Good luck with that...
April 24, 2009 - 17:22 ET by PrairieSkytactic...I've tried it myself, twice now in the last few minutes, but he just won't gooooo.....(Must like it here, I guess...) ;)
"...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
Usually the guy who...
April 24, 2009 - 17:28 ET by MightyMouth...yells the loudest about how "this place stinks" is the one with the crap on his shoes!
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
**Ragamuffin
April 24, 2009 - 17:35 ET by pelicanmarshAwwww,...someone's looking for some attention...
I like it.
Thank you, Ragamuffin, for being you. You are fulfilling your role here. Exactly as I hoped you would.
Freedom of Speech is a Constitutional privilege; it is not a license to parade yourself as a wanna-be intellectual jackass.
Why thank you.
April 24, 2009 - 23:43 ET by RagamuffinWhy thank you.
link or slink genius
April 23, 2009 - 16:15 ET by candanceSo I guess that Richard Mellon Scaife has returned to his rightful throne that had been hijacked by Karl Rove.
Too bad Neilson said back in March that Fox News currently enjoys ratings on par with their election coverage and is shadowed only by USA in all of cable TV.
Please at least try to make this hard for us.
Not exactly, candance...
April 23, 2009 - 17:27 ET by JerSo I guess that Richard Mellon Scaife has returned to his rightful throne that had been hijacked by Karl Rove.
Not exactly, candance...
Rove has Scaife's philosophy, but never his money nor his throne.
Jer
I hope she gets fired
April 23, 2009 - 06:29 ET by Worriedand then sues them for "gay discrimination." I know she would win and put a bigger dent into GE and NBC.
What kind of life can you have?
April 23, 2009 - 07:29 ET by averageschmoeWhat kind of life can you have if you sit and watch this crap on a nightly basis. The ratings will only get worse when summer comes and tv's are off as people head outdoors.
I think the few people that do watch are sleeping in their recliners with the tv on.
GE shareholders, would you
April 23, 2009 - 07:21 ET by Red JeepGE shareholders, would you rather close down MSNBC and have the savings passed on to you or are you content with the dividends you have now? Do you like millions going yearly to 4 libs, Matthews, Olbermann, Maddow and Schultz? What an investment!
rachel the hunk
April 23, 2009 - 07:46 ET by tomolson3Its so hard in the man eat man, um i mean woman eat man, um mans business world for him/her to do well....And why would his parents name him Rachel?
GE wants gubment
April 23, 2009 - 08:44 ET by EdhenryGE wants gubment contracts.
To curry favor with big, liberal gubment, they sacrifice ratings and profits at MSNBC to promulgate big gubment, liberal agenda.
It couldn't be because she
April 23, 2009 - 08:48 ET by pcantidoteIt couldn't be because she NEVER has anyone on her show with an opposing POV, could it? Her show is just an hour long tired rant.
Reject ALL incumbents in 2010
Not me.
April 23, 2009 - 08:51 ET by Ruths husband BenI am not one of the .8 million viewers lost. I never watched his show.
Obama: "The Fresh Prince of Bill Ayers." -Ed Mahmoud
Hey....remember
April 23, 2009 - 09:25 ET by oldArmyHey....remember this...."you can put lipstick on a pig.....but it's still a pig."
lol...silly rabbit...lipstick is for chicks...sorry...couldn't help myself
I know Devo - Rachel Maddow is no Devo
April 23, 2009 - 10:12 ET by jefflebowskiI like Devo too. Even though they are pinhead liberals...they put out good music. Maybe they wrote the song "Blockhead" with Hussein in mind! Saw them about two summers ago here in Dallas. One of them said something disparaging about President Bush and was rewarded with a resounding BOO from the crowd. They quickly went into the next song.
Angry White Dude
www.angrywhitedude.c...
Mark Mothersbaugh
April 23, 2009 - 11:22 ET by NorthCoasterMark Mothersbaugh of DEVO is a comic genius. Take a look at the children's cartoon series Rug Rats sometime and you'll see that even with the leftward slant, the humor is truly funny.
Air America
April 23, 2009 - 11:19 ET by NorthCoasterCan anyone say: This is exactly why Air America and most Leftist oriented programming fails?
It's all either too cute, or totally over the top and spittle covered. Who wants to listen to that sort of stuff day after day?
Rachel the Mancow
April 23, 2009 - 11:47 ET by CTRachel Mancow far from being fashionably androgynous comes off as a condescending smug militant lesbian. Appearance aside ten seconds of her (its) dripping contemptuous condescension turns off most sentient human beings.
Wow
April 23, 2009 - 12:38 ET by StCroix64I didn't know this guy was still even on the air...smugness? Thats the liberal montra. We all know how much smarter they are than us, right?
Look out Rachel
April 23, 2009 - 20:23 ET by trahantgYou are a pretty ugly person to begin with. The fact that someone like you is limited to being a gap lapper at best, you should not make those strange contortions with your face. Your fellow gap lapper may puke if you make yourself any uglier..................