Fall of the Fourth Estate: A Critique of Mass Media

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In the landscape of corporate media, that is.

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“Never aga - squirrel!”

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Our data shows a ten-year trend towards disengagement

I read that as, “our data shows a ten-year trend towards derangement” which, perhaps, also works

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More cancellations over at MSNBC


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In her 2019 book How to Fight Anti-Semitism, Weiss describes the contentious atmosphere during this period as giving her “a front row seat to leftist anti-Semitism” at the university.

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So, one of those. She’s absolutely certain that the “stiff-armed saluting contrarian” party is not going to eat her face.

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Were they all fired?

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Ones I heard about “resigned,” but I assume they were instead purged. Anti-DEI moves in deference to Tramp, I’d guess.

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I had only heard about two leaving (Reid and the other guy whose name I don’t remember)
 I had not heard about Capehart being forced out.

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There’s a new head of MSNBC & she’s clearly got an agenda.

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Yeah, I think of the group Joy Reid is definitely leaving. She is a great interviewer! I think they are shuffling up the remaining to be political analysts:

The plan is for Capehart, like Mohyeldin, to host a new show, and Phang would continue as a legal correspondent. Wagner will stay with the network as a senior political analyst.

The official subsequently said the network had “hit success” with ensemble shows and was looking to invest in shows with the ensemble format in order to meet “audience needs”.

Dog, I hate ensemble shows. I especially hate them when they are covering the electon and conventions. The panelists just confirm each others hypotheses and occasionally disagree, but it’s all supposition.

According to a source, the entire staff of The ReidOut, José Díaz-Balart Reports and The Katie Phang Show are being let go. Staff will be given the option to reapply for a job on one of the shows or take severance and quit. They have six weeks to decide which option to take, the source said.

I really like JosĂ© DĂ­az-Balart’s hour. Ah. Now I see

That source added that the changes were due in part to MSNBC no longer wanting to use Telemundo, the Spanish-language network that is headquartered in Miami.

The whole thing makes me :rage:

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Same here. They are stupid in Sports and stupid in News.
“It’s my turn to say something astute!”

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And if that person says that thing, you know the thing, and you say what’s actually in your head — “That is the dumbest thing I’ve heard today. You are either an idiot or deliberately obtuse. Why are you even here, anyway?” — then you’re being “difficult” and you won’t be invited back. The only way to be on one of those panel shows is to either be the host who was hired specifically to be the guy who’s allowed to say that, or to nod and smile and be polite and say something anodyne like “Are you sure that’s completely accurate?”.

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