MSNBC is Getting Dumped onto Premium Cable Plans in Some Markets
A bunch of diarists over at Daily Kos have picked up this story .. Because they’ve had the temerity to put liberal voices on the air, and just like Phil Donahue was before he got cancelled before the Iraq War the liberal shows they air (Maddow, Olbermann) are the top rated shows on the network, “one cable or satellite company after another has been quietly moving MSNBC away from the news channel section of their lineup and into the premium section, or into the stratosphere of three and four digit channels” .. Cablevision in Long Island is one culprit .. don’t kid yourselves that the First Amendment is alive and well folks .. developing – mab .. read more
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This surprises me because it is not in the economic interest of cable and satellite companies to do this. Given the high ratings of MSNBC – which means more revenue for the hosting cable or satellite company – it would seem self-sabotaging, especially given that no media company has been immune to the economic downturn: ALL of them are losing money, including cable and satellite providers.
I would want to see alot more support for this claim before I am going to believe that the corporate heads of any – much less all – of the cable and satellite companies are (i) conservatives who would WANT to squelch MSNBC, and/or (ii) prepared to deliberately take yet another hit to their bottom lines in such a poor economic climate.
Peace.
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