Imus is right: MSNBC = Elephants' Graveyard

[mwebster]

Last week, commenting on Aaron Brown's departure from CNN, WW1 syndicated talk show host Don Imus said, "the MO for MSNBC is [that] anybody at either Fox or CNN who can't get it done, they hire 'em here."

Today his words come true. The ones MSNBC hired who didn't get it done are:
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[*]Connie Chung - Cancelled by CNN.
[*]Liz Winstead - Dropped by AAR (now suing them).
[*]Maury Povitch - Not aired in many markets; bumped to overnights in many others.
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The NY Times reports the geniuses at MSNBC have hired this gang of idiots to do a new talk show - sort of Regis and Kelly meet Crossfire. The likely result may bear more resemble to the classic SNL parody of 60 Minutes' Point-Counterpoint ("Jane, you ignorant (BLEEP)"). (Note: The skits were funny, so we can infer Al Franken was not involved in writing them.)
NY Times:
<blockquote>Bringing a Couple's Dinner-Table Repartee to MSNBC
Connie Chung, not seen regularly on television since CNN canceled her prime-time program in early 2003, will return to cable news in January as the host of a weekly show on MSNBC that the network president hopes will allow her to play Katharine Hepburn to her co-host's Spencer Tracy.

Her on-screen sparring partner is the man who already has the job off camera: her husband of 20 years, the talk show host Maury Povich.

The as-yet-untitled, half-hour program - a review of the week's news that will fuse elements of "Meet the Press," the defunct "Crossfire" and "The Daily Show" - will appear on Saturday mornings and be rerun on Sundays. The executive producer is Lizz Winstead, a co-creator of "The Daily Show" who, until earlier this year, was the host of her own program on Air America, the talk radio network. ... </blockquote>
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PS: The above Bleep was substituted for the originally used word by a moderator. Interesting that word which could be used repeatedly on the NBC Television Network in the late 70's can not be used on this board today. The same word occurs in 62 different posts on Radio-Info, including this board as late as 8/25/2005.
Note: This word is not on George Carlin's list.

<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by mwebster on 11/07/05 04:43 PM.</FONT></P>

 

[dampier]

> Today his words come true. The ones MSNBC hired who didn't
> get it done are:
>
> Connie Chung - Cancelled by CNN.
> Liz Winstead - Dropped by AAR (now suing them).
> Maury Povitch - Not aired in many markets; bumped to
> overnights in many others.

What about Rita Cosby who was disgorged by Fox and foisted upon America by MSNBC in what can only be described as a reality show "Waiting for Rita's Testicles to Drop."

> The as-yet-untitled, half-hour program - a review of the
> week's news that will fuse elements of "Meet the Press," the
> defunct "Crossfire" and "The Daily Show" - will appear on
> Saturday mornings and be rerun on Sundays.

Yeah, on Saturday morning I know I reach for the remote to flip to MSNBC for news. Not. There is a reason MSNBC dwells on repurposed and repackaged Dateline crime and celebrity documentaries on weekends - it's cheap and nobody is watching anyway.

MSNBC is still trying to walk a fine line of being Fox-like with an endless parade of conservatives surrounding Keith Olberman while also trying to be an alternative "news channel." They are the home of the one news story coverage and they do it on the cheap. CNN is doing far better these days with the Situation Room which is a silly premise but at least keeps moving along as is better than the airhead pretty women we get on the news channels who mispronounce even the most simple names and places.