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No live daytime programming at MSNBC??

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http://tmz.aol.com/article2?id=20060302151009990001

(Mar. 2, 3:45PM ET) -- TMZ has learned that active discussions are underway at MSNBC to kill all live, daytime programming and replace it with taped shows.


High-level sources connected with the cable network also tell TMZ that MSNBC President Rick Kaplan will be booted from the network when his contract is up -- within a year.

<snip>

Wow.
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> http://tmz.aol.com/article2?id=20060302151009990001
>
> (Mar. 2, 3:45PM ET) -- TMZ has learned that active
> discussions are underway at MSNBC to kill all live, daytime
> programming and replace it with taped shows.

Buh bye to whatever ratings MSNBC had left. The news has already been cancelled on cable news anyway, especially on Fox where opinion is far cheaper than news reporting anyway, but if this is true, it's a sad day at NBC when there apparently isn't enough interest in having NBC News program an NBC News Channel.

America cannot stand additional repeats of Rita Sucrets Cosby either.

> High-level sources connected with the cable network also
> tell TMZ that MSNBC President Rick Kaplan will be booted
> from the network when his contract is up -- within a year.

Outside of Keith Olbermann, who has the only unique show on the network (comedy and news), the rest of MSNBC screams "me too" programming, directly ripping off other channels. They should find some new ideas.
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> > http://tmz.aol.com/article2?id=20060302151009990001
> >
> > (Mar. 2, 3:45PM ET) -- TMZ has learned that active
> > discussions are underway at MSNBC to kill all live,
> daytime
> > programming and replace it with taped shows.
>
> Buh bye to whatever ratings MSNBC had left. The news has
> already been cancelled on cable news anyway, especially on
> Fox where opinion is far cheaper than news reporting anyway,
> but if this is true, it's a sad day at NBC when there
> apparently isn't enough interest in having NBC News program
> an NBC News Channel.
>
> America cannot stand additional repeats of Rita Sucrets
> Cosby either.
>
> > High-level sources connected with the cable network also
> > tell TMZ that MSNBC President Rick Kaplan will be booted
> > from the network when his contract is up -- within a year.
>
>
> Outside of Keith Olbermann, who has the only unique show on
> the network (comedy and news), the rest of MSNBC screams "me
> too" programming, directly ripping off other channels. They
> should find some new ideas.
>
I hope that MSNBC does not intend to end live news, because I personally prefer MSNBC over CNN and Fox News, and I find it to be more informative.

Edit:The article now contains this update: Update: 5:10PM ET -- MSNBC contacted TMZ and issued this statement: "This is ridiculous and is wrong on every level. MSNBC, which under Rick Kaplan has seen a real uptick in ratings of late, and is by definition a news channel, is not going to abandon live news."
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> > > http://tmz.aol.com/article2?id=20060302151009990001
> > >
> > > (Mar. 2, 3:45PM ET) -- TMZ has learned that active
> > > discussions are underway at MSNBC to kill all live,
> > daytime
> > > programming and replace it with taped shows.
> >
> > Buh bye to whatever ratings MSNBC had left. The news has
> > already been cancelled on cable news anyway, especially on
>
> > Fox where opinion is far cheaper than news reporting
> anyway,
> > but if this is true, it's a sad day at NBC when there
> > apparently isn't enough interest in having NBC News
> program
> > an NBC News Channel.
> >
> > America cannot stand additional repeats of Rita Sucrets
> > Cosby either.
> >
> > > High-level sources connected with the cable network also
>
> > > tell TMZ that MSNBC President Rick Kaplan will be booted
>
> > > from the network when his contract is up -- within a
> year.
> >
> >
> > Outside of Keith Olbermann, who has the only unique show
> on
> > the network (comedy and news), the rest of MSNBC screams
> "me
> > too" programming, directly ripping off other channels.
> They
> > should find some new ideas.
> >
> I hope that MSNBC does not intend to end live news, because
> I personally prefer MSNBC over CNN and Fox News, and I find
> it to be more informative.
>
> Edit:The article now contains this update: Update: 5:10PM ET
> -- MSNBC contacted TMZ and issued this statement: "This is
> ridiculous and is wrong on every level. MSNBC, which under
> Rick Kaplan has seen a real uptick in ratings of late, and
> is by definition a news channel, is not going to abandon
> live news."
>
[America cannot stand additional repeats of Rita Sucrets
> Cosby either.]

Completely agree. Impossible to tolerate her voice for even a minutes. If the network thinks her delivery is cute or sexy, it's a grossly mistaken conclusion. If she has a voice problem, she should (1) get medical help or
(2) get off the air. Plus, she has nothing to offer, in the first place, the voice problem notwithstanding.
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> >
> [America cannot stand additional repeats of Rita Sucrets
> > Cosby either.]
>
> Completely agree. Impossible to tolerate her voice for even
> a minutes. If the network thinks her delivery is cute or
> sexy, it's a grossly mistaken conclusion. If she has a
> voice problem, she should (1) get medical help or
> (2) get off the air. Plus, she has nothing to offer, in the
> first place, the voice problem notwithstanding.
>
One could szhertainly szhay the szhame shzing about Foxzh Newzhs Channel'zh Greta ' Grit Teeth Lockjaw' Van Szhuszhteren...now back to my exszhcluszhive converszhation with Joran Van der Szhloot...
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> One could szhertainly szhay the szhame shzing about Foxzh
> Newzhs Channel'zh Greta ' Grit Teeth Lockjaw' Van
> Szhuszhteren...now back to my exszhcluszhive converszhation
> with Joran Van der Szhloot...

A round of applause on that one!
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> One could szhertainly szhay the szhame shzing about Foxzh
> Newzhs Channel'zh Greta ' Grit Teeth Lockjaw' Van
> Szhuszhteren...now back to my exszhcluszhive converszhation
> with Joran Van der Szhloot...

Greta violated the cardinal rule of journalism that a lot of these guy do regularly - she became the story. With Greta's rappelling down the sides of the Van Der Sloot house or banging on the front door, now the police want to talk to her, which means she can have an exclusive interview with herself!

More than six months later, we're still dwelling on Natalie Holloway. You don't have to say anything beyond that to prove the point that the news has been cancelled.
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> > One could szhertainly szhay the szhame shzing about Foxzh
> > Newzhs Channel'zh Greta ' Grit Teeth Lockjaw' Van
> > Szhuszhteren...now back to my exszhcluszhive
> converszhation
> > with Joran Van der Szhloot...
>
> A round of applause on that one!
>



Natalee's mother has flamed out in her spieling, supported by Greta and Fox. Now we're getting all Joran, all the time as the kid spouts one lie after another and smugly sits there with this smile on his face that says, "Thank you, Greta and Fox, for helping me up the ante on my soon-to-be-written book."
His evasion skills are pathetic, his acting skills worse yet.

All this aside, Greta is saying she is "inclined" to believe Joran's story, then goes into a lengthy list of things she "wants to know." Golly, Buffalo Bob, do we sense another round of "Greta Owns the Story" with intimations that the case -will- be solved and because Greta stayed on(and on and on)it.

Mrs. Holloway-Twitty reached saturation long ago. But for any information medium to keep the fire going by now turning Joran into a media star is just taking it too far. Fox is milking this latest edition of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll for all it's worth.

Boo-hiss!!!
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> > > One could szhertainly szhay the szhame shzing about
> Foxzh
> > > Newzhs Channel'zh Greta ' Grit Teeth Lockjaw' Van
> > > Szhuszhteren...now back to my exszhcluszhive
> > converszhation
> > > with Joran Van der Szhloot...
> >
> > A round of applause on that one!
> >
>
>
>
> Natalee's mother has flamed out in her spieling, supported
> by Greta and Fox. Now we're getting all Joran, all the time
> as the kid spouts one lie after another and smugly sits
> there with this smile on his face that says, "Thank you,
> Greta and Fox, for helping me up the ante on my
> soon-to-be-written book."
> His evasion skills are pathetic, his acting skills worse
> yet.
>
> All this aside, Greta is saying she is "inclined" to believe
> Joran's story, then goes into a lengthy list of things she
> "wants to know." Golly, Buffalo Bob, do we sense another
> round of "Greta Owns the Story" with intimations that the
> case -will- be solved and because Greta stayed on(and on and
> on)it.
>
> Mrs. Holloway-Twitty reached saturation long ago. But for
> any information medium to keep the fire going by now turning
> Joran into a media star is just taking it too far. Fox is
> milking this latest edition of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll
> for all it's worth.
>
> Boo-hiss!!!
>


The reason this story still manages to interest cable news programmers (I don't think there are any viewers left who actually care anymore) is that it has perfect typecasting. You can make Joran Vandersloot up, in fact, countless Hollywood writers over the past several decades have. Ditto for everyone else in this unbelievably cliched mess.

We are all living in a world of fiction, and the author has finally run out of ideas.
 
Re: The news was already cancelled on cable news

> > > > One could szhertainly szhay the szhame shzing about
> > Foxzh
> > > > Newzhs Channel'zh Greta ' Grit Teeth Lockjaw' Van
> > > > Szhuszhteren...now back to my exszhcluszhive
> > > converszhation
> > > > with Joran Van der Szhloot...
> > >
> > > A round of applause on that one!
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > Natalee's mother has flamed out in her spieling, supported
>
> > by Greta and Fox. Now we're getting all Joran, all the
> time
> > as the kid spouts one lie after another and smugly sits
> > there with this smile on his face that says, "Thank you,
> > Greta and Fox, for helping me up the ante on my
> > soon-to-be-written book."
> > His evasion skills are pathetic, his acting skills worse
> > yet.
> >
> > All this aside, Greta is saying she is "inclined" to
> believe
> > Joran's story, then goes into a lengthy list of things she
>
> > "wants to know." Golly, Buffalo Bob, do we sense another
> > round of "Greta Owns the Story" with intimations that the
> > case -will- be solved and because Greta stayed on(and on
> and
> > on)it.
> >
> > Mrs. Holloway-Twitty reached saturation long ago. But for
>
> > any information medium to keep the fire going by now
> turning
> > Joran into a media star is just taking it too far. Fox is
> > milking this latest edition of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll
>
> > for all it's worth.
> >
> > Boo-hiss!!!
> >
>
>
> The reason this story still manages to interest cable news
> programmers (I don't think there are any viewers left who
> actually care anymore) is that it has perfect typecasting.
> You can make Joran Vandersloot up, in fact, countless
> Hollywood writers over the past several decades have. Ditto
> for everyone else in this unbelievably cliched mess.
>
> We are all living in a world of fiction, and the author has
> finally run out of ideas.
>
Good point. As Bill Moyers once said, "Life is a media show." And a media show needs players--so for the moment they are Fox, Greta,Joran, and the entire Aruba peanut gallery. Too bad Joran isn't a made-up character. Then he could be made to disappear as quickly asd he appeared. T'won't happen, though.

Your thought registers well.
 
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