Raw Story: 'Overt vindictiveness': Trump has a new opportunity to cripple MSNBC

[Dennis Donovan]

Raw Story - 'Overt vindictiveness': Trump has a new opportunity to cripple MSNBC

Tom Boggioni
November 21, 2024 8:47AM ET

A new reported plan by media giant Comcast to spin off its cable assets including MSNBC and CNBC from NBC to increase profitability could run into a roadblock with Donald Trump set to take the reins of power in January.

According to a report from CNN, the Comcast reorganization plan won't require the approval from the DOJ or the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) but that doesn't mean the president-elect couldn't meddle with their financial maneuvering because, as media analyst Craig Moffet put it, "There are only two media entities that Donald Trump dislikes more than CNN. One is MSNBC and the other is NBC.”

CNBC analyst Jeffrey Sonnenfeld has already warned that Trump's “overt vindictiveness” could lead to regulators involving themselves in the financial details that could have huge implications for the success of the endeavor.

As CNN's Matt Egan explained, "Comcast promises the new entity, for now known as SpinCo, will start with a growth trajectory and significant financial firepower. But there is already speculation it may need to bulk up to survive," before adding, "That could mean a sale to another entity or an acquisition. Either way, a future deal would likely require approval from the DOJ, potentially led by [potential AG Matt] Gaetz, and other Trump regulators. (The FCC’s blessing may not be required because SpinCo won’t include the NBC broadcast network)."

According to Moffett, "... media outlets traditionally described as liberal may have a very hard time doing deals,” with attorney Lee Petro agreeing and adding, "... it’s 'definitely possible' the DOJ reviews a future deal involving the spinoff cable channels 'to cause pain' to those networks," reports CNN on Thursday.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. All opposition to Dear Leader will be destroyed.

[bdamomma]

3. I would really like

to see the felon's head explode if he wasn't being coddled because of his Narcissistic tendencies.

[Irish_Dem]

4. Everyone is bending over backwards to coddle and protect him.

But he still hates any criticism about him.
So we can take comfort in that.

[bdamomma]

6. Take a look

at this You Tube topic: Why Narcissistic Leaders Always Fail in the End.

On Liberal You Tubers.

[OLDMDDEM]

2. I can see where we will not be able to see our favorites on any channel. Wouldn't this fall under the free speech

clause of the constitution?

[RoeVWade]

5. How do you target just left media without affecting right media?

I mean current make-up of SCOTUS could make a really biased ruling, so I guess that's possible. I'm just thinking of court challenges which might occur over any targeting.

[Autumn]

7. You know I really don't care, as the foutth estate they had a duty. They played the

games of wealthy powerful people leading where they wanted to go by normalizing trump. The scorpion will always sting.

[mzmolly]

8. But MSNBC did not normalize Trump.

They called out others who did.

[Autumn]

9. Not all the time they didn't.

[mzmolly]

10. Most of the time,

they did.

[Stuckinthebush]

11. Vast majority of the time they did

But we do love some anger toward MSNBC here at DU.

[mzmolly]

12. Exactly.

[GoreWon2000]

15. Reid, Hayes, Maddow, O'Donnell, Velshi, Ayman, Capehart

NEVER normalized Trump.

[mzmolly]

17. Adding Wallace

and even Ruhle.

We need all of these voices to remain available to us.

[GoreWon2000]

21. Nicole worked for Jeb/W in 1999/2000

She's the worst kind of hypocrite.

[mzmolly]

22. She's changed her mind. That's not hypocritical,

that's newly enlightened.

[GoreWon2000]

30. It's totally hypocritical

She helped make the current nightmare that our country is now facing possible. 15 of my 24 years spent working on dem election campaigns were spent in Florida. I will never forget.

[Hekate]

32. Yes

[GoreWon2000]

33. Nicole worked for the Bush brothers in 1999/2000

and helped to make the current nightmare possible.

[mzmolly]

36. She's been vocal in her opposition to MAGA.

I appreciate her change of heart.

[GoreWon2000]

37. She helped make MAGA possible

She worked for Jeb during the now infamous Florida "felon purge" and she worked for W during the 2000 election dispute helping W spread the big lie that all of the Florida votes had been counted and recounted. Several hundred thousand legally cast Florida ballots still sit uncounted in the Florida archives.

[Hekate]

31. Yes

[Macrophylla]

13. MSNBC

Is crippled now because their audience is abandoning them.
For good reason I might add.

[GoreWon2000]

16. You're not a fan of

Reid, Maddow, O'Donnell, Hayes, Velshi, Ayman and Capehart?

[Macrophylla]

20. I don't

Have to watch MSNBC to see them.
There are more sources and platforms outside of cable TV.
I thought it was common knowledge about that.....guess not?
I believe intentionally obtuse is most likely.

[Hekate]

34. You mean they could go on doing what they do best without a paycheck?

Interesting.

[Cha]

18. Please tell us Why you think "MSNBC's audience

is abandoning them for good reason".

[Macrophylla]

19. Why do i need to play your games?

I don't in case you don't know.

[Cha]

24. It's Not "a game" This is DU a Discussion board.

If you don't have a serious reason why "MSNBC's audience is leaving them" just say so.

[Hekate]

35. That's not very nice on your part. This is a discussion board. We discuss. The other guys are thataway.--

[mzmolly]

23. Good question.

Seems we have some fox fans here?

[Cha]

25. Something... did you read the reply?

Mahalo, mzmolly.

[Hotler]

14. Nobody ever worried about us little people getting fucked over by Comcast. nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

26. trump will be an asshole and try to kill MSNBC

[thatdemguy]

27. Musk just tweeted "how much" on a meme with msnbc and a for sale sign.

He tweeted the same thing when someone said buy twitter. Another news source could being owned by musk should scare a bunch of people.

[onecaliberal]

29. Musk doesn't own news he owns state media.

[onecaliberal]

28. I hope it burns. That's what they get for sucking the orange.