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mzmolly

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32. I disagree.

Reply to pstokely (Reply #31)

Mon Nov 25, 2024, 10:24 PM

Nov 25

We need a solid foot print in cable news.

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Progressive billionaire offers to match Elon Musk's offer to buy MSNBC from Comcast [View all] mzmolly Nov 25 OP

Wait, did Musk make a serious offer? I thought it was just a trolling comment? themaguffin Nov 25 #1

no he didn't. He was just trolling. JohnSJ Nov 25 #8

His purchase of Twitter started out as trolling. nt City Lights Nov 25 #18

Yes. Musk fancies himself and aims to be Emperor. KPN Nov 25 #23

Agreed! nt City Lights Nov 25 #26

TV news is a dying medium soandso Nov 25 #29

I took it as a joke soandso Nov 25 #28

We need good news! Nt spooky3 Nov 25 #2

Offers to match? Did Musk really make an offer for msnbc? Tadpole Raisin Nov 25 #3

kick Dawson Leery Nov 25 #4

i'm guessing mopinko Nov 25 #6

Didn't the MS in MSNBC come from some association with Microsoft ToxMarz Nov 25 #13

Micro Soft has not had an interest in msnbc since 2012. Fla Dem Nov 25 #22

First they would have to be for sale soandso Nov 25 #30

Better late than never, I guess... GoCubsGo Nov 25 #5

You fricken' bet. hadEnuf Nov 25 #25

mzmolly............ Upthevibe Nov 25 #7

You're welcome. mzmolly Nov 25 #12

SpinCo??? The Madcap Nov 25 #9

Yea "SpinCo" is hilarious. In a funny/not funny way. The mainstream media is 90% ... CousinIT Nov 25 #27

Bid it up Macrophylla Nov 25 #10

I'm a regular viewer. mzmolly Nov 25 #11

Except for morning joe BonnieJW Nov 25 #24

MSNBC beat Fox & CNN viewer numbers a lot in the last few years, especially during Jan 6 hearings & the DNC. ancianita Nov 25 #20

So what? Magoo48 Nov 25 #14

Cable news isn't regulated mzmolly Nov 25 #15

"benevolent billionaire" -- a nutritious part of the neoliberal myth breakfast, most important meal of the day 0rganism Nov 25 #16

Benevolent Billionaire! What an oxymoron!! Ziggysmom Nov 25 #17

It's not too late to fight back mzmolly Nov 25 #19

2020, Biden got 230 donors with a total of $691.8 million, whereas Trump had 133 donors, totaling $495.7 million. ancianita Nov 25 #21

why doesn't the donor class of the left fund something else? pstokely Nov 25 #31

I disagree. mzmolly Nov 25 #32

Legacy media is a bad long term investment pstokely Nov 25 #33

It's an investment in democracy. mzmolly Nov 26 #34