John Stewart skewers CNBC

[Sarge]

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Breasts,
Sarge

[LoungeMachine]

Excellent.....

And dont skip the first 3 minutes either....

[ELVIS]

Didn't FORD just say the other day that MSNBC was the only fairly credible cable news source ??

[LoungeMachine]

MSNBC AND CNBC are two different networks.

CNBC, like FOX, is full of lying SHILLS

[ELVIS]

Oh...my bad...

[LoungeMachine]

Oh...my bad...

I dont blame you for FOX being full of lying shills.

[Combat Ready]

MSNBC AND CNBC are two different networks.

CNBC, like FOX, is full of lying SHILLS

True--but they are owned by the same empire:

GE -- General Electric
General Electric holds 80 pecent share of NBC Universal with 14 televsion centers (9 of which are in the top 10 market share) and 14 Spanish language television stations, (8 of which are in the top 10 market share)
In Broadcast:
GE owns CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, Mun2TV, Sci-Fi channel, Trio, and USA network

T&A: Media Ownership: Who owns what?

[Combat Ready]

Didn't FORD just say the other day that MSNBC was the only fairly credible cable news source ??

Yep--owned by GE...As is CNBC.

[ELVIS]

That was my point...

[FORD]

CNBC and MSNBC have as much in common as the FOX TV network does with FAUX Noize.

Same ownership, different content.

[LoungeMachine]

That was my point...

But not your post.

Just because they're owned by the same mega-corp, doesn't mean they're the same.

[Kristy]

T
In Broadcast:
GE owns CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, Mun2TV, Sci-Fi channel, Trio, and USA network

I thought Sci-Fi was owned by that dismal Viacom (who also own Comedy Central) which clearly explains such piss-poor programming on that channel. Sorry geeks, Battlestar Galatica bores me to tears.

As for CNBC, I've often wondered where their politics lie Since all our (US) cable "news" networks lean to one party or another. Granted, I watch little CNBC simply because I don't appreciated being shouted at when it comes to receiving financial news but since they can't properly report what else is there left for them do but join the ever-increasing anti-Obama criticism wagon?

[Nickdfresh]

True--but they are owned by the same empire:

GE -- General Electric
General Electric holds 80 pecent share of NBC Universal with 14 televsion centers (9 of which are in the top 10 market share) and 14 Spanish language television stations, (8 of which are in the top 10 market share)
In Broadcast:
GE owns CNBC, MSNBC, Bravo, Mun2TV, Sci-Fi channel, Trio, and USA network

T&A: Media Ownership: Who owns what?

Right! So the conservative pussies that try to blame the "liberal media" are full of shit or ignorant?. There is no real "liberal media," it's all corporatist, oligarchic? No?

[LoungeMachine]

Right! So the conservative pussies that try to blame the "liberal media" are full of shit or ignorant?.

Both.


Oh, that was rhetorical I bet..... :D

[Kristy]

Just replace oligarchic with shareholder and you're onto something there. Our so-called "news networks" spend more time and resources examining their demographic (income, age, education) for ad revenue then actually reporting news. How else can you explain the success of Fox or the continuation of Larry King?