why do we call it MSNBC?

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Friday February 03, 2006 · 4:47 PM PST

2006/02/03 · 16:47

Here's a little blip I read at the doctors office today from Business Week that I thought was relevant to the whole discussion of Chris Mathews. link

" This could be the end of MSNBC as we know it. A decade after Microsoft (MSFT ) and NBC co-created the cable news service, General Electric's (GE ) NBC Universal unit announced on Dec. 23 that it's buying majority control from its partner. MSNBC runs third in the cable news race, behind Fox News (NWS ) and CNN, a (TWX )nd is neck and neck with CNN Headline News. NBC executives say that GE CEO Jeff Immelt has often compared MSNBC unfavorably to Fox's hard-edged cable channel and will press it to forge more of an identity. The deal marks Microsoft's second exit from the news business in a year. It sold e-zine Slate to Washington Post Co. (WPO ) in late 2004. Read More

Ideas for DailyKos

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Friday July 08, 2005 · 5:31 PM PDT

2005/07/08 · 17:31

The problem with the purging of diaries and deletion of user accounts as I see it, is the lack of transparency. After the fact, a diary or comment that has been deleted cannot be viewed, and we are unaware of who's account has been removed. Read More

why so little focus on voting fraud?

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Wednesday November 03, 2004 · 2:11 PM PST

2004/11/03 · 14:11

It seems like the issue of voter fraud is always in the background here and at BFA, but never seems to rise as the top issue.

Just one day before the election kos posted, "We need paper trails!". Good idea, bad timing. Even as Dean was peaking, this theme would come and go but always be over taken with the issue of the day, the war, the economy and so on. If we just got this one issue right, then we'd win! Sound familiar? Now the issue is morality, or religion. We didn't get that one right, let's focus on it for next time... Read More

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