After finding MSNBC has been muzzled by GE into leaving Fox News host Bill O'Reilly alone to spout lies to the American people without consequence, I have come to the conclusion that it is time for liberals to boycott the station. Not its advertisers, (although feel free if you wish) but the whole station. We can't trust any of them anymore because we don't know what they wanted to say but weren't allowed to say. That makes them worthless as a news organization. Let them know. After all, I'm sure they wont mind losing liberals as a viewing block considering their evening lineup. Fighting back is the only way we have to shape the world in a way that allows truth and reason to replace bluster and propaganda.
After reading the NY times and Washington Monthly today, I found out that for months Keith and the rest of the MSNBC gang have been muzzled. It seems the head of GE doesn't like being stalked by crazed Fox News viewers and instead of turning the heat back on the lying propagandists, went away with its tail between and told MSNBC who and what they could cover. Censorship, full and plain to see. Meanwhile Fox News tells whatever piece of Republican propaganda they wish and I guess MSNBC will lie down. One rich guy gets hassled and our primary news source for liberals gets censored.
If MSNBC censors it's content, and it is now apparent that it does, how can we know when we watch a show what should have been said but was not because the head of GE is a big, rich pussy who folds in the face of lies and crazy talk from Fox. Apparently only comedy is now allowed to go after them, and Jon Stewart should be up for another Peabody since there will (should) be no other competitors this year.
We can't trust MSNBC to tell the whole truth anymore, if they ever did. It seems to me the only possible way to rescue MSNBC if for liberals to stand up and say we will not watch a censored broadcast. We should stop watching MSNBC, en masse, until either the head of GE resigns or gets out of the way of news organizations telling the truth.
I wrote an email to letters at msnbc.com and said this:
I just read the NY Times article discussing how the head of GE has decided to censor MSNBC, a news organization, because of the hate thrown at him by Bill O'Reilly and his ilk. To be clear, I will not watch a censored news program.
Even worse, you folks are letting Fox News maliciously lie and get away with it every time they tell another whopper and you folks don't call them on it. Millions of people are being propagandized and misled daily by Fox News, and you folks made a deal to let them get away with it. It's hard enough telling relatives that no, Glenn Beck isn't correct, and no Bill O'Reilly doesn't tell the truth when we don't have the other side!
I'm saddened, because I wont be watching Chris, Keith, Ed, or Rachel now, because you have tainted their broadcasts with censorship and I can't trust the shows anymore. How can I know what they wanted to say but were prevented from saying? Simply, you can't, and that makes you worthless as an information source.
I get it. The head of GE was assaulted by Fox News, and he put his foot down. One important and rich man is worth more than the truth, unfortunately. Fox News is a propaganda arm of the Republican Party with no better adherence to journalistic standards than Russia, and the only network that called them on it was handed a censorship demand. I guess the liberals wont notice, oh wait, the blogs are full of it today. I know you don't need us stupid liberals as viewers for your evening lineup anyway. Good luck becoming another Republican cheerleader.
Sadly,
Eclectic