Author Topic: What exactly is MSNBC??  (Read 641 times)

Xeen

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What exactly is MSNBC??
« on: 17 September 2003, 02:07 »
I was just wondering what exactly is the news channel MSNBC? Is it part of NBC owned by Microsoft? Or is it Microsoft funding NBC news? Or what??

And I'm just interested...why on Earth did Bill Gates decide to make his own news channel?

Laukev7

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What exactly is MSNBC??
« Reply #1 on: 17 September 2003, 07:41 »
Microsoft already owns most of the computer market. They probably want to leverage their monopoly to become another AOL (ie. own the media).

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What exactly is MSNBC??
« Reply #2 on: 17 September 2003, 07:44 »
One of the bigger news networks that tries to copy CNN along with Fox News (and MSNBC apparently gets crap ratings from what I've heard).

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What exactly is MSNBC??
« Reply #3 on: 17 September 2003, 08:23 »
from what I've seen all they do on msnbc is make cheap cracks at fox news

not that fox news is a great way to get your news
just say know

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What exactly is MSNBC??
« Reply #4 on: 17 September 2003, 08:31 »
at least fox news is better then cnn, msnbc, bbc, cspan, whatever other new networks there are


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What exactly is MSNBC??
« Reply #5 on: 17 September 2003, 14:09 »
No, Fox News sucks ass. Their slogan, "fair and balanced news" is complete shit.

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What exactly is MSNBC??
« Reply #6 on: 17 September 2003, 15:30 »
Fox is Conservaworld.

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