Why is MSNBC showing adverstisements for Fox "news"?

[bushisanidiot]

why would they show their competitor's commercials??

msnbc is telling america that fox "news" is the only "fair and balanced" news network on t.v.???

what the hell?

[xultar]

1. IT could be your local Cable affiliate. Some portions of programming

are dedicated to local affiliates and they play what they want.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. It's most likely inserted by your local cable co...

[XanaDUer]

3. Are they both owned by Murdoch?

:shrug:

[Eric J in MN]

4. MSNBC is owned by military contractor General Electric. (nt)

nt

[kckc]

5. Same thing here in Kansas City

except it was advertising for CNN. I asked someone I know who works for TimeWarner what the deal was- she just laughed and said it was probably a mistake, but so much programming has been outsourced to regional offices who don't have a clue what is going on in any given market.

[Bumblebee]

6. They have to. FOX does the same for CNN, etc

FCC rules.

[SW FL Dem]

7. Our local cable co Comcast

allows local businesses to sponsor ads for FAUX news. Everytime I see one, I call the local business and ask them who the hell they think they are telling me what station to watch and then saying that I will never patronize their business and I will tell all my friends and neighbors not to. The ads usually disappear in a few days.

[natrat]

8. it's becoming clear what nbc is