honest question...why is m$nbc choosing not to show the press conference on the gulf oil?

[spanone]

real news happening and they chose not to participate

curious

[Spazito]

1. My guess is: it is not bad news so no hysteria to foment...

no hysteria = no ratings = no increased advertising dollars.

[spanone]

2. bizarre, they talk shit all day and when real news is happening.....

[spanone]

3. now cnn stops their coverage to 'talk about it'

they are going to continue to 'monitor it'

[alsame]

4. Mrs Greenspan's show is one that relies very heavily on

guests and pre-taped reports. I think that's why they rarely break away to anything live, unless it's a crisis.

[spanone]

5. yea, i guess the gulf of mexico/oil spill is hardly a crisis

they are a news channel

[alsame]

7. Lol, I meant a new, breaking crisis. I'm not defending her, I don't

even watch her show anymore. But I've noticed that there are several MSNBC hosts that rarely, if ever, have their hours interrupted by live events, at least for extended coverage.

[spanone]

10. that's pretty pathetic for a so-called news channel

[alsame]

14. 'So called' is right - they are infotainment. They gave us hours of

Balloon Boy but can't carry this presser.

[malaise]

6. For the same reason they refused to carry Obama's speech

at the AFL-CIO meeting today. I had to switch to CNN.
No good news must be reported (even if we're not sure this is the end of the gulf spill) and no pro-union, pro-worker speeches either.

[yawnmaster]

8. good news just doesn't have the drama of bad news...

and where would we be without drama??

[spanone]

9. they choose what we know.....

[yawnmaster]

11. If the population, as a whole, weren't so addicted to drama, we would have better news. eom

[spanone]

12. we would have better news if the newsters reported it without editorializing eom

[yawnmaster]

15. Is there entertainment value in unbiased reporting???

Its all about $$ and entertaining the population.
and by entertaining, I mean that which induces an emotional response that, in the end, is pleasurable.

[Xenotime]

13. Crisis is over.

[valerief]

16. Because corporations own it. nt