Comcast CEO said he was open to interfering with hosts like Olbermann...

[cynatnite]

Earlier this year, the New York Times reported that Comcast CEO Brian Roberts tacitly acknowledged that he would be open to interfering with the editorial content of MSNBC shows and with hosts like Keith Olbermann:

Comcast is in line to acquire control of NBC Universal, once regulators sign off on the $30 billion deal. Mr. Chernin asked Mr. Roberts how he planned to handle daily editorial control of such an immense news operation. “Are you saying that you’ll never interfere?” he asked. Mr. Roberts blanched slightly at the question, which included a hypothetical situation that had Keith Olbermann, an MSNBC host, attacking a couple of Republican congressmen just as the approvals were being finished. “Let’s have that conversation in six months or 12 months,” Mr. Roberts said.

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/11/05/burke-comcast-msnbc/

I'm changing my position about the reasons behind this move against KO.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

1. It's war and we are not going to take it!

[kelly1mm]

2. Are you planning to buy MSNBC so you can make the rules? nt

[Rosa Luxemburg]

8. I wish

[rhett o rick]

3. Sounds so romantic. You aint goin take it. What are you going to do to stop it? nm

[tridim]

4. Our guts were right.

Wow.

[Hissyspit]

5. Earlier Post w/ different excerpts from article on Comcast & Olbermann:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9493386

[cynatnite]

6. Thanks...I missed that. n/t

[Hissyspit]

7. Good you pulled that quote out, though. I didn't see it earlier.

I tweeted your quote to Greg Mitchell, Glenn Greenwald, others.

[Bozita]

9. THIS is the BIG story of the day!

Oh, hell yes!