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[[Image:April 2nd MSNBC.png|right|thumb|MSNBC logo.]]
[[Image:April 2nd MSNBC.png|right|thumb|MSNBC logo.]]
'''MSNBC''' is a 24-hour cable news channel. Started in 1996, it is a joint venture of [[Microsoft]] and [[NBC]].
'''MSNBC''' is a 24-hour cable news channel. Started in 1996, as a joint venture of [[Microsoft]] and [[NBC]] On December 23, 2005, ending a partnership that soured long before that, Microsoft and NBC announced that they would dissolve their joint ownership of the cable news channel MSNBC, with NBC taking control. NBC completed a deal to assume majority control of the channel, with an 82 percent stake.
The channel is the lowest rated of the three major cable news channels.
In the past, MSNBC shows have featured [[Mitch Albom]], [[Ann Coulter]], [[Phil Donahue]], [[Bill Moyers]], [[Maury Povich]], and [[Michael Savage]], among others.
MSNBC has received criticism from both liberal and conservative groups regarding the channel's perceived biases. The conservative media watchdog group the Media Research Center<ref> [http://www.mediaresearch.org/about/aboutwelcome.asp About Media Research Center] www.mediaresearch.org</ref> argues that MSNBC has a [[liberal]] slant, citing shows by [[Keith Olbermann]] and [[Chris Matthews]], while the ultra-liberal Media Matters for America<ref> [http://mediamatters.org/ Media Matters for America homepage] www.mediamatters.org</ref> decries the channel's alleged conservative slant, citing shows by [[Tucker Carlson]] and [[Joe Scarbourough]].
In the past, MSNBC shows have featured [[Mitch Albom]], [[Ann Coulter]], [[Phil Donahue]], [[Bill Moyers]], [[Maury Povich]], and [[Michael Savage]], among others. That varied programming was gradually reduced as NBC veered more leftist in its POV.
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