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'''MSNBC''' (stylized '''msnbc''', short for Microsoft National Broadcasting Company) is a [[liberal propaganda]] 24-hour cable "news" channel and website aligned with the [[Democratic Party|Democrat Party]]. Owned by [[Comcast]], MSNBC is considered by many to be one of the most liberal cable news channels of all the [[mainstream media]]. For years, MSNBC trailed [[Fox News]] and [[CNN]] in the ratings. However, it began beating CNN after the ratings for that network began to freefall.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/03/business/media/cnn-ratings-decline-stirs-worries.html</ref> In 2014 CNN beat MSNBC.<ref>http://cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2014/12/30/cnn-ends-2014-firmly-ahead-of-msnbc-full-release/</ref> MSNBC typically garners ratings that are just one-third those of the [[Fox News Channel]]. Some consider it to be the liberal counterpart to the conservative Fox News. In 2012, [[Microsoft]] fully divested itself from MSNBC resulting in the creation of NBC news and NBCnews.com.<ref>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-07-16/msnbc-website-renamed-nbcnews-com-after-microsoft-split.html</ref> It is possible Microsoft divested due to MSNBC's [[liberal hypocrisy]] since they opined that "we wanted to show different perspectives." The "Lean Forward" campaign MSNBC announced blatantly confirmed what was already assumed in that the network has a strong liberal bias.
The ''Daily Caller'' observed that MSNBC "might be trying a little too hard to push" its agenda ("MSNBC duped: Network runs satirical [[fake news]]"), and that wasn't the first time.<ref>https://dailycaller.com/2012/04/05/msnbc-duped-network-runs-satirical-fake-news-from-daily-kos-as-a-real-story/</ref> MSNBC is pro-[[recession]] and job destruction.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvCrGyOVoRk</ref>
* The Ed Show is the most popular show for Media Matters representatives, accounting for 72 Media Matters guest appearances since 2009<ref>[http://www.nexis.com Search and analysis on MSNBC's primetime transcripts via Nexis.com]</ref>
===Election 2020 fake news and election interference===In July 2020 MSNBC producer Ariana Pekary quit, calling the network fake news and a cancer that risks human lives, even in the middle of a pandemic. Pekary said President Trump became the primary focus of the [[coronavirus]] coverage instead of “science itself.” “As new details have become available about antibodies, a vaccine, or how COVID actually spreads, producers still want to focus on the politics. Important facts or studies get buried,” she wrote in her resignation letter.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/08/04/msnbc-producer-calls-network-a-cancer-after-quitting-job/</ref>
MSNBC aided Mayor [[Pete Buttigieg]] based on his [[white privilege]] when the [[racist]] reporting at MSNBC consistently snubbed [[Andrew Yang]], an Asian American, to help Buttigieg surge in early 2020 presidential primary polling of [[Iowa]].<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/18/msnbc-excludes-andrew-yang-from-media-coverage-despite-polling-above-other-candidates/</ref><ref>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/464349-yang-hits-back-after-appearing-to-be-left-out-of-cnn-msnbc-fundraising</ref> During the pre-primary debates, MSNBC cut off Yang's microphone.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/28/andrew-yang-msnbc-cut-off-my-mic-during-debate-let-other-dems-interject/</ref>
===Racism===
MSNBC programmers and interviewers routinely insult [[conservative]] [[African American]]s.<ref>https://voteclaver.com/news/msnbc-attacks-black-texas-republican-apostle-claver-for-calling-democrats-racist-and-party-of-the-kkk/</ref><ref>https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/black-democrat-msnbc-question-vernon-jones</ref>
== See also ==