Sources detail the tensions at NBC and its parent company Comcast over MSNBC's embrace of progressive politics, as NBC News strives to appeal to a mass audience. MSNBC’s success has forced NBC’s leaders to grapple with how to square its cable news network’s embrace of progressive politics with the company’s straight-news operation. Comcast is the corporate owner of NBC and MSNBC. NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde is involved in addressing these tensions. Comcast reportedly told MSNBC hosts to curb rampant Israel criticism during the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks. The New York Times reported that MSNBC's success as a Trump-bashing liberal bastion has consequences for NBC.
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MSNBC's success as a Trump-bashing liberal bastion has consequences for its parent company, NBC, which still strives to appeal to a mass U.S. TV news audience. (via @nytimes) https://t.co/dJzd7TApu1
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MSNBC’s success has forced NBC’s leaders to grapple with how to square its cable news network’s embrace of progressive politics with the company’s straight-news operation. https://t.co/ZdNX8TO6nK
MSNBC has inspired two mass political assassination attempts in the past decade because it's good for ratings. @comcast made a choice. https://t.co/M9CVudmu2H
Sources detail the tensions at NBC and its parent company Comcast over MSNBC's embrace of progressive politics, as NBC News strives to appeal to a mass audience (New York Times) https://t.co/rZfHKZCxjF https://t.co/nj0REy4NJT