MSNBC were interviewing a US politician (congress woman) about the Snowden leaks and about NSA reform.
They interrupted that interview for some important breaking news.
Justin Bieber had been arrested for drag racing his car.
They interrupted that interview for some important breaking news.
Justin Bieber had been arrested for drag racing his car.
Their hourly shows each day are getting to be more and more garbage.
Chris Hayes had a fantastic long-form weekend show on MSNBC. Then they moved him to the hour format on a daily basis and his show went to garbage too as they have him pushing whatever the hype of the day is. And Rachel Maddow now has maybe one good show a month and the rest are just petty garbage ("oh look someone said a word wrong or misspelled something - let's talk about that for ten minutes")
What's crazy is most of their anchors are really smart and knowledgeable when you see them work freeform like in an interview. But start scripting them and giving them "must reads" and they all turn into blathering corporate idiots.
I guess it isn't about the competency of the host/crew but rather the fact that pushing out a show every night means that you must degrade the quality of your analysis, guests, and general information that you are reporting on.
To be clear - the US politician wasn't talking about the interview -- but rather the independent review committee's assessment of the meta data collection program.
Also, it's worth noting how much more popular FOX News is.