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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 [[DemocratParty]] party. Jointly owned Owned by [[Comcast]] and [[General Electric]], 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 a 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.

MSNBC is blatantly [[Communist]]. One of their anchors, [[Melissa Harris-Perry]], was featured in an MSNBC promotional video explaining that children "belong to whole communities" instead of their parents.<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/04/09/critics-slam-msnbc-hosts-claim-that-kids-belong-to-community-not-parents/</ref> The promo is part of the Marxist "Forward" (MSNBC refers to it as "Lean Forward") campaign that has been going on since the late 19th century.<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/inside-politics/2012/apr/30/new-obama-slogan-has-long-ties-marxism-socialism/</ref>

MSNBC adopted the slogan "lean forward" which appears onscreen, which proves that the network decided to stop hiding their blatant liberal and communist Communist bias from viewers.

The MSNBC channel was started in 1996 as a joint venture between [[Microsoft]] and [[NBC]]. On December 23, 2005, ending a partnership that had soured long before, Microsoft and NBC announced that they would dissolve their joint ownership of the cable news channel, with NBC taking control. NBC completed a deal to assume majority control of the channel, with an 82% stake.<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30610F93E540C778EDDAB0994DD404482]</ref> The joint venture with Microsoft has come to an end.<ref>http://www.theglobeandmail.com/technology/microsoft-nbc-dissolve-msnbccom-joint-venture/article4418455/</ref>

On January 28, 2011 Comcast, America's largest cable operator, purchased NBC UniversalNBCUniversal, which includes MSNBC, from former parent company General Electric.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/business/media/01deal.html New York Times; With Deal, G.E. Clears Path to Sale of NBC]</ref><ref>[http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20101028/ARTICLE/10281045/2055/NEWS?p=2&tc=pg Sarasota Herald-Tribune; Corporate Report]</ref><ref>http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/done-deal-fcc-department-of-justice-approve-comcast-nbc-universal-acquisition_b48942</ref> Comcast acquired a 51-percent stake in NBC UniversalNBCUniversal, creating a $30-billion business that would include broadcast, cable networks, movie studios and theme parks.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110118/bs_nm/us_nbc_comcast_13</ref> Some liberals fear feared that Comcast might turn into a more conservative outlet, but this has not happened.<ref>http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2010/11/09/socialist-senator-wants-comcast-nbc-deal-blocked-due-olbermanns-suspe</ref><ref>http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/11/6/145630/235</ref> Some critics and supporters of [[Keith Olbermann]] blame Comcast for his firing from MSNBC. In addition, on July 2012, Microsoft also dropped MSNBC from its ownership, although it was still allowed to retain the name.<ref>https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/15/microsoft-nbc-news-dissolve-msnbc-joint-venture_n_1675071.html</ref><ref>{{cite news | first=Brian | last=Stelter | date=July 15, 2012 | title=Microsoft and NBC Complete Web Divorce | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/16/business/media/msnbccom-renamed-nbcnewscom-as-microsoft-and-nbc-divorce.html | work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

The MSNBC network has perennially had very low ratings. In 2002, the network was regularly beaten in the ratings by [[CNN Headline News]]. The CEO of Microsoft once even admitted that he wouldn't have started MSNBC knowing what he knew later.<ref>http://news.com.com/2100-1023-268073.html</ref> In June 2006, [[CNN]] co-founder Reese Schoenfeld told journalist Don Kaplan that "Everybody compares MSNBC to Fox and CNN - when its real competition is Headline News". Schoenfeld pointed out that the ratings for MSNBC and Headline News are roughly the same, about 300,000 viewers on average and that "by comparison, Fox and CNN regularly average three or four times as many viewers." Kaplan even joked that "the running joke in TV news is Fox and CNN are news channels with websites, but MSNBC is a website with a cable channel".<ref>http://newsbusters.org/node/5891</ref>

Shock jock Don Imus's radio show ''Imus in the Morning'' was simulcast on MSNBC for over ten years. During this time, the program become well known for displaying offensive commentary. However, MSNBC continued to support the show. In April 2007, the network sparked outrage when during a broadcast of ''Imus in the Morning'', Don Imus and another MSNBC staff member made remarks about the Rutgers University women's basketball team, considered to be both racist and sexist. Initially, MSNBC refused to cancel the show. After sponsors started withdrawing their advertisements from the show, MSNBC canceled the simulcast of ''Imus in the Morning''.

During the national emergency over the Chinese [[COVID-19]] [[pandemic]], while thousands were being diagnosed and hundreds dying daily from the deadly disease , MSNBC refused to carry public information programming alerting the public to the danger with precautionary instructions on prevention and transmission of the deadly virus.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/white-house-slams-cnn-msnbc-for-cutting-away-from-trumps-coronavirus-briefing/</ref> In so doing, MSNBC has also become a blatant and willing propaganda vector and apologist for the [[Chinese Communist Party]] in its COVID-19 coverage,<ref>[https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/04/08/msnbc-contributor-says-trumps-crime-cult-wants-mass-murder-many-more-to-die-906185 MSNBC contributor says Trump’s ‘crime cult’ wants mass murder, ‘many more to die’]</ref> while one of its correspondents, liberal author Sarah Kendzior, put her [[TDS]] on public display by libeling the [[Trump administration]] and engaging in [[liberal projection|projection]] (by calling it a "crime cult", a descriptor actually more befitting of the Democrat Party based on its history) and by falsely accusing it of "...(wanting) people to die, and they want many more to die"<ref>[https://twitter.com/sarahkendzior/status/1247260550830137344 Sarah Kendizor: "So the media focus on the proposed drug instead of the cold reality -- which is that the Trump crime cult wanted people to die, and they want many more to die"] at Twitter</ref> (which actually describes the behavior of various Democrat state governors and city mayors, particularly including New York governor [[Andrew Cuomo]]<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/cuomo-administration-rejected-purchasing-additional-ventilators-in-2015-for-pandemic-preparedness-based-on-funding/ Cuomo Administration Rejected Purchasing Additional Ventilators in 2015 for Pandemic Preparedness Based on Funding - Recommended System on Who Would Not Receive Treatment] at the Gateway Pundit</ref><ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/04/01/dr-oz-slams-ny-gov-cuomo-people-need-access-to-chloroquine-n2566184 Dr. Oz Slams NY Gov. Cuomo: People Need Access to Chloroquine] at TownHall.com</ref> and New York City mayor [[Bill de Blasio]],<ref>[https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/de-blasios-senior-staff-in-near-revolt-over-his-coronavirus-response/ De Blasio’s senior staff in near revolt over his coronavirus response] at the New York Post</ref><ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/26/bill-de-blasio-cements-his-disgraceful-legacy-with-wuhan-virus-response/ Bill De Blasio Cements His Disgraceful Legacy With Wuhan Virus Response]</ref> as well as the Democrats themselves, in their own mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic<ref>Multiple references:*[https://www.gop.com/president-trump-leads-democrats-play-politics/ President Trump leads, Democrats play politics] at the Republican Party official website*[https://townhall.com/columnists/larryoconnor/2020/03/17/5-big-government-americadestroying-schemes-democrats-proposed-during-covid19-crisis-n2565105 5 Big Government, America-Destroying Schemes Democrats are Proposing During COVID-19 Crisis] at TownHall.com*[https://trendingpolitics.com/timeline-democrats-pushed-impeachment-for-weeks-after-finding-out-about-coronavirus-threat/ TIMELINE: Dems Didn't Care About COVID-19 Until Now; They Pushed IMPEACHMENT During Initial Outbreak]*[https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/31/mcconnell-impeachment-diverted-government-from-coronavirus/ McConnell Says Impeachment ‘Diverted’ Government From Focusing On Coronavirus] at the Daily Caller*[https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2020/03/25/the-latest-victim-of-covid19-is-the-second-amendment-n2565667 The Latest Victim of COVID-19 Is the Second Amendment] at TownHall.com*[https://dailycaller.com/2020/03/24/hart-covid-19-is-the-cure-worse-than-the-disease/ HART: COVID-19 — Is The Cure Worse Than The Disease?] at the Daily Caller*[https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/coronavirus-politics-democrats/2020/03/16/id/958491/ Dems Using COVID-19 Outbreak to Change Policy, Score Political Points] at Newsmax Media*[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/democrats-block-advancement-of-critical-economic-relief-package Democrats block advancement of critical economic relief package] at the Washington Examiner*[https://www.wnd.com/2020/04/dem-lawmaker-prosecute-trump-crimes-humanity-coronavirus/ Dem lawmaker: Prosecute Trump for 'crimes against humanity' for touting coronavirus drug] at WorldNetDaily*[https://thefederalist.com/2020/03/27/sanctuary-cities-that-rejected-federal-law-are-now-pleading-for-federal-help/ 'Sanctuary' Cities That Rejected Federal Law Are Now Pleading For Federal Help]*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/04/nevada-governor-sisolak-found-hoarding-coronavirus-treatment-drug/ Nevada Governor Sisolak Found Hoarding Coronavirus Treatment Drug] at the Gateway Pundit*[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/03/31/michigan-democrat-governor-asks-feds-for-hydroxychloroquine-to-treat-coronavirus-four-days-after-banning-use/ Michigan Democrat Governor Asks Feds for Hydroxychloroquine to Treat Coronavirus, Four Days After Banning Use...]*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/exclusive-interview-im-actually-ashamed-shes-our-governor-covid-19-survivor-jim-santelli-blasts-michigan-governor-for-banning-drug-that-saved-his-life/ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: "I'm Actually Ashamed She's Our Governor" -- COVID-19 Survivor Jim Santilli Blasts Michigan Governor For Banning Drug That Saved His Life] at the Gateway Pundit*[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/03/nevadas-democrat-governor-issues-emergency-order-barring-use-of-anti-malaria-drugs-for-coronavirus-patients/ Nevada's Democrat Governor Issues Emergency Order Barring Use of Anti-Malaria Drugs For Coronavirus Patients] at the Gateway Pundit</ref>).