MSNBC - an analysis

After many years of being able to access news 24/7 in our nation. I realized that the definition of "news" has warped. An opinion can be news. It is not that in the past we didn't have journalists who had their own spin on the news, nor that journalists weren't asked by their editors to grasp your audience with colorful, descriptive, emotional words and stories; but it was just that - colorful, not skewed. The great reporters of the past put themselves in danger, investigated both sides with excitement to get to the "truth". There was no real agenda, the only agenda was the facts. The reality that facts are to be interpreted as it may, was up to the public and each person's personal opinions.

Today we have opinions, and many of them. We have entire cable station program line ups, exclusively for opinions, and MSNBC does an incredible job at trying to sway opinions. The hardest part to accept is that through the years we have heard of many wanting to limit campaign funding. Many have asked to restrict or define what is a campaign donation and how campaign donations should be accepted. All in an effort to be "fair" to all candidates. Well, what happens if a rich person buys a radio or television station and makes it a living and breathing 24/7 commercial for their political party, and then calls it news?

So today starts the MSNBC watch. A summary of their day's news: what is covered; how it's covered; the jokes acceptably said about any topic and anyone; how much time is devoted to their stories; how many times are they repeated, and so on. Is MSNBC a commercial? Does that mean that they, and the Democratic party, are breaking campaign laws? Is it legal to call some shows news when they are not balanced? These are extreme issues that need to be analyzed. If it is so that MSNBC is sponsored, supported, or run for campaigning purposes, bottom line, it is a federal offense. It breaks every campaign law on the books. If it is also using false advertising of any kind, that too is illegal.

MSNBC is an "infomercial" for the Democratic party "if" the Democratic party's agenda is the "only" one the station debates and supports. No more or less than any late night infomercial that tries to sell you a workout video for your health. As it stands, MSNBC already uses its "news reporters" in commercials; and no, not for a toothpaste or to remember their viewers to watch; but commercials telling you how to think. So in essence, they have no fear to take things further; they have commercials within their day long commercial programs. It's not only worth an analysis: It's a must.