"Elon Musk Just Gave The Strongest Hint Yet That He Might Actually Buy MSNBC"

Oompa Loompa said:

Elon Musk Just Gave The Strongest Hint Yet That He Might Actually Buy MSNBC | The Gateway Pundit | by Ben Kew

Elon Musk has just given the strongest hint yet that he may actually purchase MSNBC if Comcast proceeds to put it up for sale.

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"Elon Musk has just given the strongest hint yet that he may actually purchase MSNBC.

The troubled left-wing network has seen its ratings nosedive in the wake of Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the 2024 presidential election as furious viewers lash out at the false hope the network gave them or just check out of politics altogether.

Another major controversy has been that involving Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, who informed their audience this week that had met with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and would seek to take a “new approach” to covering his second term in office.

The situation is so severe that its parent company, Comcast, is reportedly ready to cut their losses and sell the network to the highest bidder.

Such reports have led to suggestions that Musk, who is the wealthiest man in the world and whose fortune has skyrocketed since Trump’s victory on account of rising Tesla shares, buy the network and turn it into a proper journalistic outlet.

Amid growing speculation that this could become a reality, the satirical conservative news site The Babylon Bee ran an article entitled “Musk Announces Plan To Buy MSNBC And Turn It Into A News Network.”

While the article may have been intended as satire, Musk appears to be taking it seriously.

“Crazy idea, but it might just work!” he wrote in a post on the X platform."

Although I do not think it will be likely. But how would you feel if Elon Musk bought MSNBC? After all, him buying Twitter seemed unlikely at the time.

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durangodawood said:

American would be much better if all the media was in step with the government.

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Landon Caeli said:

Sounds like a left-wing dream. Just add socialism and it's paradise.

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durangodawood said:

Sure, if Trump is leading a left wing govt.

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Hazelelponi said:

I introducing competition to the industry is the most positive thing that can happen. It's been happening for a few online, but to mainstream it is a definite win.

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Oompa Loompa said:

Like the Russian media? Great idea! Would you and the left be amin favor of a nationalized media like that found in China and North Korea? So much for freedom of speech as long as it pushes the liberal agenda. Am I right?

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Oompa Loompa said:

Elon Musk Just Gave The Strongest Hint Yet That He Might Actually Buy MSNBC | The Gateway Pundit | by Ben Kew

Elon Musk has just given the strongest hint yet that he may actually purchase MSNBC if Comcast proceeds to put it up for sale.

www.thegatewaypundit.com

"Elon Musk has just given the strongest hint yet that he may actually purchase MSNBC.

The troubled left-wing network has seen its ratings nosedive in the wake of Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the 2024 presidential election as furious viewers lash out at the false hope the network gave them or just check out of politics altogether.

Another major controversy has been that involving Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, who informed their audience this week that had met with Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and would seek to take a “new approach” to covering his second term in office.

The situation is so severe that its parent company, Comcast, is reportedly ready to cut their losses and sell the network to the highest bidder.

Such reports have led to suggestions that Musk, who is the wealthiest man in the world and whose fortune has skyrocketed since Trump’s victory on account of rising Tesla shares, buy the network and turn it into a proper journalistic outlet.

Amid growing speculation that this could become a reality, the satirical conservative news site The Babylon Bee ran an article entitled “Musk Announces Plan To Buy MSNBC And Turn It Into A News Network.”

While the article may have been intended as satire, Musk appears to be taking it seriously.

“Crazy idea, but it might just work!” he wrote in a post on the X platform."

Although I do not think it will be likely. But how would you feel if Elon Musk bought MSNBC? After all, him buying Twitter seemed unlikely at the time.

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durangodawood said:

The US fed govt is right wing.... in a couple months.

You can sense the glee at the prospect of an oligarch coming in and buying up the left wing media and flipping its orientation to align with the new regime.

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Oompa Loompa said:

Why would anyone want to buy Twitter when their left leaning content was losing viewers?

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B Griffin said:

That is a great idea, actually. Havn't thought about that. They could use MSNBC to provide transparency into DoGE efforts, like a real-time documentary to inform people of the fraud, waste, and abuse that they uncover and eliminate. Then they could shut it down on our 250th anniversary (after a finale to beat all finales).

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B Griffin said:

That was a different situation. MSNBC produces content and has an audience. To be able to stomach MSNBC content, the audience must be left-leaning. The further left the audienc is, the more likely they are to continue watching. So if MSNBC content turns towards the center, they are likely to lose what small audience that remains. The drop in viewership after the Morning Joe trip to Maralago is evidence of that very thing. This is my theory at least.

Twitter was different. Twitter had millions of content creators with every imaginable point of view, but the platform owners were applying bias in their algorithms to suppress content that was not in line with left-leaning orthodoxy. Elon eliminated the offending algorithms and restored freedom of speech. This offended the left-leaning suppressors of free speech, and some of them stopped using X. But I do not sense that X has lost millions of content creators. This is my theory at least.

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durangodawood said:

American would be much better if all the media was in step with the government.

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durangodawood said:

The US fed govt is right wing.... in a couple months.

You can sense the glee at the prospect of an oligarch coming in and buying up the left wing media and flipping its orientation to align with the new regime.

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