Tweety was one of the voices at MSNBC who didn't want Gretta

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Tweety was one of the voices at MSNBC who didn't want Gretta:

Van Susteren’s hire was not well-received internally at MSNBC, with Chris Matthews being especially frustrated by the decision, according to two network sources.

And he certainly was prescient:

Lack also hired former Fox News host Greta Van Susteren and gave her the 6 p.m. slot on MSNBC’s weekday schedule. Since Van Susteren’s show debuted in January, the ratings have been, by any objective measure, abysmal.

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/04/sources-hugh-hewitt-in-talks-for-msnbc-show.html

[putitinD]

1. send her back to fox!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Did you hear? They might give the Joker a time slot

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=8993790

[Eliot Rosewater]

5. To me that would be the sign that it really is over, for all of us, for good.

I know it is just a cable news station but it is the only one left where adults and patriots can go for the truth, as Democracy Now has limited exposure.

We are going BACK to Reagan days...

[Wounded Bear]

3. Frankly, she's pretty hard to listen to...

even beyond just her political leanings. Much like Tweety, she has difficulty finishing sentences and questions, like their mouths run faster than their minds. One thing I think I noticed, it seems they have real difficulty with the remote feeds. That little gap between question and answer, caused by the basic physics of the transmission of radio signals (hint, it's not really instantaneous) seems to trigger that old "dead air" fear that former radio hosts suffer from. Gotta always fill that silence, so they ask a question, and can't wait to hear a response, and pile on with followups and extensions until the whole thing turns into gibberish.

Just my

[CincyDem]

4. Man - that's a pretty big pair of pennies ya got there. lol n/t

[Wounded Bear]

7. You know what they say: Big money equals...

big assholes.

[JenniferJuniper]

6. Even if she came cheap, they'll dump her

They don't stick with low ratings for too long.

[MoonRiver]

8. I will never watch her.

[crazylikafox]

9. She's probably ruining his ratings too. He's got no lead-in.

That's probably the main reason why he didn't want her. I don't turn on MSNBC now before 8PM for Chris's show. Sometimes I'll catch the end of Tweety's show, but he's become such a Trump apologist now, I don't seek him out.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. I didn't think of that. Great point.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

13. Have you watched him lately?

He has been very anti-Trump ever since he accused PBO of wiretapping him. Tweety adores PBO.

[mopinko]

14. makes me turn on cnn

which i dont usually watch. these days i feel compelled to turn on the news when i get up in the morning to see if it is safe to get out of bad.
i leave it on for background noise, but when i see her, i hit the button as fast as i can. turn it back to see chris.

[C_U_L8R]

10. MSNBC already has some amazing talent.

What a Joy it would be if they gave them a shot.

[world wide wally]

11. I watch her on MSNBC as often as I watched her on Fox...

Exactly never

[NurseJackie]

15. Bad ratings because nobody can understand her mumbling and syllable-skipping?

Bah' ra'ings 'cause no'e can u'rstan' her mum-ling and sibl-ski'ng?

Go figure.

Poor thing, she's probably better suited as a writer.