Comcast cuts MSNBC

Comcast makes Storer look passable in comparison, don't they?

It's hard to claim that all the cable news and commentary channels don't lean to the right to at least some degree, but everyone knows Fox News Channel is the leader in right-wing cable commentary. Despite MSNBC's overall conservative lean, at least MSNBC has a few progressive commentators.

For years, I've been subjected to a right-wing plen-T-plaint that claims Fox News Channel is on fewer cable systems than CNN or MSNBC despite receiving higher ratings. This I doubt. For starts, a string of motels in the Midwest removed CNN but kept Faux, so I strongly doubt that CNN is on more systems than Pox. For another thing, I've yet to see any ratings that show Fox beating CNN. If the ratings show this, it's probably because they're skewed or because there's such a small sample size. (Recently there was a thread on a radio board about a county in Kentucky where the top-rated radio station is one you can't even pick up. That shows how accurate rating surveys are.)

Now the yeezlypops at the wretched Comcast are removing MSNBC but keeping Fox News Channel. In some Comcast markets (if not all), Comcast has removed MSNBC from its basic cable tier - but Faux remains.

Conservatives are complaining about Fox being on fewer cable systems than its competitors, even though the largest cable company in America has removed competitors from basic cable and kept Fox?

Gee, no bias at Comcast, huh? (That's sarcasm!)

Today, almost all cable systems in the U.S. are monopolies awarded by local governments. And we all know which party's held the purse strings for 28 years, so that's part of the problem right there.

(Source: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/23/113123/31/785/676531)