MSNBC conflict of interest web article
MSNBC writer just happens to use Comcast as example of company wronged by Twitter
Here is a post on the Big Money section of the MSNBC web site. which claims to be about companies that make the best use of Twitter. It rambles on for a bit about how they chose 12 companies to focus on setting up an expectation of graphs and numbers and other such wonkish delights.
The numbers never really appear but eventually we get a section on Twitters recommended user function, where Twitter are, in effect, giving their seal of approval to certain accounts and the apparently arbitrary nature of the whole process. OK, the writer may have a point, addition to the list can literally make a seven figure difference in the amount of followers that a company or individual will garner. Still pretty wonkish stuff.
But then we get to this:
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Comcast to take over NBC? apparently C…
Comcast to take over NBC?
apparently Comcast are on the verge of gaining a majority share in NBC and all of it’s cable interests.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/11/15/nbc-broadcast-pioneer-pre_n_358302.html
Something about the owners of the content and the owners of the means of delivery being one and the same makes little alarms go off in my head. Would Comcast have control over content? Will Olbermann and Maddow still have shows on MSNBC? Lots of questions
Stewart and why bobbleheads should worry.
The Kramer stupidity tour is now well underway and Jon Stewart has noticed. From the Queen Ariana Huffington Post:
After Tuesday night’s “Daily Show,” Jim Cramer just may be regretting his sarcastic response – “A comedian’s attacking me! Wow! He runs a variety show!” – to Jon Stewart’s criticism.
Almost as biting as his original video montage critique of CNBC, Stewart unleashed an epic attack on Cramer and the whole NBC family for using their various networks as a platform for Cramer’s rebuttal.
Stewart repeatedly showed Cramer making absurd and ridiculous noises while hosting his show, “Mad Money,” highlighting the remarkable similarities between the program and a wacky variety show.
Here is the video of the whole show. The pertinent part is at the beginning