Some might say that those two struggling cable newswers would use some new blood--from the likes of Howie Mandel--but in truth, what MSNBC and CNBC need are compelling and non-condescending news packages, presented in a fair-and-balanced way. And yet it seems that NBC would rather cut back than change its basic we-liberals-know-best style. That's the conclusion one draws from this excellent piece, headlined, "Cost-cutting NBC counting on game shows to revive its fortunes," by Charlie McCollum, writing in The San Jose Mercury-News. McCollum politely refers to the "faltering" MSNBC. Of course it's faltering--because nobody watches!
But overall, how bad are things at NBC? McCollum records Jay Leno quipping about his own network on "The Tonight Show" last week: "Things are so bad... our interns are calling Mark Foley, looking for work."
