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spudspud

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11. Might as well call it MS WUT.

Reply to CousinIT (Original post)

Mon Aug 18, 2025, 11:39 AM

Aug 18

Mainstream Wut? news. Everytime they report on breaking news, a guy pops in from the side screen yelling "Say wutt?!?"

And who came up with that full form My Source News Opinion World?? LOL. Sounds like a bad translation of a Japanese news outlet. Like "私の情報世界のニュースと意見" should be "My Information: World News and Opinions" but someone butchers it with Engrish to My Source News Opinion World."

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MSNBC is becoming 'My Source News Opinion World' [View all] CousinIT Aug 18 OP

When MSNBC first came on the air, my mother got hooked on it. BumRushDaShow Aug 18 #1

Actually, I wonder if 'Microwave' may have been a better name than ... CousinIT Aug 18 #2

This new "name" is about as antithetical to any type of "smart branding" as can be. BumRushDaShow Aug 18 #3

Yeah, it seems like one of their pre-teen kids thought it up. CousinIT Aug 18 #4

I never started watching them until Rachel was a regular FakeNoose Aug 18 #5

I have watched them since their inception BumRushDaShow Aug 18 #6

That's when I first started watching too Bayard Aug 18 #13

This message was self-deleted by its author Bayard Aug 18 #14

Still corporate LatteLady Aug 18 #7

This is what happens C_U_L8R Aug 18 #8

Ah, opinions of news instead of real news. sinkingfeeling Aug 18 #9

Exactly... ultralite001 Aug 18 #15

I don't care what it's called as long as they keep the hosts we all like. Vinca Aug 18 #10

Might as well call it MS WUT. spudspud Aug 18 #11

A big huge MS_TAKE C_U_L8R Aug 18 #12

The MAGAGOONS will call it: CousinIT Aug 18 #16

They're branding objective journalism as "opinion" Mysterian Aug 18 #17

That's why Chump is constantly saying "fake news" - usually with a big smile FakeNoose Aug 18 #19

What deranged crack-head came up with that bagimin Aug 18 #18

AFTER a review by forum hosts LOCKING Omaha Steve Aug 18 #20