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Ventura Arrives on MSNBC (#1005)
Posted: 2/7/2003; 9:09 AM by Terry Frazier
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NYT says former wrestler/governor Jesse Ventura has signed a $2 million deal to host a program on MSNBC. The article also says Phil Donahue's show is near to being cancelled. This seems to reinforce the idea that the general public has lost its taste for sniveling whiners and is more interested in butt-kicking attitude. In any case, at least "The Body" is funny, something Donahue never figured out how to do.

[...] The arrival of Mr. Ventura to cable news, in the works for several months, was received throughout the industry as a symbol of the medium circa 2003. When the Fox News Channel first surged in prime time with boisterous and headstrong hosts like Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity, it was derided by competitors as the "World Wrestling Federation of television news." Now that Fox News is in first place, the others are trying to capture similar magic. [...]

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