One must have a heart of stone to read the death of MSNBC without laughing

From the New York Post

Panic engulfed MSNBC headquarters on Wednesday after parent company Comcast confirmed a massive spinoff of its cable properties — with a top executive even suggesting the left-leaning network may be forced to change its name.

Is it finally happening? Can one no longer espouse hard-core left-wing, self-righteous reporting and expect to get rich from it?

Hard to say. Even if the top MSNBC news readers get the ax, other left-wing media may snatch them up, though probably at more reasonable pay. It remains to be seen if Rachel Maddow would accept slumming it on a lower salary, say a paltry $25 million per annum compared with her present $30 million. After all, a gal has to maintain her standards and self-respect. Mingling with hoi polloi pulling in mere seven figure amounts may prove to be anathema to Ms Maddow.

To paraphrase, the likes of Rachel Maddow are different from you and me. Yes, they’ve got more money. Or as Bickerstaff’s father, quoting family friend Herman Westinghouse, liked to say: “the poor have their troubles as well as the rich.”