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Back to episode — Episode 2763 CWSA 02/27/25

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ere's my favorite story. I like to have at least one story that I can really sink my teeth in. And here's an example that clarifies my last point. I'm going to give you a spin on something. Oh, we used to use that word, right? A spin. I'm going to call it a reframe. I'm going to reframe something. And when you see it you're going to laugh because you didn't see it already. You ready for this? Wha…

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total message for weeks and weeks and weeks? Right? Right. Now here's the fun part. This is where the Dilbert filter comes in. They're doing massive reorganization and cost cutting at MSNBC at the same time they're DOGEing themselves, at the same time they're criticizing Elon Musk's DOGE.

Now here's the fun part. They say that the real DOGE is causing chaos. Morale is bad. There's confusion. The communication is not sufficient. Let me ask you this. If you could find one of their fired staff members who just got fired in this big reorganization, what do you think they would say about how MSNBC is handling their own little DOGE? Do you think they'd say, you know, unlike the government, they communicated so well, they led with empathy, there was no chaos whatsoever, and the morale was still high even while we were getting fired? What do you think? And so I challenge the independent voices: see if you can find even one staff member who got fired or doesn't know where they're going to end up. Now if they're still with the company they're not going to talk. But if you can find somebody that is fired who's a little bit disgruntled, why don't you ask them if their experience is exactly what Rachel Maddow is criticizing the big DOGE of doing? Because it is. So they're exactly in the middle of their own little DOGE. Because if you've lived in the real world for a minute and a half, you know that nobody can do as extensive changes as MSNBC is trying to do. They're getting rid of—they just cut Rachel Maddow's staff after she complained about them being racist. Do you think there's any chaos? Do you think the morale is just terrific, that they're so happy that the staff got cut? Well, this couldn't be more perfect. So that's my challenge. Find me that staff member because they're going to have something to say about the MSNBC firings.

Meanwhile, the White House has ejected—according to the Post Millennial, Hayden Cunningham is writing—that the White House is ejecting the H

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uffington Post and Reuters and some foreign press from the cabinet meeting. Now imagine working for the Huffington Post and your organization has spent 10 years just absolutely defecating on every Republican that has ever lived and especially on Trump. And then they would be insulted that they're rejected? Yeah, what did they expect? If you're a non-stop right-crapping group, of course you're goin…

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