
MSNBC
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MSNBC (stylized as msnbc) is an American basic cable and satellite channel that provides news coverage and political opinion on current events. It is owned by the NBCUniversal News Group.
MSNBC's Self-Proclaimed Progressive Bias
Beginning in the mid-2000s, MSNBC's opinion programming increasingly reflected its concept of political progressivism. In October 2010, it publicly acknowledged this with a marketing campaign it called "Lean Forward." Further, in September 2013, MSNBC launched its revamped official website under the tagline, "What Progressives Have Been Waiting For." Their current tagline is: "This is who we are.
Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, pleaded not guilty to charges in a New York courtroom on Monday. Mangione, 26, is accused of fatally shooting Thompson in midtown Manhattan on the morning of Dec. 4. Mangione was indicted by a New York City grand jury on 11 counts last week, including three counts of murder, two of which brand the shooting as “an act of terrorism.” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said at a news conference last Tuesday that the attack was a “frightening,...