Jerry Nachman, MSNBC Editor-In-Chief, Dies at 57

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Jan. 20 — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Award-winning newsman Jerry Nachman, the editor-in-chief of cable television network MSNBC and a former chief editor of the New York Post, has died of cancer, MSNBC said on Tuesday. He was 57.

MSNBC used to have two things going for it -- Nachman and Phil Donahue, two very outspoken guys in a format that doesn't encourage controversial opinion (except in a cartoonish Bill O'Reilly way) and generally looks down on dissent of any kind. Donahue got canned and Nachman died. When MSNBC started to become more headline-oriented and focused on celebrities, Jerry Nachman actually apologized on his show and said he'd been fighting to keep that from happening. Bold move -- but the network would have taken a shitload of flak if they fired him. He was very well-respected.

― bent fabric (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 00:10 (twenty-two years ago)

haha phil donahue, the show with pozner was some of the worst television ever.

― keith m (keithmcl), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 04:14 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, donahue's msnbc show at its worst was like a bleeding-heart springer, but i still admire him for giving a shit.

― bent fabric (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 21 January 2004 04:19 (twenty-two years ago)

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