MSNBC Audio Snafu Turns Off Viewers

“MSNBC lost all audio for 45 minutes during the 8am hour on Friday,” an e-mailer notes. “It was a technical issue on feed to cable heads.”

And the ratings reflect it: most viewers changed the channel when MSNBC lost audio. The 7am hour of Morning Joe delivered 224,000 viewers, including 52,000 in the demo, but the 8am hour averaged only 86,000, with just 9,000 in the demo…

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