It's time to get connected

On this date in 1996, MSNBC, a 24-hour all-news network based in the United States, made its debut on cable TV and the Internet. It began as a partnership between Microsoft Corporation and NBC Universal. The news website included original stories and videos plus content from NBC News and other news partners. The first MSNBC slogan was "It's Time to Get Connected" and they regularly displayed e-mail addresses and phone numbers on the network to facilitate connecting with their viewers. There's a lot of competition for news these days and MSNBC is regularly up against CNN and Fox News. Network news services are generally full of controversy and challenges about bias. MSNBC is not exempt from it. All that aside, I think that in general it's great to have multiple sources of information about breaking news items--- each of these news networks generally offers ways for us to get better connected to current events and important issues and offers a variety of viewpoints.