MSNBC
E25906
MSNBC is a U.S.-based cable news and opinion television network known for its liberal-leaning political coverage and analysis.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| MSNBC canonical | 66 |
| MSNBC Live | 1 |
| MSNBC cable news channel | 1 |
| MSNBC news music packages | 1 |
| MSNBC news programming | 1 |
| MSNBC programs | 1 |
| MSNBC: The Site | 1 |
| https://www.msnbc.com | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T202908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MSNBC Context triple: [Irin Carmon, employer, MSNBC]
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A.
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel is a major American cable television news network known for its conservative-leaning commentary and wide influence on U.S. political discourse.
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B.
CNN
CNN is a major American cable news television channel known for pioneering 24-hour news coverage and live reporting from global events.
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C.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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D.
ABC News
ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, providing television, digital, and radio news coverage in the United States and internationally.
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E.
HLN
HLN is an American cable news channel, originally launched as CNN Headline News, that focuses on concise news updates and true-crime programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: MSNBC Target entity description: MSNBC is a U.S.-based cable news and opinion television network known for its liberal-leaning political coverage and analysis.
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A.
Fox News Channel
Fox News Channel is a major American cable television news network known for its conservative-leaning commentary and wide influence on U.S. political discourse.
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B.
CNN
CNN is a major American cable news television channel known for pioneering 24-hour news coverage and live reporting from global events.
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C.
NBC
NBC is a major American broadcast television network known for its nationwide programming, including news, sports, and entertainment.
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D.
ABC News
ABC News is the news division of the American Broadcasting Company, providing television, digital, and radio news coverage in the United States and internationally.
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E.
HLN
HLN is an American cable news channel, originally launched as CNN Headline News, that focuses on concise news updates and true-crime programming.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cable news channel
ⓘ
news organization ⓘ television network ⓘ |
| availableOn |
cable television
ⓘ
internet streaming ⓘ satellite television ⓘ |
| broadcastArea |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
worldwide (via satellite and internet) ⓘ |
| city | New York City ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| focusesOn |
U.S. politics
ⓘ
breaking news ⓘ political analysis ⓘ |
| formerName |
MSNBC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
MSNBC: The Site
|
| founded | 1996 ⓘ |
| founder |
Microsoft
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ |
| genre |
news
ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ talk show ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
RCA Building
ⓘ
surface form:
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York City ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| launchDate | 1996-07-15 ⓘ |
| majorCompetitor |
CNN
ⓘ
Fox News Channel ⓘ |
| networkType |
cable television network
ⓘ
satellite television network ⓘ |
| notableProgram |
All In with Chris Hayes
ⓘ
Morning Joe ⓘ The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell ⓘ The Rachel Maddow Show ⓘ |
| owner |
NBCUniversal
ⓘ
surface form:
NBCUniversal News Group
|
| parentCompany |
Comcast
ⓘ
NBCUniversal ⓘ |
| pictureFormat |
1080i HDTV
ⓘ
480i SDTV ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment |
liberal
ⓘ
progressive ⓘ |
| sisterChannel |
CNBC
ⓘ
NBC ⓘ NBC ⓘ
surface form:
NBC News
NBC News Now ⓘ |
| slogan |
Lean Forward
ⓘ
The Place for Politics ⓘ This is who we are ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| streamingService | Peacock ⓘ |
| targetAudience | U.S. adults interested in politics ⓘ |
| website |
MSNBC
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
https://www.msnbc.com
|
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: MSNBC Description of subject: MSNBC is a U.S.-based cable news and opinion television network known for its liberal-leaning political coverage and analysis.
Referenced by (73)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
MSNBC: The Site
this entity surface form:
MSNBC Live
this entity surface form:
MSNBC cable news channel
this entity surface form:
MSNBC news programming
subject surface form:
Dean Scream
this entity surface form:
MSNBC news music packages