Quote: contrary do exist; and in disturbing numbers.
vast herd of independent thinkers who all think exactly the same as the hosts at MSNBC.
I assume you're referring to Joe Scarborough and Pat Buchannon (and before them Michael Savage, Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham). Yep, they, and plenty of other conservatives are or were all MSNBC hosts/contributors. While MSNBC presents something rare (a liberal opinion network) unlike the competition they have/had lots of conservatives with their own shows as well.
Oh, you must mean those fair and balanced folks like: Christina Brown, Dara Brown, Mika Brzezinski, Willie Geist, Chris Jansing, Savannah Guthrie, Tamron Hall, Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, Craig Melvin, Andrea Mitchell, JJ Ramberg, Dylan Ratigan, Milissa Rehberger, Joe Scarborough, Ed Schultz, Chuck Todd & Alex Witt. With the exception of Joe Scarborough I know of none of them that is not a raving leftist, and he is no kind of conservative. Throw in Keith Olbermann while you're at it. Any commentator who might give an alternative view was tossed out years ago.
MSNBC Rare? You are certainly joking. ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN & PBS long ago declared war on conservatives. They may each have a pet semi-conservative but they are routinely put on a panel with 3 to 5 lefties. To call those networks anything other than apologists for the left is nonsense.
We all like to think of ourselves as rugged individualists. But when push comes to shove most of us are sheep who do what we are told. Worst of all, a lot of us become unpaid agents of whoever is controlling the agenda by enforcing the current dogma on the few rugged individualists who actually exist.