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Snotcicles

(9,089 posts) Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:15 PM Jul 2018

Has anyone else noticed when watching MSNBC,

on almost every show when they have men and women guests on together they ask a male guest the first question? Or am I wrong?

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Has anyone else noticed when watching MSNBC, (Original Post) Snotcicles Jul 2018 OP

lol, "Michelle, your thoughts?" greyl Jul 2018 #1

Not to nit pick but I've been observing lately. nt Snotcicles Jul 2018 #6

Keep records over the next week and tally it up. nt greyl Jul 2018 #10

He opened with George Will by the way. nt Snotcicles Jul 2018 #12

I guess you weren't observing when I was, greyl Jul 2018 #13

Hummm...... mitch96 Jul 2018 #15

I don't know I usually watch between 6 and 11 pm. nt Snotcicles Jul 2018 #16

Sometimes I think it is selection based on background & thus the best focus for the initial question hlthe2b Jul 2018 #2

No dem4decades Jul 2018 #3

You're wrong maxsolomon Jul 2018 #4

He and Rachel are a lot better. nt Snotcicles Jul 2018 #8

I watch different shows Quemado Jul 2018 #5

Maybe they should flip a coin. yortsed snacilbuper Jul 2018 #7

I haven't noticed that. madaboutharry Jul 2018 #9

I do notice MSNBC is awfully heavy on "reformed" Republicans. Do Democrats not have people? Midnight Writer Jul 2018 #11

I only stream the audio. rickford66 Jul 2018 #14

greyl

(22,990 posts)

1. lol, "Michelle, your thoughts?"

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:17 PM

Jul 2018

Ari's first question just now.

Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)

6. Not to nit pick but I've been observing lately. nt

Reply to greyl (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:20 PM

Jul 2018

greyl

(22,990 posts)

10. Keep records over the next week and tally it up. nt

Reply to Snotcicles (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:24 PM

Jul 2018

Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)

12. He opened with George Will by the way. nt

Reply to greyl (Reply #10)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:25 PM

Jul 2018

greyl

(22,990 posts)

13. I guess you weren't observing when I was,

Reply to Snotcicles (Reply #12)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:26 PM

Jul 2018

Seconds before I posted, seconds after reading your OP. Michelle was first after the video segment.

mitch96

(13,926 posts)

15. Hummm......

Reply to Snotcicles (Reply #6)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 08:18 PM

Jul 2018

Does Tur and Reid lead with the guy??
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Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)

16. I don't know I usually watch between 6 and 11 pm. nt

Reply to mitch96 (Reply #15)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 09:57 PM

Jul 2018

hlthe2b

(102,383 posts)

2. Sometimes I think it is selection based on background & thus the best focus for the initial question

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:19 PM

Jul 2018

I'll have to watch more closely to see if there is a less defensible pattern.

dem4decades

(11,304 posts)

3. No

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:19 PM

Jul 2018

maxsolomon

(33,400 posts)

4. You're wrong

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:19 PM

Jul 2018

LO'D is particularly sensitive to that issue from what I've observed.

Snotcicles

(9,089 posts)

8. He and Rachel are a lot better. nt

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #4)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:21 PM

Jul 2018

Quemado

(1,262 posts)

5. I watch different shows

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:20 PM

Jul 2018

and I haven’t noticed this to be the case.

yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)

7. Maybe they should flip a coin.

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:21 PM

Jul 2018

madaboutharry

(40,224 posts)

9. I haven't noticed that.

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:23 PM

Jul 2018

When Jill Wine-Banks is on Lawrence O'Donnell, he always goes to her first.

Midnight Writer

(21,811 posts)

11. I do notice MSNBC is awfully heavy on "reformed" Republicans. Do Democrats not have people?

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 06:24 PM

Jul 2018

rickford66

(5,528 posts)

14. I only stream the audio.

Reply to Snotcicles (Original post)

Wed Jul 18, 2018, 07:58 PM

Jul 2018

I really notice how much some of the hosts talk over the panel. Not just Tweety.

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