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cally

(21,596 posts)
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 03:31 PM Jul 2016

MSNBC is unwatchable

I have been turning it off each time they focus on Trump for months. Now, I have just turned them off! The coverage is trying to create division, the commentary is repetitive and boring, democrats are not fairly represented, Rachel Maddow is silenced for the most part, Chris Hayes is non-existant, and rarely show the actual convention.

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MSNBC is unwatchable (Original Post) cally Jul 2016 OP
You just figuring that out? frankieallen Jul 2016 #1
Left them long ago. nt clarice Jul 2016 #2
Go to CSpan. No bullshit commentary there. DinahMoeHum Jul 2016 #3
C-SPAN has done some GREAT interviews of delegates on the floor of the convention. nt lady lib Jul 2016 #17
Yep. Watch CSpan and draw your own conclusions. Scuba Jul 2016 #19
not for me... chillfactor Jul 2016 #4
Who are they pumping. Dkc05 Jul 2016 #5
Not the same people who put Joe Scarborough on every morning.. NightWatcher Jul 2016 #6
Yes they searched out some nitwit "delegates" The_Casual_Observer Jul 2016 #7
a nitwit Motley13 Jul 2016 #26
The polls have Trump and Hillary nearly even. yallerdawg Jul 2016 #8
Their coverage is insulting, antagonistic to Democrats and Party Unity at this point stuffmatters Jul 2016 #9
i just saw some right wing asshole calling the convention 'total chaos' spanone Jul 2016 #10
MSNBC has fallen from a go-to source to a tiresome shouting match; it's gone from "lean forward" to Attorney in Texas Jul 2016 #11
Watch the convention speeches live on Youtube sarcasmo Jul 2016 #12
Rachel Maddow is silenced?? Hissyspit Jul 2016 #13
I meant her views and ideas cally Jul 2016 #16
Andrea Mitchell is downright DISGUSTING DFW Jul 2016 #14
That's embarrassing for MSNBC rockfordfile Jul 2016 #24
They have deteriorated seriously from what they once were. DFW Jul 2016 #28
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2016 #15
Welcome to the club. progressoid Jul 2016 #18
Right now, at the Dem convention, MSNBC is interviewing Jill Stein. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2016 #20
Uncensored, unbowdlerized live-stream is here! backscatter712 Jul 2016 #21
Many hours of comment on exactly the same news has been very boring for years HereSince1628 Jul 2016 #22
DirectTV channel 347 has a HD commentary free feed. RAFisher Jul 2016 #23
Trump equals ratings. That's the way it wil be to the election. kairos12 Jul 2016 #25
What will the concern trolls be saying tonight after their narrative was destroyed in one stroke lapucelle Jul 2016 #27
I'm rehabbing on C-SPAN tallahasseedem Jul 2016 #29
CSPAN BumRushDaShow Jul 2016 #30

DinahMoeHum

(21,812 posts)
3. Go to CSpan. No bullshit commentary there.
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 03:34 PM
Jul 2016

Comentators tend to forget that THEY are NOT the story - what's going on at the convention floor is the story.

chillfactor

(7,584 posts)
4. not for me...
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 03:36 PM
Jul 2016

the coverage for both conventions has been excellent. and by the way....Rachel and Chris come on later this afternoon and go until midnight.

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
7. Yes they searched out some nitwit "delegates"
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 03:42 PM
Jul 2016

- I have my doubts about them actually being delegates, that were Bernie supporters, they were given about 10 min each to express their sour opinions about Hillary. There were 3 of them, one after another non stop.

This was complete bullshit.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
8. The polls have Trump and Hillary nearly even.
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 03:46 PM
Jul 2016

The NBC family of networks has succeeded - the "Trump Network" has successfully promoted the "Presidential Apprentice" and voters actually believe this created celebrity with no qualifications or experience could function in the highest office in the land.

The trick is to keep this going until November 8th!

It could be worth millions if not billions in advertising dollars and promotional events!

spanone

(135,887 posts)
10. i just saw some right wing asshole calling the convention 'total chaos'
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:01 PM
Jul 2016

dream on fucker

p.s. he got no pushback

Attorney in Texas

(3,373 posts)
11. MSNBC has fallen from a go-to source to a tiresome shouting match; it's gone from "lean forward" to
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:09 PM
Jul 2016

"leave off."

Even Rachel has grown too repetitive and too talking-pointy to watch.

cally

(21,596 posts)
16. I meant her views and ideas
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:28 PM
Jul 2016

She rarely offers the progressive voice during convention coverage that she once might have. I'm glad you see something different becaus maybe the man who watch may get some progressive views.

DFW

(54,445 posts)
14. Andrea Mitchell is downright DISGUSTING
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 04:26 PM
Jul 2016

She might as well be taking her pointers from Chris Wallace. Grab a right wing point of view, and then pose questions that assume that the right wing point of view is fact. She might as well be working for Fox or the Washington Times.

Brian Williams isn't much better, and even openly Republican Steve Schmidt comes across as more unbiased than the NBC regulars. The MSNBC commentators' team has become Suzy Creamcheese inasmuch as someone needs to ask "what's got into ya?"

Response to cally (Original post)

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
22. Many hours of comment on exactly the same news has been very boring for years
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 05:30 PM
Jul 2016

Rachel Maddow is dreadful in how she has to introduce things 4 or 5 times before revealing them.

For a while I though ODonnel at least tried to work angles the others didn't, but often that's not true either.

lapucelle

(18,351 posts)
27. What will the concern trolls be saying tonight after their narrative was destroyed in one stroke
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 07:24 PM
Jul 2016

by the delegation from Vermont?

Maybe they can book HA Goodman.

BumRushDaShow

(129,565 posts)
30. CSPAN
Tue Jul 26, 2016, 07:27 PM
Jul 2016

Complete, gavel to gavel, uninterrupted coverage. No big heads bloviating. Just showing the convention as it unfolds.

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