Even MAtthews when he's on his Meds, cause he's great at dismantling Trump surrogates

On the denial of assault, which led to victims' coming forward to show Trump as the liar and predator that he is.

I also like Joe Johns on CNN, Steve Schmidt, Malcolm Nance, John Dean, and Howard Dean.

I particularly like Lawrence and Joy. I love Joy for being what I consider Bad Ass, she doesn't put up with talking heads rambling and not answering questions.

It has its bad moments, but I feel I can trust everything I get from them.

Maddow, Lawrence, Katy Tur, Howard Dean (as a pundit), and JOY REID!!! Steve Schmidt gets an honorable mention - at least for now. But he's still a republi-CON so I don't entirely trust him.

I neither watch nor listen to any kind of "news" or political talk on the radio or teevee.

I made that decision about the radio when Rush Limbaugh appeared on national radio in the 80s. I did the same for teevee when I divorced my last husband in 2000, and no longer had to have his "news" shows on in my home.

I haven't missed them; any of them. I read news, so I know what's going on in the world. I screen all the news I read for bias, and filter it out.

I have neither favorites nor "most hated," because I don't give any of them a voice in my life.

I am always a little surprised when I realize that people on DU continue to watch the crap called "News".

I lasted a little longer than you did -- I turned off the TV right after Jon Stewart killed CNN's Crossfire in 2004. I haven't looked back.

And I know better, yet it never fails to confuse me.

My first thought is always, "Why do people watch if they don't like it?" And then I realize that the national addiction isn't reserved for the right-wing only; the masses want to be told what to think, and they want to hear people reinforce their own point of view, and they want to "win" the argument. The issues, and the positions, themselves are beside the point.

plus he's an Atheist.

I admit to being a voracious consumer of news, though.

I read the news: New York Times (I pay for it), both local papers (Detroit Free Press and Detroit News which are generally opposite each other politically). I also read major-city newspapers around the country to the extent that I can access their content for free, and foreign sources such as the BBC, Reuters, and Al-Jazeera when it comes to international news.

I also listen to Podcasts. My favorite is Bill Moyers, who I just adore.

As far as talk radio, my new favorite is Joe Madison The Black Eagle on Sirius XM, who has been around a good while but I discovered (at long last!) during the Democratic convention. He gets me fired up and also offers an African American perspective on the issues that many people never get to hear.

I also think Nicole Wallace is level-headed and worth listening to

There are a lot, actually

Bill Moyers, Lawrence O'Donnell...

Not the high brow stuff but exceptionally funny & has some very good guests.

Free Speach TV 6 am - 9 am wst.

Thom Hartman after that. Rachel is lost in the weeds IMHO-we need the likes of KO again. Lesson learned the handlers won't allow it.

As long as news etc... are "for profit" then we have a basic conflict of intrests.

The fairness doctorine being re-instated would be a start.

Commercialism gives, at minimum, an appearance of conflict of interest and in many cases a fairly obvious pandering for ratings and appeal to the lowest common denominator.

That leaves NPR. Sadly, that has dumbed down tremendously in recent years, but is still the best source of mostly unbiased news out there. BBC too, if you can get it.

Read widely, especially from sources you disagree with (though avoid the obvious loonies) so as to challenge your own views and biases and avoid winding up in echo chambers, is all I can say.

I read. I also don't rail against the media. I think there may be a connection.

really wish Ed Schultz was still in the main. He was the only one that talked about labor.

n/t

Joy Reid. Joy Reid. Joy Reid. Joy Reid.

Did I mention Joy Reid?

I also like Katy Tur, Chris Hayes, Rachel Maddow, and Tamron Hall. Steve Schmidt has his good moments, for a Republican. And Elyse Jordan, though she's Republican, is honest about how horrible Trump is.

ETA: I forgot to add Lawrence O'Donnell.

... by commercial breaks every few minutes.

NPR is a good source.

Meanwhile, FOX makes people less informed than people who don't watch any of them!
http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/01/30/does_watching_fox_news_make_you_less_informed.html

have discussions with ideas that can't be expressed in an itty bitty segment..

... show Hayes reminding viewers what's next, and then they immediately break to commercials again.

It happens on other MSNBC shows too, but it seems more frequent with Hayes.

I also hate being toyed by "coming up next" on those shows, only for the segment to be covered at the very end. At least Maddow told her viewers the other night that a particular story would be shown at the END of her show, so I appreciated her honesty about it.

I'll second Katy Tur.

Andy Borowitz.

with all of Fox news.