For Solace and Solidarity in the Trump Age, Liberals Turn the TV Back On

There is a new safe space for liberals in the age of President Trump: the television set.

Left-leaning MSNBC, after flailing at the end of the Obama years, has edged CNN in prime time. Stephen Colbert’s openly anti-Trump “Late Show” is beating Jimmy Fallon’s “Tonight” for the first time. Bill Maher’s HBO flock has grown nearly 50 percent since last year’s presidential primaries, and “The Daily Show” has registered its best ratings since Jon Stewart left in 2015.

Traditional television, a medium considered so last century, has watched audiences drift away for the better part of a decade. Now rattled liberals are surging back, seeking catharsis, solidarity and relief.

“When Obama was in office, I felt like things were going O.K.,” Jerry Brumleve, 58, a retiree from Louisville, Ky., said last week as he stood in line for a “Daily Show” taping in Manhattan.

These days, he is a newfound devotee of Rachel Maddow of MSNBC — “She’s always talking about the Russians!” his wife, Yvonne, chimed in — and believes Mr. Stewart’s successor, Trevor Noah, has finally “hit his stride.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/12/business/trump-television-ratings-liberals.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region&region=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0

I won't be joining the masses to "turn the TV back on"

It was a disgrace their double standard coverage during the election, and by their distortion, they helped propel trump into the WH.

11 days before the election when Comey sent a letter to the republicans in Congress, it was MSNBC that was the first to report that "the FBI had reopened the email investigation". THAT WAS A LIE. They then proceeded to parade every right wing politician across their screen perpetuating that LIE. A little over an hour the other networks joined suit with the same LIE.

A few days later when thing started to quiet down, Bret Baier from fox news reported "from his sources within the FBI an indictment was pending against the Clinton Foundation". THAT WAS A LIE. Again other news outlets picked up that story without hesitation.

48 hours later Bret Baier came out and said he was mistaken and no indictment was pending, and apologized for putting out incorrect information. Good ole Rachel was so impressed with Bret Baier's apology, she was gushing all over his actions, "what a courageous thing to do, everyone makes mistakes, etc. etc. etc."

On November 9th I downgraded my service so CNN, MSNBC, fox, and CNBC no longer come into my house.