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Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 02:53 PM Nov 2017

What the hell has happened to Richard Engels report On Assignmen?

He talked about the paradise papers and direct evidence of traitors colluding with the government. And criminal Russian oligarchs investing in Facebook and Twitter. I watched it last night on MSNBC and on the internet. Now it has been cut down from 43 minutes 10 seconds!
Has someone in the government strong-armed MSNBC?. This is very strange. I've been trying to get as many people as possible to watch this it's engrossing and very informational.

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What the hell has happened to Richard Engels report On Assignmen? (Original Post) Lint Head Nov 2017 OP
Commercials. milestogo Nov 2017 #1
come on, we cannot have the truth coming out. . . niyad Nov 2017 #2
Ads cut out JI7 Nov 2017 #3
Copyright. n/t demmiblue Nov 2017 #4
What are you talking about? jberryhill Nov 2017 #5
It was cut down from 43 minutes of video to 10 seconds of video. demmiblue Nov 2017 #6
Which video are you talking about jberryhill Nov 2017 #10
This does not show the in tire news program. Lint Head Nov 2017 #12
I was referring to the YouTube video that was posted here, not on the MSNBC website. demmiblue Nov 2017 #16
oh jberryhill Nov 2017 #19
Lol! My reply to you: demmiblue Nov 2017 #21
I think it happened around noon today. woodsprite Nov 2017 #26
I'm not asking why it's 43 minutes. All 60 Minutes television Lint Head Nov 2017 #9
I think the problem is that in the OP you said cut to 43 minutes 10 seconds mythology Nov 2017 #32
ICIJ it seems Journalism does exist. gordianot Nov 2017 #7
That IS weird. madamesilverspurs Nov 2017 #8
I did the same thing. I thought it was just my error. BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #11
I don't think this is just a copyright thing. This is too fishy. Lint Head Nov 2017 #14
I recorded it last night on my dvr. Ilsa Nov 2017 #13
You are lucky. It lays out the evidence. Wish I had dvr'd it also. Lint Head Nov 2017 #15
Rats. Tried to play it. It was church shooting coverage. Ilsa Nov 2017 #24
Wish I had DVR capability. madamesilverspurs Nov 2017 #23
Turns out it was all church shooting coverage. nt Ilsa Nov 2017 #25
Me too but then I deleted it after watching. Thankfully, I can recover recently deleted programming eleny Nov 2017 #27
You must be in a different time zone if it actually recorded for you. Ilsa Nov 2017 #29
I'm in Mountain time. It was recorded yesterday at 4 P.M. eleny Nov 2017 #31
Then you should only have the church shooting news recorded. Ilsa Nov 2017 #33
You're right - see my #37 response below eleny Nov 2017 #38
Odd. I tuned in and all I saw was church shooting. nt (also mtn time) blaze Nov 2017 #35
You're right eleny Nov 2017 #37
Pre-empted due to the most recent "griefgasm"...n/t SoCalDem Nov 2017 #17
Here is a 14 min excerpt of it. Dem_4_Life Nov 2017 #18
Asked Rachel Maddow about it in email. triron Nov 2017 #20
Does MSNBC controlling stockholder Brian Roberts feature in the Paradise Papers? FarCenter Nov 2017 #22
Glad someone posted the link earlier. I watched about 1/2 of it and got the general idea Freethinker65 Nov 2017 #28
Most people would not take the time to read millions of documents much less interpret their meaning. Lint Head Nov 2017 #36
Mass shooter porn Trumps Russia collusion news. sarcasmo Nov 2017 #30
I noticed that malaise Nov 2017 #34
Engel: So many people want 2 tune out, find all politics confusing/disturbing. Now not d time 4 that Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #39
Richard Engel #OnAssignment on Ross, Russia, Manafort and more. Full hr. MSNBC check it out: Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #40
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
5. What are you talking about?
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 02:58 PM
Nov 2017

"Now it has been cut down from 43 minutes 10 seconds!"

Are you asking why a one-hour television program has 43 minutes and 10 seconds of content, once the commercials are removed?

demmiblue

(36,853 posts)
6. It was cut down from 43 minutes of video to 10 seconds of video.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:05 PM
Nov 2017

The video was on YouTube. Copyright issues are why it is now 10 seconds long (it was not an official MSNBC video).

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
12. This does not show the in tire news program.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:13 PM
Nov 2017

There is much more evidence presented. Richard Engel has done a service. The people need to know what the hell is going on. The criminals will be indicted and arrested. Nothing in Richard Engels report is interfering with Robert Mueller. It was last night's show On Assignment. The show was a 60-minute report with 15 minutes of commercials. The details of what Richard Engel reported is important.

demmiblue

(36,853 posts)
16. I was referring to the YouTube video that was posted here, not on the MSNBC website.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:18 PM
Nov 2017

YouTube. Here is the thread from V&M:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017465370

The YouTube account does not have rights to the video, hence it is now 10 seconds and not 43 minutes. I thought I explained that, but...

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
19. oh
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:21 PM
Nov 2017

Your post, without that link, said "Now it has been cut down from 43 minutes 10 seconds" not "Now it has been cut down from 43 minutes to 10 seconds".

If MSNBC expects to air that program in an off-hours block again this week, then they are unlikely to put it up on their website yet.

demmiblue

(36,853 posts)
21. Lol! My reply to you:
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:27 PM
Nov 2017
It was cut down from 43 minutes of video to 10 seconds of video.

The video was on YouTube. Copyright issues are why it is now 10 seconds long (it was not an official MSNBC video).


I think you are mixing me up with the OP!

Yeah, they are not likely to air the whole thing (the last time I tried to watch his program online, MSNBC only had a portion of it.)

woodsprite

(11,915 posts)
26. I think it happened around noon today.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:13 PM
Nov 2017

I had started watching (about halfway through) this morning before work from the DU link, went home to pick it back up again at lunch, got another 10 min in and then it popped me to the YouTube main screen. When I tried to reload it, it was 10 sec. long.

I'm with you -- something fishy. I had just told hubby that Manafort et al are SOOOO SCREWED!

Wish I would have saved it

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
9. I'm not asking why it's 43 minutes. All 60 Minutes television
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:08 PM
Nov 2017

have advertisements. When any television program is shown on the net there are very few if any ads. There are usually approximately 15 minutes of advertisements on a news program. I think you missed the point. This needs to be seen by everyone that can see it. We need to stop arguing small points and get to the real points.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
32. I think the problem is that in the OP you said cut to 43 minutes 10 seconds
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:47 PM
Nov 2017

You seem to have meant cut from 43 minutes to 10 seconds. The answer as others have said is copyright.

gordianot

(15,238 posts)
7. ICIJ it seems Journalism does exist.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:06 PM
Nov 2017

I would be fairly certain that the secretive legislative committees are well aware of that information long before now. This is not information the public would choose to understand.

madamesilverspurs

(15,804 posts)
8. That IS weird.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:07 PM
Nov 2017

I'd saved it and shared it. Now it's down to 9 seconds, and it's nowhere to be found on MSNBC's site.

Got a feeling it might have pissed off more than a few people . . .


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BigmanPigman

(51,593 posts)
11. I did the same thing. I thought it was just my error.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:10 PM
Nov 2017

On the DU homepage (under videos) the clip has been cut too today.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
14. I don't think this is just a copyright thing. This is too fishy.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:14 PM
Nov 2017

I called MSNBC and sent an email asking what happened.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
24. Rats. Tried to play it. It was church shooting coverage.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:08 PM
Nov 2017

I'm set to record all RE shows, so I guess it did not replay last night after primetime.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
27. Me too but then I deleted it after watching. Thankfully, I can recover recently deleted programming
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:21 PM
Nov 2017

So I just restored it. This episode is something I need to watch again.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
29. You must be in a different time zone if it actually recorded for you.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:33 PM
Nov 2017

I'm eastern, and the 6pm showing was all church shooting. I tried watching it an hour ago and R.E. was not on.

eleny

(46,166 posts)
31. I'm in Mountain time. It was recorded yesterday at 4 P.M.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:40 PM
Nov 2017

I just checked the info about this episode and it's not going to air here again.

Ilsa

(61,695 posts)
33. Then you should only have the church shooting news recorded.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:55 PM
Nov 2017

That was on instead of RE's show, even it says "On Assignment."

eleny

(46,166 posts)
37. You're right
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 08:05 PM
Nov 2017

The other evening I watched a later re-airing of his broadcast and it was Engel reporting on the Paradise Papers. When I pulled back my deleted recording of the original airing I didn't bother to peek at it for content. Turns out that it's the one that was preempted by the shooting coverage. My mistake!

So I suppose there might not be a way to watch his show again unless MSNBC airs it again.

 

FarCenter

(19,429 posts)
22. Does MSNBC controlling stockholder Brian Roberts feature in the Paradise Papers?
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 03:31 PM
Nov 2017

I'd think anyone with $1.7 billion might have some squirreled away in a hidey hole?

Freethinker65

(10,022 posts)
28. Glad someone posted the link earlier. I watched about 1/2 of it and got the general idea
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 04:22 PM
Nov 2017

The information contained in the Paradise Papers is out there whether NBC allows an unedited version of Engels report on the net or not.

Lint Head

(15,064 posts)
36. Most people would not take the time to read millions of documents much less interpret their meaning.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:27 PM
Nov 2017

There are teams of people scouring through these documents. It would take one heck of an attention span for an individual to get through them much less understand them.

 

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)
39. Engel: So many people want 2 tune out, find all politics confusing/disturbing. Now not d time 4 that
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 10:07 PM
Nov 2017

So many people want to tune out, find all the politics confusing/disturbing. Now not the time for that #OnAssignment on air now @MSNBC





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