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woolldog

(8,791 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 01:43 PM Jul 2016

Why is MSNBC now a conduit for GOP spin?

WTF do I have to listen to Hugh Hewitt go on and on about Hillary Clinton's lies, Benghazi, lying about emails etc? Why the hell does MSNBC think anyone of its viewer want to listen to this propgandist bullshit?
Fuck you MSNBC.

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Why is MSNBC now a conduit for GOP spin? (Original Post) woolldog Jul 2016 OP
No one ever calls him out on that crap radical noodle Jul 2016 #1
You don't employ someone as part of your bevy of everyday pundits stopbush Jul 2016 #5
What's more devious is their slow shift to the right to indoctinate Democrats with New Conservatism. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #14
Yep, turned them off just about the same time you posted this. nt fleabiscuit Jul 2016 #2
I can understand having Trump surrogates on. lapucelle Jul 2016 #3
Maybe because Joe Scarborough has the ear of Different Drummer Jul 2016 #4
The only person who is smart enough to stop them is Joy Reid. DURHAM D Jul 2016 #6
Lawrence ODonnel and Maddow and Hayes too woolldog Jul 2016 #7
Sorry but no. They are all passive. DURHAM D Jul 2016 #8
^^^This!!! DemonGoddess Jul 2016 #10
I missed Joy this morning. woolldog Jul 2016 #11
I agree with your passive statement. Those three "liberal lions" have been phoning it in TeamPooka Jul 2016 #20
A couple months ago, I watched Maddow, and they seemed pressured not to report an issue. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #15
I stopped watching for awhile and came back ailsagirl Jul 2016 #21
After the election in November Fox-lite/msnbc Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #9
Joy needs to interview that weirdo. Peregrine Took Jul 2016 #12
The Comcast owner is Uber GOP, having hosted some convention or gala years back. TheBlackAdder Jul 2016 #13
MSNBC is like Trump 24/7 toddwv Jul 2016 #16
They've been like that for a long time. I stopped watching a few elections ago. anamandujano Jul 2016 #17
i've stopped watching MSNBC. patsimp Jul 2016 #18
Except for Lawrence O'Donnell-- he's as acerbic as ever, IMO ailsagirl Jul 2016 #19
I thought they'd been pretty progressive-leaning this weekend. Gidney N Cloyd Jul 2016 #22

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
5. You don't employ someone as part of your bevy of everyday pundits
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 01:57 PM
Jul 2016

to shout them down. They are there to gain RW viewers for the network. Period.

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
14. What's more devious is their slow shift to the right to indoctinate Democrats with New Conservatism.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:33 PM
Jul 2016

lapucelle

(18,319 posts)
3. I can understand having Trump surrogates on.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 01:53 PM
Jul 2016

I can't understand why they don't challenge them about their distortions and false narratives.

Today I heard Assange claim that the hacked DNC emails proved that Hillary conspired with DWS and the DNC to rig the primaries. The interviewer didn't say a word.

DURHAM D

(32,611 posts)
8. Sorry but no. They are all passive.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:12 PM
Jul 2016

Did you watch Joy this morning? The three you mentioned need to take her Master Class in How to Shut Down BS.

TeamPooka

(24,254 posts)
20. I agree with your passive statement. Those three "liberal lions" have been phoning it in
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:56 PM
Jul 2016

all season.
Yeah there's outrage but just that no real indictment of Trump as a candidate.
they've been very accepting of his candidacy existing.

TheBlackAdder

(28,211 posts)
15. A couple months ago, I watched Maddow, and they seemed pressured not to report an issue.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:35 PM
Jul 2016

.


I can't remember what it was, but the filming was done in the back room, not on set.


.

ailsagirl

(22,899 posts)
21. I stopped watching for awhile and came back
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:58 PM
Jul 2016

Only to find that the politics there have shifted

BUT I think O'Donnell is the same as he always was

Else You Are Mad

(3,040 posts)
9. After the election in November Fox-lite/msnbc
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:12 PM
Jul 2016

Will lose most of its viewers. They never will gain the viewers of Fox like they are trying too and the remaining liberal viewers will stop watching.

toddwv

(2,830 posts)
16. MSNBC is like Trump 24/7
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 02:45 PM
Jul 2016

I don't watch it nearly as much as I used to.
Do I mind a dissenting opinion?
No.

Do I want to see every speech or tweet that Donald has ever made or is making?
Absolutely not.

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
17. They've been like that for a long time. I stopped watching a few elections ago.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 03:16 PM
Jul 2016

I can't remember the guy's name but when Hillary was working on healthcare for Bill, he brought out a huge graphic to show how full of red tape her system would be. It was bs but that was their meme to help defeat her.

Many years later, just days or weeks after 911, people were wondering what went wrong with all our safeguards that had always worked until that day, the same pansy brought out a similar graphic to show how complex our line of command or whatever was,, basically to curtail discussion or criticism of the people at the top who were supposedly keeping us safe.

I can still remember his stupid face.

Gidney N Cloyd

(19,847 posts)
22. I thought they'd been pretty progressive-leaning this weekend.
Sun Jul 31, 2016, 04:05 PM
Jul 2016

You can't just not have voices from the other side so you might as well bring on a brainless bag-o-dicks like Hewitt.

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