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Nyan

(1,192 posts)
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:51 PM Mar 2016

MSNBC might as well be a Clinton strategy room.

After Bernie's Michigan win, I watched Rachel Maddow, Eugene Robinson, Chuck Todd, Brian Williams et al talking about Bernie's Michigan win for about 5 minutes (before I went "ugh..." and turned it off).

They reported Bernie's win with a sour face and low enthusiasm. The entire discussion was very low-key. And then they moved right on to what Clinton's strategy ought to be going forward where they brought up Sherrod Brown as her possible VP choice, because apparently, "people want Elizabeth Warren-type populist." What they don't seem to realize, however, is that he's not really a populist anymore if he's siding with the Clintons over Bernie.

They might as well be auditioning for the Clinton's strategist position. It looked like they were hoping that the Clintons might tune into them, think they're so smart, and give it a thought to Sherrod Brown VP pick.
They don't look like journalists. They look like Washington power-elite wannabes. It was a truly pathetic sight to watch.

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MSNBC might as well be a Clinton strategy room. (Original Post) Nyan Mar 2016 OP
The up-side is that hardly anybody watches MSNBC any more. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #1
They don't even try to hide it anymore. lob1 Mar 2016 #2
They are such parakeets... n/t Merryland Mar 2016 #3
Woof, woof! Throw a bone. Throw a bone, woof, woof! Kip Humphrey Mar 2016 #4
CNN Gwhittey Mar 2016 #5
yes jello Mar 2016 #6
Astute observations Depaysement Mar 2016 #7
They get the national spotlight to say whatever they want Cassiopeia Mar 2016 #8
I am watching RTTV Jenny_92808 Mar 2016 #9
Please please post if you find it! Wonderful! oldandhappy Mar 2016 #10

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,745 posts)
1. The up-side is that hardly anybody watches MSNBC any more.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:55 PM
Mar 2016

They've been circling the drain for quite awhile now.

lob1

(3,820 posts)
2. They don't even try to hide it anymore.
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 09:55 PM
Mar 2016

This morning they talked about Bernie's Mi. win, but were showing a clip of Hillary giving a speech.

jello

(33 posts)
6. yes
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:02 PM
Mar 2016

You got that right!! I have a journalism degree and practiced my skill for a time so I know a real journalist when I see and hear one. These so-called journalists on CNN and MSNBC sully the term journalist...they are just political hacks dressed up as journalists by the corporate media they work for...ugh!!

Depaysement

(1,835 posts)
7. Astute observations
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:06 PM
Mar 2016

They are Washington power-elite wannabes. They don't get that their wealth and haughtiness turn us off. They don't get that being a journalist isn't about strategizing or opining but about reporting the news to us.

At long last, they are propagandists, forcefeeding us the views of an unelected elite.

Cassiopeia

(2,603 posts)
8. They get the national spotlight to say whatever they want
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:11 PM
Mar 2016

without any pesky donation laws getting in the way.

If Bernie wins I would really like to see him fight to resurrect the fairness doctrine.

 

Jenny_92808

(1,342 posts)
9. I am watching RTTV
Wed Mar 9, 2016, 10:29 PM
Mar 2016

Larry King is on interviewing a British comic and is talking politics (USA citizen...can't remember his name) and he played a clip that I was half paying attention too until... I noticed that there were mourners in a graveyard approaching a tombstone and when they got there, I heard "Mainstream Media Has Met Its Maker" then they showed the tombstone and the name on it was MSNBC. I googled and checked youtube and I cannot find the video.

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