Even Ann Coulter Is an MSNBC Fan

[babylonsister]

https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-ann-coulter-is-an-msnbc-fan?ref=home

Even Ann Coulter Is an MSNBC Fan
MSNBC is thriving because viewers are tuning in for the play-by-play of what they hope will be Trump’s downfall. Even a certain one-time Trumpkin can’t get enough.
Lloyd Grove
05.04.18 9:49 PM ET


When MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace’s husband picks up the phone, he’s apt to greet callers with “Hello—The Resistance!”

“That’s just at home,” Wallace told The Daily Beast about lawyer and former diplomat Mark D. Wallace—like Nicolle, an ex-operative on behalf of Jeb and George W. Bush—who these days seems to be channeling the Donald Trump-averse ethos of the lately emergent cable outlet where his wife hosts a highly rated 4 p.m. program.

Nicolle Wallace, a self-described “former Republican,” has yet to claim official membership in The Resistance, but since well before the 45th president’s inauguration, MSNBC had already become a self-reinforcing safe space for viewers who are alarmed by the endless melodramas and ominous idiosyncrasies of Trump’s political persona.

“I think there’s incredible journalism that co-exists with outrage. We are sort of the news version of free-range chicken. We are walking around, pecking at the news, pecking at the rawness of what we’re living through.”

“I think we are being blunt and authentic in our coverage of this White House,” Wallace said about the channel on which she has hosted her own hour-long panel show, Deadline: White House, since last May.

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Surprisingly, one of MSNBC’s more loyal viewers is right-wing firebrand and anguished former Trump supporter Ann Coulter, who hate-watches the cable outlet when not tuning in to her favorite television show, HLN’s Forensic Files.

“The fun of MSNBC is that it’s a closed system, there’s no one who’s not on the same conspiracy theory page. So they get to make reckless charges all day long and the ones that don’t pan out are just quietly swept under the rug,” Coulter emailed The Daily Beast. “The conspiracies have gotten more heated in the Trump era — and these too are just quietly dropped when it turns out they were all out of their minds.”

An MSNBC spokesman declined to respond to Coulter’s impromptu TV review.

Chris Hayes, whose show All In launches MSNBC’s prime time at 8 p.m., attributes the channel’s current success in part to a combination of “reporting and voicyness”—i.e., the distinctive and occasionally quirky personalities of such colleagues as Katy Tur, Stephanie Ruhle, Ali Velshi, and Ari Melber.

“The general level of interest in politics in America is higher than it has been in a very long time… In the face of everything that is happening in the world, and they might feel scary or shocking, there is a desire for knowledge, a thirst for information, and a push toward depth.”

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. Jesus, so Ann Coulter also loves America????

Dennis 1998, paging Dennis 2018...

[PoorMonger]

2. I get sorta liking forensic files

But when it’s your favorite show... yikes

[quartz007]

6. I like forensic files! only 1/2 hour, and no fiction!

what's not to like?

[PoorMonger]

9. As I said I understand liking it.

Though I might be a little suspicious of anyone who considers it a favorite. Especially when that person is as hateful as Ann.

[quartz007]

10. Why I like shows such as Forensic files (FF)..

I don't have the patience to sit through hour long reality crime shows. FF is all done in 1/2 hour. And the depiction of characters in FF by actors is pretty good, and the bad guy always gets convicted in court. And I hate fiction. I honestly can't say it is my THE favorite show. That category belongs to American sports..all of them except boxing. But most good sport shows are on weekend afternoons only.

[IluvPitties]

11. One of my favorite shows ever.

And no, I am not a serial killer.

[Sherman A1]

3. One need remember that

Much of what we see on the Breathless 24/7 Cable Infotainment Noise Channels is simply “Schtick” and there to fill airtime.

[Hortensis]

8. Yes, and hate to agree with Coulter, but MSNBC

is mostly a closed system -- talking heads must run with the pack if they want to remain. They all know what's happened to those who contested the group line. Prime time shows are more intelligent and a bit less so, but still strongly governed by what can and cannot be said.

[Corgigal]

4. Guys,

Stop patting yourselves on the head. We just want truth, not outrage. Stop using us emotionally, because I prefer to make decisions based on facts when I can help it. I'm aware my emotions are involved in all aspects of decision making, but we Dems still want facts. Even ones not in the echo chamber. I can't make smart decisions if all you're doing is manipulating for commercial dollars.

Still don't trust Nicolle Wallace. She just wants a job, which is fine. She just wants the rich to be able to steal all the money, in a more comfortable narrative.

[emulatorloo]

5. Except Coulter is actually describing FOX.

Let me correct the quote:

“The fun of Fox News is that it’s a closed system, there’s no one who’s not on the same conspiracy theory page. So they get to make reckless charges all day long and the ones that don’t pan out are just quietly swept under the rug,” Coulter emailed The Daily Beast. “The conspiracies have gotten more heated in the Trump era — and these too are just quietly dropped when it turns out they were all out of their minds.”

MSNBC’s stuff can survive a fact check, they back their reporting up, and if they get something wrong they correct it. So Ann’s doing what she does best - lie and project.

[Cha]

12. Exactly, emulatorloo. She can't handle the facts.

Living in her own little warped bubble.

[FakeNoose]

13. I glad you said this

... because I was thinking the same thing. MSNBC vs. Faux News = no contest!

I'm sure Ann Coulter is bad-mouthing MSNBC because she would never be invited on there.

[nolabear]

7. Well bless her heart.

I couldn’t hate watch Fox if I tried.