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SHRED

(28,136 posts)
Sat May 25, 2019, 01:30 AM May 2019

I've cut way back on my MSNBC watching/listening

Tired of my hopes getting lifted up then smashed.

Each new revelation about this heinous administration at one time gave me hope something would give. Something would break.
Something would be done.

Now the only thing that breaks is my hope that anything will be done.

The mainstream can just go to hell for all I care.

They love to play us for suckers.

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I've cut way back on my MSNBC watching/listening (Original Post) SHRED May 2019 OP
Same here. roamer65 May 2019 #1
Same with me, though I did the same thing during the campaign Rhiannon12866 May 2019 #2
That's virtually all they talk about SHRED May 2019 #3
Many sound so surprised all over again each time Meowmee May 2019 #6
I cut the cable before the '16 election cycle pecosbob May 2019 #4
It's too bad the MSM cannot have a SUMMIT SoCalDem May 2019 #5
Yep. Stopped w watching too. Much better off dem4decades May 2019 #7
I believed all along oswaldactedalone May 2019 #14
I got sick & tired of them weeks ago Raine May 2019 #8
Stop hoping something will happen and start trying to make something happen struggle4progress May 2019 #9
Thank you! StarfishSaver May 2019 #15
Excellent! Sherman A1 May 2019 #10
just watching "Dateline" and MSNBC cut in to show Trump in Japan. SleeplessinSoCal May 2019 #11
Cut the Cord CDerekGo May 2019 #12
6 years here ChubbyStar May 2019 #13
2020 is coming... zanana1 May 2019 #16

roamer65

(37,974 posts)
1. Same here.
Sat May 25, 2019, 01:38 AM
May 2019

I’m getting sick of hearing about Dump all of the time. I get furious if I listen too much.

I listen to about an hour and that’s it.

Rhiannon12866

(258,877 posts)
2. Same with me, though I did the same thing during the campaign
Sat May 25, 2019, 01:42 AM
May 2019

I kept waiting until it was over so I'd never have to see or hear Trump again!

Meowmee

(9,212 posts)
6. Many sound so surprised all over again each time
Sat May 25, 2019, 02:48 AM
May 2019

He does the same thing over too😳 can we just say he is nuts now?

pecosbob

(8,494 posts)
4. I cut the cable before the '16 election cycle
Sat May 25, 2019, 01:58 AM
May 2019

Guess that's why I felt my arm was cut off when DU went down. Even then was only occasionally watching Maddow, as even while the network put on all those ostensible Dem-friendly commentators, they never stopped their practice of allowing conservative panelists to frame the narrative and dominate the discussion, buying right into each coded, scripted phrase the hacks regurgitated in unison from show to show to show.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
5. It's too bad the MSM cannot have a SUMMIT
Sat May 25, 2019, 02:17 AM
May 2019

and decide that they will show ZERO coverage of DT, live or otherwise, and they will only report the LIES he tells..let the only "coverage" of him be on TRUMP-TV (FOX)..
There is plenty to discuss.. They should be telling people how the government actually "works" and to tell us more about SCOTUS and all the nefarious backstory stuff.And we need a LOT more international knowledge.

There should be ZERO "conservos" on anything but Fox..
They are given credibility for their bullshit notions every time they are on "normal" tv..

Let them all stay corralled in their bubble..

dem4decades

(14,384 posts)
7. Yep. Stopped w watching too. Much better off
Sat May 25, 2019, 03:04 AM
May 2019

I watched all the time before the Mueller report actually thinking he was going to do something. What a dope i was, now i just don't watch
MSNBC's ratings must be way down, who could watch this crap anymore?

oswaldactedalone

(3,605 posts)
14. I believed all along
Sat May 25, 2019, 05:59 AM
May 2019

it would be Fitzmas. Kept watching hoping to be proven wrong but gave up after Mueller threw in the towel. Haven’t watched since and don’t plan to.

Raine

(31,237 posts)
8. I got sick & tired of them weeks ago
Sat May 25, 2019, 03:39 AM
May 2019

and quit watching them. I don't think they know what they're talking about, they're clueless and just saying what they think viewers want to hear.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
10. Excellent!
Sat May 25, 2019, 03:59 AM
May 2019

I figured out the Cable News (Noise) Game a couple of elections ago and simply gave up on them completely. They are occasionally useful for a few minutes of major event (Notre Dame Fire, Natural Disaster, etc) video and coverage but for the most part it's simply 24/7 Breathless, Breaking Noise filling airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.

SleeplessinSoCal

(10,439 posts)
11. just watching "Dateline" and MSNBC cut in to show Trump in Japan.
Sat May 25, 2019, 04:18 AM
May 2019

Fortunately there are two other Datelines airing at the same time.

CDerekGo

(507 posts)
12. Cut the Cord
Sat May 25, 2019, 04:48 AM
May 2019

I cut the Cable Cord over 3 years ago. Working from 6:30am till 6:30pm, to come home, flip through 130 channels turn off my brand new $300 55" television because there's nothing but 'reality' shows on any longer, then receive my Cable Bill,and it's more expensive than my electric bill?!! Uh, no thanks. Hi-speed wireless only, I've had Amazon Prime last 2 years, but when I noticed they've jacked it up another $30 annually, ditched that as well. I like watching movies. I'll subscribe to Netflix next time they have a subscriber special. When I want 'NEWS' I'll go read it online. Just subscribed to NY Times and Washington Post. Forget these Cable Shows that feel that they have to keep you dangling between commercial breaks. They have bills to pay as well. Love me some Rachel Maddow, but even that show gets tiresome after a few months.

zanana1

(6,530 posts)
16. 2020 is coming...
Sat May 25, 2019, 07:50 AM
May 2019

I'm in NH, so I can meet alot of the candidates. My girl Elizabeth Warren had a house party recently. She's a really interesting person. She's my pick!

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