NBC News Reduces 1st Day of Impeachment to lacking "pizzazz"

[CousinIT]

Link to tweet

Analysis: The first two witnesses called Wednesday testified to President Trump's scheme, but lacked the pizzazz necessary to capture public attention.

This jackass pictured below is the author of the article (he's probably one of those who beats his wife or dog until their skull is split open and then claims it's "just a scratch". If the child-minded public needs "pizzazz" to give a rat fuck whether the President of the United States is committing impeachable offenses by bribing foreign leaders for dirt on his political opponents and gravely endangering national security, then the public needs to grow the fuck UP. I suspect, however, that Mr. Allen is projecting his OWN juvenile mindset onto the American public rather than doing any actual journalism:

[CousinIT]

1. to cap that..."lacking pizzazz" ...

... equals the Republicans' "bored" or "boring" to describe the hearings.

I suspect Allen is a Republican. He just used a different word to describe what the hearings mean to HIM. That ain't "journalism".

[hlthe2b]

2. Sounds like someone's 14 year old nephew after having been pulled off his video game and made

to write an essay on two hours of hearings he was required to watch.


This is on a par with Chuck Todd's disgraceful interview with Rand Paul last weekend.

[Funtatlaguy]

9. Over 40, straight, white, overweight....the GOP odds are good.

[sweetloukillbot]

14. What exactly does weight have to do with anything?

Only fat people vote Republican? Gonna start talking about how us fat people should be ashamed at how awful we take care of ourselves, and how you're just concerned about our health?

Jesus Christ. I didn't know that my weight was a marker of my political beliefs.

[Funtatlaguy]

15. Oh lord..I'm fat. Many Dems are fat too...I admit it.

[sweetloukillbot]

16. So are you a Republican then?

And if not, why did you decide to use that trait to prove he was a Republican?

[Funtatlaguy]

17. I don't know. Low blood sugar maybe. Sorry it offended you.

[sweetloukillbot]

23. Sorry - it's weight is one prejudice that is still "okay" with most people

I'm not ashamed of my weight, but I HATE hearing people judged because of their weight, especially since it's usually phrased as some sort of faux concern for them.
It's early, I haven't had my coffee yet, but that struck a nerve.

[onetexan]

3. One word: MALARKY

[C_U_L8R]

4. That's the Trump's talking point...

They can't argue the facts. They can't counter the witnessses. All they can say is it's boring. They are losing.

[mucifer]

32. Not if people watch and listen to the msm and don't watch the hearings

[unblock]

5. 1929: government's case questioned as police arrest al capone without incident

[samnsara]

6. it sure as hell kept MY attn....ok NOT as much as the Royal Wedding..but

...we didnt have to stop and stare at the tv screen to get the idea.....i could still get house work done and not miss any of it.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Yep. Needed to poop 💩 on the floor and call everyone nicknames.

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Jonathan Allen, formerly of Politico

He's so dopey he's rarely even booked on NBC's cable network, MSNBC. It's hard to understand how even got hired by NBC.

[beachbumbob]

10. must be confusing the process with a TV melodrama, there is no "gotcha" in real life

more indicative to how bad how media is and how far they will go to shield the elite class

[Kid Berwyn]

11. NBC Foisted Trump on America

Not much pizzazz in pointing out that at the top, Comcast owns Trump.

Give them a tax break.

[dalton99a]

37. +1. And they had fucking Chuck Todd running his mouth yesterday

[backtoblue]

12. Again to media:

This is NOT a damned reality TV show. You painted the Mueller testimony like he should've hula danced while juggling.


Report the facts. Report the facts. Rinse. Repeat.

[Baclava]

38. they want a 30 sec soundbite that will wrap up the case, and make their ratings pop

Facts are too dry and boring for the masses, eh

[uponit7771]

13. News media want the witnesses to twerk in front of Congress

[Dirty Socialist]

18. He's right

I remember watching the Watergate hearings and seeing Leon Jaworski singing tunes from "Annie Get Your Gun". Ahh, the good ol' days!

[spanone]

19. SHAME on nbc. How dare them.

dear mr allen, journalism is your failing.

[NewJeffCT]

20. Did he expect Schiff to have Michael Buffer come out

to announce "LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE" while surrounded by scantily clad women?

[Proud Liberal Dem]

25. That's what Trump would have wanted to have done LOL

What universe is NBC News living in? Does Congress normally do this?

[Beringia]

21. I suggest watching Amy Goodman, Democracy Now and starve these goliaths

[demmiblue]

22. Pizzazz:

Link to tweet

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. Didn't realize that was the point?

[yellowcanine]

26. What were they expecting, Gym Jordan to drop trou and masturbate?

Come to think of it, he actually did that metaphorically.

[3catwoman3]

33. Aauuugggghhhhh! I can't...

...UN-read that.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Were they supposed to sing and dance and tell jokes?

[CrispyQ]

28. Fucking media. Trying to discourage people from watching future hearings, IMO.

I think the media may want the Con for another four years. They love his 24x7 "look at me" drama & the outrageous crap he says.

[NoMoreRepugs]

29. It's not a reality show dumbass - IT IS REALITY.

[asiliveandbreathe]

30. NBC and Allen are getting hammered on this twitter thread....here is one..

PIZZAZZ you say? What kind of rubric is that for a history-making impeachment inquiry in public? These “shows” don’t come around that often. It is shoddy journalism to categorize yesterday’s Congressional hearing as if it were a game show, a soap opera or a procedural.

or - This is a moronic headline that disrespects both your audience & our democracy. NBC News should immediately fire everyone responsible for this. Our country is in crisis and its survival depends on smart, competent reporting — not “analysis” that treats this like a reality show.

or - his is reckless. We don't need pizzazz to convict a criminal. We need facts, and we got that in spades... So, try reporting facts, not pizzazz, next time.

[Leghorn21]

31. Walter Shaub on "content-free spectacle":

Pundits musing about whether there was enough razzle dazzle
in yesterday's hearing sicken me. This isn't your entertainment,
this is your republic. The content of the witness accounts was
shocking. You want spectacle? Authoritarian governments can
give you content-free spectacle.

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[DFW]

34. Someone whould write them a letter

Hey, you idiots, we're trying to save our country, here. If you want pizazz, go to a salsa bar.

[Silver1]

35. Gawd ...

These people are stunningly shallow!



Irresponisble.



And they are insulting because they just keep lowering the bar of public discourse.



Actually, it's them who are stunningly boring and predictable!

[Tech]

36. I was encouraged by the same approach to a serious problem. I was able to watch and

listen without putting my tv at risk. I'll admit to muting during the repubs talking points. I tried to listen, but was bored with their comments and questions, even if they were accompanied by raising their voices. So I turned the volume back on to hear the answers of the witnesses.

And I felt hearing the words out of the witnesses directly added to the gravity of offences committed by trump and friends. And why it has taken so long to pull this all together.

I watched on cspan, tired of pundits. We all have been subjected to reality show drama for far too long.

[moondust]

39. Well yeah. Where were the clowns?

And the yodeling naked twerkers?