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Have There Been Any Cable News Stories On Moscow Mitch's ..... (Original Post) global1 Oct 2020 OP
Don't confuse cable infotainment Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #1
Nor, given the list of side effects, drugs we're ever going to take. Klaralven Oct 2020 #4
Agreed Sherman A1 Oct 2020 #7
So far, I haven't seen it anywhere but here. Nexus2 Oct 2020 #2
Great question this Saturday morning Ponietz Oct 2020 #3
Thank you, I hadn't seen these yet Nexus2 Oct 2020 #5
He was trying on his Halloween costume - a character from Avatar Klaralven Oct 2020 #6
The pictures I have seen here look fake to me. If McTurtle is really sick doc03 Oct 2020 #8
Many comments on DU indicate the posters didn't bother to check before forming an opinion Ponietz Oct 2020 #11
He's rotting from the inside out. 634-5789 Oct 2020 #9
Some lady who called in to Thom Hartmann show yesterday blueinredohio Oct 2020 #10
He is 78 years old Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #12

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
1. Don't confuse cable infotainment
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:35 AM
Oct 2020

With news. They sometimes brush up against journalism, but they are there to fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.

Nexus2

(1,261 posts)
2. So far, I haven't seen it anywhere but here.
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 07:41 AM
Oct 2020

It generally takes a day or two for things to filter out to the mainstream sources for various reasons (looking for confirmation, preplanned show layout, stories that are considered bigger, etc).

doc03

(35,143 posts)
8. The pictures I have seen here look fake to me. If McTurtle is really sick
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:25 AM
Oct 2020

I am sure the media would be jumping all over it. Everything you see on DU is not fact, I saw a picture that is supposed to be McTurtle
from the chest down, that could have been anyone.

blueinredohio

(6,797 posts)
10. Some lady who called in to Thom Hartmann show yesterday
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 08:31 AM
Oct 2020

said Moscow Mitch was talking on the senate floor and he looked fine.

Buckeyeblue

(5,491 posts)
12. He is 78 years old
Sat Oct 24, 2020, 09:20 AM
Oct 2020

While he seems healthy because he has access to the best medical care in the world, I'm sure he has health issues.

He had a triple bypass 18 years ago. I'm not sure what the shelf life is on those. But he probably takes blood thinners. And he probably takes statins to keep cholesterol down, which have a side effect of weakening leg muscles. He has kept his weight down so that's a positive for him.

As far as his mental state goes, who knows. He doesn't talk much publicly. And when he does, he mumbles.

Again, he's 78. Very few make it to that age without needing some sort of medical maintenance.

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