Really CNN and MSNBC?

[mcar]

I'm sorry Tiger Woods was seriously injured in a car crash and I hope he recovers OK. But CNN and MSNBC have been covering this non-stop since about 2:30. There is little to no new news.

[msongs]

1. celebrity with dui hisitory in crash, expected to live. good for 5 minutes or so? nt

[mcar]

3. I mean, breaking news when they got it, yeah

Regular updates when the get new information? Sure.

But they've been regurgitating the same stuff for 2 hours now.

[Trueblue1968]

13. i am watching a shopping channel because i will not watch ANYMORE TIGER WOODS STUFF

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh, enough is enough

i don't like golf either

[samnsara]

102. haha..i switched to Ozzie and Harriet. quick its 4 01 pacific time and im turning over..

...GOSH DARN I thought Joy had some other news but nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tiger again.


back to ozzie and harriet

[doc03]

18. I don't watch either one much. Last night i binge

watched Tribes of Europa for 6 hours on Netflix.

[barbtries]

42. that sounds intriguing.

i'll look it up.

[samnsara]

103. sometimes you just have to do that!

[PatSeg]

35. The obsession with celebrities is out of control

It is a news story, but as you say, five minutes should be enough to cover anything pertinent. Meanwhile, there is plenty going on in the world more important than one golf pro's unfortunate accident. I would have expected that today's hearings would have dominated most of the news today. Then there are numerous COVID related stories, cabinet confirmations, and the Stimulus Bill.

I hope Tiger Woods recovers, but I don't need to hear about it nonstop 24/7.

[Escurumbele]

58. Do you know he was drunk? Where did you get the DUI part? I have not read any of it, he was

coming from a video shoot is what I understand.

Also, he doesn't have a history of DUI, when they stopped him many years ago he was under the influence of "pain medicines", these were prescription medicines.

[msongs]

62. said he has a history of dui not that was dui in this case nt

[Escurumbele]

65. But he doesn't have a history of DUI, where did you get that?

As I said, the previous time this happened it was because he mixed prescription drugs. It is false about the DUI history.

[radius777]

91. +1. MSNBC/CNN viewers don't care about this shit

and I don't think these networks 'get' this; we're political news people and like seeing our regular shows, especially with so much going on with the confirmation hearings etc.

Anytime a celebrity stubs their toe we get 24/7 coverage similar to the OJ stuff - it's the same reality show environment that led to Trump.

[SheilaAnn]

2. I am a big fan of Tiger's but this is overkill. Enough already!

[mcar]

6. Thanks, SheliaAnn

I've got nothing against Woods and wish him the best, but report news when there is actual news.

It's not like there isn't anything else going on.

[SheilaAnn]

56. I wonder if the msnbc pundits/talker need a break or something...LOL. n/t

[redstateblues]

4. It's over the top. Too much.

[ornotna]

5. CNN just now moving on to other news

Thankfully.

[mcar]

8. Thanks for that "breaking news"

[ornotna]

15. I aim to please

[hlthe2b]

7. Yes... I can understand dedicating a couple of minutes to it, but this is OTT

That said, I really do wish that he recovers fully.

[mcar]

9. My sentiments exactly

Keep us posted but get back to regular programming.

[Irish_Dem]

10. His injuries are not life threatening.

We do not need day long news coverage.

[csziggy]

11. I gave up on MSNBC and am now watching British crime drama

I turned over since usually I like Nicole Wallace's take on Washington, DC. But I don't care about golf, and not really about Tiger Woods.

[mcar]

14. I was driving home and usually listen to one of them on satellite

switched over to NPR.

[csziggy]

17. We got home about thirty minutes ago so I was happy when it was Nicole Wallace time

Got out Covid vaccines at 12:30, ate lunch out for the first time in over six months, ran some other errands, then got home.

Oh, well, I like my British cop shows.

[PCIntern]

38. Me too. Ever watch Murder in Suburbia?

It’s a riot.

[csziggy]

46. I'll have to look for that one

Which channel is streaming it? I have both Acorn TV and BritBox as well as some of the mainstream streaming channels.

[PCIntern]

55. Originally saw it on Netflix

Was on PBS years ago. These lady homicide detectives are a hoot

[csziggy]

66. Oh! Caroline Catz is in it

I loved her in Doc Martin!

Dang, a search shows it only on Prime TV at $1.99 an episode, but then when I go to Prime, it's listed as currently unavailable.

I put it on my watchlist so it they offer it again, I can watch it.

[PCIntern]

96. Great. Let me know what u think when u see it

Feel free to PM me.

[mcar]

88. Going to look that one up

[USALiberal]

110. Which crime drama? nt

[csziggy]

113. Right then I was watching Law & Order UK

Not the best of the British cop shows, but not too bad.

ETA - Right now I'm watching Stargate: Atlantis. I never got a chance to watch it all the way through before.

[USALiberal]

114. Thanks!

[moondust]

12. No more Dump train wrecks so...

gotta find other wrecks to eat up airtime and attract eyeballs.

[cilla4progress]

16. Maybe we can be grateful for

slow news days in the post-orange asshole era!

[IndyOp]

21. +1000 / I rec'd this thread because, yeah, too long. Still - WOW - it's not the former guy!

[helpisontheway]

24. The orange one released a statement about his friend Tiger. Nt

[SunSeeker]

19. Yes, he's a golfer, not Gandhi. He didn't die, he has leg injuries.

That takes all of 1 minute to say, then move on. This affects nobody but Tiger and his family.

[Hoyt]

51. Good way to put it.

[Escurumbele]

64. You may not understand Golf, and that is OK, but Tiger Woods represents more than you seem to know

He is the guy who moves the needle in Golf, ratings go way up when he plays, crowds fill up the venues when he plays, etc. etc...he brings the money to golf better than anyone in the history of the game, and that is why there is so much concern about his wellbeing.

I understand that people who don't like golf, or Tiger for that matter, don't want to see hours of his accident, but there is a multi-billion industry out there that does, and millions of golfers who do follow Tiger Woods and are also concerned.

[SunSeeker]

109. Tiger hasn't "moved the needle" in golf since his wife clobbered him in their driveway.

Yes, he gets the ratings, like Trump. Which is probably why the stations spent so much time on this accident.

[demosincebirth]

20. He's a saint, didn't you know?

[George II]

22. Glad you said that, I agree. I love Woods, have rooted for him for a long time....

....and hope he's okay.

But these two have been ridiculous - they've spent about 3 hours on this, and repeatedly say they have "no information" about what happened and his condition.

So what's the point?

[mcar]

25. When they put a doctor on

to speculate about what his injuries maybe sorta could be, I was done.

[greatauntoftriplets]

23. I agree 100 percent.

There IS other news, like that hearing earlier into January 6.

[mcar]

30. Yeah, and the cabinet nominee hearings

In fact, CNN broke away from finally discussing the sexism in the objections to Tanden to go all hair on fire about Tiger.

[empedocles]

26. BBC news seems to filter out some of the sillier stuff

[Hortensis]

27. Yes. I wish him the best and pulled up last night's Rachel.

[relayerbob]

28. Maybe you'd prefer more Trump tweets

I consider a slow news day, a good day, any more.

[mcar]

33. I beg your pardon?

How do you get from my OP to

Maybe you'd prefer more Trump tweets

? Seriously?

Do you honestly think there was nothing else to cover?

[relayerbob]

83. Actually, I'm just sick of constant outrage over every stupid thing

Seriously, I don't care about Tiger Woods in the least nor what CNN or MSNBC is broadcasting. Yes, there are far more important things to worry about then what is on TV in the afternoon.

[mcar]

89. Yet you felt compelled to post on my OP

[uponit7771]

87. There's no other pressing shit to talk about?!

[Hekate]

29. I, too, am sorry about Tiger Woods as a fellow human being, but my gods they started coverage...

...partway thru Katy Tur and have been looping the very little that is known ever since. This is what we have known since 11:00 am (I’m in California): it was a rollover, it was a single car crash, Tiger was the driver and only occupant, the “jaws of life” were needed to extract him, he’s in the hospital with unknown level of injuries, and he was in the process of trying to reboot his career.

It’s not like someone tried to overthrow the US government or anything.

They are now 40 minutes into Nicolle Wallace’s program — hey, wait! We are being promised news about the 1/9 hearings...

[still_one]

31. just be thankful that CNN and MSNBC didn't do this for limbaugh

[mcar]

34. OK, yes, I am grateful for that!

[still_one]

39. ....................

[mcar]

36. I was driving to and from a doc appt and listening on satellite

[sarcasmo]

37. Squirrel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[orleans]

80. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aggiesal]

40. I agree, this is not national news n/t

[Mr.Bill]

41. Nothing much else happening today.

Just Congress conducting an investigation about people trying to violently overthrow the government of the United States, that's all.

[mcar]

45. Yep, slow news day

[live love laugh]

116. +++1

[dem4decades]

43. obviously they are not news stations but entertainment stations. It's tough when it's so apparent.

you like to think better of them.

[Ferrets are Cool]

44. Mama always said that if you can't say something good, don't say anything...

sooooooooooooo

[jalan48]

47. Our media is how we would up with a "Celebrity President".

[Mr.Bill]

53. We should have ran Tiger Woods against Trump.

Probably would have beaten him.

[jalan48]

97. True, though he may have been to high some of the time to do the job. What's this, his second or

third car accident since he started having back surgeries?

[Xipe Totec]

48. Fucking ambulance chasers. nt

[Grasswire2]

49. geez.

Second story up this hour on MSNBC....

Ridiculous.

[HUAJIAO]

50. like the local news, blood, violence and fires

keeps the attention of the lowest common denominator...

[Grasswire2]

52. six minutes so far on MSNBC

"He's an extraordinary person because of his ethnicity."

What kind of statement is that??

[Grasswire2]

54. "There's never been anyone like him." nt

[Grasswire2]

61. Now we've heard about his relationship with his father..

....and then with his children...

Almost twenty minutes now.

[bearssoapbox]

57. I had the terrorist hearings on in the background while I was texting with relatives.

On MSNBC. When they went to Woods I didn't change channels until all of a sudden I realized more than an hour had gone by. I checked out CNN for 10 minutes or so and nothing new so checked faux news for couple minutes and they had it on too so went back to MSNBC. They were still on him. Then somebody said something about staying on the Woods story until a presser at 6.

I'm now watching Adam-12 and at 6 the Flintstones.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

59. Tiger might be the single most famous US athlete on an international basis ... ever.

Okay, maybe not quite, but he's close to Michael Jordan level.

Just sayin.

[Warpy]

60. No more hourly outrages from Dumdum and Co.

I'm enjoying the rest but I imagine they're getting a little desperate around the edges.

I would strongly suggest they restart in depth stories to fill air time. Yes, they cost more than talking heads hanging breathlessly on every word of idiocy from a massively dysfunctional government, but it's time to move on from that.

[frogmarch]

63. They've been eulogizing him from the

minute the news broke about his accident, and they haven't stopped.

I wish him well, but enough already, CNN and MSNBC!

[Klaralven]

67. For news watch the business news channels, not the infotainment channels.

E.g. CNBC instead of MSNBC.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

68. Now you can vote!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215150078

[Oldem]

69. Now, on MSNBC, they're talking

about him as if he'd died. I'm a bad man for thinking this, but maybe they'd be happier if he were actually dead: it would be even bigger, more sensational news they could cover non-stop, calling it "breaking" late into the night.

[patricia92243]

70. Not talking about Trump is good.

[pnwmom]

72. There are many more important things, like the Capitol hill hearings today.

[ecstatic]

71. I just heard about it 15 minutes ago

I guess now that tRump is out of office, people are taking a much-needed break from the news but when they do tune in, they want to see a major breaking news story.

That being said, the coverage has an obituary-type vibe. When I first tuned in, I thought he had died. So yeah, it's probably time to move on or at least adjust the tone of the coverage.

[Joinfortmill]

73. Ditto. Ridiculous.

[SayItLoud]

74. Two Words:

tRumper=Karma

[bluescribbler]

75. Slow news day?

Now that CNN can't be bothered to carry WH press briefings any more, they have to fill the hours, somehow. Also, Uncle Joe isn't playing golf.

[mcar]

90. 1/6 security hearings, sexism in the cabinet votes, 500,000 dead Americans

They had other stuff to talk about.

[bringthePaine]

76. sideshow bullshit, pure and simple

[yaesu]

77. like they say, if it bleeds it leads. nt

[BigmanPigman]

78. Hear, hear!

[iscooterliberally]

79. Tiger should stick to driving golf balls.

Cars, not so much.

[phandancer917]

81. Meh -- almost back to normal

Celebrity worship, bad weather and crime....no Trump, no insurrection or QAnon....

I abhor watching news (Online, I can pick what I read) as it is a force feed situation -- but I miss vapid programming that did not make me anxious

[seta1950]

82. Exactly

Why do we have to have that covered nonstop?😤

[Jon King]

84. Agree 100%...

Let ESPN cover it if they want to.

[uponit7771]

85. omfg, you can't be ,.... Fuckin wow we lived through Hitler broke version and we

....care about someone who played golf ?!?!!?

[lillypaddle]

86. Thank you, you took the words right outta my mouth

They act like he died. I'm glad he is okay, in spite of his injuries, but this is ridiculous. Today was a news packed day, with the hearing on the riot, and Deb Haaland confirmation. WTF???

[Dagstead Bumwood]

92. We're resorting to watching the NBC national news at 6:30 just to get some news.

And, of course, first story is Tiger. But, at least they'll return to their both-sides-do-it regular programming shortly.

[trof]

93. If it bleeds-...

It was the lede on CBS evening news.

[AllyCat]

94. So is Faux

Ask me how I know

[jayschool2013]

95. PBS News Hour is free

On your local station, or you can dial it up on YouTube live or later in the day.

Cut your cable.

[mcar]

100. Just finished watching News Hour

I don't have cable. We get CNN via a family member's account and I get MSNBC on Sirius satellite.

[jayschool2013]

108. I find it calming

Whereas cable news is pretty much all outrage, all the time.

[mcar]

112. It is calming

Plus, you find out what's going on in the world - what a concept!

I also occasionally tune into the network nightly news, which you can get after the fact. I get weather info around the country that way.

[PatrickforB]

98. Yeah, my wife and I have been watching and it got pretty inane with that press conference with the

cops and fire people.

Let's all wish Tiger the best, that he might have a full and speedy recovery.

But yeah, if I were Tiger, I would not want the wall-to-wall coverage. Seriously.

[catrose]

99. But CNN can't carry Jen Psaki's press briefings?

[mcar]

101. Right?

[question everything]

104. And ABC half of the news..

[hay rick]

105. Our democracy went due south soon after "TV news" decided covering OJ was job 1.

Infotainment is so much easier than keeping citizens informed.

[madamesilverspurs]

106. Beyond disgusting. And profoundly irresponsible.

A couple of months after 9-11 we were watching Ashleigh Banfield's coverage from the Middle East. She had arranged a roundtable discussion, the panelists comprised of Israeli and Palestinian college students. It promised to bring very germane observations based on lived perspective, and we were looking forward to those conversations. Just as it was about to begin, MSNBC cut in to cover the arrest of Robert Blake. They never did show the roundtable.
I think about that episode every time some talking head laments many Americans' apparent ignorance of relevant current events. And any "journalist" who participates in the subsuming to gush and glitter owes an apology to those who responsibly practice the profession.


.

[mcar]

107. On CNN at 2-something, Brianna Keilor

was having a discussion about the sexism surrounding Manchin and Rs rejection of Neera Tanden because of "mean tweets." I thought, finally. They were a few minutes in and she broke it off for the breaking Tiger news.

[bdamomma]

111. The media

can't multi-task. Chris Hayes is reporting other news now.

[live love laugh]

115. The news has all but died. Daily it's "why isn't everybody vaccinated by now?" 🙄 or repetitive stuff

like this. All while they fail to provide any context and ask any real questions about serious issues--like why TX is so offed up.

[budkin]

117. Ratings

Over everything.

[summer_in_TX]

118. Ratings, yes. Also its cheaper than doing real journalism.

Real journalism takes time.

Besides getting the story, there's work discerning the motives of sources (are they truthful, malicious, have a hidden agenda?).

Then there's confirming the story, and getting interviews from different perspectives on the story so it will have more context.

Perhaps expertise needs to be consulted.

All that takes time from the reporter, photojournalist or videographer, fact checkers, editor.

Salaries and expenses that can cover days, weeks, months.

The celebrity crises like this one also don't ruffle feathers, anger powerful people, rock the boat.

[mcar]

119. You hit the nail on the head. nt

[lagomorph777]

120. They're both still nonstop this morning.

Please, people, - let ESPN handle the sports coverage.

[Tribetime]

121. I agree at least msnbc switched at 9 with Rachel

[dlk]

122. The news media operates on the attention-grabbing format

They focus on whatever event receives the most attention, newsworthy or not, such as car crashes. “If it bleeds, it leads...” It’s also the social media model.

[mzmolly]

123. Was Tiger in an accident?