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Why is MSNBC obsessing over the "crisis" at the border? Biden is working on it and now.... (Original Post) George II Mar 2021 OP
K&R sheshe2 Mar 2021 #1
Yeah... So, where is Nicolle Wallace this week? I see that Alex Wagner has returned from exile hlthe2b Mar 2021 #2
She's probably on a well-deserved vacation Deminpenn Mar 2021 #4
She said she was taking a week moonscape Mar 2021 #9
Ever since Jake Tapper went weird after the election, Nicolle Wallace has been my regular view.... George II Mar 2021 #10
What has Tapper done. He is not my favorite. patricia92243 Mar 2021 #15
If there isn't a crisis or surge, why is Harris stepping in? brooklynite Mar 2021 #3
Biden served in that same role as VP under Obama. George II Mar 2021 #11
So far, the Biden presidency has been drama-free Deminpenn Mar 2021 #5
Because they can't possibly talk about 16 people being gunned down in a week in two incidents. onecaliberal Mar 2021 #6
Exactly right George. speak easy Mar 2021 #7
Without Trump to give them drama every minute they are having to come up with some drama to keep redstatebluegirl Mar 2021 #8
Because Rubes... Claire Oh Nette Mar 2021 #12
I suppose he saw it on Faux but one of The Losers doc03 Mar 2021 #18
I saw that... Claire Oh Nette Mar 2021 #20
They should wear Loser T shirts. That would doc03 Mar 2021 #22
Taco Truck staff? Claire Oh Nette Mar 2021 #26
they need eyeballs for ad money. they need manufactured drama. NewHendoLib Mar 2021 #13
chuck toad WhiteTara Mar 2021 #14
I honestly don't know gratuitous Mar 2021 #16
Because they now have an 'Democratic Jamaican-Indian-American Woman' to gnaw on Budi Mar 2021 #17
The last week or so Morning Joe has been stuck on doc03 Mar 2021 #19
Just about every show on MSNBC that I've seen the last couple of days have opened with the "crisis". George II Mar 2021 #23
Ratings... Mike Nelson Mar 2021 #21
"and it will be resolved." I doubt that. EX500rider Mar 2021 #24
The Chinese ones, too Claire Oh Nette Mar 2021 #25
Yes, this is driven by poor ratings. Let's help them out...turn it off! PortTack Mar 2021 #27

hlthe2b

(102,141 posts)
2. Yeah... So, where is Nicolle Wallace this week? I see that Alex Wagner has returned from exile
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:10 PM
Mar 2021

to Elba, I guess--which is fine, but I tune in for Nicolle...?

Deminpenn

(15,265 posts)
4. She's probably on a well-deserved vacation
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:11 PM
Mar 2021

after 4 years of covering Trump, impeachments, elections, etc.

George II

(67,782 posts)
10. Ever since Jake Tapper went weird after the election, Nicolle Wallace has been my regular view....
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:21 PM
Mar 2021

...in that time slot. She's one of the best.

Now I'm stuck watching local news.

brooklynite

(94,384 posts)
3. If there isn't a crisis or surge, why is Harris stepping in?
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:10 PM
Mar 2021

Yes, RW media is playing it up, but it's still a significant issue.

redstatebluegirl

(12,265 posts)
8. Without Trump to give them drama every minute they are having to come up with some drama to keep
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:15 PM
Mar 2021

people watching. Nuts insn't it?

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
12. Because Rubes...
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:27 PM
Mar 2021

Outside of the four states that share an actual border with Mexico, there are an awful lot of 'muricans who are terrified of everyone darker than latte, especially if they speak Spanish.

Never mind how popular Mexico is as a vacation destination, or how intertwined the border city economies are.

The further from the border, the more they fear the Caravan from Central America, which is not Mexico.

The GOP screamed that Biden would open the border, Biden would open the border, encouraging refugees to come here. They broke the system, and now complain Biden hasn't fixed their problems in two months. Never mind how much big agra depends on migrant labor. I'm guessing all these Americans who are skilled at orchards and fields work will be glad to have their old jobs back.

Be afraid, rural, sparsely populated 'Murica; get yer gunz.

Believe me, no one is invading these crackers' homes. Trailer tacky is too tacky for immigrant chic.

doc03

(35,300 posts)
18. I suppose he saw it on Faux but one of The Losers
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:41 PM
Mar 2021

backers said some were wearing Biden t-shirts when they came over. Could be Republicans are passing them out in Mexico?

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
20. I saw that...
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:47 PM
Mar 2021

I'm sure that a caravan of adolescents had time to stop and print up dozens of T-shirts in English so they'd be oh so stylish upon entry to the US. They timed that walk and that amazon order just right, eh?

Those immigrants sure are innovative and well dressed!

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
16. I honestly don't know
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:37 PM
Mar 2021

The Toady Show and the NBC Evening News have been flogging the "crisis," with live reports from helicopters, footage from the detainment facilities, and breathless commentary. It's really overdone.

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
17. Because they now have an 'Democratic Jamaican-Indian-American Woman' to gnaw on
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:38 PM
Mar 2021






VP Harris will be leading the administration's efforts at the southern border and with the Northern Triangle countries, President Biden announces.
Biden notes he had a similar role when he was vice president.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-03-24/biden-summons-mayorkas-becerra-to-discuss-migrant-surge?sref=PqmVp1JY

“I can think of nobody who’s better qualified to do this,” Biden said at the White House. “When she speaks, she speaks for me.”



doc03

(35,300 posts)
19. The last week or so Morning Joe has been stuck on
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:44 PM
Mar 2021

the border crisis. This morning they were doing a fly over showing hordes of people crossing. The Biden Administration better get it under control before long. It has knocked the stimulus off the news.

George II

(67,782 posts)
23. Just about every show on MSNBC that I've seen the last couple of days have opened with the "crisis".
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:50 PM
Mar 2021

EX500rider

(10,810 posts)
24. "and it will be resolved." I doubt that.
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 04:57 PM
Mar 2021

It's is not exactly a new issue and as long as the Central American countries stay mostly poor and violent it is unlikely to change.

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
25. The Chinese ones, too
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 05:02 PM
Mar 2021

The ones Kevin McCarthy made up....

It might be worth while to do a li'l video research from the local ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox news affiliates (not the cable news, the little channels) and see what El Paso and Juarez, and Calexico and Mexicali, and Yuma, and Laredo and Nuevo Laredo, and Matamoros and Reynoso and McAllen might say about the border.

My dad worked for Firestone until he retired--Finance. After the Los Angeles plant closed, rem ended up CFO of a chain of Firestone Tire Centers in San Diego, El Centro, and North County, near Miramar Naval Air Station. He had his choice of workers. He found the guys who crossed the border from Tijuana every day were better workers, more reliable, more thorough, took more pride in their work, thus contributing to the bottom line and "a better investment."

If Ducey in Arizona had to stage a photo op to show off drug busts from hundreds of miles from the border on routine traffic stops, to scare the rubes in Minnesota, then he hasn't got roving hordes of drug dealing Spanish speaking invaders.

They can't even lie very well.

PortTack

(32,716 posts)
27. Yes, this is driven by poor ratings. Let's help them out...turn it off!
Wed Mar 24, 2021, 05:15 PM
Mar 2021

Until they start covering the real news I refuse to watch. They need to better understand their audience, because if they think they’re going to draw the fux snooz crowd..they’re a lot dumber than I ever thought

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