Andrea Mitchell was getting *dragged* on Twitter this morning.

[crickets]

MSNBC screwed up by not setting Mitchell aside and having someone competent handle the daytime coverage. It will be interesting to see what happens Wednesday... if anyone is still bothering to watch MSNBC that day.

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Dr. Vicki Hayes @WonderfulwomanK
I had to turn off @MSNBC , because Andrea Mitchell is pushing "the economy" on us as the issue people really care about. News media are complicit in MAKING that the issue instead of whether we lose our democracy or not. Will be watching the @January6thCmte hearing on @cspan.

Quote Tweet Stan Van Gundy @realStanVG · Jun 12
I can’t believe this would be a controversial statement but it will be — inflation is not as big a problem as a U.S. President trying to overthrow the results of an election and inciting an attack on the U.S. Capitol.

10:28 AM · Jun 13, 2022

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Just Shana @ShanRussell72
So the general consensus is "I can't or won't watch Andrea Mitchell".
Way to go @MSNBC
You're alienating your own viewers bc you won't listen. That's ok, you don't need our ratings, right? It's a good thing bc mine go to @PBS
Welcome to holding the media accountable.
10:58 AM · Jun 13, 2022.

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Beto-crat Christin Resist n @Christin210
I can't watch @MSNBC if Andrea Mitchell is on during the second 1/6 hearing.
If Valium came to life, its' voice would sound like her voice.
10:35 AM · Jun 13, 2022

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THEE Most Passionate Twist @Ms_MMMJ
MSNBC decided to create the most unwatchable panel for today's hearing
Katie Tur and Andrea Mitchell
[gif of woman changing channel]
10:23 AM · Jun 13, 2022

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Scary Larry? @aintscarylarry
Every time MSNBC has Andrea Mitchell on I say to myself “Damn, she’s terrible. But it could be worse.
Could be Chuck Todd.”
10:26 AM · Jun 13, 2022

[blue neen]

1. I switched to CNN as soon as I saw Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC.

Mitchell is truly unwatchable. What is MSNBC thinking?

[FalloutShelter]

21. I did the same thing.

Keep it up MSNBC...

[kairos12]

31. Same boat. She is the Queen of Whataboutism..when she isn't stumbling over

her words. She is terrible.

[iluvtennis]

35. +agree. Haven't liked her since she threw Hillary under the bus during the 2016 election. n/t

[MontanaMama]

2. Andrea kept talking about the J6 committee "scrambling"

because Bill Stepien wasn't going to appear. Anybody see the J6 team scrambling? Nope. Once again, Andrea is wrong at best and making crap up at worst. Wish MSNBC would set her free.

[AllTooEasy]

49. Eff Andrea, "the economy" IS the issue people really care about!!!

Gee Whiz! If we Dems, especially Biden, campaign on "forget the economy, focus on the 'loss of our democracy' that didn't happen" then:

1) Biden will lose
2) A Repuke POTUS will appoint more conservative judges and justices
3) Repukes will further f-up the economy, as usual
4) We Will surely lose our democracy

Andrea is an ass, and always will be. That being said, I don't need Andrea's snobby-toned speeches to figure out that the Media is isn't pushing the economy as the big issue. Inflated commodity prices, lesser disposable income, unaffordable housing, and the higher bills in Americans' faces are doing an excellent job of that! Friends, family, colleagues, and strangers tell me this everyday. Y'all trying to convince the American people to focus on what you think (and rightfully so) is the most important issue; and their day-to-day experiences are screening you out. Then you want to blame the Media. Sheesh.

Look, my economic situation is wonderful. House, rental house, car, student loans...all paid off. Credit score consistently over 800, and credit card balances are completely paid off at the end of every month. I fill up the gas tank and pay my taxes without any reservation. I can Financially afford to place the Jan. 6 events at #1. Dems got my vote! But I'm in the economic minority, especially amongst my fellow Black Americans. Still, I refuse to imitate Haughty-Taughty folks like Dr. Vicky Hayes (whoever the hell she is), folks who can't (or refuse to) relate of Americans with more pressing needs for basic necessities. We Dems better get in touch with, address, and resolve the people's highest priorities, and not what she wants their priorities to be.

Thankfully, Biden isn't listening to Dr. Vicky Hayes (whoever the hell she is) and is putting more effort into the economy than any other issue.

[TheBlackAdder]

57. I kept FiOS TV for MSNBC, Maher & movies. MSNBC & Maher started sucking. Now $150/mo in pocket.

.

I cut the TV cord and haven't looked back. I got a couple hours of each day back.

If some jumps, and they jump over and over, sooner or later they will bail on watching your network.

.

[MontanaMama]

58. I didn't have any live TV streaming services for a long time.

I signed up to stream live tv via Hulu just for these hearings. I’ll unsubscribe when they’re over. I didn’t think that I would be able to see the hearings on YouTube or anywhere else and I was worried that I would miss them… I think they’re very important to watch. My apolitical spouse has been coming home early from work to watch them in fact. Surprisingly, when I got to my office this morning, hubs was sitting at my desk with Hulu on my laptop watching the hearings. It’s worth it to subscribe for that reason alone.

[spooky3]

3. What they don't get is, it's not either-or. A vote for Dems

Is a vote for competent leadership AND a vote to save democracy.

The media needs to explain to people what causes inflation so that they can understand what a President can and can’t do about it. Whenever votes are taken in Congress, they should show the breakdown of votes by party. They should tell voters what Republicans say they will do to stop inflation (so far, they have said nothing; they have no plan).

Stop coddling childlike viewers who are just want to be mad at someone, and help educate them.

[sop]

13. The media narrative is Biden is "responsible" for the economy and voters will take it out on him.

They never explain why Biden is responsible for inflation. It's just conventional wisdom, and Andrea is the queen of conventional wisdom.

[spooky3]

15. Yes. Part of the problem is that reporters don't have enough

Education or experience themselves on finance and economic issues (Stephanie Ruhle and Ali Velshi are exceptions). They don’t understand, so they can’t explain it. Another problem is deadlines. They have to do a wide variety of stories with little time to investigate in depth. OTOH, they could call in experts to help, which they often do on other topics, and given that this is a recurring issue, they should get a handle on it.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

22. Seems like Mrs. Greenspan would have a rolodex (and you know she has one) filled with experts.

I have to suspect there's some other reason her show is where economic facts go to die.

[spooky3]

25. True. I'm speaking more generally--this is a problem with nearly

Every tv reporter, IMHO.

[LiberalFighter]

4. I recorded today's hearing on MSNBC.

I skimmed past until the Hearing was called into order. Then skimmed past during the breaks. Totally avoided listening to the twit.

[Meadowoak]

5. Dear MSNBC, please cancel Andrea Mitchell's contract so

She can be home to care for her loving husband, Alan Greedspan.

[RKP5637]

16. K&R !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! n/t

[jrthin]

23. +1000

[Rebl2]

36. Agreed!

I don’t watch her and so happy chuck is gone from daily show. So far have liked Chris.

[Marcuse]

37. Give her paid family leave. She needs to spend more time with her family

[dem4decades]

6. CNN is on in my house if Andrea or Chuck is on MSNBC. It's that easy.

Do the powers that be really think people watch her or are they just trying to get people to tune out.?

[BlueBloodedAmerican]

8. And I second that

[madashelltoo]

10. I'm with you!

Can’t listen to those two at all

[dem4decades]

18. It's nice that they put them on back to back so I can ignore MSNBC for at least 2 hours.

Can't they just go away? Obviously they know Todd is horrible, they keep moving him, just move him to midnight and be done with him.

And throw a nice retirement party for Andrea and let her fade into the sunset with her Republican, dipshit husband.

[ChazII]

50. That is what I do as well. n/t

[displacedtexan]

56. We have the same rule at our house.

We just include Morning Joe & his little woman.

[Efilroft Sul]

7. If you look carefully, you'll notice Alan Greenspan was performing a dummy act.

[BlueIdaho]

9. Andrea Mitchell isn't even on the MSNBC "B" team.

If MSNBC wants to stay credible, they need to put her out to pasture - permanently.

[kimbutgar]

11. I watched a few minutes and turned her off and went to ABC network news

It was so much more enlightening. I can’t stand Andrea Mitchell. She needs to retire.

[ebbie15644]

46. I turned it to CBS, lol

[tavernier]

12. I basically wrote an identical post this morning as Dr. Hayes.

Only I added that she needed a sock stuffed into her bony face.

[Tommymac]

14. I switched immediately. Thank gawd MSNBC has a 2 hour special with REAL Journalists on at 8PM

For the life of me I still can't figure out why MSNBC is so Jekyll & Hyde.

Mitchell and Todd are THE WORST. Bothsiders at best, 1% schills overall.

One would have thought they would try to expand their daytime audience after last Thursday's mega ratings win by the 'Evening Crew'.

One thought wrong.

[crickets]

17. Thanks for the heads-up on the 8pm show.

I changed channels as well, within seconds. Mitchell is unbearable.

[dem4decades]

19. Totally agree, and it's not an age thing. It's a Republican shill thing.

[Diablo del sol]

20. Missed the offensive comment.

But even without that she was horrible. Incoherent word salad, couldn’t get through a sentence without making mistake.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

24. She also seems to just fade out now and then.

I can just hear the director in her earpiece shouting "Andrea! ANDREA!"

[ybbor]

26. She really is horrible

Why do they never bring up that the inflation is being stoked by corporate greed, and they are raking in record profits, 50 year highs.

They need to find a capable host if they want to keep an audience. There are many sources to witness this.

[Cha]

27. FO Andrea "But her emails" Mitchell..

I'd like to see her Dragged OFF the air.

💙💛

[chillfactor]

28. I prefer watching MSNBC for the hearing coverage

but if Mitchell is there Wednesday morning, I will switch to CNN.

[Hekate]

29. I guess nobody in the country records because of time zone differences & nobody fast forwards...

I guess nobody in the country will watch a history-making Congressional hearing about a damn coup d’etat because of one antique journalist.

Really?

Christ on a trailer hitch.

[efhmc]

44. Lots of other ways to watch. Many of us have no TV so steam. This AM I used the CSpan

app on my iphone. Will repeat this evening. That way can avoid all the so called pundits and get the information straight from the source.

[blue neen]

51. Oh, we're watching alright.

Just not Andrea Mitchell's coverage on MSNBC.

[aggiesal]

30. There are a lot worse than the ones listed ...

It will take a day to read them all.

She literally can't think fast and she's a slow speaker (yawn).

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

32. During the 2016 presidential campaign,

HRC made a comment about how wrong she thought Alan Greenspan had been on several matters. I agreed with her. In less than 24 hours, Andrea Mitchell - who is NOT an economist - was savaging HRC over her comments. On Air. On NBC. During her reporting on other matters. She was relentless and viscious in her remarks. I was stunned. How could NBC allow her to get away with that ? If Greenspan had spoken up that would have been another matter, but to hear Andrea Mitchell shoot her mouth off like that, infuriated me. I wrote to NBC to voice my opinion. I never heard from them.

I have never been a fan of Mitchell, but that incident proved to me that she was not an impartial reporter, incapable of putting aside her personal opinions and reporting the news straight out. I am not interested in hearing her personal axe to grind.

Her croaking voice is like nails on a chalkboard to my ears. She frequently stumbles over her words and incoherently tries to regroup. It's past time for NBC to take her off the air. There is viable, vibrant young talent at NBC just waiting in the wings to shine. People with intelligence, wit and a far better understanding of history than Mitchell ever displayed.

NBC -- If you're listening -- we viewers are telling you what we want. Drop Andrea Mitchell.

[malaise]

33. Nice to know we had company

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100216794500

[crickets]

38. ✔ Preach!

I fell down the rabbit hole at one point today, reading on and on about how badly Mitchell's performance was received. Some of the tweets are comedy gold, but almost all of them are from people disgusted that MSNBC did not do right by the American people this morning. There's no excuse for it; stakes are too high and we all deserve better.

[aeromanKC]

34. What, no room in Chuck Todd's podcast for Andrea!!??

[zeusdogmom]

39. PBS or NPR all the way for the hearings

My local NPR station (WOSU) is awesome. Local and national programming. If I’m home, it is on.

[SouthBayDem]

54. Yep, I prefer public news media to commercial media

The lack of profit motive allows for emphasis on ideas and quality control rather than clickbait, gossip, and hype. I don't understand why people pay for the empty mind rot of CNN/FNC/MSNBC.

[tinymontgomery]

40. I taped C-Span

I taped C-Span and am watching now. Easier to watch.

[jalan48]

41. What demographic watches Mitchell? Socialites? Wall Street crowd? Somebody must watch her

because she's still babbling away on TV.

[ewagner]

42. In case you forgot....

She's been married for 25 years to ALAN GREENSPAN

Greenspan served 5 terms as Chairman of the Federal Reserve....


he breathes $$$$$$$$$$

[dchill]

43. "News media are complicit in MAKING that the issue..."

Yep. And it's the usual suspects every time. "Inflation" is the new "whataboutism."

[BumRushDaShow]

45. For the almost 35 years of having cable, I only watch hearings like this on CSPAN (or CSPAN2/CSPAN3)

And if they are tied up, I'll try to hit PBS.

Since CSPAN & CSPAN2 are committed to coverage of regular House/Senate sessions (and many of their hearings) and the House gaveled in at noon ET today (where CSPAN had to cut away for that), I switched to CSPAN2 (where the Senate was expected to gavel in at 3 pm ET, after the hearing was done) and saw the remainder of the hearing. Whenever both chambers are in session and there's a big hearing, CSPAN3 will usually cover it. And if not near a TV, I can usually stream it with the CSPAN Radio app (or on my SiriusXM radio), which will often broadcast those hearings even with the House in session.

Last Thursday I did go to MSNBC with the "night crew" after the hearing adjourned.

Don't have to suffer through the same talking head bloviators who demand a cut away from the coverage so they can "comment". With today's session, since people had forewarned about Mitchell, I went to CNN when the hearing was done.

Mitchell and Schmuck Toad are the detritus still left at MSNBC/NBC that need to go the way of Tweety.

[LiberalFighter]

47. What is her phone number?

[pamdb]

48. Andrea "the emails, the emails!!!"

Isn't it about time for Mrs. Greeenspan to reitre>

[badhair77]

52. About 5 minutes in I switched to CNN.

I looked back a few times and decided my initial decision was the correct one. Guess I’ll start with CNN on Wednesday.

[Escurumbele]

53. I will defend Katie Tur, even she had that look of "what the hell" when Andrea Mitchell spewed some

of her idiocy...

Andrea Mitchell asked one of her guests if it was more important to fix the economy than to make people accountable, or something stupid like that, and Katie Tur opened her eyes like saying "WTF?". I wish I could remember the exact question...I think it was Poindexter who was being interviewed, and he was caught by surprise but answered it very well.

[Susan Calvin]

55. I switched to CNN as soon as I saw her.

I do not listen to Alan Greenspan's wife.

[Takket]

59. i saw her trending this morning...

clicked on her name and must have read about 50 tweets of people all saying they changed the channel and couldn't listen to her. for goodness sake, MSNBC, take old yeller out back and out her put of her misery.