MSNBC is broken, very very broken

[dsc]

yet again, All In has started with Donald Trump, this time at a Town Meeting. Yes, Donald Trump is in the lead on the GOP side, but he shouldn't be the lead off of show, after show, after show in MSNBC. It needs fixed.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Thanks for letting me know.

I'm boycotting the entire lineup until they stop this craziness.

[dsc]

2. I am simply appalled

Hayes is on the bubble of keeping his show as far as I can tell, and he is doing this crap.

[Gothmog]

8. Chris Hayes and Rachel are fun to watch so long as you imagine Priebus and Kochs reacting to Trump

Trump is disrupting some carefully laid plans of the Kochs and the RNC. You have to admire the damage that Trump is causing.

I will be watching re-runs of All In and TRMS when I get home

[Tommy2Tone]

78. I can't watch Rachel anymore

She has become a cheer leader for Sanders. She is dead to me.

[One of the 99]

90. Better than being a cheerleader for Trump

like the two preening egomaniacs in the morning. Rachel is very liberal so it is expected that she like Sanders. However, she has never gone out of her way to bash Hillary Clinton unlike Lawrence O'Donnell or Steve Kornacki.

[Tommy2Tone]

99. That's true.

[A Simple Game]

118. Well you know how it is with some people.

They just want to hitch a ride on the wagon that's going to go all the way.

[Fast Walker 52]

120. are you fucking kidding me?

all she's done is report on his big crowds. Sorry if that bugs you.

[Tommy2Tone]

134. No I am not fucking kidding you

and sorry that it bugs you that it bugs me.

[Elmer S. E. Dump]

32. Ed was the last straw for me. I never tune to it anymore.

[840high]

45. me2 gave up on them

[PatrynXX]

46. MSNBC killed the podcasts... have to watch it live often online instead of saved podcasts

So I don't watch them anymore. was the last of the cable news I was watching. but dumping Ed that was pretty dumb. it was a news channel it isn't anymore

[Jim Beard]

63. Check out www.dar.fm

cheap..... www.dar.fm

[Stardust]

74. Thank you! I cut the cord today and this will be handy. nt

[Stellar]

84. +100

Thanks for sharing that tidbit.

[Fast Walker 52]

122. the Rachel Maddow podcast is still going

that's the only way I can stand to watch her show

[Laffy Kat]

37. Me too. Taking a little hiatus.

And I feel much better.

[FloridaBlues]

103. I'm afraid msnbc is going more and more republican

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

133. I'm sick of it too.

[madamesilverspurs]

3. Concur.

Just turned it on and about gagged.

Why the hell is our media campaigning for this jackass???

[arcane1]

18. The more they promote Trump, the more ad time the other candidates' Super-PACs have to purchase n/t

[Shandris]

26. Not to mention the obvious ratings.

Hell, he's not even one of our candidates and he's practically filled the front page of GD. I won't claim innocence in avoiding every thread about him - I haven't - but good Christ that's way too much frump. I mean rump. I mean thump. Well, whatever the hell his name is.

[csziggy]

59. I added "Trump" to my trash list and it works GREAT on GD

I wish I could do that on the TV - just put in a keyword and that story doesn't come on. I keep trying to watch shows on MSNBC (out of habit) and as soon as they mention Trump I change to something, ANYTHING else.

I'm clearing out my DVR of shows I recorded and never got around to watching. That's good - the new seasons will be starting and I've got a trip coming up so I need more space available.

[RKP5637]

52. Yep, it's all about $$$$$'s. MSNBC (Comcast) is no ones friend! n/t

[SharonAnn]

41. Reminds me of August and early Sept. 2001. It was "All Chandra, All The Time" on the news shows

It was endless, week after week, one show after another. I finally stopped watching.

And then, after a couple months of this fake bullshit, 9-11 happened. I actually wonderful if people might start paying attention to reality instead of these contrived media stories, but we didn't.

[themaguffin]

108. and the irony is that Joe Scarborough gets a job there...

[Stardust]

69. Great graphic, madame! "Trumpgasm Marathon!"

[mvd]

70. That picture is really funny!

Thanks for the laughs. So annoying on MSNBC seeing Trump + Hillary e-mails coverage all day. But got a good laugh here.

[madaboutharry]

4. Same on CNN

It is Trump all day.

[redwitch]

5. Me me me me me me me me

He loves him some Donald. This is astoundingly bad. The worst part is the room full of idiots who love him too.

[Gothmog]

6. Why? Trump is in the process of destroying the GOP and RNC and this is fun to watch

I find Trump's efforts to subvert and destroy the GOP and ruin the RNC's carefully laid plans to control the nomination process to be funny. I am enjoying the MSNBC coverage of the antics of Trump in large part because I know that these antics are driving Reibus and the Kochs crazy.

[Marie Marie]

38. I agree.

He is either spouting crazy right wing nonsense (i.e., his immigration policy) for all the world to attribute to the GOP or he is destroying the other GOP candidates. Works for me.

[Dream Girl]

50. Agree I'm enjoying it immensely

Watching him wreck havoc on the GOP is great fun!

[TeamPooka]

58. yup

[Fast Walker 52]

121. yes-- the coverage of Trump in itself, is no knock on MSNBC

there are of course many other reasons to be mad at MSNBC

[livetohike]

7. They have been repeating the town hall for the past two hours. It's sickening.

There are many things wrong with MSNBC starting with Morning Joe.

[dsc]

11. you mean this wasn't even a live town hall

holy crap. I turned it off pretty much immediately but I thought since it went from Hardball to All In I had assumed it was at least a live town hall. Good gravy.

[livetohike]

15. I think it started during Rev. Al's show. He interrupted his guest to join the town hall. Trump had

just started taking questions.

[fredamae]

9. Why I haven't watched MSNBC since

July 26th. I actually don't miss it..at all and apparently I haven't missed a Damned thing

[GoneFishin]

10. I quit MSNBC when they screwed over Keith. When I make the mistake of trying it again I regret

it. I just can't afford the cost of the vomit bags.

They really suck.

[Hugin]

67. I quit them when they screwed over Phil Donahue in the run up to Iraq. n/t

[GoneFishin]

81. Good call.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

123. Keith was the last and greatest thing about MSNBC

I tried to watch afterward, but Maddow lost me when she ignored OWS. I liked Chris Hayes a lot too, but never got around to watching him much, and from I hear he's become more mainstream anyhow.

[GoneFishin]

127. It's sad about Rachael. When she had her radio show with Liz Winstead she proved she could

be a powerful voice against conservative bullshit. But it's clear that to keep her show on MSNBC she was reigned in a lot. I loved her on the radio, can't stand her on MSNBC. She is not even the same person to me.

[malaise]

12. That was a great panel - exposing not just the Trump agenda

but that fact that most ReTHUGs think just like him.

[n2doc]

13. Illustrated

[stevenleser]

14. I see it both ways. On the one hand it's a little excessive but on the other he is

The leading candidate for President from one of the two major parties. He and Hillary should get the lions share of coverage and scrutiny. And that is what's happening.

[dsc]

17. I doubt Hillary is getting half the attention he is from MSNBC

and yea it is excessive.

[MerryBlooms]

16. Trump should never be the lead any time, any where, on any 'news' program.

[Armstead]

19. In Fairness though...Chris Hayes came on after breathing fire

He said, with obvious anger, that Trump had gone beyond comic relief, and is a dangerous tyrant, who has a vision of turning America into a repressive totalitarisn police state...

He and a panel proceeded to bash him very staunchly....And relentless about how dark and stupid the GOP field had become...

[tabasco]

20. THEN TURN IT OFF!

For Christ's sake, I'm sick of these daily reports on the latest villainy of the corporate propaganda mass media.

JUST TURN THAT SHIT OFF!

[TreasonousBastard]

22. You got it.

[annabanana]

23. oppo research

If we're to counter the crap they shovel to everyone else, we have to know what it is.

[H2O Man]

25. Correct.

If a person is offended by these posts, they might take their own advice, and not read them.

[Stardust]

71. ^^^^^^This^^^^^^^ Thank you!

[tabasco]

89. I'm disgusted that so many are glued to the telescreens

which have no interest in the truth.

[PoliticAverse]

53. Ratings don't distinguish why people are watching. n/t

[tabasco]

91. And what's the plan to counter the lies constantly being told on the corporate mass media?

Do you expect the corporate media to provide a platform for the truth?

[FONT SIZE=8]GOOD LUCK WITH THAT![/font]

Stay glued to your telescreen and your "opposition research." Better you than me.

[LanternWaste]

110. The dramatic lack of relevance in your responses to the OP seems fatuous at best.

The dramatic lack of relevance in your responses to the OP seems fatuous at best, regardless of whether your big brother, your little sister or even your elderly aunt is watching.

[dsc]

34. I did

I started watching stuff I taped. But I was actually, god forbid working today and wanted to catch up on, wait for it, news. For example, Carter announced last week he has cancer and would address this week exactly what was up. I wondered if he had done so. I thought, maybe, must maybe some other news might actually have happened today while I was at work and turned on a, wait for it, news station to find out if news had happened today.

[reddread]

85. instead they keep paying their cable company to keep it up

and simultaneously allow Pacifica to go down the tubes.
Perhaps the word for this foolishness hasnt been invented yet?
or maybe it has been well understood for far too long.

[dsc]

88. If want to have any tv at all I have to have cable

and I live alone so yes, I want some tv.

[reddread]

114. understandable, totally it is just unfortunate that

they have purchased free reign from our elected representatives.
They are squeezing every last penny out of customers who feel or in fact have no choice.
LOUSY internet infrastructure, telecom deregulation a huge bump in the wrong direction.
we are at one of the most conservative and corpofascist historical moments,
as they dance with who they brought.
Naked and unashamed.

[AndreaCG]

21. And they are cutting off their noses to spite their faces

I don't have cable now. Online I only seem to be able to access partial clips of say Hardball, one a mere 38 seconds, barely longer than the commercial I had to sit through to see it. Given that fewer people, especially youth, have cable they are missing out on a good deal of potential audience.

Because of sports and my team being in the pennant race, plus more steady income, I may get cable soon. But I will be watching MSNBC far less frequently than in the past for numerous reasons including that they fired a lot of the left leaning hosts and even Rachel has become unwatchable, in that she seems to think her audience is dimwitted third graders who need to be talked down to. Probably the only one I'll definitely look for is Melissa Harris Perry.

[valerief]

24. I wonder if Trump bought it. nt

[spanone]

27. it's been like that for days. i tuned in today and it was trump followed by trump...

then two republicans weighing in on trump and of course, Hillary.

we've lost the little sliver of support the liberals had in the 'news' media.

there is no representation.

[erpowers]

28. He Should Not Be the Lead on Any Channel

Donald Trump should not be the lead story on any channel. I am beginning to agree with some of the Republican contenders who claim the media is giving Donald Trump too much attention and that is part of the reason he is leading in the polls. All of the news media should be informing everyone of the ideas of all of the candidates. How much time has the media spent detailing where the other Republicans stand on immigration, college tuition, and debt? Has the media given people information concerning the policy positions of the Democratic candidates on the same issues? Senator Sanders and Senator Clinton gave multiple speeches over the last few days; however, I think the plans from those speeches have not received the same amount of attention as Donald Trumps talking points.

[NRaleighLiberal]

29. it was never not broken. It is just about $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. that's why I turned the TV off 7 years

ago.

It's all a game - rigged so that they win.

[Samantha]

30. MSNBC is dead to me

I mourn the loss of what it used to be, but I am not going to help its rating by watching even one show. My apologies for that to Lawrence O'Donnell. I miss him.

Sam

PS Does anyone know if MSNBC ratings have gone up or slipped since the shakedown?

[totodeinhere]

100. It's not pretty. MSNBC finished behind FNC, CNN and HLN in the key A25-54 demo on Tuesday.

http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/scoreboard-tuesday-aug-18/269957

[jwirr]

31. I agree. There used to be a saying that news was supposed to report the

news not make the news. It comes as no surprise that Trump is ahead. Who else is getting talked about.

I watched Chris Hedges on Link tonight. Much more interesting than anything MSNBC had to offer.

[Hotler]

33. Bernie hardly gets any time with Chris or Rachel. Its all about

Hillary and Donald.

[Motown_Johnny]

35. We are deep in the silly season.

Donald is the perfect example of this.

[boatsnhose]

36. I really hope

Brian Williams saves MSNBC

[SamKnause]

54. Are you serious ???

Why would you believe a KNOWN and ADMITTED liar ????

[boatsnhose]

92. Forgive and Forget

[SamKnause]

109. Get Real

You can forgive him, but why would you trust him ???

[boatsnhose]

112. I believe it would be inept

for Brian Williams to try something like this again. I am not attempting to mitigate his actions by saying this, but he also has reported a good amount of stories that happened to be true. Brian Williams is not going to mess up like he did in the past. I trust he will return and save MSNBC.

[alfredo]

39. "If it bleeds, it leads."

[Attorney in Texas]

40. Obviously, the Trump coverage is grotesque and obsessive but at least on MSNBC they are outraged by

his bullshit.

In the end, the MSM obsession with Trump has had several positive effects:

1. it has been been devastating to Bush and Walker (who were -- and still are -- the front runners for the nomination, but they have been damaged to the point that they may have been knocked back to being on par with Rubio);

2. it has served to highlight the differences between the Republican party and the sane majority -- if a fair immigration policy is important to any undecided voters, the MSM obsession has been a constant drumbeat to convince those voters they have no place in the Republican party -- if gender equality is an important issue for any voters on the fence, the MSM obsession has pointed out that the Republican party invites and welcomes misogyny -- if any undecided voter is have any interest in an adult discussion of policy, then the MSM obsession has confirmed that there is no place for that dialogue in the Republican party;

3. it has reinforced the point that the Republican field is a bunch of clowns with no leaders and no strong candidate, and a sizable minority of the nutjobs who will be selecting their nominee actually prefer the clowns fest.

in the end, I'd much rather listen to a Trump-a-thon than the bullshit phony tension (which does not exist between the Sanders campaign and Black Lives Matter (in truth, Sanders has a perfect record on race and he has given Black Lives Matter more access than any other campaign), the manufactured Clinton email controversy (Bush and several other Republican candidates also used a private email server), and the false will-he-or-won't-he nonsense about Biden (he's not running and there is not need for an "alternative to Clinton" because Sanders and O'Malley already serve as perfect alternative to Clinton who's not my first choice but whose candidacy and campaign are doing a damned sight better than Bush's or Walker's or Christie's or Paul's etc.).

[G_j]

43. good points

all.. I suppose it's ironic, but it's politics.

[Greybnk48]

42. It's unwatchable now.

I am in mourning, quite honestly. I've been a fairly constant watcher of MSNBC since Keith joined the network and now I feel lost. And it's not just MSNBC. Colbert, Jon Stewart, Letterman, in addition to Ed, all gone. And what is on MSNBC is unwatchable. I had watched Rachel almost daily since day one, but quit when they canned Ed in a fit of temper.

Rachel wasn't on her show the few times I've checked since I've cooled off. She has had Donald-dementia too to a degree when she is there. I like Chris Hayes and Lawrence but was not a truly regular viewer. I'm pissed too that they ignore Bernie, so I watch nothing.

[spanone]

44. just turned on O'donnell......fucking trump

[MrMickeysMom]

47. Time to turn it off completely...

I wonder how long it will take for some of my family to notice. They basically watch Rachel, which (sorry) I don't anymore. Not worth deviating away form much better portrayal of entire news cycle which is Al Jazeera. If ya don't get that, then BBC America. If ya don't get that then internets.

[Bohunk68]

131. Been watching AJ and LinkTV primarily

since Rachel started schmoozing someone's ass. Tuned in night before last and nearly gagged. The Ed debacle was the last straw for me. Never could stand Chris The Mandibular Masturbator, always jerking off his jaws. Au Revoir and thanks for all the Unnews.

[MrMickeysMom]

137. "Mandibular Masturbator"...

Conan, the Barbarian's got nothin on Chris the Manibular Masturbator…

[moniss]

48. MSNBC problems begin with Chris Matthews

This little twerp swings a big say about what goes on there. I recall him openly being very nasty and condescending to Ed on a primary election coverage program when they had all the anchors at one table. Matthews couldn't stand Keith either. Neither Ed or Keith showed much deference to the established political insiders from media and the beltway. Matthews on the other hand can't fall on his knees fast enough to kiss the backside of those people. Comcast isn't going to give a crap about ratings because this is now going to be THEIR propaganda channel. As a for instance would it really be too much to ask for at least one of the programs in over twelve hours of programming to have some actual serious experts on today to talk about the bills Alan Grayson introduced to raise Social Security benefits? Because the subject is anathema to Comcast it will not happen. Instead we get hours of Trump and we get at least our one hour of vile backbiting from Andrea Mitchell and our 3 hours of Morning Joke foaming at the mouth about e-mail. Why in all this time can't somebody just look at that idiot and say to him "If e-mail and servers are so damned important then why after all these weeks have you not had on an IT person who could explain to us how this all works rather than all of this mindless speculation?" There are two reasons why that hasn't happened. First of all anybody who did say that would never appear on air again and secondly they all know that the mindless speculation fuels doubt and that is what the producers/hosts want. Cross that up and you will be gone and no more TV appearance fees. So they sell out.

[grandpamike1]

49. MSNBC is owned by Conservative Comcast

And they promote Morning Joe all day long and cancel the shows where any sort of progressives are moderating, except for a few, but they will be gone soon enough. Thanks FCC and Supremes.

[Cleita]

51. Since Ed left, I have been recording Chris Hayes and Rachel.

I zap through the Trumpapalooza because they still have some interesting stuff to say about other things, like Rachel's piece on Shell Oil drilling in the Arctic yesterday. Unfortunately, there seems to be no more than fifteen or twenty minutes in each show worth watching. It's a bloody shame.

I don't think M$NBComcast cares. The Mother Ship of the channels approves.

[Lifelong Protester]

55. sick of wall to wall Trump

eom

[napi21]

56. I actually like that they and, well,, all the csable channels are doing all Trump.

That makes it a LOT MORE DIFFICULT for the other 15 candidates. You KNOW they're all trying to figure out how in the world they can get some media coverage. Nothing seems to be working for them...none of them! I WANT them asll to have to spend their precious money against Trump which leaves less they can do to the Dem candidate!

[Egnever]

61. Interesting

I see that as a downside because the warts arent being discussed on the others. Trump will flame out. then the others will be able to pretend they are paragons of virtue.

[emsimon33]

57. MSNBC is corporate media--enuff said!

[Elwood P Dowd]

60. I call it FARTT News - Fucking Anything Related To Trump.

Watched Tweety for a couple of minutes last night and cut it off. Watched Rachel a couple of minutes and cut her off. Every single Dem I know has just about given up on them. Without Dems watching, who the fuck will watch that them. Repukes won't watch them, so who will?

[Nite Owl]

62. Wonder just how long

MSNBC can keep the lights on. They lost their audience when they cancelled the shows we actually watch. I like Chris and Rachel but now they are just a part of corporate lineup. Lost respect for both of them for selling their souls to Comcast.
Haven't watched since Ed was kicked out.
Al Jazera and BBC are kind of refreshing.

[AndreaCG]

64. They don't seem to be interested in feedback either

I would love to tell Rachel how disappointed I am in her talking down to her audience. I don't know if she realizes she does it now. But I see no place to leave any comments via the MSNBC website. If anyone has a way to contact her please tell me. I will mention the Trump 24/7 nonsense too.

[marlakay]

65. Did you try her twitter account? Nt

[AndreaCG]

66. I'm not on Twitter

Can you reply to a celebrity there? Would they actually read it? Or would you just be another follower?

[marlakay]

96. I have only done a few tweets just read

But While reading I see the people I am following answer sometimes, some stars do more than others.

[Stardust]

75. Here's a link to her web page. There's a Feedback button on the page?

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show

I contacted her recently and I'm pretty sure that's how I did it. Can't go there now as my iPad can't handle the msnbc website anymore. Too much stuff there and it crashes. Sigh. Modern problems.

[AndreaCG]

79. Thanks!

[Crunchy Frog]

68. It is and always has been corporate media.

I think alot of people were fooled because MSNBC happened to realize that there was an untapped market for progressive commentators, and decided to exploit it. I never was.

[tabasco]

98. The corporate media fools intelligent people by putting a veneer of "objectivity" in their broadcast

But it is only a veneer atop well-crafted and ubiquitous propaganda.

Much more smooth and guileful than crude WWII-era propaganda.

[Retrograde]

72. 40 minutes of Trump "news" on Maddow's show

The fast forward button is getting quite a workout these days.

[yuiyoshida]

73. Msnbc is dead to me

I had a place bookmarked in my website bookmarks. I have removed it. I won't watch it any longer. There are other sources for news and some of them are not even in this country. I am sure a lot is censored in our news, and we don't hear about it. I have seen stories from overseas newspapers of stuff that should be covered by American news, that are not. Why is that? The corporations are editing our news for us...and the days of real news is dead, in favor of the newest shiny thing.

[chillfactor]

76. no argument..

I am so sick of seeing Trump all on the news channels including MSNBC and CNN I could throw up! I quit watching the news channels because all I see is trump, trump, trump.

[Mona]

77. seems to be trump trump trump on msnbc now all the time :( eom

N/t

[avebury]

80. I stopped watching MSNBC.

And actually all I have to do is hear the word Trump on any station and I either turn off the TV or change the channel. I am getting closer and closer to wanting to cut the cord on TV.

[Vinca]

82. Everyone is leading with Trump.

But MSNBC totally sucks now . . . with the exception of Rachel.

[Stellar]

83. All Trump all day, all the time!!!

Enough!

[bigwillq]

86. So turn it off.

Haven't watched in years. I know I am not missing much.

[colsohlibgal]

87. All The Wrong Moves

Yes, from dumping Donahue, by far their highest rated show at the time, because he questioned the rush to war, to dumping Ed Because he dared question the TPP, they have consistently shown their true colors.

The good news is that the hold of cable TV slips lower day after day.

Ed is still available, Cenk too, Keith will be back. Hard to keep people in the dark if they don't want to be in the dark these days.

[Bluenorthwest]

93. I'm surprised that in this entire thread no one has connected Trump, until recently an NBC on air

personality, to the excessive coverage he gets from MSNBC. It's achingly obvious.

[dsc]

94. I would hope that isn't it

but it is hard to escape that conclusion.

[DrDan]

95. I find these threads amusing

. . . complaints about the programming - but still tuning in.

Which do you think is more important to any media outlet - approval or viewers?

If you don't like, change channels. Pretty darned simple.

[DirkGently]

97. Oh please. Everyone's leading with Trump.

Neither MSNBC nor any other media outlet are creating the Trump situation, nor could they put a stop to it by boycotting him or whatever.

You lead with what's making the biggest splash, and lately it's been Trump.

He is a product of a dynamic within the Republican Party that is very real, and neutral to beneficial as to Dems and liberals.

Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow are doing their usual excellent job of discussing all the insanity going on with wit and intelligence.

I also continue to think any panic or freak-out among any Dems or liberals as to Trump is misplaced.

He is not a strong candidate for a general election, and most of the damage flying from his wild gyrations is detracting from real Republican players like Rubio and Bush.

Have you noticed he isn't even particularly attacking Democratic candidates?

If you think Trump is actually strengthening RW positions by what he's saying and doing, or that lefty commentators are facilitating that by simply covering the chaos, I don't think you're fully appreciating what's actually going on.

[diabeticman]

101. It needs Keith Olbermann

[kimbutgar]

102. I turned it off when I saw the giant bloviating meglomaniac

And turned it back on for Rachel. I was glad she kind of avoided mentioning him the best she could, he was lurking but she didn't focus like the three previous shows.

I will turn off MSNBC when they have the egotiscal orangutang on from now on.

[CrispyQ]

104. The liberal media is only a liberal as the conservative corporations that own it.

My take on MSNBC - the 'liberal' hosts are allowed to attack certain GOP politicians - the ones that GOP leaders don't want in the running. Hence the constant attacks on Chris Christie back during the bridge scandal & now Trump. Their hosts are doing the work of the GOP - to take down undesirable candidates - & MSNBC can claim that they are more liberal than the other stations.

In every step of the game, we are being played.

[stevenleser]

105. Not going good in the ratings. See links...

Between FNC, CNN and MSNBC, MSNBC is third in the all important 25-54 demographic in all their shows except Rachel's, and she is second in that category.

Most recent ratings (for Tues Aug 18):
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2015/08/19/cable-news-ratings-for-tuesday-august-18-2015/450196/

And using this link, folks can check days prior to the 18th:
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/category/cable-news/

[Stainless]

106. MSNBC is a pathetic joke

Rachel Maddow needs to find another venue. She has had to compromise her standards to stay with them. Lawrence O'Donnel has become a shill for corporate dogma. I can't stand to watch MSGOP.

[tiredtoo]

107. MSNBC is just part of the corporate controlled MSM

And is doing what its corporate masters want it to do.

[jtuck004]

111. Not broken. Fixed. n/t

[calimary]

113. Also, they seem to have brought amy holmes aboard to be a fairly frequent talking head.

CON girl. Used to be on CNN. A very aggressive, combative, obnoxious, and in-yer-face CON. And she's quite rude. Readily talks over people and interrupts and she won't shut up. WTF is she doing on MSNBC? She belongs on Pox Noise. But then again, she's probably not wanted there because she isn't blonde.

[left-of-center2012]

115. MSNBC used to be good

Back in the day.
Years ago.

I listen more and more to progressive radio. Thom Hartmann, Bill Press, etc.

[Greybnk48]

117. I loved it, years ago.

I feel lost without a news channel to watch. I'll have to switch to radio like you.

[left-of-center2012]

119. So much cable news ...

It's just not real hard hitting news any more.
More like a magazine format with some interesting (?), amusing stories.
And they repeat over and over.

[Greybnk48]

135. I was already losing interest a while ago

for that very reason. All of the afternoon shows on into evening covered the exact same thing. IMO, I think MSNBC started to slide with the exit of Keith Olbermann. Another mistake was moving Ed Schultz to afternoons. As I said, I just don't watch anything anymore. I read news online and listen to Ed's podcast.

[Enthusiast]

116. Tuned in to HLN the other night. Nancy Grace was running what amounted to a Trump commercial.

She played his rant about the illegal mesicans pouring over the border to rape and pillage, Then Nancy showed a murder supposedly done by an illegal. Then she showed another murder by another illegal.

The whole point was, "Look how insightful Donald Trump is and look how much of a failure Obama is for inviting these murderers into the country."

Ordinarily when Nancy talks about a murder she tells about the evidence and speaks to investigating officers. In this instance she did none of that. She went clear outside the regular protocol, such as it is.

I understand this is CNN. I understand it's Nancy Grace a shock jock. But this was entirely different. This was a slimy message. That message was, "Great job, Trump! Mesicans are terrible, they will kill us."

[Logical]

124. Trump is a big story whether you like it or not. Sick of the whining about it. Nt

[AngryOldDem]

125. I turn it on when Hayes starts, and if the lead story is Trump (as it usually is)...

...then it's off to the Game Show Network.

What if they would try IGNORING Trump for a day?????

[PeteSelman]

126. Matthews gave up his whole show to Trump.

We know why though, ratings. Like it or not, everyone wants to watch the Trump show. If they don't get it on MSNBC they'll switch over to CNN or, worse, Fox.

They're getting killed in the ratings already. They can't afford any drop off in viewers. Sadly, that's the way for-profit news works.

[Android3.14]

128. MSNBC=Fox=CNN

It's not about bias, but about keeping the proles distracted from their own enslavement and angry at each other.

[Turbineguy]

129. One of the things is that

Progressives do not continually need to be lied to. The fear is that conservatives actually look up and see the real world.

[frankieallen]

130. this early on it's on the extreme on each side that's paying any attention,

That's why Trump, and Sanders, seem to be doing so well, while neither have a chance in hell.

[Mike Nelson]

132. MSNBC is a joke...

...they start off on "Morning Joe" with anti-Hillary and pro-Trump stories - of the two, I'd say Hillary is more ethical. More, I'm turning to CNN, which are really not much better. Someone should start a serious progressive channel.

[MosheFeingold]

136. Trump is part of the NYC-centrism of the news

The media is all pretty much based in NYC, so they think they are far more important than they are.

Trump is part of the NYC club; ergo, he is most important in their eyes.