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muriel_volestrangler

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19. Cillizza is just repeating what Trump said a couple of months ago, and falling in line with him

Wed Mar 7, 2018, 02:14 PM

Mar 2018

He's admitting that he craves the ratings that Trump provides, and doesn't care about analysing the actual effect of the Trump administration, let alone holding it to account. He's asking people to sit down and enjoy the circus.

The effect on Cillizza may not be much, because he doesn't seem to have much self-awareness or shame. But, far from being a 'twit', O'Brien is being very straightforward about Cillizza's failings.

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Oh my God, Soledad O'brien just killed a man. [View all] kpete Mar 2018 OP

Great critique. Very efficient as well. I'm impressed. -eom poboy2 Mar 2018 #1

O'Brien successfully polished her credentials as a twit. MrModerate Mar 2018 #2

I dunno. Kevin Kruse coined the headline, and he seems pretty up on things. BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2018 #3

A Twit?! SCVDem Mar 2018 #4

I don't follow her career . . . MrModerate Mar 2018 #41

Huh? DownriverDem Mar 2018 #6

I found her so. n/t MrModerate Mar 2018 #42

Soledad just said out loud what smart media people all think american_ideals Mar 2018 #16

So, media critics don't like Cillizza's style. MrModerate Mar 2018 #43

Anyone who cares about America hates fact-free takes american_ideals Mar 2018 #48

Cillizza is just repeating what Trump said a couple of months ago, and falling in line with him muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #19

O'Brien is straightforward, but has no standing to judge Cillizza. n/t MrModerate Mar 2018 #44

"n/t"? How can you "n/t" that, when it's clearly the set-up for a punchline? muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #47

Thank you. Exactly. american_ideals Mar 2018 #49

I'm happy you find him so entertaining. MrModerate Mar 2018 #51

She has 2 Peabody awards, and 3 Emmys, for her work muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #52

Her complaint is that his humorous piece shouldn't be read . . . MrModerate Mar 2018 #57

Cillizza's always been a jerkoff. A-Schwarzenegger Mar 2018 #23

That's enough. Iggo Mar 2018 #34

Collizza thinks too highly of himself apparently. KPN Mar 2018 #5

Chris Cilliza: Desperately wants to be the Andy Cohen of political reporting Malikshah Mar 2018 #7

Cillizza is a fucking idiot. Always has been!!! longship Mar 2018 #8

+ gazillion! Cryptoad Mar 2018 #10

That is about the most accurate and concise assessment of Cilizza on this thread I have seen DFW Mar 2018 #53

I enjoyed Cillizza's piece. GreenEyedLefty Mar 2018 #9

Hes bad for America (cillizza). Click chaser. american_ideals Mar 2018 #14

It's not analysis SayItLoud Mar 2018 #11

Politics is not a reality show. Lives are at stake. american_ideals Mar 2018 #15

+1000. So many people are scared shitless ecstatic Mar 2018 #33

Cillizza was also born to privilege, not a disqualifying trait in itself but useful for context. CBHagman Mar 2018 #54

NO. Some asshole made a vandalism edit on Wikipedia. Please don't oversell dull twitter convos. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #12

Me, I love the title. However, I fear Cillizza is recognized only in a very small universe. Shrike47 Mar 2018 #13

Perfect! mcar Mar 2018 #17

A perfect assessment of Cillizza! longship Mar 2018 #18

That's my girl... Blue_Tires Mar 2018 #20

Condescending shitsack Ellen Forradalom Mar 2018 #21

I didn't like that Cillizza piece, either: highplainsdem Mar 2018 #22

"why people hate the media" is worse than anything Cillizza wrote Awsi Dooger Mar 2018 #24

Yes +1000 Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #26

Nah! She's on the money about him. Now is no time for jokes about look how... brush Mar 2018 #28

+1 american_ideals Mar 2018 #50

"Why Americans hate the media" has been a theme journalists have explored for decades. CBHagman Mar 2018 #55

Cilliza is a world class slime BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #25

I think she needs to redirect her fire to the real enemies of journalism...not Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #27

Did you read his article? radical noodle Mar 2018 #29

No I didn't read this particular article, but I've read others and see him on the tube. Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #30

I try to give out a lot of passes too radical noodle Mar 2018 #32

Maybe he means that it would be a great reality show..... if it weren't reality. Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #35

Speaking of which... radical noodle Mar 2018 #36

I read it on a thread here on DU! n/t Kirk Lover Mar 2018 #37

Have a listen to what JoeScum said about Cillizza to Trump in Feb 2016 for what Cillizza's OnDoutside Mar 2018 #40

Soledad speaks for me. This is not a joke ecstatic Mar 2018 #31

Mahalo, Soledad.. Cillizza doesn't even Cha Mar 2018 #38

I thought Cilliza's piece was good, actually, radius777 Mar 2018 #39

She's right. janx Mar 2018 #45

I miss Soledad. aikoaiko Mar 2018 #46

Cillizza is why people hate the media Trumpocalypse Mar 2018 #56