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Freethinker65

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18. Idk. I think it is dead or dying ...

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 03:57 PM

Jan 2017

There is very little news on non-cable news channels. The people that watch tend to skew older judging by who advertises during the national nightly news shows. After about 5 to ten snippets of editorialized sound bites and tragedies of the day the rest is infotainment type banter. I do not watch it, but occasionally hear the "reporting" when my husband has it on. I do not have cable tv at home, but when I do see it, there it does not seem much better. Seems a lot of preaching to the choir for both sides depending on station/anchor/moderator and stupid equivalencies instead of reporting non-debatable facts is now the norm. My nearly 20 year old son and his friends never watch tv. If his friends are engaged in news at all, they get it from the internet. Depending on what sites and privacy setting you use, the "news" you get on the web can continue to be skewed, or worse yet, completely false. This is very concerning for the future

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Lest you had any doubts about NBC/MSNBC . . . . . [View all] Stinky The Clown Jan 2017 OP

Toss CNBC in that pile of shit too.........n/t HAB911 Jan 2017 #1

Yup, done with all of them! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #43

I'm not excited about Van Susteren Renew Deal Jan 2017 #2

Carlson? annabanana Jan 2017 #5

I think we are talking about Gretchen Carlson gvstn Jan 2017 #11

Thank god. Thought Tucker Carlson, too TomCADem Jan 2017 #26

he went from msnbc to fnc. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #38

Speechless, just speechless Hekate Jan 2017 #3

but but but they have Rachel Maddow.... NightWatcher Jan 2017 #4

Rachel can be annoying barbtries Jan 2017 #28

Thanks for the tip on ProPublica....1st time I heard of it. Deuce Jan 2017 #33

Taka loot at Talking Points Memorandum Texin Jan 2017 #37

hmm no dissent bdamomma Jan 2017 #6

I've had the same opinion for some time now. KPN Jan 2017 #7

the corporate media is all problematic... no real hope from cable TV news for us Fast Walker 52 Jan 2017 #8

Meh. TV news is pretty much dead. Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #9

Except that it's not. LanternWaste Jan 2017 #13

Idk. I think it is dead or dying ... Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #18

old but interesting.... (2015) Locrian Jan 2017 #31

I stopped watching CNN and MSNBC, and lower affiliates, 11/9/2016. NUFF SAID MoonRiver Jan 2017 #10

Same here. I have not watched since the election. Laurian Jan 2017 #16

I completely agree. MoonRiver Jan 2017 #17

Ditto kytngirl Jan 2017 #22

Yeah, she had a fake heart attack because Bill called 22 year old Hillary a "girl." pnwmom Jan 2017 #29

Joy IS a joy! How come she's being passed over for a prime slot? hmmm... gimme a break! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #45

Not Once Since 11/9 otohara Jan 2017 #24

No point on watching that crap anymore... specially since they're now goin for the white supremacy audience. WTF?!?! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #46

Exactly! MoonRiver Jan 2017 #57

Ditto Generator Jan 2017 #30

Yeah, I was wondering what the hell she was doing there? dhol82 Jan 2017 #34

Ditto. Watching the networks helped contribute to their awful coverage. Tatiana Jan 2017 #60

They all suck Loge23 Jan 2017 #12

I refuse to watch any of that sh*t CousinIT Jan 2017 #14

They are trying MFM008 Jan 2017 #15

Yeah, good luck with that! You just know these new right-wing shows will be D.O.A.!! InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #48

Good god almighty lillypaddle Jan 2017 #19

Megyn Kelly, New Face Of NBC News, Spent Election Withholding News From The Public Fla Dem Jan 2017 #20

Propaganda foxes are in the den Generator Jan 2017 #32

Comcast malaise Jan 2017 #21

No TV here for 8 years and counting and feeling very lucky indeed. NRaleighLiberal Jan 2017 #23

They can't be any worse HurricaneWarning Jan 2017 #25

People, shut that shit off LittleGirl Jan 2017 #27

+1000 Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #44

Why is there no push back? nadine_mn Jan 2017 #35

Fuck all those corporate media angrychair Jan 2017 #36

+1 kacekwl Jan 2017 #56

These are considered news people on that channel awoke_in_2003 Jan 2017 #39

Jeebus Christ on a Cracker! Marie Marie Jan 2017 #47

How Mika could allow herself awoke_in_2003 Jan 2017 #49

She's banging that jerk like an old screen door--she dumped her husband for that schmuck. MADem Jan 2017 #54

"Used" was probably a poor choice of words awoke_in_2003 Jan 2017 #55

Did you know the idiot on the right thinks he's the White Man's Lin-Manuel Miranda? MADem Jan 2017 #51

Wouldn't surprise me awoke_in_2003 Jan 2017 #53

I think the baby boars would disagree with your comment. hedda_foil Jan 2017 #64

Should have said "boar hog". nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2017 #65

As long as they still have Mrs. Greenspan, tavernier Jan 2017 #40

her right wing fans think she's a traitor going to "factless" nbc. SleeplessinSoCal Jan 2017 #41

Yep. And they won't get rid of Joe and his adoring girlfriend any time soon either. I'll stay away. Squinch Jan 2017 #42

This is disgusting oldtime dfl_er Jan 2017 #50

YUCK onetexan Jan 2017 #52

We knew that when they fired Donahue after 9/11. progressoid Jan 2017 #58

And they replaced him with Michael Savage True_Blue Jan 2017 #62

I knew it when they fired Keith O on something ridiculously flimsy. Tatiana Jan 2017 #59

How pathetic is that?! True_Blue Jan 2017 #61

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They'll read whatever's put in front of them. Orsino Jan 2017 #66

Its all a pile of puke to me. BSdetect Jan 2017 #67

I'm thinking Joy Reid gets on the Enemies List II librechik Jan 2017 #68

They employ the Intern Killer sellitman Jan 2017 #69