Let's Boycott Programs Like Hardball

[volvoblue]

Okay, the media wants to help Jim DeMint realize his fantasy of Obama's Waterloo. And given that Obama denied them that with health care, they are going to make sure this time it sticks with the oil spill.
Pundits like Tweety, who I read here went into full pout mode over Obama not standing on the beach with a bullhorn in a flightsuit to give him a thrill like Bush did. that Obama is doing what real presidents do and not movie ones seems to tick off the beltway idiots like Maureen Dowd.
As I write, Andrea Mitchell was all upset because Obama dared to multitask and go to Penn. rather then camp on the beaches of Nola.
How dare he not spend 24-7 doing everything to stop the leak, like obama is some engineering expert and can just dive a mile below the surface and McGiver it.
I am tired of the phoney populism, the grandstanding and the pundits tell us, the American people, what we want.
I say let's boycott programs that are doing this instead of responsible reporting.

Imagine if alot of us started to boycott and see the ratings dive.

And if we decide to do this we need to enlist the help of other blogs so it really hurts.

We need to be pro-active and fight back.

[Thrill]

1. Nobody watches that shitty program anyway

Check out his ratings

[Joe Bacon]

36. Fortunately, I can watch BBC World News America instead of Tweety

I'll watch Ed, then switch to BBC America. I won't waste any time listening to Tweety.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Hardball helped make Obama president. Yes, Matthews is a fickle idiot. nt

[O is 44]

12. That is news to me! helped him become President.....n/t

[Captain Hilts]

13. Matthews supported Obama throughout the campaign. I saw him at the

Inauguration. He was there with his wife.

A panel on Matthews show - in March '07 predicted that Obama would overtake Clinton by June '07.

Matthews also likes McCain, that is true.

[O is 44]

14. You are giving him far too much credit....

I have no doubt Obama would have still won without his panel and thrill up his leg. Oh by the way your Celtics are going down starting tomorrow.

[Thrill]

30. He doesn't get nearly the ratings he needs to get to

effect a Presidential Race

[Jennicut]

3. Hey, I don't get MSNBC anyway...Comcast won't put it on unless we get

digital cable here in CT. I am stuck with CNN!

[Ian David]

4. I never turn-on MSNBC at least until Keith comes on. n/t

[volvoblue]

5. Not just MSNBC programs but, CNN like anderson cooper.

We need to make a statement.
the rightwing gets their way by pushing the media and others. We will be ignored. Our side will be trashed and belittled until we, the ground troops, fight back and push back
Make some noise of our own and stop ceding ground to the rightwing all the time because we don't want to be bothered.

[sketchy]

6. Journalistic malpractice is what it is

And hysterical media making a two day story (at least) of the Al and Tipper Gore breakup is just a real live demonstration of what Al's book Assault On Reason was talking about!

I would LOVE to see Al Gore himself call them on their BS. Not to mention I've seen more than one total misrepresentation of what happened in the presidential election of 2000 while they're breathlessly gossiping about the Gore separation.

[JanusAscending]

7. I get pissed at "Tweety" every other day....

so what I do is just change the channel. Every once in a while he "gets it right"! I appreciate your concern, but we have too few unbiased news programs as it stands. We don't need to boycott one of them because we disagree with them sometimes. I wish they would replace him with someone less dramatically INVOLVED in politics, and just report the news with less color commentary. Save Chris for election night reports only, and give someone thoughtful his show !! A hybrid of Keith and Rachel would be GREAT!!!

[Drunken Irishman]

8. Hardball is watched by maybe 700,000 to 1 million people daily.

I laugh when shows like Bill O'Reilly and Beck are tossed around for their perceived high ratings.

Do you know Beck averages about 3 million viewers a show? We're a country of 300,000,000 people!

Small potatoes!

[Jennicut]

16. All cable news is watched by such a small %.American Idol gets like 50 million viewers.

I don't think it is that people are uninterested in the news, either. We all get it from the net, why bother watching it force fed to us?

[bigwillq]

23. American Idol got around 20 million viewers

on average this season. edit: Give or take a few million...it's ratings eroded again this season.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Idol#Television_ratings

[Jennicut]

25. I haven't been watching!

LOL. See? I ruined their ratings. It is on it's way out with Simon leaving in my opinion.

[bigwillq]

27. It's past its prime, imo

Plus, the contestants weren't really that good this year. I didn't watch much, work nights, not home much, but I didn't think any of the contestants were really that good, even the two that made the final.

[vi5]

9. Yeah, good luck with that.....

I agree 100%. Completely.

And if everyone on DU stopped watching these stupid shows on cable news channels, they'd tank even worse in the ratings than they are now.

But it won't happen because this place in particular is filled with people who have some ridiculous "Look at me! Look at me!!!" desire to feel needed and act as though they are doing some sort of patriotic civic duty by watching that stuff and posting about it on message boards. Trot out the old excuses "I like to know what the enemy is doing/sayin!!!". Or even better "They have good interviews!!!"

It's a losing battle to try and fight it.

[Tarheel_Dem]

28. Sad but true. We are treated to daily updates of Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin, etc.

Sometimes I think Glenn Beck has his own set of interns posting crap on liberal sites just to get a reaction. Not to mention that there are cottage industries that sprang up just to keep an eye on Fox News, and it's how a lot of liberals make their living. <Sigh>

[Telly Savalas]

35. I hear ya. I wish there was a Wingnut Forum to serve as a dungeon for those threads.

If I really gave a shit about what Limbaugh, Beck, and Palin thought, I'd go visit their websites instead of coming here.

[sandnsea]

10. Keith or Rachel, fuck the rest

I haven't watched any of it in months.

[activa8tr]

33. +1 Me too, and sometimes I'm so depressed about this oil mess that I

don't even tune in.

I like Rachel best, and hate to miss her, so I have my DVR record it every night, just in case she has something really great.

But between 8 and 10 in my area, more likely I'm watching MSNBC or I'm not watching TV at all, (well, maybe some PBS Nova here and there).

[Robbins]

11. I'm In

From time to time I have watched hardball but after hearing matthews attack on Obama saying he Is just like Carter and doesn't care
about the country(allthough this Is also unfair against Carter.He spent 11 years In The Navy.Unlike some of the chicken hawks who
act tough but never served) I am done with him.I will only turn on Ed,Countdown,and rachel.I hope Tweety Is keep away from covering
Democratic Primary nights like tuesday when halter will probally retire Lincoln If we are lucky.CNN Is just Fox News Lite.

[O is 44]

17. Wow, he said that!?!

I wish Carter would call him and tell him a thing or two, such disrespect for President Carter. ugh!

[KansasVoter]

15. Jesus, maybe start with a Fox news boycott! Wow -1

[Beacool]

18. No problem.

I stopped watching MSNBC about 2 years ago.

:shrug:

[Cha]

19. Way ahead of the curve..I boycotted corporatewhore"media"

in 2002 and haven't been back. I know via DU that it's only gotten worse. They pumped up bush and try to bring down any Dem they can.

And, twitty can go fuck himself.

[Connie_Corleone]

20. I started my boycott of his crappy show months ago.

[Phx_Dem]

21. My boycott started last night for Hardball and Countdown.

Keith can't even announce his top stories at the beginning of the show without sarcastic bloviating. And what's with that snorting thing he does when trying to make a point? He's become really annoying.

[Berry Cool]

22. Maybe to you, not to others.

I still like Keith just fine.

[Phx_Dem]

31. Clearly, I don't speak for others. n/t

[catgirl]

41. I don't like Keith's sarcasm either

and he does get a bit petty too. If he mentions Sarah Palin's bendable straws again...
Who cares about THAT?

I'll stick with Rachel.

[Nedsdag]

24. I stopped watching Hardball two years ago.

I don't watch television at 5 p.m. and I watch "Jeopardy" and "House Hunters" at 7 and 7:30 respectively.

Chris Matthews is certifiable if you ask me.

[Tarheel_Dem]

29. Another House Hunters fan? I'm addicted to "Clean House", "Holmes on Homes",

"My First Place", "Selling New York"....pretty much the entire HGTV lineup, although "Clean House" is on the Style Network. It definitely feels liberating to separate myself from the idiot punditocracy. :fistbump:

[Tarheel_Dem]

26. I'm way ahead of you. (nt)

[City Lights]

32. I'm so far gone I rarely turn on any network nooze of any sort.

I still occasionally watch Jon and Stephen, but that's really about it.

[Raine]

34. No ... I enjoy Hardball

Tweety is a hoot especially when he goes off his meds. :crazy:

[depakid]

37. That blowhard's hollerfest has been unwatchble for years.

[TheKentuckian]

38. It's friggin Tweety, who cares. Still, even Tweety has enough sense to get

that if you let BP do their thing that they will make business decisions that aren't good for the general welfare, as they prove daily.

No question the corporate media spin is silly but that works in Obama's favor too. If they asked any questions of value and weren't fighting for the status quo then a different but no more winning picture would emerge.

[Sherman A1]

39. What's Hardball?

I don't waste my time with much beyond the Weather Channel

[Politicalboi]

40. Imagine if Obama belonged to a group

Prior to being President that needed an environmental disaster to sway people to use clean energy. Does anyone here think that would slide by like PNAC. Where the fuck where these "hounds" after 9/11?