WHAT.THE. FUCK - 45 MIN NON-STOP MCCAIN/PALIN!!!!!

[sunnystarr]

CNN owes Obama/Biden 45 mninutes of uninterrupted air time - PLUS. This morning they covered McCain's "new" economic BS for 15 minutes, followed by Palin for 30 minutes. Last Friday Palin had 30 uninterrupted minutes.

Yet ...

Whenever Obama or Biden are covered they give it 5 minutes!!

This is blatant support for the McCain/Palin ticket. Why does Obama have to pay for the 30 minute slot on Wednesday?? Seems like they owe him more air time than that.

I'm soooooo pisssssed!!!

rant over.

[K Gardner]

1. I had to switch to Bloomerberg. I'd rather watch my stocks plummet. Bleh.

[roguevalley]

39. I watched Obama on MSNBC. He looks exhausted and stressed, poor thing. I

hope he gets to catch up on sleep sometime soon.

[youthere]

2. I know it sucks having them on your tv non stop but REMEMBER:

They are stumping in REPUBLICAN states at the eleventh hour. Republican states that have turned purple.

[NightWatcher]

8. I like watching, waiting for their next desperate grasp at something to run on

9 days before the election and McRage rolls out a "new plan"??? Way to go with the planning guys

[ecstatic]

3. I know right!?

:mad:

[kster]

4. Hannity had an Obama hit piece on late last night

unbelievable. Obama should should make a complaint about it, did anyone else see that show?

K&R

[Solomon]

9. Hannity does his hit piece every Saturday and Sunday. It's called

Hannity's America. I'm surprised you're just now finding out about it. He's been doing it since Obama enetered the race.

[kysrsoze]

5. They do this almost every day on CNN and MSNBC. I've stopped watching during the day

Guess they want to pick up all the youngsters after they finish watching The Price is Right.

[sunnystarr]

10. lol they just covered Biden and didn't manage to have him

on for 5 minutes ... they always say "breaking news" which is never breaking news but the same stuff that was on all morning ... and now to a commercial. We need the Fairness Doctrine back!!

[MindMatter]

37. Follow the money

It is simple. The entertainment networks (which includes CNN and MSNBC) are funded by their advertising. Election season is their "Christmas". They maximize their advertising sell by creating the perception of a tight race, forcing the candidates to spend much more than is really necessary.

[HughMoran]

6. Yes, I don't watch that crap, but I've seen a dozen posts telling me of this

I'm tired of reading the same screaming headline - over and over!! Someone kick the existing screams - PLEASE!!

[ladjf]

7. The Republicans continue to own most of the MSM. We will just

have to deal with that until Congress and examine the situation in detail.

[kevinds13]

11. I just emailed them.

They showed Biden speaking on the screen and the lady was like, "We'll check back in with them in a bit, but first..."

They ran a campaign story over actually showing the fucking campaign and then showed Biden for 5 minutes and cut away, AGAIN, for a commercial. This after Palin for 30 minutes straight.

[sunnystarr]

18. I switched to MSNBC and they're covering all of Biden (ny)

[slinkerwink]

12. it's because the McCain team has a huge morning schedule in comparison to Obama's

[Omnibus]

29. To make the Country Kitchen buffet, McCain's done by 4 pm.

n/t

[spanone]

13. nbc gave mckook a half hour free on mtp yesterday....not a dem in sight

[NC_Nurse]

14. I was annoyed at first, but when McLame spent the first 5 minutes introducing

his economic advisors and going on about NOTHING NEW, I decided it didn't matter.
Most people (including me) got bored and changed the channel I'm sure. He is coma-inducing.
I was gone by the time Mooselini was on, and I bet most folks were.

It was definitely a cheap ploy for free air time, but they didn't use it effectively AT ALL!

[burythehatchet]

17. I bet all those Republick heavyweights want nothing better to do than

to stand behind McRottingCorpse and grin like they support him. They all hate him.

[NC_Nurse]

34. Yep. It was especially amusing when he started gushing over Mitt the Shit and

his "beautiful" family. As I recall, they hate each other. I hope it was all he could do to swallow his on puke on
that horseshit.

[burythehatchet]

15. A landslide does not help ratings. They have to do all they can to narrow the

margin.

[Avalux]

16. Hey - it's OK. The coverage doesn't help them; in fact, it does the opposite.

I don't care if they get coverage 24/7 for the next week, won't matter.

[burythehatchet]

19. It might matter, if McCorpse had ANYTHING at all to say. BUt in fact he says

absolutely ZIP.

[Stagecoach]

20. They're trying to help McCain

Because they know McCain is probably about out of money. They're trying to make up for the shortfall.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

21. High level controlling members within corporate television media were...

...willing participants in the crimes of 9-11, and they know the circumstantial evidence for this is widely available and very damning. They don't want a president that might, at some point, be persuaded to authorize an honest and aggressive pursuit of justice for the crimes of 9-11. They know McCain would never authorize such a thing -- they're not altogether sure of Obama.

If you doubt media's involvement, do a little research -- the truth is out there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0ROZEt0ugw

[progressoid]

22. Damn liberal media.

[Bryn]

23. That's why I have Weather Channel on

I couldn't stand Palin/McCain/Elisabeth Hassle-back! They're losers! All I want to see is Obama/Biden. I am so disgusted!

[intheflow]

24. Take heart.

If it was on in the hour prior to your posting, many, many people were getting ready for work, on their way to work, at work, or sleeping in. If they gave the freak show that much uninterrupted time in primetime, I'd say it was worth ranting about. But at that hour? Their competing with Sesame Street and GMA, both which most likely swept CNN's rating this morning hands down.

[bobd0]

25. McCain doesn't have enough money left for TV ad buys so MSM and cable are giving him free air time

and that SUCKS.

They cover McCain and Palin ad nauseum every day. EVERY. DAY. Whether it's helping or hurting doesn't matter. It is unfair and it's only spreading the hatred and lies that have become the hallmarks of these "mavericks'" campaign.

I'm ready to burst a blood vessel here. I can't wait for this election to be OVER.

[BlueIdaho]

26. Don't tell us - TELL THEM.

Remind them they will need viewership AFTER this election is over and that many of us are currently deciding who deserves our "news Business." Media whores like CNN depend on ratings - let them know they may not be as "recession proof" as they think they are.

[loudsue]

27. The media is trying everything they can to make it a horse race

They (republican media) are trying to salvage their party anyway they can. I wish Obama would reinstate the Fairness Doctrine FIRST THING.

[maxsolomon]

28. who watches TV in the morning?

i've got my morning abulutions to perform & have to commute. so who watches? OLD PEOPLE. fear fear fear!

[barack the house]

30. ...

[barack the house]

31. I say keep it going they are so irritating it will boost Obama's numbers.>

People will be rushing to the polls just so they don't have to hear drill baby drill anymore.

[Overseas]

32. I look forward to the breaking up of media monopolies

under President Obama.

Perhaps when we have more than FIVE Republican owned media conglomerates, we'll get a bit more diversity in news and commentary options.

[iceman66]

33. CNN just keeps getting worse

They air virtually all of Palin's speeches, uninterrupted. Have they even shown ONE complete Biden speech since the convention?

They also go out of their way to play down the difference in crowd size at McCain and Obama rallies through use of camera angles, etc.

[Duncan]

35. NPR morning edition

did what amounted to a 10 minute campaign commercial for McCain-Palin the other day, with no balance at all as far as i know. Its just fucking ridiculous.

[quantass]

36. I think THE REASON for the one-sided coverage is ratings...

With McCain/Palin trailing and the endless gaffes + unpredictable crowd covering them would make for better television. I agree the networks have a repub slant but they want a horse race + good *Jerry Springer* tv.

[Schulzz]

38. Obama has to buy airtime, McCain/Palin get it for free...

:boring:

[specimenfred1984]

40. You mean one of the propaganda networks is showing propaganda?

What a shock! Let's call and tell the lying sociopath whores at CNN that they are bad people and tell them what the right thing to do is, I'm sure they'll respond as any lying sociopath whores would.

[FlyingSquirrel]

41. Best. Response. Ever.

[Wednesdays]

42. Maybe it's not such a bad thing...

:shrug:

They hurt themselves more than help, every time they open their mouths. Especially Palin.