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CNN and MSNBC carrying Trump propaganda speech live so I changed the channel (Original Post) TeamPooka Aug 2018 OP
I'm with you there... not watching... changed the channel. lapfog_1 Aug 2018 #1
yup. I switch off the briefing too. "Live lies daily" is not a marketing hook I like. TeamPooka Aug 2018 #2
Agreed PatSeg Aug 2018 #22
Great ratings! budkin Aug 2018 #3
I hit mute and wait until it's over, then listen to the fact-checkers tear it all apart. Towlie Aug 2018 #4
They've all gotten good at fact-checking the Mad King. nt Hekate Aug 2018 #6
I cant look at his face as President Bone Spurs uses the military as props to make him look tough TeamPooka Aug 2018 #19
It's off until Nicolle Wallace comes on. Hopefully he will have shut up by then... Hekate Aug 2018 #5
He rambled on for half an hour about himself before signing the bill. spiderpig Aug 2018 #10
Me too, and now I'm about to buy an air fryer! nt procon Aug 2018 #7
Uh-oh, don't watch those shopping channels as a Trump antidote. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #15
I couldn't hit the remote fast enough NYETNYET Aug 2018 #8
I heard him sounding out his speech like a 1st grader and changed the channel DesertRat Aug 2018 #9
I switched ages ago malaise Aug 2018 #11
MSNBC and cnn during the day are fox lite kimbutgar Aug 2018 #12
MSNBC and CNN during the day are Fox lite. LenaBaby61 Aug 2018 #13
Wise choice. When that happens to me I watch the Science Channel or History. lagomorph777 Aug 2018 #14
i was on for a milisecond and switched samnsara Aug 2018 #16
I sadly could not change the channel, and had to hear the whole thing. Crunchy Frog Aug 2018 #17
condolences TeamPooka Aug 2018 #23
I thought they weren't going to carry Trump rallies live anymore? gratuitous Aug 2018 #18
i thought they werent going to carry them live too. its very disappointing TeamPooka Aug 2018 #20
I was napping lightly, heard his stoopid voice, screamed and turned to Food Network donkeypoofed Aug 2018 #21

lapfog_1

(29,205 posts)
1. I'm with you there... not watching... changed the channel.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:05 PM
Aug 2018

same thing with the white house press briefing.

I just don't like being lied to with every word they say

PatSeg

(47,482 posts)
22. Agreed
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 05:46 PM
Aug 2018

Why should torture ourselves sitting through the same old crap time and time again. The media can do their job and give a brief synopsis afterwards. Its lazy journalism. No other president was covered like this.

Towlie

(5,324 posts)
4. I hit mute and wait until it's over, then listen to the fact-checkers tear it all apart.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:10 PM
Aug 2018

They listen to Trump so I don't have to.

TeamPooka

(24,228 posts)
19. I cant look at his face as President Bone Spurs uses the military as props to make him look tough
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 04:44 PM
Aug 2018

Hekate

(90,708 posts)
5. It's off until Nicolle Wallace comes on. Hopefully he will have shut up by then...
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:14 PM
Aug 2018

Katy Tur did call him on the utter hypocrisy of naming whatever this is after John McCain adter spending years trashing the Senator and war hero.

spiderpig

(10,419 posts)
10. He rambled on for half an hour about himself before signing the bill.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:24 PM
Aug 2018

He never once mentioned the name John McCain. He is utterly loathsome and an embarrassment to the Oval Office.

kimbutgar

(21,155 posts)
12. MSNBC and cnn during the day are fox lite
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:29 PM
Aug 2018

Very rarely do I watch MSNBC except for Joy in the weekends.

LenaBaby61

(6,974 posts)
13. MSNBC and CNN during the day are Fox lite.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:43 PM
Aug 2018

They MUST have enough folks watching, or they'd not carry anything that fat turd does and says.

People are going to have to completely stop listening to him. Giving him a platform. I guess that's NOT going to happen unfortunately, as enough folks watch him so they feel obliged to cover him.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
14. Wise choice. When that happens to me I watch the Science Channel or History.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:48 PM
Aug 2018

No point watching a clone of Fux Noize.

samnsara

(17,622 posts)
16. i was on for a milisecond and switched
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:52 PM
Aug 2018

...but usually they play a bit then make a big deal of cutting away from it cuz he lies..so thats ok

Crunchy Frog

(26,587 posts)
17. I sadly could not change the channel, and had to hear the whole thing.
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 03:53 PM
Aug 2018

I'm working as a health aide in someone's house, so can't control what's on the TV. Really sucks.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
18. I thought they weren't going to carry Trump rallies live anymore?
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 04:12 PM
Aug 2018

That resolve didn't last very long. Are they hoping for a meltdown on stage or something? CNN and MSNBC: Just say no. Don't carry his events live, because the possibility that something newsworthy will happen is on a par with the Titanic pulling in to New York Harbor this afternoon.

If by some dark miracle something newsworthy happens, you can cut in to your reporting. Otherwise, your coverage can be, "President Trump staged another of his never-ending self-congratulatory rallies today. Now here's Bill with the financial report."

donkeypoofed

(2,187 posts)
21. I was napping lightly, heard his stoopid voice, screamed and turned to Food Network
Mon Aug 13, 2018, 05:42 PM
Aug 2018

I hate Spanky's rallies. Why oh why do they even show them?!

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