Does Ari Melber annoy anyone else?

[Nikki28]

He brings on these Republicans or Trumplicans to ask crazy questions and play Fox sound-bits to keep him talking. That is why I love Rachael and Nicole because they don't do that.Ari only positives is when he talks about breaking news of a report ,either TRump Muller report, J6 or Trump documents.I just turned him off. Sorry to those who enjoy him.

[rsdsharp]

1. Yes. That, coupled with his constant hip-hop, pop culture references

and dad jokes just grate on me.

[renate]

5. My daughter and I both HATE HATE HATE his STUPID CONSTANT music references

He’ll even interrupt a guest or divert an interview that’s going well, just to shoehorn one in. Nobody likes that, nobody is impressed, please stop.

SO CRINGE.

[rsdsharp]

9. One would think he would have an executive producer telling him to stop

or at least cut back, but apparently not.

[Mr.Bill]

8. Yes, he either needs to do a music show,

or the news. I'm a big music fan, but it doesn't always need to be part of a political discussion.

Otherwise, I like him and watch him most days. I like that he is a lawyer and I like his legal perspectives on some stories. It beats reporters who have to say "I'm not a lawyer, but..."

[Stuckinthebush]

2. No

He’s actually one of my favorites in the evening. But I can see your point

[asiliveandbreathe]

3. I found the Donalds interview disgusting..Ari let him jaw on and on..

Washington is broken..Nancy Pelosi..no amendments allowed..etc etc etc..bullshit..I am starting to think the it is the Florida water..

[XanaDUer2]

11. I put the news on tonight. I want to hear about

The insurrection. Then I caught that interview. It was disgusting. I looked that man up, and he was in legal trouble for fraud.

I have not been watching the news much, per my doctor. I'm sorry I saw that interview.

[msfiddlestix]

18. Are you referring to Ari Melber who is in legal trouble for fraud?

or did i misunderstand what you meant?

[XanaDUer2]

24. Sorry

REP Donalds. I'm from Florida and never heard of him

[msfiddlestix]

34. ✔️ Ty n/t

[doc03]

13. Donalds said something about "this democracy that we all love" he voted to

overturn the election. I think Ari should have nailed his ass right there. I do like Ari except for
quoting some hip hop lyrics for every damn interview.

[W_HAMILTON]

4. Yes.

I don't like his interjecting silly lyrics or jokes into otherwise somber discussions.

I've seen him as a reporter/legal analyst and he's very good at that.

Not so good at being a host, at least not in my opinion.

[hlthe2b]

6. I'm okay as long...

as he's not using rap references with a guest who clearly knows nothing about rap (and misses the reference in a cringe-worthy way) while Melber acts as though rap and arcane buried lyrics ought to be everyone's thing. I'm embarrassed for the guest as I empathize greatly and it makes me really angry at Melber.

He can be a good interviewer, especially on legal issues, however. Occasionally he holds RWers feet to the fire, so there is that.

[brush]

7. Nah, Melber is off-the-chart smart lately with his analysis...

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of republican insurrectionists' crimes. You might want to rethink this critique.

At first I thought you were going to complain about his penchant for citing rap lyrics, which annoys some, but his straight reporting is extremely strong lately.

[whistler162]

21. off-the-smart is the same as dumb as s**t correct

or is this another attempt to change the English language?

[brush]

25. I have no idea what you're talking about...

unless it's your non-familiarity with constantly changing regional slang (maybe you've heard off-the-chain. or off-the-hook before?).

After reviewing my head I saw that I left out a key word so I get now what you're saying. But again, slang is constantly changing, and sometimes you just have to be up to date.

[whistler162]

36. Well it was yiour unintelligable word grouping

that Iwas asking about. Slang is only good where the slang is understood not on a national or international discussion board. But I agree Ari Melber is not that smart.

[brush]

38. I acknowledged to you that I edited the head after leaving out the key word, chart.

I don't think you've watched much of Melber tately as he's been off-the-chart smart (there's that slang phrase again, this time not bungled) in his analysis of the insurrectionists actions and republican backers who dare to come on his show.

One really infamous instance was when he got ex-trump adviser Peter Navarro to admit on the air of participating in an attempted coup. Melber fact checked him repeatedly on his lies.

Here's a link to it, you'll have to scroll down to the video: https://theweek.com/law-and-order/1008615/do-you-realize-you-are-describing-a-coup-msnbcs-ari-melber-grills-peter

Melber has done other recent fact-checking interviews of repubs lately, this is just the most well known one.

[calguy]

10. I don't like everything he does, but he's still one I watch each night.

[pwb]

12. They all do that kind of shit. Like when they talk about trump and

show 20 different pictures of him while doing so. The people in the control booth are stuck on same same shit. I don't know if it is the talker who runs the show?

[Bev54]

14. Yes, I hate his constant interruptions of guests often with stupid jokes or

music references that often nobody gets. He brings on rap artists and others that have nothing to do with current events. I think he should go and host a celebrity talk show and get out of the politics. I stopped watching him.

[mobeau69]

15. He doesn't annoy me. I think he does very good work.

[YoshidaYui]

16. I listen to his podcast I think he's cool

[AngryOldDem]

17. I wish all these shows would just stop with the Fox replays.

Melber, Chris Hayes, etc. If I want that shit, I know where to go to get it.

That said, I find Melber’s facial expressions hilarious.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

19. The music references are old and not funny

[Talitha]

20. I loved him as a panelist on others' shows and was thrilled when he got one of his own.

The man is brilliant and was always a solid contributor.

As I watched him on his own show though, the music references were an immediate turn-off. If he'd done that as a panelist, I wouldn't have thought as highly of him as I did.

[Iwasthere]

22. So many times I've watched him absolutely avoid nailing a guest

You can see the reluctance in his face. He is far too careful imo. I realize as an attorney being careful goes with the territory, but when a guest is 100% lying and you 100% know he is lying, NAIL THEM! That's the kind of thing we need right now. Less getting walked on. Way too of that happening in our party.

[iemanja]

23. I'm annoyed by his references to rap lyrics

It's like he thinks he's so cool, but he comes off like a dweeb. I can't stand to watch him.

[Lulu Latech]

26. His Hip Hop Shctick is a little too much

Other than that I think he generally presents good legal info explained in plain language in a manner that we non legal types can easily understand. I wish he would focus on that rather than trying to be too "cute" with the popular culture references. He just looks ridiculous and a little desperate to appear hip.

[H2O Man]

27. I like him.

[SCantiGOP]

28. I like Ari

And I am not threatened by hearing Republicans or seeing the occasional FOX clip. I do not see any advantage to turning people off so I can retain the integrity of my Bubble.

[Celerity]

29. nope, I like him a lot

[DET]

30. Doesn't Really Bother Me

I generally like Ari, especially the fact that he can provide legal insight on the news. The hip hop stuff doesn’t bother me (it can actually be entertaining and sometimes insightful), but the lame jokes do get on my nerves.

[RainCaster]

31. Nope

[Gidney N Cloyd]

32. His music references are like corny 'dad jokes' and he's in on it.

As for bringing on repubs, I think he does it cautiously. He generally gets what he wants out of them but doesn't allow a lot of grandstanding. Today with Rep Donalds was edifying to me. I got a good feel for how/why he was embraced by the GOP. He's no Herschel Walker being manipulated, he's a clever player.

[Paladin]

43. His blatant self-satisfaction over the rap lyric quotes made me want to puke.

So glad he's not a part of my regular viewing any longer.

[PCIntern]

33. Yes, and I have posted to that effect on numerous occasions...

He is fundamentally, bright, a good television personality for the most part, but those inept attempts to be cool are embarrassing.

I could go on and on, but I won’t… I’m too tired tonight

[Emile]

35. I like him!

[Ilsa]

37. I like Ari, and the references have helped introduce me to and

appreciate a new prose in the music world. Some are real gems.

[JuJuChen]

39. at this point I'm like, "We get it, you wrote the forward to the Jan 6th committee book"

[Paladin]

40. Thank you so much. I can't STAND Ari Melber. (nt)

[we can do it]

41. No

[Hekate]

42. He doesn't bother me because I don't listen to him. He has a part to play in the news cycle ...

…. and here at DU I have read people praise him to the skies.

We all have our preferences in personality-types, which is what this boils down to. Just this past week I read a really nasty thread where the OP called Katy Tur a moron and all these people jumped in to agree. FFS. As I will continue to remind people, she earned her spot the hard way durinf Trump’s first campaign, including by him setting the mob in her so vividly that his Secret Srvice guys met her afterward to personally escort her to the news van.

And so it goes, and so it goes.