It looks like MSNBC has completely jumped the rails

[radiclib]

Bad enough that they replace Ed with the Toad, but now it appears they have gone all Trump all the time. They have suspended normal programming to await a Trump press conference, and have a camera focused on an empty podium. I have never seen this done for anyone but a POTUS.
Will this FINALLY be enough to get me to cancel my cable? (Um..I dunno…football is starting…mehhh..)

[GoneFishin]

1. Rachael's show was wall-to-wall Trump the other day. WTF is that about?

[redstateblues]

7. Ignore him at your peril.

He is a master manipulator and showman. People love a good show. He is picking up steam. This could get really weird.

[90-percent]

29. Your post reminds me of this Hunter Thompson quote:

"When the going get's weird, the weird turn pro."

Considering the current Trump MSM-mania, I would say Hunter NAILED IT!

-90% Jimmy

[redstateblues]

32. Brilliant post. Zappa would be cheering!

[azmom]

34. + 1

[wheniwasincongress]

28. people will watch Trump

ratings ratings ratings

[itsrobert]

2. Trump = Ratings

MSNBC is still part of a for profit company.

[daleanime]

12. And that's a good thing?

[itsrobert]

15. No, just reality

n/t

[daleanime]

36. I'm not sure that I would call....

man made rules reality. What's to stop us from changing the rules?

[Deuce]

3. It is disturbing...

[malaise]

4. M$NBCOMCAST

Don't forget that part

[Octafish]

14. The Apprentice franchise was NBComcastic.

It's like Rupert Murdoch outta Richmond, except more of a Merkin military prep-school flavor of racist.

[malaise]

23. +1,000

You have the art of saying things effectively

[NightWatcher]

5. I'd rather them show wall to wall Trump then criticize the Dems all the time

It's a long campaign season and the less they show of the Dems, esp Hillary, the less chances of fatigue from the viewers.

[H2O Man]

6. Right. Exactly.

As a democrat, I think the Trump coverage is a good thing. In fact, I know that it is.

[valerief]

8. I waiting out my contract to end and I'm cutting the imbecilical cord. nt

[arcane1]

30. "imbecilical cord"

[Old Codger]

9. If you get rid of cable

I did it about a year ago had some minor withdrawel but got over it pretty quick. If you have a halfway decent internet connection you can get most sports streamed now days....

[radiclib]

10. Thanks for the encouragement

I've been doing the Ed Norton pool-cue warm-up for months now.

[PSPS]

19. I also like Ed's interminable arm-waving preparation for signing something.

[Old Codger]

37. Actually

In the end it is pretty nice, I have 2 Roku boxes and netflix, that works ok on my really slow narrow band dsl I have. With netflix on this system I can sometimes stream both watching different shows,but netflix is the only one that really works half way decent on this one, hulu and amazon seem to stream differently and spend a lot of time winding

[redstateblues]

11. Trump's strategy to destroy Bush

Will clear the field. He is helping us by making Bush look weak and gutless. Walker/Kochs will go after Trump. It is a fascinating blood sport.

[bvar22]

13. MSNBC "jumped the rails" back in 2008.

In the Iowa Primary (the first National Primary),
Obama finished first
John Edwards finished 2nd,
and Hillary finished a distant 3rd.


As a liberal supporting a National Health Plan, I was watching Edwards,
and was excited to tune in to Rachel and Olberman to hear a discussion
of the implications of Edwards beating Hillary soundly in Iowa...
but guess what?

Neither Rachel nor Keith mentioned John Edwards name...NOT ONCE
They didn't even mention that he finished 2nd to Obama,
or beat Hllary.

The ONLY thing both of them did was promote the Obama /Hillary Horse Race.... and Edwards got in the way of their script, so they ditched him,
and it didn't take the Democratic Party much longer to ditch him too.


If cheating on one's wife were a disqualification for President,
we wouldn't have had very many Presidents,
except maybe Carter.

[radiclib]

17. Actually it was years earlier

..when they fired Donahue for being out of lock-step on the war. And to your point, they were minimizing Edwards long before anyone knew of his infidelity.

[bvar22]

25. I remember the firing of Donahue with much bitterness,

and you are correct that Edwards was being pushed off the stage before the infidelity.
I loved Elizabeth, and am still angry with Edwards for cheating on her,
but when did cheating on your wife become a disqualification for being a Democrat?
I don't plan on marrying my president.
I just want him to be MY advocate in government (or the courts)
and he has done that well, cheating or not.

Do all those who spew venom at Edwards hate JFK or FDR too?

[greatlaurel]

18. You are completely incorrect about the 2008 Ohio primary. Hillary won the 2008 Ohio Dem primary.

Ohio Democratic presidential primary, 2008[7]
Candidate Votes Percentage Delegates[3]
Hillary Clinton 1,259,620 53.49% 74
Barack Obama 1,055,769 44.84% 67
John Edwards 39,332 1.67% 0
Totals 2,233,156 100.00% 141


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_Democratic_primary,_2008

Please check your facts more carefully before posting wildly incorrect information. It reflects poorly on the candidate you purport to support.

[bvar22]

24. I fixed the OP.

Of course, I meant the Iowa Primary.

Democratic caucuses
Iowa Democratic Caucus, 2008 Iowa

Of the eight major Democratic presidential candidates, then-U.S. Senator Barack Obama of Illinois received the most votes and was ultimately declared the winner of the Iowa Democratic Caucus of 2008, making him the first African American to win the caucus.[1] Former U.S. Senator John Edwards of North Carolina came in second place and then-U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York finished third


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election_in_Iowa,_2008

Not a single mention of Edwards finishing 2nd was mentioned on MSNBC, Rachel or Olberman.
It was ALLLLLLLLLLL about the Obama HIllary Horse Race.

That was the last time I consciously watched MSNBC.
After that night, I realized, as much as I liked them, they took orders from the Head Office too.


How in the f**k do you have a "News Broadcast", and not mention the name of the person WHO finished 2nd, while spending 30 minutes on 3rd Place?

[Hekate]

16. Because Trump is the Kardashian of politics?

For your pleasure, if you have not seen this yet
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10027063773

[Peacetrain]

21. ^^^^^

[PoliticAverse]

38. But Clinton has the Kardashian vote...

[arcane1]

20. They're owned by Comcast now, right? That company is toxic.

Not that GE was an angel, but still!

It sounds like Comcast is going after that content-free approach now.

[restorefreedom]

22. they want ratings

and their owners are corporate repubs anyway. they used to be borderline tolerable.

now, no.

[abelenkpe]

26. Do it

Netflix, Hulu, Amazon prime, HBO now....you don't need expensive cable with hundreds of duplicate channels and commercials. Best decision ever.

[mucifer]

27. I don't even know how to prepare for a president trump

Americans are just stupid enough to do it with enough encouragement.

[napi21]

40. I said the same thing to my hubby at dinner tonight. I REMEMBER

ALL TOO WELL when everyone was saying "Oh, they'll never nominate Reagan, he's a damn actor for god sake!" Thy it changed to "The majority will NEVER elect an actor to the Presidency!"

Then there were the statements "W will never win a second term. Everybody hates him!"


We all know how both of those things turned out. I'm getting a bit worried about a possible Trump success.

[90-percent]

31. Yeah, MSNBC is devolving into agenda driven corporate propaganda

just like the rest of them.

But I'm still thankful they gave us years of Keith Olbermann, a bright shining light of excellent JOURNALISM that helped me and others to cope with the dreadful GW Bush 21st century DARK AGES.

I want my Keith back. The politics Keith, not the sports Keith. I don't like stick and ball sports.

-90% Jimmy

[redstateblues]

33. If it bleeds it leads

[bigwillq]

35. I wouldn't know.

I turned off that crap years ago, and I am sure I am not missing much.

[fredamae]

39. I'm pondering cancelling

cable all the way...but I Did Divorce All MSM and the last and only one I watched was MSNBC. Ed's Last day - was my last day of watching any MSNBC. I don't feel I've missed out on much - if any, news. And I am no longer frustrated by a) never hearing News about important issues ie: TPP/Net Neutrality and b) what they do discuss - all the "he said-she said" crap just pissed me off.

[HeiressofBickworth]

41. One by one, I've quit watching MSNBC programs

I'm down to just two now: Chris Hayes and Rachel Maddow.

I dropped Melissa Harris-Parry this weekend when she approved of the two women who took the microphone out of Bernie Sanders' hands in Seattle. Politics aside, their crass behavior was inappropriate. It was not a Bernie Sanders event - it was a Medicare event at which Sen. Sanders was an invited speaker. They were rude to Sen. Sanders, they insulted an otherwise friendly audience, and they did the BLM cause no good. They didn't interrupt the local politicals who spoke, but waited until a speaker who would get national coverage came to the podium. So, the suspected narcissists got their faces on national TV; I guess they call it a success.

Meanwhile, the groups that should be confronted (local police organizations) go on about their murderous ways with no challenges by BLM.

[brooklynite]

43. In other words: I only want to hear people who completely agree with me?

[Skittles]

44. if the choice is between people who agree with me and complete nutcases

not much of choice

[HeiressofBickworth]

46. LOL, if that was true

I wouldn't be reading Democratic Underground during primary election season.

[brooklynite]

42. Well it COULDN"T be because Trump is consistently the leading GOP candidate, right?

[SoCalDem]

45. Morning Joke was gleeful the other day

when a guest commented about how he could understand why republicans would NEVER choose MSNBC to host a debate...Joe said "not for long..change is comin'"..

[litlbilly]

47. I turned on rachel, started with trump, i shut the tv off. I have already gotten rid of sat dish

and absolutely love it. Yes, wall to wall nonsense now on msnbc. Thanks Comcast.