Jesus, Mary and Joseph, MSNBC.

[Blue_In_AK]

I've been boycotting for the last couple of weeks in hopes that they would stop giving 100% of their air time to the Trumpster, but here they are again.

This is exactly why the Democrats shouldn't be waiting until October for debates.

[Agschmid]

1. All they are doing is mocking him...

How is this bad?

[pinboy3niner]

2. Oh damn! I thought you meant They were on live right now.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

3. They're covering a candidate's speech, one of many, like the superbowl

This wall-to-wall Trump coverage is getting as much air time as if aliens had landed their mothership on live TV.

[Blue_In_AK]

4. I hear ya.

I'm just sick of this guy. Maybe with any luck at all, everyone else will be sick of him, too, soon enough. Seeing the reception he's getting at this "rally," I'm a little concerned about the sanity of our fellow citizens.

[JDPriestly]

35. Maybe he is paying for the time. Maybe he is sponsoring the shows.

[lordsummerisle]

5. Was thinking the same thing

Bernie was also holding a rally this evening in South Carolina (actually two today), wondering why Chris Hayes wasn't covering him? (Maybe he did, I only tuned in briefly).

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. You really need to ask that question?

MSM will not cover Bernie, even after he wins a couple primaries... or rather the coverage they do is the bare minimum they can get away with.

This is not accidental. I wish people realized what kind of a dangerous historic moment we are living though.

[lordsummerisle]

28. Since Bernie has had the largest crowds so far of this campaign

I would think MSNBC would be constantly reconsidering this.

[RKP5637]

29. Exactly! In my lifetime this seems the greatest stranglehold on coverage I've

ever lived through. Those that control the message control the future.

"I wish people realized what kind of a dangerous historic moment we are living though."

[madokie]

32. I've been saying since I came to this board

If we don't get the press right nothing else we do matters. Owned lock stock and barrel by the oligarchs and as long as that is allowed we don't have a farts chance in a whirl wind.

"We have to get this right and soon or we'll never get back out of the hole we're digging right now.

It all can be lain at the feet of the so called free press. Maybe 10 percent of our press is legit, the rest are mouth breathing, mouth pieces for the 1 percenters

[nadinbrzezinski]

34. I run a small independent paper

and this board is not a place I will post stories any longer. It's got to do with the bullies. And trust me, we run policy all the freaking time, what people here complaint the MSM does not run.

[RKP5637]

39. I was surfing channels last night and I happened by chance to turn to Lou Dobbs

on Fox Crap, there he was, screaming briefly about the Liberal Media. What an absolute WTF. What F'en Liberal Media. I'm so tired of this crap.

[madokie]

42. I wondered what happened to Lou

I was glad to see him go when he went though. I don't even watch any of the network nor cable so called news anymore. If I can't find it on DU it ain't worth knowing.

Thanks ADMINS for giving us this place. May the wind always be at your back and the mountains of life be not much more than a bump in the road. You guys done good.

[RKP5637]

43. I'm glad people like you are on DU too! It makes DU

pleasant!

[Fred Sanders]

6. Because Democrats can read a calendar and have qualified candidates to a person is why the GOP needs more

of everything and why the Democratic Party membership and leadership of the Democratic Party set a 6 debate schedule long ago as stipulated by Democratic Party rules and procedures.

I kick the post once only for the first part, no Rec. because of the last part.

[Blue_In_AK]

7. Okay, but why is MSNBC playing this entire rally,

but haven't given live coverage to Hillary's or Bernie's rallies - at least not that I've seen.

[Agschmid]

8. Because people will watch it...

It's rediculous. It is what it is.

[Fred Sanders]

12. Why is MSNBC programming controlled by a handful of privileged white men?

[AngryOldDem]

13. It's celebrity. It's a sideshow.

In short...that's entertainment!

Never mind what this might be doing ultimately to the country. Every day is an eye-opener for me as it concerns Trump and the populace. I'm amazed, shocked, appalled, scared...but not ENTERTAINED.

[wendylaroux]

27. same as it was yesterday

trump rally covered,NOTHING else.insane.

[RKP5637]

40. It's all about $$$$$'s. Trump is a sideshow, so they run it because people will

watch and that's $$$$$'s to MSNBC. Also, MSNBC might not be as toxic as the rest, but MSNBC is in it for the money, not some saint for us. And, the parent company is RW Republican Comcast! And those on the staff of MSNBC that stroll too far from the MSNBC lite-republican agenda will be shown the door.

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. In a previous age

this would not be acceptable...but keep defending it Fred I am not surprised though. I also get it from a market perspective. Issues, BLAH, this theater, eyes on screen meaning... ratings

[malaise]

9. They don't even have enough pride to cut off this shit

after they that booing

[Blue_In_AK]

14. Indeed.

Okay, we're 45 minutes in, and there was a very brief, maybe 15 seconds, mention of Bernie's crowds, nothing about Hillary or any of the other candidates - D or R - and all the rest Trump, Trump, Trump. I just don't get it.

Sure, he's "entertaining," but if we don't watch out, he'll entertain himself right into the White House. People are just that stupid.

[malaise]

16. Finally they cut him off

pandering on steroids

[Blue_In_AK]

18. Could you believe he started out

talking about Billy Graham? Gag.

[malaise]

19. and the bible is his favorite book

hahhahahahahahahahahahhaa

[DesertFlower]

30. made me want to barf. he's

pandering to the xtian right.

[malaise]

31. No doubt Jeff Sessions

wrote that part of the incoherent crap.

[RKP5637]

41. That was a trip! Yep, he's a Wheeler-Dealer, hooking in the lame attendees. And the

bible his #1 book, what a bunch of pure unmitigated crap. He's a barker!

[Fred Sanders]

15. White privilege is engrained into ever pore of corporate America.

45 live minutes for Herr Trump.....no mention of his central theme: a burning desire for a police state based on forced arrest, property seizure and forced deportation of 11 million people to be immediately marked by a Star of Mexico for further processing....it is disgusting beyond anything I could have imagined!

[malaise]

17. Yep - this is fascism naked and raw

It's about looking at what the ReTHUG party is all about - very well said.

[Blue_In_AK]

20. Yes, it is,

which is why I find it shameful that the media gives him the time of day, mich less hour after hour after hour. Josef Goebbels would be proud.

[Blue_In_AK]

21. Well, thank you, Rachel, anyway.

...

Aw, fuck, spoke too soon.

[AngryOldDem]

22. Looks like Rachel is covering Bernie. n/t

Well, I take that back. She's talking about crowd sizes.

Sorry.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. For a minute,

but now she's off onto the Republicans.

[AngryOldDem]

24. Yeah...just edited my post to correct that. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

25. It's just sad.

[tymorial]

26. The news media largely corrupt

The delivery of facts and current events is secondary to profit. Sensationalism, manipulation, histrionics and emotionalism generate far more revenue than straight news. You can thank the 6 corporations who own 90% of the news media in this country.

[pinboy3niner]

33. Here's something funny

CNN had to pre-empt its own Trump interview in order to stay on Trump coverage awaiting the live press Q&A. CNN's special, 'The Trump Interview' (with Chris Cuomo) was scheduled to be on now but instead they are filling time with panels on Trump while waiting for the presser.

[JDPriestly]

36. Has Cuomo done an interview with Bernie?

[Gothmog]

37. Trump is doing a great job of alienating Hispanic voters

I enjoy the MSNBC coverage of Trump in that I keep imaging the Koch Brothers and Reince Priebus' reactions to what Trump is doing to their carefully laid plans

[olddots]

38. tRump is taking away from valuable Kardashian time .