I haven't watched a lick of MSNBC and its programs in over a month and I feel great.

[Drunken Irishman]

Seriously. So much positive energy now that I don't have to watch the constant negativism spewed from much of their hosts.

It's so nice. I suggest many of you do the same. :)

[kirby]

1. Yet you hang out on DU?

This oasis of positivity? Thanks for the chuckle.

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Not as much.

And the ignore feature has made it tolerable enough.

[WeDidIt]

45. Yep, ignore gets rid of every bit of the trash

and I love it.

[fadedrose]

3. Perfect example - ignorance is bliss???

Or are you getting good news from another source? Share please...

[Cha]

21. No worries..that's not what Irish is saying.

I haven't watched since 2002..I seem to be pretty up on things just not filtered through manipulation and manufacturing.

[Drunken Irishman]

26. I guess me watching FOX News would fit that definition, eh?

I get my news through DU, Google News Search, Huffington Post when tolerable and for the humor side, Wonkette.

[Botany]

4. I haven't watched a lick of MSNBC and its programs in over a month ....

Then you missed some of the best reporting ever by Rachel Maddow on the Gulf.

She has had on a Park Ranger, an Ecologist, an Oceanographer, a marine biologist,
and a toxicologist and they were very very good.

[polichick]

15. Absolutely - it's MUST SEE TV if you want the truth about this disaster. nt

[jberryhill]

24. No it's not

I knew that the "truth of this disaster" is that greed on the scale we have today will destroy us all, and that offshore drilling is something that can go spectacularly wrong.

Is there some other truth of this disaster?

[polichick]

39. WAY more truth - you should tune in. nt

[jberryhill]

40. Like...

[CakeGrrl]

5. I don't watch any cable news either

And yet, there are still ways to figure out what's generally going on in the world without having to listen to the talking heads. Go figure.

[KansasVoter]

6. Stick your head in the sand. It works also.

[Cha]

20. Actually, the corporatemedia offers shit and all Irish

is doing is getting free of the brainwashing.

There's other ways to learn what's going on besides listening to a bunch frothing media types. The exceptions being KO, Rachel, Jon, and a few others.

[elocs]

7. Then you missed out on all of those people who are on fire, on fire I tell you!

Or so I read here all the time.

Each side has their own godlike talking heads who get quoted over and over, mistaking repetition for wisdom.

[OHdem10]

8. Are you trying to get rid of any Reporting that may give Democrats

an opportunity to have their voice heard.

[Tarheel_Dem]

9. I still TIVO Keith, but it only takes me about ten minutes to watch the entire show now.

Listening to a lot more NPR during the day. It's great because they actually discuss the news, without a lot of commentary/opinion. And I love the "World Have Your Say" show, where they discuss news from around the world. It's been great.

Oh, and I agree with you about "Ignore". It makes the DU experience so much more pleasant.:toast:

[DFLforever]

10. Doing your own thinking, and making up your mind

for yourself, are you?

Some people will do anything to be different (as my old Irish gran used to say).

[Mike Nelson]

11. Their morning shows are awful...

Joe and Chuck... but I do like Rachel Maddow!

[treestar]

12. I never watch the pundits

I just hear about what they say here on DU.

They are useless.

[Pirate Smile]

13. I'm certainly watching a lot less of it.

[Ozymanithrax]

14. So where do you get your jolt of happy juice positivism? n/t

[stray cat]

16. You would feel the same way if you avoided DU I suspect

[azmouse]

17. It's not news any more... it's only commentary.

You're not missing anything. I barely watch any more.

[renate]

18. I agree with you for the most part but I think Rachel is the exception

She's showing her report--a real report--from the Gulf as I type this. And I think she does real reporting every night. Keith got me through the end of the Bush years, and he'll always be special to me :) , but my heart belongs to Rachel now. :loveya:

[Drunken Irishman]

25. I have no problem with Keith or Rachel...

I just can't tolerate 90% of MSNBC's programming.

[CLANG]

55. The weekend programmer should be fired, er... locked up!

[Cha]

19. I haven't watched for

8 years and that's a lot of stress free time added up!!

More and more are joining me.

[CBR]

22. I have not watched the cable news garbage in a very long time...

ESPN, TLC, Food Network, Animal Planet, Law and Order, A&E -- much better for the soul.

[Drunken Irishman]

28. Me...

Nick at Night, TBS, TNT, ESPN and the station that carries a shit load of 48 Hour Mystery marathons on the weekend.

[GeorgeGist]

29. I shouldn't be surprised but ...

I didn't know that 'Law and Order' had it's own network. Formulaic entertainment at it's best.

[Scurrilous]

31. Me either.

Turned off corporate news years ago. Deleted the crap from my lineup. Can't even accidentally see it while channel surfing.

[saracat]

23. Funny , MSNBC was lionized by some when its liberal pundits helped elect Obama.

News isn't mean to be an a echo chamber. I don't want to hear it from the left or the right.News should just be news. The only one who really reports the news, and even she has a bent is Maddow. But MSNBC overall is the best news. And I still watch CNN. But I no longer watch any news every day or all the time as I used to.

[ruggerson]

58. the newfound demonization of MSNBC, by some, is indeed notably amusing

[Politics_Guy25]

27. Tamron Hall's pro GOP bias is disgusting

She's a teabagger through and through. Can't stand her. They do have Contessa, a liberal, to counterbalance her out though.

[Skidmore]

32. Tamron a Teabagger? Jeez Louise!

She has done some stellar interviewing Contessa has also. Lose Alex Witt and Andrea Mitchell and Scarborough, and I would be happy.

[Politics_Guy25]

36. David Schuster is most likely a dem right?-He at one time co-anchored with Tamron

Do you think MSNBC would have two left leaning anchors at the same time for the same show? I suspect that she was meant to be a counterbalance to David. Something about her just rubs me wrong. Comments she made about Times Square and the Nobel Peace Prize for example. Can't pinpoint it.

[Skidmore]

37. I think you are flat out wrong about her.

I watched her take apart some RWingers more than once. She was in their faces and calling them on their crap. She did an excellent job. I like her.

[Sebastian Doyle]

42. Schuster used to be on FAUX, so who knows

You don't get a job on that network if you're "liberal" (Aside from the token Alan Colmes hiring when they tried to clone the CNN Crossfire formula with the "Hannity & Colmes" circus - and even then Alan was basically told to shut up and let Sean dominate the show)

Shepard Smith, the "Log Cabin Republican" is probably the closest thing they have to a "Liberal" on that network. There are lines he will not cross (i.e. the infamous "We do not fucking torture!" clip) but he manages to stay employed there. Why he would want to, God only knows.

Schuster seemed to do alright when he used to guest host for Keith, and when he briefly had his own afternoon show after Douche Gregory got promoted to "Press The Meat", but before Ed Schultz was hired. So I have no way of knowing what his true beliefs are. If he turns up on CNN (which is the rumor) than I expect him to turn to the dark side again, as that network has done since the day Time Warner & AOL took over.

[Politics_Guy25]

50. Yeah-the demise of CNN is sad to see

I remember how great they were back with Bernard Shaw, Judy Woodruff, Bill Schneider and the gang. They went wignut in style right after 9/11 when they hired Paula Zahn, Anderson Cooper, Lou Dobbs and other gop hacks among others. I used to love CNN. Now, I can't stand them.

As far as Tamron Hall goes, I hope that I am wrong about her. I liked her at first as well.

[Blue-Jay]

30. OK.

[MadBadger]

33. I havent watched cable news in Months

[Pisces]

34. I have to agree. I use to watch the lineup and now I only watch Rachel. I feel 100%

better. These talking heads try and make issues out of nothing for ratings. Rachel is the most informative and least contentious.

[freddie mertz]

44. Rachel is by far the best. Thoughtful, hard-working, honest, unpretentious.

I like Ed and Keith, but they try too hard sometimes.

[old mark]

35. I think you have the right idea - KO and RM are about all I can tolerate, and even them

not very often - I watch their programs when I can't sleep.
Matthews is a cheap whore, Ed is too busy selling his book and paranoia. The "information" is not worth the aggravation.


mark

[clarence swinney]

msnbc the duplicative channel

I was devout viewer till OIL
2pm--3-4--5-6-7-8-9-10-11pm OIL

same comments. same guests. crazy crazy.

olduglyhonest disgusted

[clarence swinney]

38. msnbc the duplicative channel

I was devout viewer till OIL
2pm--3-4--5-6-7-8-9-10-11pm OIL

same comments. same guests. crazy crazy.

olduglyhonest disgusted

[Arkana]

41. I don't watch cable news or network news period.

The news I get I get from the internet. I can't stand TV news. I would rather watch endless loops of "The Biggest Loser" than watch TV news ever again.

[freddie mertz]

43. That's just about the only TeeVee "News" I do watch.

Ed, Keith, and Rachel.

Rachel is the best of the lot.

[NorthCarolina]

46. Nice try, but I'm sticking with the station that employs Rachel Maddow. So, are you shilling

for Fox or CNN?

[Jennicut]

48. I am trying not watch any of them, they are all bad. Except for maybe

KO and Rachel, MSNBC sucks.

[rocktivity]

47. I've whittled down to Keith and Rachel myself

Even the last minute or two of Tweety before Keith comes on is too much to take.

Fox? Don't be silly. CNN? Are they still around? What I read here about what they're doing is nauseating enough, LOL!

:headbang:
rocktivity

[pauldg0]

53. How about big Ed Schultz?

[rocktivity]

56. I don't get home in time

and I wish he didn't have a speaking style that's so much like Rush's!

;)
rocktivity

[southernyankeebelle]

49. So put your head in the sand huh? Still doesn't change a thing.

[spoony]

51. It's always amusing when someone thinks doing that is boast-worthy!

Just like the "I have 30,000 people on ignore and growing" posts.

[Drunken Irishman]

54. haha, what?

How is not watching MSNBC putting my head in the sand? I also don't watch FOX News. I guess if you don't, you're putting your head in the and?

Chris Matthews and Chuck Todd are not valuable to my daily news reading.

Sorry, buds, but MSNBC is a tool network filled with mostly tool media personalities. The only ones I like are Rachel and Keith. And they come on later when I'm generally out.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

57. Isn't it funny?

DU complains day in and day out about how horrible the media is, then they castigate you for not taking part in the misery.

[pauldg0]

52. I wish I could watch it more, ....

...but those damn prison shows are always on. What gives?