MSNBC took the bait

[Thunderbeast]

All war....All the time...

Maps, graphics, bloviating pundits and generals.

Dr. Maddow tried last night to include the broader context, a distraction from a President who has lost legitimacy at home and abroad.

The strikes are an important story, but it is not the ONLY story.

Next up......polling that shows a ten percent uptick for President Dennison.

Anyone remember this Cohen fella who may have gone to Prague in order to end American democracy?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

1. Wargasms everywhere

[FakeNoose]

34. Well CNN started this years ago - when we bombed Iraq in 2002

Remember the Shrub fiasco?

I think MSNBC assumes that's how CNN will always be, and they have to keep up with the competition.

[meadowlark5]

2. I amazes me that they are so easily "distracted"

They all talk about Trump's constant distractions yet they take the bait every.single.time. I was wishing, last night, that one talking head would cover the bombings for about 10 mins breaking in if there was anything new to report - but keep on the Russia stuff.

But no...they saw the shiny object and off they went.

[triron]

12. yes it's amazing (but very disheartening)

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

35. Pisses me off to no end... they do fall for it every time!

[FuzzyRabbit]

38. After Trump read his speech on TV and stumbled on only two words,

has our TV news once again reported that he has "pivoted" and is now presidential?

[blitzen]

3. As always, never any discussion about whether to go to war...

only so-called experts discussing tactics. It's maddening.

[Elwood P Dowd]

4. Haven't watched any news because I knew what the idiots would be all gaga over today.

So predictable. That, plus the weekend hosts are nothing but a bunch of 3d stringers.

[jodymarie aimee]

5. yes, we knew CNN would follow FOX, Joy Reid started out ok

but it's been lemmings to war since 10AM.

[PufPuf23]

6. Probably took several days to generate the graphics and to identify and

Schedule the talking heads and for them to prep.

IMO MSNBC is not without sin in generating and spreading propoganda.

[peggysue2]

7. This is a temporary distraction

Cohen, Mueller, Comey, Trump/Russia isn't going anywhere. The Trumpster's Mission Accomplished is the Troll King trolling.

Unless Trump plans daily strikes, this short 'bombs away' drama is not going to win him sustainable points.

I find the whole scenario disgusting but not disheartening. The noose is tightening, one way or the other.

[lunatica]

19. I agree

This shiny object will lose it’s fascination in a few days. Even daily bombings would lose their interest quickly. Aerial strikes are something Americans like. If he sends troops the cheerleading will stop. Probably even from Fox.

[spanone]

8. it's saturday, they'll be done soon....i've see reporting on Cohen mingled in with the war shit.

[Silver Gaia]

32. So have I. And they don't have regular news shows on rhe weekend anyway.

It's usually reality prison shows. bleagh

Hey, at least this way, people ARE hearing news about Cohen, etc. mixed in with the war stuff, when there's normally no news at all on the weekend schedule.

[thbobby]

9. Mueller and Schneiderman are not watching MSNBC

Nor are FBI agents in New York. Wagging the dog works for MSM, but not so much for FBI.

[malaise]

10. I'm watching Cash Cab replays

Fuck that shit

[triron]

16. I watched the Boston marathon this morning. Much more inspiring.

[Vinca]

17. I love Cash Cab!

[True Blue American]

23. The Hoarders was getting old so I cleaned out a couple of closets.

And, oh yes, I found this great pinepple corer and slicer. Sliced 3 pineapples this week.

[malaise]

25. LOL for the pineapple corer & slicer

I do the clean out closets thing in late November/December and June/July. No hoarding here. These days we rationalize shopping for new stuff. If we buy something to replace one that's old, we give away the old one next day. May just rationalize that pineapple thingy

I am baking a pineapple upside down cake this evening.

[deurbano]

26. Maybe it's not that Hoarders was getting old, but that it inspired you!

Cool device...

[True Blue American]

41. I think I have sold

6 of them to friends and others are digging them out of the closet.

I asked my Son to cut up a pineapple for me on Easter Sunday. You should have seen the expression on his face. then I reached in the cabinet,said,” Try this!”

I would never buy fresh pineapples.

Really, I never buy anything unless I put an item in the Boy Scout of Charity bag.

[True Blue American]

42. Nah, I have been getting rid of for quite

Some time.

I wonder what makes those people live that way.it is horrifying.

Now,shoes,that is a different story.

[No Vested Interest]

24. I join you at 11p.m. watching Cash Cab, taped in 2010 at the latest, I believe.

The schtick in Las Vegas was brief.
Sorry, Brian Williams; I only catch you when Cash Cab is on commercials.

[malaise]

27. It was on from noon to two here

as well as when Lyin' Brian gets going at 11.00pm on weekdays.

[malthaussen]

11. A few missile strikes are only a brief distraction, IMO.

Yeah, Mr Trump's ratings will doubtless take a short-term bump, but without blood and gore, pretty lights on TV will get old real fast. The corollary of "If it bleeds, it leads," is "if it don't bleed, see Page 35."

-- Mal

[manor321]

13. It won't last

The event is already over and Americans will soon get bored, if they aren't already.

[Scurrilous]

14. Wargasm equals $$$$.

Which is what they're all about.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

36. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!!

[Kirk Lover]

15. And what do you think we'll be talking about tomorrow? How absurd that they "took the

bait". Have we not seen this scenario A MILLION times before? And what ends up happening HUH? We go back to what we were talking about.

Do you really think the media shan't be discussing the Cohen situation again...and very shortly? I think I better take a break from DU for a bit.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

18. Trump himself will tweet everyone back to the Mueller probe soon. He won't be able to stop himself.

[lunatica]

21. LOL

You are so right! He’s incapable of projecting any thought into the future consequences of his own actions, other than getting even for something or other.

He’s that level of dumb where he believes he’s smarter than everyone else. Absolutely no self awareness as an entity in a world with other entities who think. It’s really amazing.

[EffieBlack]

20. Regardless the timing or motive, this IS news

But don’t worry. We will be back to regular programming shortly.

[shadowmayor]

22. BriWi

So is Mr. Williams awed by the beauty of our weapons again? Where are the anti-war voices on the left? As an American, retired veteran, with a tour of Iraq during OIF3, I am ashamed at the latest salvos and particularly with our fawning corporate media cheerleading more death and destruction at the hands of our military.

[Mr. Ected]

28. In a way, they have to cover this as if it was legit

And then spend the next few weeks telling us how contrived and inconsequential it actually was.

The press doesn't want to be seen in opposition to our armed forces. It would truly undercut their legitimacy (what's left of it).

If they're doing their jobs, though, they will critically assail the mission, its necessity and efficacy, its timing in light of the troubles facing the CiC, its constitutionality vis-a-vis lack of Congressional approval and in light of Republican public statements when Obama considered a similar mission.

Meanwhile, it's Cohen's turn in the barrel. Turn up the volume.

[Dem2]

29. Yep, I turned if off in a nanosecond

a few here seem to gasm over bombs too, makes me sick

[NoMoreRepugs]

30. Mr Mueller and his team are laser focused

on the Orange Menance and his crime family. That's all that matters to me.

[cbreezen]

31. MSNBC Weekend in Review...

One topic and the same 20 advertisers on a loop.

[BritVic]

33. All war...all the time

When news channels start blanket coverage of hostilities, it always reminds me of this.

[brooklynite]

37. Did France and the UK take the bait as well?

This was
More than just Trump reacting to his Mueller problems.

[LAS14]

39. I must confess that I was very relieved to hear that France and Britain participated.

If they hadn't it would have been pure Trump distraction.

[rainin]

40. Write [e-mail]. Let her know if you want her to proceed with her regularly scheduled show.

Here is what I sent to her:

Hi Rachel,

Last night, President Trump successfully diverted the attention of every news show away from Comey's book, Cohen's legal trouble, and Stormy Daniels / Elliot Broidy / Karen McDougal payoffs.

He even chose the hour of your show to make his announcements, which I don't believe was an accident. He chose to take over your hour IMO.

It was an absolute win for him. That concerns me.

What will stop him from using missile strikes or other military actions to redirect attention away from his opponents and give him a platform to look presidential?

Please don't let him do this. Proceed with your show. Let him know he can't hijack the media whenever he wants to.

In gratitude,
(name)

Mom of an active duty soldier

[HopeAgain]

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