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niyad

(112,426 posts)
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 11:19 PM Apr 2020

Dear MSM, You are doing it again. Stop it! During the 2016 election campaign, you all gave thAt

insane creature currently soiling OUR House what amounted to several billion dollars worth of free air time. You spent hours showing empty podiums, with endless chatter. You spent so much time covering his insanity, his lies and hysteria, that one could be forgiven for not knowing that there was another candidate in the race. And we won't even talk at this point about your disgusting handling of the "debates" (the "moderating" was pathetically sycophantic).

You are doing the same thing right now. You KNOW that his daily ego-massaging "briefings are nothing BUT campaign rallies. Yrt, you are treating them as though they were legitimate news, giving him hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of free campaign air time. Stop it. Just stop feeding his insatiable ego, his narcissism, his lies and hatred. Stop it. Even having a real-time fact-checker will not solve the problem. Just STOP IT!!!

Wearily,

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Dear MSM, You are doing it again. Stop it! During the 2016 election campaign, you all gave thAt (Original Post) niyad Apr 2020 OP
Several hundred recs. n/t royable Apr 2020 #1
One of his biggest promoters was Morning Joe nt doc03 Apr 2020 #2
Yep! True Blue American Apr 2020 #36
he makes them money. the corporate owners are happy. the media does not really give a shit. NRaleighLiberal Apr 2020 #3
Pretty much this. Stevegberg Apr 2020 #10
This pretty much sums the situation up. As Moonves said, he's bad jrthin Apr 2020 #28
The corporate owners are deliriously gleeful DENVERPOPS Apr 2020 #42
K&R, at minimum the reporters should coordinate their questions against Trump but its not their uponit7771 Apr 2020 #4
There is an advantage for us with the MSM airing Trump's mini rallies, and that is every 42bambi Apr 2020 #5
Trouble is, his cult members do not see what sane people do in those performances. niyad Apr 2020 #6
other political media pale in comparison to $5BIL/year x 30 years FREE by rw hate radio certainot Apr 2020 #24
Don't think that's true FiveGoodMen Apr 2020 #32
Let him go! True Blue American Apr 2020 #37
Every time Rebl2 Apr 2020 #43
It 's like those parents mgardener Apr 2020 #7
No screaming shit. SergeStorms Apr 2020 #8
Trump is good for ratings and clicks, unfortunately. Just deprive the narcissist of attention. Stevegberg Apr 2020 #9
Not from me. I can't watch him for a more than a few seconds. He turns my stomach sour. Midnight Writer Apr 2020 #16
Trump is great ratings budkin Apr 2020 #11
KR NT ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2020 #12
K to the f*in' R Beartracks Apr 2020 #13
It's deja vu all over again.. denbot Apr 2020 #14
Agreed, 100%. spudspud Apr 2020 #15
I SO agree and.... JeaneRaye Apr 2020 #17
Why would they change something that's working? nt live love laugh Apr 2020 #18
I never watch any of it (MSM) since 2016 - we need our own channel. BSdetect Apr 2020 #19
I was a huge fan of environmentalist Al Gore and loved him more when he started that network Peregrine Took Apr 2020 #29
I'm frustrated with a lot of folks in that realm. They are OK with committing a few hours to an rwsanders Apr 2020 #33
Current True Blue American Apr 2020 #38
+1,000,000,000,000 world wide wally Apr 2020 #20
K & R n/t malaise Apr 2020 #21
K&R handmade34 Apr 2020 #22
Great rant! llmart Apr 2020 #23
I have, and I gather that many people have voiced similar views. Will it help? Sadly, I doubt it. niyad Apr 2020 #25
It may help a little. llmart Apr 2020 #27
CNN does not have him on. True Blue American Apr 2020 #39
Good for them. llmart Apr 2020 #40
At least have a real-time factcheck and commentary Varaddem Apr 2020 #26
Are they trying... Newest Reality Apr 2020 #30
I believe the coverage now has the potential to hurt him more than help. Blue_true Apr 2020 #31
They ignored the worst FACTS about Dolt45, and... MarianJack Apr 2020 #34
He is probably offering them bribes McCamy Taylor Apr 2020 #35
Wasting your breath, but I agree 100% Ferrets are Cool Apr 2020 #41
I agree. Shut it off. It wouldn't be on without an audience. ooky Apr 2020 #44
What I would like to see at these mini Trump rallies each day is pink Apr 2020 #45
RATINGS. the ratings whore pimped by the teevee ratings whores. pansypoo53219 Apr 2020 #46
K&R again. Mike Niendorff Apr 2020 #47
. . . . niyad Apr 2020 #48

jrthin

(4,824 posts)
28. This pretty much sums the situation up. As Moonves said, he's bad
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:14 PM
Apr 2020

for democracy but he's good for ratings.

DENVERPOPS

(8,677 posts)
42. The corporate owners are deliriously gleeful
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 08:33 PM
Apr 2020

to help him in any and every way they can. EIGHTY PLUS PERCENT OF ALL U.S. MEDIA IS OWNED BY REPUBLICANS....

They are ecstatic these days with their performance. We are one millimeter away from a Corporate Fascist Tyranny.

uponit7771

(90,225 posts)
4. K&R, at minimum the reporters should coordinate their questions against Trump but its not their
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 11:42 PM
Apr 2020

... family members who are being killed by CV19

42bambi

(1,753 posts)
5. There is an advantage for us with the MSM airing Trump's mini rallies, and that is every
Wed Apr 8, 2020, 11:56 PM
Apr 2020

time he opens his lying mouth we have another free Dem ad. Day after day, Trump is destroying his own re-election chances by showing his true colors.

 

certainot

(9,090 posts)
24. other political media pale in comparison to $5BIL/year x 30 years FREE by rw hate radio
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:25 PM
Apr 2020

at $1000/hr x 15 hrs/day x 1200 radio stations

and that's independent of other opinions - 95% of it is a chorus following limbaugh's lead - fed to him by think tanks here and in russia

Rebl2

(13,301 posts)
43. Every time
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 09:02 PM
Apr 2020

that ugly face comes on I turn the channel. I think a lot of people are doing the same, so that can’t be making them money. My local NBC channel didn’t ever show him today at the supposed daily briefing. Figured he wasn’t having one, but switched over to msnbc and there they were. Quickly turned back to my local channel.

SergeStorms

(18,882 posts)
8. No screaming shit.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:47 AM
Apr 2020

Every time that walking cesspool opens his mouth they think they have to cover it, lest he say something so important about the virus crisis the world would stop turning on it's axis if they missed it. All he ever does is lie, lie, LIE incessantly, and tell everyone what a terrific job he's been doing.

Cease. Desist. If he ever does say anything of importance borrow the feed from TrumpTV.

 

Stevegberg

(80 posts)
9. Trump is good for ratings and clicks, unfortunately. Just deprive the narcissist of attention.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:03 AM
Apr 2020

It’s his oxygen, after all.

denbot

(9,894 posts)
14. It's deja vu all over again..
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:22 AM
Apr 2020

Apologies to Yogi, who was and is the only New York Yankee ever worth quoting. I’d love to hear what he would have said about “The Dump” had he lived to be 105.

JeaneRaye

(402 posts)
17. I SO agree and....
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:42 AM
Apr 2020

I don't know how TV ratings happen; I mean, do "they" just somehow know when your TV is on or not? I have just started recently having my TV on for some time before Trump appears for his daily BS session and as soon as he appears, "click", I turn off my TV, in hopes that many other people do the same. I would be interested in hearing from anyone who knows how ratings happen and how to affect them. Wouldn't that be great, if we could just all turn off our TV's at one time and make the news channels quit covering that A-hole?! I have actually been watching Governor Cuomo regularly since I believe he is telling the truth and he is a soothing and calming voice to the public. I believe that is what we need right now.

BSdetect

(8,989 posts)
19. I never watch any of it (MSM) since 2016 - we need our own channel.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 10:50 AM
Apr 2020

Meanwhile DU suits me along with various links that appear.

Of course they love a tight race and will create that with goons like Kornacki

Peregrine Took

(7,408 posts)
29. I was a huge fan of environmentalist Al Gore and loved him more when he started that network
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:15 PM
Apr 2020

but then he and his co-owners pulled the plug after a while and then I didn't like him so much.

Seemed to get too much into the money gettin' business for me.

rwsanders

(2,585 posts)
33. I'm frustrated with a lot of folks in that realm. They are OK with committing a few hours to an
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 03:24 PM
Apr 2020

interview, but won't stick with an important project unless it is profitable.
Maybe not the best comparison, but reminds me of the way Larry Ellison ruined the America's Cup because he was using NASCAR as a model for making it profitable (killed a guy so he knew he was on the right track). I liked it better when it was a game that drove billionaires to bankruptcy.

True Blue American

(17,972 posts)
38. Current
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 06:43 PM
Apr 2020

Is when I began to watch Ali Velshi. He left a successful show on CNN. Asked why he he went to a fledgling he said,” Because I want to report real stories!”

Then AL sold to Aljazeera. The corporate world drove them out of this country.

handmade34

(22,755 posts)
22. K&R
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:00 PM
Apr 2020

10 minutes daily with the Doctors to brief us is all that is necessary... anytime trump is there, networks should cut away...

I was watching periodically, hoping to see the moment that trump actually imploded...

...the reporter asking about "Tiger King" is absolutely when these briefings 'jumped the shark' ENOUGH!! STOP IT ALREADY!

llmart

(15,499 posts)
23. Great rant!
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:14 PM
Apr 2020

Now, have you sent this on to the networks? Is there a petition people can sign that would get sent to the networks with all the people who want them to stop covering the blithering idiot?

niyad

(112,426 posts)
25. I have, and I gather that many people have voiced similar views. Will it help? Sadly, I doubt it.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:32 PM
Apr 2020

llmart

(15,499 posts)
27. It may help a little.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:52 PM
Apr 2020

I know that I emailed our local news station and told them I tuned into them to get all the local news and not have to be assaulted by a political campaign speech every day. Two days ago I turned on the local news at 6 PM and the main broadcaster said that there was important local news and weather to report and that they would not be covering the blowhard's speech and they said if anyone was interested, they could get it online.

I was so pleased. They did the same yesterday. Maybe more people are contacting them telling them to stop the nonsense. This morning, Good Morning America had only Dr. Fauci on.

llmart

(15,499 posts)
40. Good for them.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 06:50 PM
Apr 2020

I don't have cable so never see CNN (which is fine by me). After the way he treats their reporters, I'm surprised they'd ever televise him again unless it was if he was resigning/dying/going to jail.

Varaddem

(431 posts)
26. At least have a real-time factcheck and commentary
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 12:50 PM
Apr 2020

Let the commentator go off on a tangent like Trump does.
I’m picturing Sandra B. Starting each retort with “OK princess...”

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
30. Are they trying...
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:16 PM
Apr 2020

Are they trying to encourage us to make excuses for and love being abused by our abuser?

I have seen only a handful of realistic, scathing reporting on what the Picture of Dorian Trump really looks like. I have only seen a smattering of depictions of just how nude this pseudo-Emperor is, and yes, I know that's a disgusting thought in itself.

I have seen a softening of words and benefit of the doubt writing and reportage, when the power of the pen should be shaving the orange fuzz off of the top of this dictators bloated head.

Something is rotten in Denmark, as they used to say. Sucking up, or what?

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
31. I believe the coverage now has the potential to hurt him more than help.
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 01:59 PM
Apr 2020

He has a record now, people have seen things about him. He had no track record in politics in 2016 and the media did a shitty job of looking into the intimate details of his business record. Also, in 2016, he was able to accuse the media and get away totally with it, now rational people see that behavior as deflection.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
34. They ignored the worst FACTS about Dolt45, and...
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 06:24 PM
Apr 2020

...ceaselessly fawned over him.

At the same time treating the worst rumors about Hillary Clinton as breaking hard news with never ending coverage about her fucking emails.

I fully expect them to do so again.

Did Joe Biden put his arm around a lady in 1979?

WE have to be the media.

As always, Donald Trump is an idiot ans an ass hat.

#notmypresident

RESIST

pink

(497 posts)
45. What I would like to see at these mini Trump rallies each day is
Thu Apr 9, 2020, 09:37 PM
Apr 2020

that the journalists show more aggression. If he insults the journo, or starts to interrogate them, they should all get up and walk out. Also he may be president by title but not by actions. They are currently showing him too much courtesy.

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