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Moostache

(9,895 posts)
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:41 AM Sep 2016

Mika makes me sick.

I tuned into the M$NBC moron-palooza for about 5 minutes and you would think, based on their coverage of the election, that Trump was winning 45 of the 50 states and that Hillary was about to be arrested and charged with high treason...

The way this race is being covered, the media is going to have to answer for why they no longer report but instead desperately try to shape the story. Journalism is dead. Punditry is the currency of the realm.

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ksoze

(2,068 posts)
1. She hates tRump
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:45 AM
Sep 2016

They have both been all over him all morning, so not sure what you saw. They did cover the polls and they are perplexed at her drop from weeks ago.

monmouth4

(9,694 posts)
2. Did I just hear her say that Trump would be joining them in the next segment? They are
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:45 AM
Sep 2016

unwatchable. Breathless and gasping over HRC's negative numbers...

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
8. +1, and it was 1 or two 4 way polls and under reported the head to head ... they need a horse
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:59 AM
Sep 2016

... race for ratings and they continue to establish this notion.

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
3. The "Clinton's enriched themselves on government money" part...
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:51 AM
Sep 2016

Mika gravely intoning "That's not all right...that is terrible." (paraphrasing)

The tone of the coverage in the 7:30 AM CDT segment was hideous horserace bullshit and a constant 5-7 minutes of Trump praise for being the same buffoon he has been for months. The overall theme is constant: "Trump is x,y,z....he did a,b,c...he is now saying 1,2,3...oh and by the way, here's the latest Clinton "controversy" to be concerned about and to say nothing else about her."

The media is stirring the controversy pot and ignoring EVERYTHING else. They are a collective disgrace, but Mika REALLY bothers me now as being the worst of the worst in a sewer of hacks...

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
7. They just reported HRC's response which was the politico story is false... but for some reason this
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:57 AM
Sep 2016

... is news seeing the president can spend his money the way he wants to spend his money from the presidents fund.

It's a straight up rope a dope story, the people who don't like Clinton will see it as negative since there's no moral or legal wrong doing in the story.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
4. Well, that's just the 5 minutes you watched.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:53 AM
Sep 2016

Mika also said Trump has nothing, and she and Joe made fun of him, called his campaign schizophrenic between morning and evening everyday, and played the Amnesty Don video.

I'm bothered that they don't have enough positive HRC spin on the show, but trump sucks the air out of the room with his hyperbolic speeches.

misterhighwasted

(9,148 posts)
9. However they did just show B Fallon's tweet from Bill Clinton, correcting the Lie about
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 09:02 AM
Sep 2016

funds for their private server.

Clintons used PERSONAL FUNDS.

The reporting on Hillary & anything Clinton is always negative before its ever positive.
Its been so since Hillary announced her candidacy.

And they dare schreech about her lack of Press conferences.

Ilsa

(61,694 posts)
11. Good. Bill needs to get out there with the receipt
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 09:06 AM
Sep 2016

and any other proof. He needs to nail them on their hypocrisy of going after the Foundation, when Citizens United allows foreign gifts to campaigns, and no one is checking to see what other past pres have been doing with their money.

I'm sure the media will find away to turn use this latest revelation about their own money paying for the server against them.

uponit7771

(90,335 posts)
5. +1, ....Yeap, they touted the WI 4 way which fit their meme and under covered the head to head which
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:55 AM
Sep 2016

... is what counts in that state cause few indies get the % votes any of these polls show on election day.

They're also overstating the impact of the "email" shit during a turnout election where the base is way more important than non existent crossover votes which Clinton is getting more of right now than tRump.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
6. It is all just entertainment.
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 08:56 AM
Sep 2016

Actors hired to depress the functioning brain.

Go out in a kayak, or climb a hill.

pangaia

(24,324 posts)
12. I never turned it on. :>))))))
Thu Sep 1, 2016, 11:47 AM
Sep 2016

I only know about it because CNN is on 24/7 at the gym. Fortunately there is no sound.

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