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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Thu Feb 21, 2019, 04:50 PM Feb 2019

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To CNN & MSNBC: Do the IDIOTS making your coverage decisions REALLY AND TRULY BELIEVE [View all]

that your viewers need a tedious multiple-minutes-long timeline analysis of what police say occurred in the Smollet situation? And, is there no other news more worthy of your air time than a follow up panel discussion about how terrible everyone feels?

I thought I heard something about a white supremacist Trumpie plotting mass murder and a court proceeding to determine if Stone gets tossed in the clink, but apparently those issues are less important than trumpeting a single case of a black gay man who may have filed a false police report..

I can approach eloquence at times, but right now "You really piss me off!" is the best I can do!

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To CNN & MSNBC: Do the IDIOTS making your coverage decisions REALLY AND TRULY BELIEVE [View all] Atticus Feb 2019 OP

Infotainment at it's finest. Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #1

Precisely Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #3

Everyone has to speak at least 140 words per Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #6

Yup Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #8

Sorry to say, Wellstone ruled Feb 2019 #30

WTF is up with all the drug ads? Are Americans actually that gullible? lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #13

Big Pharma - that's where the $ is FakeNoose Feb 2019 #20

Yes. Big Pharma wouldn't spend the money if it didn't work. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #26

Big Pharma ads work but not in the way you might think.... Viz Feb 2019 #48

Good point. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2019 #49

Silly you would ask.. pangaia Feb 2019 #69

The ads give you an idea of their target demographic Wednesdays Feb 2019 #75

Very true. lagomorph777 Feb 2019 #82

That's it in a nutshell... pangaia Feb 2019 #68

+1000 Power 2 the People Feb 2019 #83

Yep. Kardashian style news at its best. jalan48 Feb 2019 #46

Right now DownriverDem Feb 2019 #76

And remember how they were hammering the black face incident of the Virginia governor? kimbutgar Feb 2019 #2

They're going for a different audience loyalsister Feb 2019 #72

K&R... spanone Feb 2019 #4

It is endless. BigmanPigman Feb 2019 #5

I was treated to FAUX snooze at the gym today The Genealogist Feb 2019 #7

I watched a little True Blue American Feb 2019 #77

CNN-ET. MSNB-TMZ. NurseJackie Feb 2019 #9

"Culture" of celebrity The Mouth Feb 2019 #10

It's sad because their own journalists were targeted ZeroSomeBrains Feb 2019 #11

Did you complain when it was reported as a hate crime? Honeycombe8 Feb 2019 #12

A reread of my OP will show that I did not complain about the reporting of the apparent Atticus Feb 2019 #22

+1000 smirkymonkey Feb 2019 #60

No one is required to watch television Mr. Quackers Feb 2019 #14

or stick to PBS. ginnyinWI Feb 2019 #27

That is an option Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #42

But most voters do. eom Cetacea Feb 2019 #65

No, but to complain about propaganda aimed at those who DO is worthwhile. pangaia Feb 2019 #70

way too much time airing something that wouldn't even make the mid section of news papers yaesu Feb 2019 #15

And the "Nigerian" brothers were born in Chicago IronLionZion Feb 2019 #16

Dumbing down! Dixc Feb 2019 #17

Do it! You will not regret it. ginnyinWI Feb 2019 #32

I could not believe how much are time was devoted to this. colorado_ufo Feb 2019 #18

CNN spent 10 days talking about nothing but a missing airplane AdamGG Feb 2019 #19

Also constant talk about: Sprite Feb 2019 #21

I am so sick of the Smollet "news" I could scream Leith Feb 2019 #23

Who ever heard of Smollett True Blue American Feb 2019 #79

Trump is a hate crime. radius777 Feb 2019 #24

I like MSNBC but experience this same feeling almost every single day. Maddening! pdsimdars Feb 2019 #25

It's all supposed to be a distraction from the daily crimes committed in DC and on Wall Street. CaptYossarian Feb 2019 #28

I'm guessing they do believe that onenote Feb 2019 #29

Couldn't agree more. The guy made a choice. A bad one. End of story. Firestorm49 Feb 2019 #31

The only way that CNN could have made it worse would be to have had Richard Quest on lapucelle Feb 2019 #33

I'm so glad I'm not watching this stuff. nt ginnyinWI Feb 2019 #34

Read your news jayschool2013 Feb 2019 #35

First Time Posting On my Favorite Site For Years..... sbonedale Feb 2019 #36

EXACTLY! blm Feb 2019 #40

Post One!!! Woo Hoo IADEMO2004 Feb 2019 #53

Who were you before? (nt) ehrnst Feb 2019 #66

It may not be fake news, but it certainly is junk news. dchill Feb 2019 #37

This! defacto7 Feb 2019 #38

People should stop watching cable news.... doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #39

Preach It! Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #43

+10000 Kurt V. Feb 2019 #45

Take, for example all the Andrew McCabe interviews. ginnyinWI Feb 2019 #47

Exactly doompatrol39 Feb 2019 #52

Rec yardwork Feb 2019 #41

Remember "Runaway Bride" some years back? maveric Feb 2019 #44

I would bet 90% of Americans had never heard of Smollett before this. OnlinePoker Feb 2019 #50

you did fine. barbtries Feb 2019 #51

Ill take your Smollet and raise you general domestic outrage-news.. 912gdm Feb 2019 #54

You are correct. My OP may have been too narrowly focused. nt Atticus Feb 2019 #55

Oh I didn't mean to imply you were too narrow 912gdm Feb 2019 #56

Thanks. NT Atticus Feb 2019 #57

You're welcome. NT. 😁 912gdm Feb 2019 #62

Well, we'll see if Rachel focuses on Smollett too shanti Feb 2019 #58

i have forsworn off any gnewz about smollet. not my business. i do not care. the moron's lies matter pansypoo53219 Feb 2019 #59

First fifteen minutes of AC and no mention of it ornotna Feb 2019 #61

Yeah, it's not like Smollet is Trump IsraelMerchant Feb 2019 #63

KICK!!!! Cha Feb 2019 #64

Rachel Maddow seta1950 Feb 2019 #67

I won't even bother with her program Sherman A1 Feb 2019 #71

I didn't even know who this guy was. pwb Feb 2019 #73

Same here. True Blue American Feb 2019 #80

A Coast Guard lieutenant preparing to assassinate Loubee Feb 2019 #74

The advertisers believe it fescuerescue Feb 2019 #78

and now they will be discussing Trump and his Buddy kim INdemo Feb 2019 #81

If the stove is hot you might want to stop touching it Devil Child Feb 2019 #84

Yea what's up with that. Enough Smollett Pepsidog Feb 2019 #85

This is baffling to me moose65 Feb 2019 #86

Thank you for that point LittleGirl Feb 2019 #87

I should add LittleGirl Feb 2019 #88

sorry, the outrage fatigue sapped all of my thoughts LittleGirl Feb 2019 #89

Americans worship money. FiveGoodMen Feb 2019 #91

We're gonna have to pay this price so buckle up... Baconator Feb 2019 #90