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RockRaven

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6. The problem with cable news isn't the partisan orientation of any one channel

Tue Dec 3, 2024, 01:44 AM

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but the shallowness, the thinness of useful true information, common to all partisan orientations of the various cable news channels. That media form is fundamentally garbage.

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MSNBC is a huge part of the problem [View all] JMCKUSICK Dec 3 OP

Bullshite. milestogo Dec 3 #1

What about it? JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #2

I'm with that poster, bullshit. arthritisR_US Dec 3 #4

I asked that poster and I'll ask you. JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #10

Take in Nicole Wallace, Rachel and Lawrence and Ali Velchi arthritisR_US Dec 3 #14

I mentioned 3 of the 4 in another reply and JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #18

So we need absolutely 0 legacy media, because JCMach1 Dec 3 #53

That's an odd approach to being informed. Just IMO. dchill Dec 3 #3

Not being informed, ignorance is another thing. arthritisR_US Dec 3 #5

What exactly was I being informed about JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #7

Rachel doesn't wash rince and repeat she does her research arthritisR_US Dec 3 #20

I looked to MSNBC for a deeper look into issues important to progressives William Seger Dec 3 #35

You think she isn't a source covering issues important to you ? arthritisR_US Dec 3 #36

No, that's what JMCKUSICK said about his "little existence here in central Illinois" William Seger Dec 3 #38

I'm sorry, I don't understand 🤔 arthritisR_US Dec 3 #40

The post I replied to William Seger Dec 3 #43

Good point. You know I get such valuable information from arthritisR_US Dec 3 #45

The problem with cable news isn't the partisan orientation of any one channel RockRaven Dec 3 #6

YES YES a thousand times YES JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #8

And, why is that ? arthritisR_US Dec 3 #21

My uneducated guess is ratings. mwooldri Dec 3 #33

Their corporate owners will only allow them to discuss topics La Coliniere Dec 3 #54

Like the majority of the viewers Fish700 Dec 3 #59

OK, dude. MSNBC has hosts with varying viewpoings, but it's not a cult. Pls see someone. brush Dec 3 #9

I mentioned Cult twice and neither has MSNBC attached to it. JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #13

So few people watch MSNBC, that it's irrelevant. Kaleva Dec 3 #11

Rural America is mostly White Christians and don't like it that Kamala Harris JI7 Dec 3 #12

That dismissiveness of rural Americans JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #15

Nobody is dismissing rural voters. They have choices every election and they are JI7 Dec 3 #19

Right, and like everything else these days JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #22

I said Trump voters are shit no matter where they are from JI7 Dec 3 #23

Yea no, you stereotyped Rural America JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #24

Maybe they don't like it but it's a fact, FFS. arthritisR_US Dec 3 #27

I said "mostly" . Just like most Muslims opposed Kamala Harris because they oppose LGBT JI7 Dec 3 #30

That made my heart cry 😞 arthritisR_US Dec 3 #26

To understand the Reps, just censor all the negative news about Trump/the Repubs kerry-is-my-prez Dec 3 #25

You learn "dismissiveness of rural Americans" SharonClark Dec 3 #28

Thank you👍🏼 arthritisR_US Dec 3 #42

One more time I live in a rural area. Basically Appalachian white. Keepthesoulalive Dec 3 #29

In Michigan, more people in urban areas voted for Trump then in the rural areas Kaleva Dec 3 #16

They are shit also JI7 Dec 3 #17

In the 2020 presidential election SharonClark Dec 3 #31

That doesn't refute what I said Kaleva Dec 3 #44

Was what Kamala was saying a lie? arthritisR_US Dec 3 #37

Too often it's nothing more than PR for the Democratic Party BeyondGeography Dec 3 #32

With the orange shitgibbon in charge the midterms will need arthritisR_US Dec 3 #39

No need for my comment. DU has taken care of the light weight. nt Jit423 Dec 3 #34

I kind of agree Startint Dec 3 #41

I never watch fox JMCKUSICK Dec 3 #47

I think your premise is simplistic Henry203 Dec 3 #56

For the love of Goddess--would you learn how to use paragraphs? hlthe2b Dec 3 #46

Interesting ThePartyThatListens Dec 3 #48

Fox is mandatory on all cable and satellite packages due to must carry regulations. SamKnause Dec 3 #49

I would say some parts of MSNBC are part of the problem. City Lights Dec 3 #50

This post needs hard returns. If you want people to read it, make it friendly to read. -nt CrispyQ Dec 3 #51

Appreciate the time you took to lay that out kerouac2 Dec 3 #52

I quit Rebl2 Dec 3 #55

I stopped watching cable news six months ago and Fichefinder Dec 3 #57

It's the entire media conglomeration stillcool Dec 3 #58

I watch free speech tv I_UndergroundPanther Dec 3 #60

Anyone who sits around watching TV all day GusBob Dec 3 #61