MSNBC has done 455 Stormy Daniels segments in the last year -- but none on U.S. war in Yemen

[oberliner]

As FAIR has noted before, to MSNBC, the carnage and destruction the U.S. and its Gulf monarchy allies are leveling against the poorest country in the Arab world is simply a non-issue.

On July 2, a year had passed since the cable network’s last segment mentioning U.S. participation in the war on Yemen, which has killed in excess of 15,000 people and resulted in over a million cases of cholera. The U.S. is backing a Saudi-led bombing campaign with intelligence, refueling, political cover, military hardware and, as of March, ground troops. None of this matters at all to what Adweek calls “the network of the Resistance,” which has since its last mention of the U.S. role in the destruction of Yemen found time to run over a dozen segments highlighting war crimes committed by the Syrian and Russian governments in Syria.

By way of contrast, as MSNBC was marking a year without mentioning the U.S. role in Yemen, the PBS NewsHour was running a three-part series on the war, with the second part headlined, “American-Made Bombs in Yemen Are Killing Civilians, Destroying Infrastructure and Fueling Anger at the US.” The NewsHour’s Jane Ferguson reported:

https://www.salon.com/2018/07/25/msnbc-has-done-455-stormy-daniels-segments-in-the-last-year-but-none-on-the-war-in-yemen/

[Demsrule86]

1. And?

[oberliner]

4. The war in Yemen should get more coverage (or even any coverage at all) on MSNBC

The Yemen war is the world's worst humanitarian crisis, UN says

The war in Yemen is now the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with more than 22 million people -- three-quarters of the population -- in desperate need of aid and protection, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/03/middleeast/yemen-worlds-worst-humanitarian-crisis-un-intl/index.html

[stonecutter357]

2. I think i'll stay with MSNBC !

[greyl]

3. A balanced diet is recommended.

MSNBC does not qualify as junk food by any stretch, but it's only part of a nutritious diet. It also has people you won't find anywhere else.

[oberliner]

5. MSNBC is great

But I think they could afford to give this crisis some coverage and attention.

[greyl]

6. I wish MSNBC and CNN both spent 15 mins more per hour on additional topics.

More like BBC, with a world headlines awareness.

[oberliner]

7. Yes, especially with so many different programs, maybe have one devoted to world news?

Or, as you suggest, a 15 minute segment covering this sort of thing.

I mean this is literally the worst humanitarian crisis of 2018 according to the UN.

[Sneederbunk]

8. Too easy to go with the talking heads format.

[oberliner]

12. How about just going with that sometimes?

Even most of the time?

Maybe just do one 10-minute segment about what is going on in Yemen.

Perhaps people will become interested and want to learn more.

And then perhaps they will want to hold our government accountable and demand action.

[Buzz cook]

9. Tits sell

A war between people on the other side of the globe doesn't.

MSNBC is just another mainstream media outlet, its about money. There is no liberal media, there is no honest media, there is only corporate media.

[miyazaki]

10. That's literally beyond pathetic.

Especially when you have threads here swooning to dead eye Aris Member.

[oberliner]

11. One in three Yemenis is on the brink of famine

What is it like in Yemen now?

Death surrounds us. I don’t know anyone who has not been touched by this conflict.

The Yemeni people face almost unprecedented human suffering. One in three Yemenis is on the brink of famine. We faced the worst cholera outbreak in modern history. Yemen now is, according to UN experts, the worst humanitarian disaster in the world. It is a human-made disaster, created by warring parties who have committed violation after violation.

...

What can be done to help the people of Yemen?

To start, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, and others should suspend arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The United States and its allies claim to be leading voices in efforts to enforce international norms and minimize civilian deaths in war. Yet it is these countries’ bombs which are killing my countrymen, women and children.

https://reliefweb.int/report/yemen/qa-yemen-s-humanitarian-catastrophe-demands-action

[Calista241]

13. The Saudi's are at war in Yemen. We're just spying on everyone and

Sending out a few drone strikes. Unless there’s dead Americans, the loss of a $5m drone and a few missiles doesn’t demand a reporters attention.

[oberliner]

14. US approves proposed $1bn arms sale to Saudi Arabia

US State Department approves the arms sale, despite concerns raised by rights groups that it might be used in Yemen.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2018/03/approves-proposed-1bn-arms-sale-saudi-arabia-180323090745361.html

[Demonaut]

15. thank god!

[Raine]

16. I can only tolerate MSNBC for short periods of time

because they leave out really important news in the the World and here in the US. I have to turn on PBS' Democrazy Now and NHK News along with the BBC to find out what the rest of the World is hearing. MSNBC should at least have one segment on Yemen, Global Climate Change and other big issues during their hours and hours of programming.

[malaise]

17. Important

Rec
Who knew?
Gaza was bombed this week.

[mfcorey1]

18. And the pResident has not visited any troops on foreign soil. He golfs instead!