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dreamland

(964 posts)
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:49 AM Apr 2020

This is why the msm can't stop broadcasting his pressers

They have nothing else to report on. The msm has become so lazy and reliant on the orange pustule for their ratings, they've stopped looking for news. If they are want to give airtime to the pressers then they should just show a summary of the meetings. There's no need to show the entrance and the exits of this fat grimace. They're just hyping him for his followers, sheople who rely on visuals rather than listen to the words. I realize it's dangerous to go out these days but more interesting news would be was going on in the front lines and what some people are doing during this quarantine. Msm get a hint! I've so tune you off.

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Response to dreamland (Original post)

lark

(23,102 posts)
3. I turn off the news when he's on.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 08:59 AM
Apr 2020

There's usually an old Star Trek Voyager on at that time on BBC so I watch that instead or I use this time to get an earlier start to dinner. Anything is better than watching that inhuman asshole try to destroy the constitution along with the working class and poor in real time.

Response to lark (Reply #3)

Dem2

(8,168 posts)
16. I've been doing that for 3.5 years now
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:50 AM
Apr 2020

No reason to give the lying piece of human filth any views.

doc03

(35,338 posts)
4. I can't think it helps their ratings. The people that voted for Trump will watch
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:01 AM
Apr 2020

him on Fox. I think the majority of Americans change channels when he comes on TV. Let Fox cover it
and if anything is newsworthy in them report it. I guess it is like when people always slow down to
see the results of a traffic accident.

kacekwl

(7,017 posts)
7. I've got an idea what the media could do.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:07 AM
Apr 2020

Very easy assignment, look up and list all the things trump has done to give us the "greatest economy ever" . What I have seen in the last three years are failed forgien policy, economic programs that never happened ( lied about ). Massive debt brought on by tax cuts for those who did not need them (except now they cry for bailouts cause,you know). Supposed cuts on the evil regulations holding everything back. I figure less than a week to list trumps stable genius accomplishments so future leaders can also have the BEST economy ever.

C_U_L8R

(45,002 posts)
8. I turn the news on at 4pm
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:08 AM
Apr 2020

But as soon as Trump shows up, I turn it off or change the channel.
If enough of us do that, it will show up in their data.
And if the data is significant, both the Media and Trump will get the message.

But right now, it's just cost-free media time for Trump's clown show.
Vote with your clicker and shut him down.

csziggy

(34,136 posts)
18. I start at 9 AM modays - when they show Dolt45 three times, I change to seomthing else.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 10:44 AM
Apr 2020

Sometimes I turn back to news later in the day, but the same thing. Three times of seeing him is my limit.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,491 posts)
10. If they had the will they could do it differently and for the people.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:19 AM
Apr 2020

Considering it's a national emergency, the networks could form a coalition and air their own common program after the White House dog and pony show, using some leaders in the medical and scientific communities. Have a summary of the non-political important stuff from Trump's shitshow and then do interviews with governors and medical experts from around the nation.

I don't think Trump would be bold enough to threaten the FCC licenses of the entire group, as that could potentially leave much of the nation blind.

The MSM just needs the guts to stand up to Trump, be bold and change........

dreamland

(964 posts)
14. Trump would never pull the FCC licenses, that would be like...
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:47 AM
Apr 2020

..taking the evil mirror away from the wicked queen.

Girard442

(6,075 posts)
11. Over this way Andrew Cuomo is on TV a lot.
Tue Apr 14, 2020, 09:26 AM
Apr 2020

I assume out west Gavin Newsom or someone like him is on similarly. This appears to be a new strategy: flood the airwaves with decency and sanity and intelligence. I like it.

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