Cable news is double pissed

[Bernardo de La Paz]

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The Hoarse Whisperer
@TheRealHoarse
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Cable news is double-pissed at Biden for killing off their largest cash cow - Trump - and their second largest - endless war.

[2naSalit]

1. Yeah,

That's what I said two weeks ago.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. I'm so sad for cable news--except when I'm not, which is all the time!

[dflprincess]

3. I would include the network news too. Nt

[PortTack]

4. Why watch?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. I don't have a TV. Clips on Twitter linked to by DU gives me the key minute I need if important. nt

[Sherman A1]

15. Precisely

[DFW]

5. Ah, but help is already on the way.

Soon there will be murders and blowing up of houses when neighbors in Texas start denouncing each other for suspecting each other of having driven someone's daughter to the bus station or the airport to maybe get an abortion. The prospect of getting a free $10,000 just for being a snitch can be a powerful incentive for someone previously exhibiting normal behavior to turn into an asshole.

[FalloutShelter]

8. I swear on a stack of bibles I saw

Goody Proctor dance with the devil.

[DFW]

9. Go directly to "GO"

And collect $10,000 !

[scarytomcat]

25. money on the table who will scoop it up

easy money I should say

[Lonestarblue]

16. Texas is already full of assholes.

A few dozen of the January 6 insurrectionists are Texans. And remember the yahoos who tried to ram the Biden bus and run it off of a very busy I35. I fear that this will bring out the Jesus freaks who will stalk women to try to catch them going to a clinic that may have provided abortions in the past. Given this new law, I doubt that any women’s clinics will be providing abortion services, but the stalkers will sue anyway and force the clinic to provide personal medical records and spend money on lawyers to prove their innocence. And how on earth can it be legal for just some person on the street to sue and get access to a woman’s personal medical records! What a travesty of justice. The Republican Party is a religiously motivated terrorist organization and needs to be disbanded.

[not fooled]

33. You're correct

sad but true.

And, just wait until maggots begin assaulting school board members and government officials.

There will be plenty of dramatic fodder for cable shows.

[Evolve Dammit]

36. It's already happening in some states

[Ishoutandscream2]

35. Uggh

Just reading that made me feel ill.

[TygrBright]

6. Heaven forbid they might actually have to try journalism for a change... n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. I agree with the Hoarse Whisperer

[Ford_Prefect]

11. Threatening headlines induce more viewing and clicking than good news does.

They can also be re-reported with endless variations to maintain market share.

Good news takes time to write up and explain, and it doesn't sell as much booze, cigarettes, and other distractions.

[thesquanderer]

12. Nah, they hardly paid any attention to Afghanistan anyway. n/t

[BlueJac]

13. That will do it

He he

[monkeyman1]

14. only 2 I read is DU & DAILY KOS , ALL THE REST IS A WASTE OF MY EYE SITE !

[IronLionZion]

17. So much for the liberal media

[scarytomcat]

26. fox is #1

media is not liberal anymore it is a joke

[IronLionZion]

27. Fox has been losing some viewers to COVID

[scarytomcat]

28. not enough and these covid losers are endangering everyone else

but their viewers don't care
fox still on top with most viewers

[LiberalLovinLug]

18. Trump will always be one of their cash cows, until the day he dies.

The fact that he is not in power now, and can't actually decide policy for the GOP anymore means he's not on every single day anymore. But the cult he started is in full bloom. He will always be seen as the leader of this new party/cult by most of Republicans. So just because of that alone, the MSM will use the excuse that he is a "news" story.

If he never runs again, or even if he runs and loses, he will go on to become a martyr and messiah to the disturbing large minority that embrace ignorance, misinformation, cultural xenophobia, alternate facts, as long as that, and Facebook, makes them feel they are right.

Because he's the perfect leader for that. He's a psychopath. He has no qualms, no loyalties. He enjoys causing others pain. He will punish and silence those annoying voices that try and point out the facts and reality to them. He'll tell them that its those others who are crazy...they are smart. And the most patriotic.

[FakeNoose]

19. They love it when there's a hurricane though

It's extra awesome when the power goes out and trees get knocked down.

[OhNo-Really]

20. I'm boycotting MSNBC & CNN with few exceptions below

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215808676

List of a few great World news sources

[C Moon]

21. I don't even think of those stations as news. They are 24-hour op-eds since 2000.

[burrowowl]

37. Exactly!

[housecat]

22. easy come easy go

[peppertree]

23. Them - and above all, their bankrollers

Dubya's wars lined so many pockets. It's hard to give that up.

For now.

[cstanleytech]

30. "Dubya's wars lined so many pockets." Oddly enough most of those pockets were Republican ones.

Many of whom I am willing to bet are or were in elected office.

[peppertree]

31. Not that odd at all

War profiteers know that nobody fills that trough like Repug presidents (since Reagan, anyway).

And you know, they're always hungry.

[Shermann]

24. CNN isn't feeling the vacuum quite yet

They loves them a good hurricane. I thought they might send Anderson Cooper down there for some retro style coverage.

Those are second only to passenger plane crashes.

[cstanleytech]

29. I guess its time for them to go back to stoking public fear over things like shark attacks.

[Catherine Vincent]

32. Very true

I remember another time when their cash cow was found innocent and not sent to prison. They were banking on tons of money coming in due to ratings.

[orangecrush]

34. Exactly.

K&R

[herding cats]

38. If you watch them, then it's on you.

My life (for me, personally) is much nicer without being told what I should feel (which is what cable news tries to do, elicit feelings, not thoughts from you) by some random entity trying to make bank by exploiting my emotions. I just don't have the time or energy for that anymore.

[Blue Owl]

39. K&R