Kasie Hunt the biggest loser in the California recall

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Daniel Balsz @dbalsz 1h
Look on the bright side, last night was the night that Kasie Hunt became the new Van Jones.

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[Docreed2003]

1. "The Chuck Todd of bad takes"

🤣🤣🤣

[agingdem]

3. Not exactly Chucky Todd..

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Todd is a “both sides” kind of guy..Hunt is a jealous middle school mean girl…

[gab13by13]

4. Both sides of Trump's ass, right?

[agingdem]

7. Chuck/Joe/Mika/Andrea

the Fucking Four “birthed” Trump..I want them on their knees, flagellating and begging our forgiveness

[SallyHemmings]

12. Jealous middle school mean girl

is a perfect description of her.

The media is just dreadful.

[PatSeg]

21. Oh yes, that is perfect

"Jealous middle school mean girl" - even though she is 36 years old, she seems to be perpetually stuck in adolescent mode. All those years on MSNBC, she never really matured and she is awful on camera.

[Peregrine Took]

38. I never liked her.

No idea how she got that big job at MSNBC. Must be related to some one.

[Treefrog]

54. She's got a bigger one at CNN now.

No idea how or why.

[Omnipresent]

2. Kacey did her job.

She got us stirred up, talking about her comments.

[StarfishSaver]

5. I liked things so much better when a reporter's job was to report the news

not to say stupid things to get us stirred up.

[NCDem47]

10. There's a lot of aitime to fill and pool of reporters out there.

When reporters make it big by being given a host position, they tend to fill spaces with opinion and then they tip over becoming pundits. They BECOME the news to stay relevant. Richard Engel who covers the Middle East for NBC is wandering into that territory too even though he's still a field reporter.

[Omnipresent]

45. People tune out if they're bored.

There is only so much in these news stories for the reporters to cover, so they have to throw their opinions in, to hold the viewers attention.

[StarfishSaver]

47. Or they can cover more news stories

Instead of covering the same two stories at a time ad nauseum and when they run out of things to report about them, babble on endlessly about their opinions masquerading as "analysis."

I'm sure people would be glad to watch if they cover a much broader range of news stories.

[Omnipresent]

52. The other stories they can cover...

Are probably lower attention getters to begin with, for them to even pad with personal comments.

[StarfishSaver]

53. I don't think they're lower attention getters

The stories they cover are attention getters largely because they spend so much time reporting on them. They often turn nothing stories into attention getters just by focusing on them 24/7. Hillary's emails are a good example of that.

There are plenty of other interesting stories that people would get people's attention if they were presented

.I think the press is just lazy and covering other stories is just too much work. So much easier to focus all their attention on a small group of stories that they can pound and pound and pound without having to do any real reporting.

[agingdem]

6. I think her Newsom "dig"

is pointed and personal..Gavin must have really pissed her off in the past..

[gordianot]

8. She is just trying to get her name out fir a "Meet the Press" gig someday.

Profound mediocrity at best.

[Mr. Sparkle]

9. arguably one of thew worst reporters on msnbc

she waffles for waffling sake , rather then inform with something relevant to say, on the topic been discussed. I generally tune her out when shes on.

[malaise]

16. Thankfully, she is no longer at M$NBComcast - she joined CNN

but it looks like she's trying out for Fux.

[PatSeg]

25. I just found that out about CNN

I think her mediocre, wishy-washy style will work better there. MSNBC could never find a place for her where people didn't switch channels when she came on. I noticed a lot of comparisons to Chuck Todd and that really fits.

[malaise]

30. I started a thread the morning when she announced that she was leaving

She's unbearable at any hour but that early show was the last straw for me

[PatSeg]

31. I've never been able to listen to her for very long

She always came across as an amateur, but she's been doing this for many years now and she hasn't gotten any better.

[malaise]

33. You nailed it sis

A genuine light weight

[PatSeg]

41. The word "sophomoric" came to mind

A high school journalism student trying to act like a grownup in an adult world, but coming across as awkward and uncertain. I cut newbies some slack, as I know it is hard to get used to being in front of the camera, but her initiation period ended a long time ago. If she doesn't have what it takes by now, she never will.

Of course, it doesn't help that some of her observations and opinions seemed a bit biased or uninformed.

[malaise]

43. Perfect

[PatSeg]

50. Good, I was hoping to paint the right picture!!!

[atreides1]

32. Well

There appear to be several on CNN...who are trying out for Fux!

Jake Tapper and Chris Cuomo, also seem to be auditioning for Fox...the 3 of them could be the new Fox & Friends, trio!!!

[malaise]

34. Well CNN tries hard to be Fox

so that makes sense

[PatSeg]

46. I've seen that off and on for years with CNN

It is like they aren't sure who or what they want to be - MSNBC lite or Fox lite. Trying too hard to please too many viewers, instead of trying to be a legitimate news network. I rarely ever watch them anymore. I've caught a few of Anderson Cooper's Townhalls when he had someone on that I wanted to see, but that's it.

[Rebl2]

11. Kaiser hunt

is a Fox News host wannabe

[PatSeg]

27. She would need to go blonde

and wear shorter, tighter skirts. She is the just right amount of dull and forgettable to fit in at CNN.

[Rebl2]

48. Oh yea

I forgot about that.

[ashredux]

13. WTF? That is insane bs from a (now) so-called reporter

I’m a actually surprised she would post such…

[Jon King]

14. Wow, her 'analysis' is so far off.

Elite vs the rest of us she thinks is the driving force for the MAGAS? They would not vote for a Dem if that Dem worked at a factory next to them.

The driving force for the MAGAs is fear of anything different and wanting to return to a 1950s America where their whiteness gave them even more power than it does today. Its being mean just to be mean. Its allowing them to feel superior to other ethnic groups. For many its a religious fanaticism about the rapture.

The driving forces for normal voters is the economy, climate change, health care, education, security, the outlook for the future.

[Wounded Bear]

35. Correction: a mythological 1950's America...

The one the MAGAs want never really existed except on television in the old 'family' oriented sitcoms.

[Farmer-Rick]

15. Who????

I don't watch much propaganda...er news.

I get she is on MSNBC.

But why does anyone care that she is a right wing tool trying to disparage the Democratic party? Isn't that basically the job of corporate media? They trash all things not approved by the Koch bros and the filthy rich. What am I missing?

[SergeStorms]

22. MSNBC gave her a pink slip.

She's on CNN now, apparently for "balance".

If what she's doing is "balance" CNN needs a walker.

[PatSeg]

28. Ha, ha, ha!!!

[Ford_Prefect]

17. She's arguing an empty premise...There's nothing there to argue about in a 2:1 win.

[Hekate]

18. It was funny last night when she wrote it at 8:08 pm & I read it half an hour later when N won...

It’s utterly hilarious this morning, watching comments roll in from real pundits & real journalists.

[BradAllison]

19. I don't know whether she was pouting or still thought Edler had a shot n/m

[BradAllison]

20. She's a Ryan/Kasich/Romney Rethug

Keep crying, sweetheart. Your daddy's party is no more.

[WHITT]

23. ...

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[IronLionZion]

24. She named her son "Mars" so she isn't known for good judgement

Weirdo

The thing about people who oppose public health measures, is they keep dying. Last I checked, Newsom got like 64% no on recall.

[Marius25]

26. When did she leave MSNBC and go to CNN?

[PatSeg]

29. I just found this out today

I believe it was in August. I'm sure she won't be missed at MSNBC.

[IronLionZion]

40. She left in July

but might have been quietly fired.

[Marius25]

42. Just found out CNN offered her $1 million

and MSNBC couldn't match it.

[malaise]

49. Here

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/kasie-hunt-departure-nbc-news-msnbc-1235021493/

[brush]

36. Is she the one who had the "KasieDC" show? She always leaned right...

and seems to have taken a shot with the tweet that if Elder won, she would be the one who called it.

It was dumb, like she hadn't been following the recall at all and only listened to very early conjecture that "repulicans have a good chance at the recall because they're more energized to get out and vote than Democrats."

That was stupid and nothing but a conventional wisdom talking point hype by republicans and lazy journalists who kept repeating it because they had heard it being said by others.

[malaise]

51. Yes and then she moved to Way Too Early

It was really way to early to have her chasing my brain

[Iggo]

37. The fuck is Kasie Hunt?

Never mind. Don’t care.

[Kahuna]

39. Totally useless. She comes across to me as if

she's talking down to the audience. Also, she tried really hard to push the tara reade issue.