The LAST story tonight on NBC Nightly News...

[Grins]

That a court held that Trump "more likely than not…” violated the law and “corruptly attempted to obstruct" Congress in his attempts (plural) to overturn the 2020 election.

It should have been the 1st or 2nd story.

I wish we had a vigorous media….

[Karadeniz]

1. Amen!!!!!!

[Walleye]

2. They didn't want to cut into their 15 minutes of Biden bashing

[rebe303]

11. Exactly😡

[pecosbob]

3. Not their job

“The media’s job is to create a misinformed electorate that will make irrational decisions, often against their own interests.”
- Noam Chomsky.

[Rebl2]

4. Agreed!

I don’t watch Holt anymore. I usually turn to Ari Melber or ABC.

[NHvet]

25. ABC

Wasn't any better last night as they didn't even mention the judges remarks while giving 30 seconds to the fact Eastman had to turn over the documents. MSM doesn't report the news anymore, they only give out sound bites and both-siderisms along with the occasional feel good spot. The days of getting a fair unbiased report on the days is long gone, everyone has an agenda today.

[House of Roberts]

5. Well, the last story covered might be the one most easily remembered...

if the audience stayed with the broadcast to the end.

[NJCher]

21. because

what is remembered is the first, the last, and what is most easily forgotten is what is in the middle.

Studies show.

[live love laugh]

6. People don't even know NYC dropped his case.

The media isn’t covering it.

[Grins]

23. Not the same case.

[live love laugh]

26. I was talking about NY's case. And the media silence.

[dchill]

7. MSM theory of a slow-cooker story.

If you let it simmer long enough at low heat, eventually it will evaporate to a sludge at the bottom of the pan. Then you can just toss it out.

[FakeNoose]

8. Actually the last news story is usually a strong one

People tend to remember the last thing they heard, and MSNBC uses that to sneak in something that will have some impact after the audience thinks about it for a minute or two.

I'm OK with this. It's not a throwaway item, they'll let this story brew.

[calimary]

13. There is that.

Definitely! The easiest takeaway is always the last one, because it's the freshest in the memory.

But it would be better to have led with it or presented high up in the newscast, and THEN repeat it at the end as a kind of "second helping"!

[Tree Lady]

9. Watch Jon Stewarts show on Apple+

On the media. He shows how every story told is based on min by min ratings and also decided in meetings.

Not one big media company would talk to him, they didn't want to expose what they do.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

17. Good to hear.

I dropped Apple+.

[Tree Lady]

19. I know there are so many now

I dropped Hulu wasn't using it and kept Apple because they have a few shows we like.

[Warpy]

10. They probably had to fight like hell to get it onto the news, at all

I'm glad it was the last story and not buried in the middle. People will remember what they heard last.

[NullTuples]

12. Fourth estate, fifth column...what's the diff, right?

[hay rick]

14. Vigorously complicit. nt

[marked50]

15. What? It wasn't the "Slap Heard Around the World"?

[Kid Berwyn]

16. Yeah. Conspiracy to defraud America.

Obstruction of Congress. The usual. Ho hum.

[Ford_Prefect]

18. They have groceries and endless debt to sell us. They do not care about

the future of justice or democracy.

The tirelessly self-fulfilling prophesy of the lowest common denominator is their measure of importance.

[Snackshack]

20. "More than likely"...

Seriously?

This is the same dance around the truth that Mueller did. FFS

[Stuart G]

22. The media will cover .."..Trump's Indictment .." as a ....."Really Big Show", " I kid you not!"