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Is it just me or has MSNBC (Original Post) toddwv Apr 2016 OP
Sadly, it's been that way for quite a while now. Svafa Apr 2016 #1
If Cosby goes to prison and Hastert doesn't...fuck that Jackie Wilson Said Apr 2016 #2
In a way Chris Hayes has surprised me the most. Peregrine Took Apr 2016 #3
Me too. He started out so well and then went south. senz Apr 2016 #15
If it bleeds, it leads alfredo Apr 2016 #4
I often go to old Seinfeld clips on youtube just to get some great laughs... CTyankee Apr 2016 #5
I am watching Star Trek reruns!! oldandhappy Apr 2016 #6
I've been living my dreams vicariously through other people on Youtube. Currently, ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2016 #16
Good for you! oldandhappy Apr 2016 #17
I've actually begun gearing up and warming up with some short hikes. I'm going on 52 and it's... ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2016 #18
Yippee! Let me know if I can help. oldandhappy Apr 2016 #19
That's a deal, oldandhappy! nt ChisolmTrailDem Apr 2016 #20
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I have been watching last years Game of Thrones.. I am always 1 year behind. LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #8
When the world ends, you'll get a twelve month reprieve... Human101948 Apr 2016 #9
I will probably miss season 6 if Trump or Cruz become the next dictator in chief. LiberalArkie Apr 2016 #11
turn off the tee vee maxsolomon Apr 2016 #10
turned it on at lunch....trump rally, beginning to end...same on cnn...faux couldn't be bothered spanone Apr 2016 #12
It's not you malaise Apr 2016 #13
I have noticed that the coverage ... Whiskeytide Apr 2016 #14

Peregrine Took

(7,417 posts)
3. In a way Chris Hayes has surprised me the most.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:20 PM
Apr 2016

His descent into suit wearing, slick pompadour toting shill.

 

senz

(11,945 posts)
15. Me too. He started out so well and then went south.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:57 PM
Apr 2016

I just loved him a few years ago when he was host of the weekend morning show, "Up." He was earnest, progressive and politically aware.

I know has a wife and two kids, but surely he can support them without selling his soul.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
6. I am watching Star Trek reruns!!
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:24 PM
Apr 2016

Stopped watching MSNBC several months ago when they went all Trump, all clinton. I know they are mostly keeping their jobs. Still a UUge disappointment. Guess what. I don't miss them! Big shock. I have had a blast discovering all the alternative media stuff. Even shelled out a few bucks. Good steady investigative journalism is hard to find. MSM have announced that in the future they will be looking for reporters with economic backgrounds. You and Seinfeld have a good afternoon, smile.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
16. I've been living my dreams vicariously through other people on Youtube. Currently,
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 10:05 PM
Apr 2016

I'm watching several people thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. I'm also watching docs and vids of liveaboard on the canals of Great Britain. Much better than the constant we-know-you're-stupid-and-we-love-taking-advantage-of-you-to-rule-the-world daily cable propaganda networks.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
17. Good for you!
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:34 PM
Apr 2016

The Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Coast Trail are wonderful trips to dream about. Have read a lot of the books. Used to live in Vermont a few miles from the AT. Always enjoyed giving hikers a ride into town. They would buy Ben and Jerry's and woof it down. They needed the fat and calories. The hikers came from many countries. That was a surprise to me.

 

ChisolmTrailDem

(9,463 posts)
18. I've actually begun gearing up and warming up with some short hikes. I'm going on 52 and it's...
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:45 PM
Apr 2016

...been 3 decades since I backpacked. It's the beginning of my training to attempt my first section hike of the AT. I would love to be able to thru-hike it but I can't take 6 or 7 months off. So, I will attempt to do so by section hiking as much of it as my life will allow. Also, I want to section hike the PCT.

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
19. Yippee! Let me know if I can help.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 11:58 PM
Apr 2016

I live in San Diego county. I have hiked the county portion of the PCT. I would be delighted to deliver food and water.

Response to toddwv (Original post)

LiberalArkie

(15,728 posts)
11. I will probably miss season 6 if Trump or Cruz become the next dictator in chief.
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 04:47 PM
Apr 2016

I have a feeling either one of them might like to watch mushroom clouds form.

malaise

(269,157 posts)
13. It's not you
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:22 PM
Apr 2016

He was made by GEM$NBComcast and their previous parent company GENBC - it's disgusting

Whiskeytide

(4,462 posts)
14. I have noticed that the coverage ...
Mon Apr 25, 2016, 07:50 PM
Apr 2016

... of Trump seems more "non-stop" on MSNBC than other networks/news outlets ... but to be completely fair it is often not particularly flattering toward him from a progressive point of view. Rachel, Lawrence and Hayes seldom have anything genuinely positive to say about him, and they are overwhelming critical of him as they run clip after clip of his latest rally, commercial or interview.

But since Trump's general strategy is the old "no publicity is bad publicity as long as they get your name right" - a strategy that clearly seems to have worked quite well for him - they help him even when they dis him. And, as a bonus, being poked at by the "pointy headed liberals" on MSNBC is a feather in his cap with much of his base.

So - in the end - I don't think it's accurate to say that they "support" Trump, but they are certainly "boosting" him.

We are witnessing a very odd election cycle, I think.

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