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Has anyone else just given up on CNN and MSNBC?
- Thread starter MrMephistoX
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Never really consumed news from either outlet (mainly because I don't live in US) but I used to like Maddow. But she has become tad too "theatrical" for my liking and not much substance in the show's reporting. Only American pundit I like is Sam Seder and with very little resources he does better job dissecting news events then CNN/MSNBC.
Just now? Lol
They've been garbage for over a decade.
CNN isn't news and msnbc is centrist propaganda that fires anyone who doesn't stick with pro corporate pro wealthy talking points
They've been garbage for over a decade.
CNN isn't news and msnbc is centrist propaganda that fires anyone who doesn't stick with pro corporate pro wealthy talking points
Huh. I'm actually surprised, since when I've listened they all seem to be fawning over Warren and just kinda "meh" on Biden
I havent watched them for years and im glad i havent. Only reason i cant get away from them is that youtube is basically has some kind of deal with the TV stations that their clips are the only ones that pop up first when it comes to anything politics related
Pretty much. There are some programming exceptions, but public radio is generally better and way, way less of a train wreck.
Any commercial news is unbearable. I stick to public radio cause I dont waste my time with commercial ads and bullshit.
You donate to your local stations and programs you like and you get an hour of content where most of it is actually content and not dick waving ads.
Even aside from that my news is primarily gathered from an array or reporters and correspondents on twitter and their various pieces, rather than relying on some corporate asshole to read me the highlights of those same reporters stories.
You donate to your local stations and programs you like and you get an hour of content where most of it is actually content and not dick waving ads.
Even aside from that my news is primarily gathered from an array or reporters and correspondents on twitter and their various pieces, rather than relying on some corporate asshole to read me the highlights of those same reporters stories.
I prefer watching democracy now on youtube if I want to watch US news. I don't have the time nor interest to watch the big networks. It feels like in their attempts to give both sides of the story they tend to normalize what's really happening.
in the age of twitter and easily accessible instantaneous worldwide communication and information? they're irrelevant
pbs/npr are more than enough and mostly on the level.
i think people shouldn't be inherently distrustful of media, just more aware and discerning of who is delivering news (as well as why) and aware of their possible bias'
pbs/npr are more than enough and mostly on the level.
i think people shouldn't be inherently distrustful of media, just more aware and discerning of who is delivering news (as well as why) and aware of their possible bias'
There are a few MSNBC shows that are still worthwhile. Sadly they're almost all sandwiched by garbage.
CNN is a pure dumpster fire. Absolutely worthless Jerry Springer-esque trash.
CNN is a pure dumpster fire. Absolutely worthless Jerry Springer-esque trash.
It's funny that we implemented freedom of the press to have quality news reporting yet most of the profitable US news outlets are GARBAGE
Shit like a decade ago lol.
NPR is by far the best. Vox ain't bad (especially their YouTube). Smattering of conventional sources like wapo and guardian is fine so long as you're smart about them.
Also shit like Last Week Tonight are legit journalism no matter what they claim out self deprecation.
NPR is by far the best. Vox ain't bad (especially their YouTube). Smattering of conventional sources like wapo and guardian is fine so long as you're smart about them.
Also shit like Last Week Tonight are legit journalism no matter what they claim out self deprecation.
Pretty much besides some special reports they may do. I do however still watch nbc's nightly news. But PBS is where i will watch daily.
Tho, this is not because i despise the likes of cnn or msnbc. It's actually more because i don't have cable to watch. And well pbs does a great job already. So it's pretty unnecessary to watch more.
Tho, this is not because i despise the likes of cnn or msnbc. It's actually more because i don't have cable to watch. And well pbs does a great job already. So it's pretty unnecessary to watch more.
I don't trust any news sources nowadays. probably 80% of the time if I see a story that shocks me, if I research it myself it's because the article told a half-truth or omitted contextual info. literally everywhere does this. even places that strive for balance (e.g. the BBC) fuck up frequently enough that I don't take things at face value
end result is most news articles take so much effort to look into that I can't be bothered. the news just ends up being depressing anyway.
end result is most news articles take so much effort to look into that I can't be bothered. the news just ends up being depressing anyway.
the corporate media are trash
been watching Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman more often
also reading articles on The Atlantic, Common Dreams, American Prospect, Jacobin, Z Magazine, truthdig, The Intercept, ProPublica, Daily Climate
been watching Democracy Now! with Amy Goodman more often
also reading articles on The Atlantic, Common Dreams, American Prospect, Jacobin, Z Magazine, truthdig, The Intercept, ProPublica, Daily Climate
I stopped watching a while ago, partly because I was sick to death of being stuck thinking about Trump all day, and partly because MSNBC and CNN are shit.
MSNBC is stuck in hyper partisan "shit on Trump all day with being as smug about it as humanly possible". Eventually I grew tired of the "today something happened to Trump that's never happened to him before, and it has him RATTLED"-routine
CNN meanwhile feels like a morally bankrupt place, where they will try and put on a pretense that they're a proper journalistic news outlet, but then the next thing you know, they're having "both sides" types debates. Where they will put on smart and qualified people to talk about the issue at hand, but then they'll also let absolute scum on the same show to provide a "different opinion", or some such nonsense. It's a joke.
MSNBC is stuck in hyper partisan "shit on Trump all day with being as smug about it as humanly possible". Eventually I grew tired of the "today something happened to Trump that's never happened to him before, and it has him RATTLED"-routine
CNN meanwhile feels like a morally bankrupt place, where they will try and put on a pretense that they're a proper journalistic news outlet, but then the next thing you know, they're having "both sides" types debates. Where they will put on smart and qualified people to talk about the issue at hand, but then they'll also let absolute scum on the same show to provide a "different opinion", or some such nonsense. It's a joke.
I've hated cnn since the last decade with their handling of 911 or going to bat for banks and wall street.
Msnbc got themselves in the stinker with me with the last election and their constant misframing of issues. Post mueller report I'm convinced it's just a shitty moderate corporate friendly network that pretends to give a fuck about left issues.
Msnbc got themselves in the stinker with me with the last election and their constant misframing of issues. Post mueller report I'm convinced it's just a shitty moderate corporate friendly network that pretends to give a fuck about left issues.
The worst part of it all is that CNN has proven Trump over and over again just how shit it is, I have to get my news from the BBC and other sources
I won't even do NPR, even listening to people talk about what's going on is so totally demoralizing. The only news I want to read is whatever today's Nancy strip says.
I wouldnt be as into politics as I am without NPR. I dont bother with MSNBC ever outside of a twitter clip here and there. CNN is fine until they start rehashing content.
Never bothered with any US news channel since the Bush Administration. So yes, I've given them up a long time ago.
