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elias39 (1086 posts) October 23, 2016 at 6:46 am
I am SO DONE with Sunday news programs
I’ve always tried to take in things like Face the Nation, Meet the Press, This Week with George Steph.
Not today. Not next Sunday. I’m fed up to my eyeballs with the propaganda, the hand wringing, the dire warnings up imminent collapse of the western world.
Nope. Not today.
kishcreek (157 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 7:02 am
1. It's a beautiful autumn day where I am.
Crisp temps, gorgeous foliage. I’ll spend as much time outdoors as possible and try to forget the whole flippin’ mess for awhile! No punditry for me today, either!
Enthusiast (2894 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 7:04 am
2. I have been boycotting the Sunday news programs for years now.
It is nothing but propaganda. Period. Their aim is to direct our thinking. They frame the questions in a way to manipulate the guest and the audience.
They do not deserve you!
Sadie (351 posts) (Reply to Enthusiast - post #2) October 23, 2016 at 7:08 am
4. Yes
They have been proclaiming her coronation pretty much since July at the DNC. Notice how Hollywood is now doing her campaigning. She has kicked back and is only doing appearances on Ellen or Late Night Shows.
senz (1733 posts) (Reply to Enthusiast - post #2) October 23, 2016 at 7:48 am
9. Exactly. The MSM is nothing but a propaganda machine.
BreaktheDuopoly (200 posts) (Reply to Enthusiast - post #2) October 23, 2016 at 10:37 am
15. Agree 100%. I don't even think about those shows anymore!
And I used to be a Sunday morning news show junkie!
Stonecarver (27 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 7:07 am
3. I realized it the last big election.
Nate Silver had Obama winning easily. All the talking head shows were hand wringing about how close it was. The only exception was This Week with George S. Oh, they spun it but at the end George made them all predict who was going to win. Everyone conceded Obama.
I saw George Steph… a few years later (he’s shorter than you think he is). I thanked him for being the only show that finally told us the truth, because we already had Nate Silver 538. I hope he remembers that voters need facts and truth, because he’s the only one who gave it.
The rest of the field of talking heads are selling drama! That’s why the NYT’s political reporters hate Nate.
leveymg (545 posts) (Reply to Stonecarver - post #3) October 23, 2016 at 7:19 am
6. Nate 538 is himself part of the DC-Hollywood politainment complex. He was on
Colbert the other night. And, he doesn’t always tell the truth and get it right, as we saw during the Democratic primaries.
Stonecarver (27 posts) (Reply to leveymg - post #6) October 23, 2016 at 7:49 am
10. I respectfully disagree.
Nates predictive powers, for general elections, stand for themselves. 99 percent accuracy. It’s just math. Beware drama queen/political reporters. He’s a great check on them.
BreaktheDuopoly (200 posts) (Reply to Stonecarver - post #10) October 23, 2016 at 10:39 am
16. He *used to be* objective, but now I suspect he's been assimilated.
People who have credibility are the most valuable people of all to the propaganda machine. Just think of Obama, and the ride he’s taken us all on!
senz (1733 posts) (Reply to Stonecarver - post #3) October 23, 2016 at 7:52 am
11. The NYT is a piece of shit — wall to wall pro-Clinton propaganda.
Has been that way since the start of the primary season. No integrity. Zero.
Art from Ark (731 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 7:08 am
5. I used to watch those programs with my grandfather
back in the ’60s and ’70s (ABC had Issues and Answers in those days). They certainly seemed to be more balanced and serious back then. I tried watching some of those programs recently and you’re right, they’re just dreck now. A regular gag-fest.
Cassiopeia (961 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 7:28 am
7. I gave them up years ago.
In fact, the only TV news I take in is local news and I really only watch that for the weather/boating reports as they are usually really accurate.
I’ve found I’m actually more informed about our politics by not paying attention to the spin.
BreaktheDuopoly (200 posts) (Reply to Cassiopeia - post #7) October 23, 2016 at 10:41 am
17. Me too – it's just local news for me, and not even every night.
I wish we had objective reporting at the national level that I could trust. But until we do, we just have to fend for ourselves, on the vast web of truth and lies and mass confusion that is the internet.
gordyfl (150 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 7:33 am
8. I used to faithfully record all three shows.
plus two from PBS.
After the last Democratic Primary, I’ve gotten a whole different perspective.
I’ll still briefly tune in to Chuck Todd on occasion. But that’s it.
I’ll stick with the internet.
ThouArtThat (645 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 8:12 am
12. Good For You – This Citizen Gave Up 15 Years Ago – For The Same Reasons
BlueAK (745 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 10:19 am
13. I don't watch those shows,
but I definitely have election burnout. I can’t wait for my Facebook feed to return to kitty videos.
tularetom (860 posts) (Reply to original post) October 23, 2016 at 10:25 am
14. The only one of those crapfests I ever watched was MTP
And I gave that up in 2004 after watching Fat Timmeh give Cheney an on air BJ one Sunday.
I’d have to say it’s done wonders for the ol BP.
farleftlib (370 posts) (Reply to tularetom - post #14) October 23, 2016 at 10:41 am
18. LOL
That was quite a description but an apt one. I haven’t subjected my “beautiful mind†to their bloviating, lying crapaganda ever since the Bushco years. The pain was too intense.
Hmmmmm.
One wonders why it's taken Manny's jackass primitives
decades to figure out something's wrong with the state of the media.
This side's been aware of it since.....well, since at least 1932, about the time journalists ceased being reporters and became publicists for celebrities.
