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for the first time this year i was able to watch these 3 networks for more than 20 minutes at any one time between 9am est and 11am est and not see the word trump on the screen. aretha franklin had to die to make this miracle happen. does this not tell you something about cable news outlets?

08-16-2018 , 03:25 PM

#1577

fuluck414

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Just getting back from D.C.?

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08-16-2018 , 04:19 PM

#1578

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https://twitter.com/HuffPost/status/1030186051955052545

08-16-2018 , 05:13 PM

#1579

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They all look the same, right?

08-17-2018 , 11:52 AM

#1580

SuperUberBob

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Originally Posted by True North

They all look the same, right?

I'm convinced that **** like that is intentional. It's some kind of right-wing dog whistle humor.

08-17-2018 , 04:40 PM

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I'm convinced that **** like that is intentional. It's some kind of right-wing dog whistle humor.

I'm pretty sure on that one they're just that stupid/lazy. It's hard to tell sometimes.

Also, liberal MSNBC is having Steve Bannon on because of his liberal viewpoints.

What a joke.

08-17-2018 , 05:05 PM

#1582

SuperUberBob

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Originally Posted by wheatrich

I'm pretty sure on that one they're just that stupid/lazy. It's hard to tell sometimes.

Could also be a bunch of people in graphic design taking the piss.

08-17-2018 , 06:55 PM

#1583

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Fox News, CNN Hired Ex-Trump Aides Bound by NDAs. That’s ‘Journalistic Malpractice,’ Experts Say.

08-18-2018 , 08:10 PM

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08-19-2018 , 01:26 AM

#1585

OmgGlutten!

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Vox owned CNN here.

08-20-2018 , 09:43 PM

#1586

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08-21-2018 , 05:21 AM

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For an Hour Last Week, Rachel Maddow Was the Most-Watched Person on TV

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It seems the more things heat up in Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump administration, the bigger the ratings get for The Rachel Maddow Show. That certainly seemed to be the case on Friday: Per Nielsen, Maddow’s MSNBC program drew 3.1 million viewers from 9 to 10 p.m., easily making it the most-watched cable news program of the day. But more stunningly, Maddow was actually the No. 1 show on all of television during its 9 p.m. hour, beating not only archrival Fox News (where Jeanine Pirro subbed for Sean Hannity), but also first-run newsmagazine programming on ABC and CBS, entertainment reruns on Fox and NBC, and cable hits such as A&E’s hit Live PD.

08-21-2018 , 11:41 PM

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08-22-2018 , 02:49 AM

#1589

microbet

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Voyager also lost. We may get it back in 2271, but we may not like it.

08-22-2018 , 03:08 AM

#1590

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Originally Posted by OmgGlutten!

Vox owned CNN here.

got damn plz tell me we can spin this in CNNs favor. I dont want to believe

08-22-2018 , 06:14 AM

#1591

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that video was posted in one of these threads like a year ago. CNN and all forms of ZOMG BREAKING NEWS and PRIMETIME PUNDIT PANELS are complete trash

08-22-2018 , 01:02 PM

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We all know that Fox News decided the big news yesterday was that the "illegal" killed a pretty white girl.

But I flipped to the channel at one point and Jason Chaffetz, he of the sham online poker hearings, was subbing in for Ingraham. The discussion topic was how the MTV VMA's had their lowest ratings ever and it was probably because Kevin Hart and another person criticized Trump on stage.

One guest actually tried to explain why it had nothing to do with Trump criticism. He was explaining how MTV is very inclusive, how Hart and the other person were comedians so they're going to talk ****, and how Trump has not been inclusive to gay people, browns, etc., so they are naturally going to criticize him.

Obviously, Chaffetz kept interrupting and then the other guest was all like, "herp derp if only all these shows would praise Trump, they'd get better ratings. NFL, Emmys, derp, herp."

08-22-2018 , 06:27 PM

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08-22-2018 , 06:29 PM

#1594

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all in with chris hayes is a poker-themed news show

08-22-2018 , 06:32 PM

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prana

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Missile bases on the moon first bro. Space Force!

08-22-2018 , 06:46 PM

#1596

Hired Goons2

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Originally Posted by +rep_lol

that video was posted in one of these threads like a year ago. CNN and all forms of ZOMG BREAKING NEWS and PRIMETIME PUNDIT PANELS are complete trash

08-24-2018 , 06:56 PM

#1597

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Second Fox News reporter leaves amid objections to network

Adam Housley, a Los Angeles-based reporter who joined Fox in 2001, felt there was diminished opportunity at the network for reporters and disapproved of tenor of its on-air discussion, according to two former Fox News employees with knowledge of his situation.

Housley believed that as the network’s focus on Trump has grown — and the number of talking-head panels during news shows proliferated — it had become difficult to get hard reporting on air, according to one of those former employees.

“He’s not doing the type of journalism he wants to be doing,” the former employee said. “And he is unhappy with the tone of the conversation of the channel.”

Housley’s objections to the Trump-era Fox News are widely shared within the network’s reporting corps, according to current and former employees of the network. Conor Powell, the former Fox News Jerusalem bureau reporter, left the network earlier this month for similar reasons, according to a person close to him.

“People are losing their minds,” one current Fox News personality said, adding that reporters have relayed in conversation that the climate for them is worse than ever before.

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Powell reported for nine years for Fox News from the Middle East but, according to a friend who worked with him overseas, felt that the network had moved away from news and more toward opinion. With less opportunity to report on air, the friend said, it became more difficult for Powell to stomach what he saw the Fox News brand becoming.

“Conor was growing increasingly embarrassed by the channel, by the positions, by the relentless blind defense of Trump,” the friend said. “If you’re overseas and doing important work like Conor was, you can certainly focus on the work and tell yourself, ‘Hey I’m doing important things and I’m just going to focus on this and ignore all the rest.’ But it just became impossible to ignore.”