Is MSNBC just d**king with us? Now Pat Buchannan's back on Morning Joe.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

First scarborough largely disappears for weeks on end with nary a mention (nice while it lasted). Now he's back and Pat Buchannan, who was banned (http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002322923) a couple years ago, is back doing panel.

[spanone]

1. extra reason not to watch that brain rotting program

[MohRokTah]

2. I gave up on MSRNC completely long ago. eom

[bemildred]

3. They are not really trying to keep you well-informed, if that's what you mean. nt

[rurallib]

4. Might I humbly suggest Free Speech TV in the morning for Bill Press

and Stephanie Miller? Much easier on the brain and blood pressure.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

15. I LOVE Steph but Bill Press is about as interesting as a bowl of room temperature oatmeal.

[Cha]

5. Yep, the midterms are coming up.. time for a racist, bigoted pig to get back on msnbc.

I bet they have contacts where people can complain who actually have a tv and get those cable shows.

[fredamae]

6. I stopped watching

nearly all of MSNBC a couple years ago..I save myself frustration from the "BS Sector"......
If propaganda airs and no one is watching-does "it" still make noise?

[MineralMan]

7. I quit watching Morning Joe months ago.

Now, my wife and I watch the CBS Morning News with our coffee after the local news on WCCO. Morning Joke is dead to us.

[RKP5637]

9. I can't even stand looking at him, he's gross, and then he speaks. He's horrible! Mika gets

on my nerves too, always posing for camera shots, so controlled ...

[MineralMan]

11. All of that. I watch very little television, and it's

all restricted pretty much to straight news programs. Local news is important to me, so I view a local news program each morning and late afternoon. WCCO here in the Twin Cities presents the news factually, for the most part, and without significant commentary. They describe news events. In the morning, that local news is followed by a half hour of the CBS morning news. Again, almost no commentary is offered during that broadcast, but the most important stories nationally and internationally are covered broadly.

I watch news, not commentary, because I'm interested in the events of the day. Commentary, I can get online on sites I trust, and I can compare commentary from multiple sources. I don't use any of the 24-hour news channels for this.

Finally, I have an AM radio on in my workspace, again, tuned to WCCO, the local CBS outlet. Every half hour and on the hour, every day, there's a 3-minute CBS news brief and a 3-minute local news brief. Weather, too. So, if something happens, it's covered there. That station also broadcasts live feeds of Presidential remarks, if they are important.

I also read the St. Paul Pioneer Press for additional news information, but do not read the editorial articles. Again, I find commentary on line when I want to read that.

[RKP5637]

8. More and more I think of MSNBC as RW crap, but with anesthesia. n/t

[ChisolmTrailDem]

10. Why the fuck are you watching that rightwingfest? nt

[Gidney N Cloyd]

14. Same reason I read DU. I like politics and so far I have a high enough pain threshold for bullshit.

[Reter]

12. At first though, ya wonder why he isn't on Fox

Then if you think about it for a second, you'll know why.

[Bluenorthwest]

13. Of course he's back. Here is a link to some of Pat's greatest hits of bigotry....

Pat on apartheid: "white rule of a black majority is inherently wrong. Where did we get that idea? The Founding Fathers did not believe this."

Pat on Hitler: "an individual of great courage.... Hitler's success was not based on his extraordinary gifts alone. His genius was an intuitive sense of the mushiness, the character flaws, the weakness masquerading as morality that was in the hearts of the statesmen who stood in his path."

http://fair.org/press-release/pat-buchanan-in-his-own-words/

[oldandhappy]

16. Sorta tells you who is home in the morning, and who is at work!

Big difference between morning programming and evening programming. The channel knows who is available to watch. And most of us who watch in the evening are smart enough to keep the TV turned off in the morning even if we are retired or otherwise not working.

[Grammy23]

17. Saw that old poop when I turned on the TV this morning.

My husband saw him and commented that he thought Pat had been banned from that show (or network). I had the impression (from the short time I allowed it to linger on MSNBC) that perhaps he has written another book and was hawking that. Was I wrong? Please do not say he is BACK and going to be on panels regularly.

In any case, since Joe was there I quickly changed to another channel and watched the end of Mickey Rooney/Judy Garland flick and saw some amazing singing and dancing. I Got Rhythm, indeed!

Just remember there is no need to subject yourself to shows on television that get your dander up or make you want to throw something at the TV. Classic old movies, The Food Network and other shows that entertain or teach you something are also on and there is the On-Off switch, as well! Choices, we DO have choices how we spend our time and what we put in our brains!

[jwirr]

18. Mornings on MSNBC have always been conservative - nothing is new. I don't watch any tv during the

day programing. Waste of time.