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Sedona

(3,769 posts) Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:06 AM Dec 2018

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Really MSNBC? No AM Joy today?

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Really MSNBC? No AM Joy today? (Original Post) Sedona Dec 2018 OP

Joy is in Africa.. HipChick Dec 2018 #1

I forgot thank you, I too was confused. dewsgirl Dec 2018 #2

I think someone was going to host sub for her anyway HipChick Dec 2018 #3

Agreed TEB Dec 2018 #4

All the same the coverage of Bush's death is overdone dflprincess Dec 2018 #5

This is what I hate about the 24 hour news cycle onlyadream Dec 2018 #7

He was a president. cwydro Dec 2018 #8

Even.with him there's only so much to say dflprincess Dec 2018 #9

GHWB was the reason I voted for Bill Clinton. roamer65 Dec 2018 #14

They're already rerunning their canned Lester Holt obit that ran last night stopbush Dec 2018 #6

Yes, watch something else EffieBlack Dec 2018 #10

Missing my fix of Malcom Nance Sedona Dec 2018 #11

I bet Joy did not want to preside over the GHWB love fest that will dominate this weekend. csziggy Dec 2018 #12

Situational influence is not exactly a strength of the American public Awsi Dooger Dec 2018 #13

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

1. Joy is in Africa..

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:08 AM

Dec 2018

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)

2. I forgot thank you, I too was confused.

Reply to HipChick (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:13 AM

Dec 2018

I remember when it was announced.

HipChick

(25,485 posts)

3. I think someone was going to host sub for her anyway

Reply to dewsgirl (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:17 AM

Dec 2018

TEB

(12,840 posts)

4. Agreed

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:19 AM

Dec 2018

dflprincess

(28,075 posts)

5. All the same the coverage of Bush's death is overdone

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:23 AM

Dec 2018

94 year old man dies is not a shock. Something else must have happened this week,

onlyadream

(2,166 posts)

7. This is what I hate about the 24 hour news cycle

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:25 AM

Dec 2018

When a "big" thing happens, it is done over and over again, all day long. There are few eclectic news stories anymore, especially on days like these.

cwydro

(51,308 posts)

8. He was a president.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:28 AM

Dec 2018

A war hero.

Whatever your thoughts about him, he was not just any 94 year old man.

dflprincess

(28,075 posts)

9. Even.with him there's only so much to say

Reply to cwydro (Reply #8)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:32 AM

Dec 2018

And, as noted below, they're already repeating themselves. We don't need hours and hours of coverage. I hope this doesn't get as bad as the Reaganpalooza

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

14. GHWB was the reason I voted for Bill Clinton.

Reply to dflprincess (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 02:16 PM

Dec 2018

The coverage is overdone already.

stopbush

(24,395 posts)

6. They're already rerunning their canned Lester Holt obit that ran last night

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:23 AM

Dec 2018

within minutes of Bush dying. No reason to watch MSNBC today. Besides, college football.

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)

10. Yes, watch something else

Reply to stopbush (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 11:34 AM

Dec 2018

I love MSNBC, but it's not like their weekend programming of pundits talk talk talking is cutting edge journalism. While I often enjoy the discussions, it's not like the coverage of President Bush's death is forcing us to miss anything important.

Sedona

(3,769 posts)

11. Missing my fix of Malcom Nance

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 01:37 PM

Dec 2018

csziggy

(34,135 posts)

12. I bet Joy did not want to preside over the GHWB love fest that will dominate this weekend.

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 01:48 PM

Dec 2018

So she may get the weekend off. Good for her!

I suspect she had a full weekend of analysis and commentary on everything that happened this past week - G20, Manafort, Cohen, etal - and was not prepared to praise a Bush at all.

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)

13. Situational influence is not exactly a strength of the American public

Reply to Sedona (Original post)

Sat Dec 1, 2018, 01:53 PM

Dec 2018

Anyone who didn't understand how the death of a former president would be handled has apparently never paid any attention to previous examples.

As soon as the death was announced the regularly scheduled programming on stations like CNN and MSNBC wasn't going to happen...for days. That's why I immediately started watching old sporting events on DVR.

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