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Jack the Greater

(601 posts)
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 11:35 AM Sep 2022

I find it incredible that the only major US news sites in the US to carry the story of Zuck...

... visiting Donald at the White House last week are Yahoo and Newsweek. I can imagine if Biden had made such a gaff it would be front page news across the board. But of course, Biden is president and Donald ain't... (snicker).

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I find it incredible that the only major US news sites in the US to carry the story of Zuck... (Original Post) Jack the Greater Sep 2022 OP
My guy Mehdi Hasan gab13by13 Sep 2022 #1
Agree. Alex Wagner is her own person, but her neglect of context reportage feels like ancianita Sep 2022 #3
She doesn't impress me. calimary Sep 2022 #6
feel the same way SouthernDem4ever Sep 2022 #10
"vacation-relief anchor in the anchor chair" AmBlue Sep 2022 #15
I tried msdogi Sep 2022 #12
esp in that slot. mopinko Sep 2022 #17
O.M.G.!!! That dark top she wore the other evening that scooped almost down to her lap? calimary Sep 2022 #19
okay, so.... AmBlue Sep 2022 #23
"This thread is useless without pictures" PCIntern Sep 2022 #25
🤮 we can do it Sep 2022 #16
They will help him get re-elected if he runs. CrispyQ Sep 2022 #2
This Codifer Sep 2022 #4
They are not blind to it! They don't give a F. nt Samrob Sep 2022 #27
right ?! uponit7771 Sep 2022 #26
Idiots also think TFG is running a shadow government somehow IronLionZion Sep 2022 #5
But when he was in office they thought Obama was running the shadow government. -nt CrispyQ Sep 2022 #28
On a sunny day, they can see shadows chasing them IronLionZion Sep 2022 #29
Agree AmBlue Sep 2022 #7
Agreed. I feel us being sold out to a bunch of rich Gooper white guys. Evolve Dammit Sep 2022 #8
+1000 Duppers Sep 2022 #11
Am I confused??? AKwannabe Sep 2022 #9
Agreed! Shipwack Sep 2022 #13
it's Trump who is confused Skittles Sep 2022 #22
This is very weird... link below. Shipwack Sep 2022 #14
no, but everyone on twitter picked it up. dementiadon was trending this a.m. mopinko Sep 2022 #18
Ooooooo... dementiadon ! calimary Sep 2022 #20
+1,000 malaise Sep 2022 #21
I see the remark differently in that he was referring to Zuck's interview last week, not WH visit wishstar Sep 2022 #24

ancianita

(35,816 posts)
3. Agree. Alex Wagner is her own person, but her neglect of context reportage feels like
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 01:03 PM
Sep 2022

a loss of excellence there.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
6. She doesn't impress me.
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 01:56 PM
Sep 2022

Maybe she’s still feeling her way along, and some distinguishing routine will present itself in her coverage. But I’ve watched the show quite a few times, and I’m not impressed.

Still waiting - and hoping, too - that I’m proven wrong. But so far, I see nothing there that doesn’t scream “vacation-relief anchor in the anchor chair”.

AmBlue

(3,079 posts)
15. "vacation-relief anchor in the anchor chair"
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 02:59 PM
Sep 2022

Exactly... describes her perfectly. This is my experience as well. Ali Velshi meanwhile did a rockstar job of filling in for Rachel and with his Ukraine coverage from Ukraine, he really elevated his usual stellar performance. I feel he was intentionally passed over and it just did not seem fair or logical.

msdogi

(430 posts)
12. I tried
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 02:27 PM
Sep 2022

Maybe shallow of me, but i just can't take seriously a woman who chooses to not dress appropriately for what she is doing. She's doing a serious job, not socializing at a cocktail party.
I love Joy Reid, and Chris sometimes. Alex was not the right choice.

mopinko

(69,807 posts)
17. esp in that slot.
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 05:30 PM
Sep 2022

rachel refused to play that game. it's not shallow imho. but i dont think it's her call.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
19. O.M.G.!!! That dark top she wore the other evening that scooped almost down to her lap?
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 06:54 PM
Sep 2022

O.M.G.!!! I kept muttering at the TV - "this is the NEWS ANCHOR hour, NOT some cocktail party or something else "after hours," so to speak.

My God! I actually got up close to my TV screen to make sure I was seeing correctly. I thought for sure I'm missing the sheer flesh-colored undergarment that's designed to be seen, whose neckline edges the collar bone. SURELY she has another layer on, underneath that black OBSCENELY scoop-necked top.

Surely...

Oh My Precious God - she doesn't. She's got nothing but bare skin under there. WHO supervised her wardrobe? Frederick's of Hollywood???

HORRENDOUSLY improper dress for a female news anchor. You dressing for the newsroom or the bedroom, girlfriend? You dressing for that cute cameraman or the handsome producer who's on the clock this week, or a mixed TV audience you're presumably there to keep informed?

O.M.G.

I don't know much else that will lose a female anchor that HUGE a pie-slice out of her credibility. I can no longer watch her with anything but a jaundiced eye. Or maybe that's when I go out and water my garden because the sun hasn't quite set til the end of her hour (at least one day a week). Or maybe that's when I go find the cat to give her the once-daily eardrops the vet just prescribed. Or something.

SHAME on her. WHAT was she thinking??? And who neglected to stop her on her way onto the set, and hand her a nice coordinated jacket to put on immediately?

AmBlue

(3,079 posts)
23. okay, so....
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:25 AM
Sep 2022

I'm really glad it's not just me having an issue with her wardrobe (or lack thereof)! When I mentioned it on another thread here, I was called a misogynist, elderly, and out-of-touch, among other things.

Worse than all that, and at a time when even CNN is veering hard right, I just do not think she is doing what's needed in that MSNBC time slot. Out-of-place perkiness and lots of hair-swinging along with the wardrobe issues leaves me very disappointed.

Repeating myself to probably no one that could change it, I know, but I'd so prefer Ali Velshi... and i think he well and truly earned it.

AmBlue

(3,079 posts)
7. Agree
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 01:57 PM
Sep 2022

Last edited Mon Sep 5, 2022, 03:00 PM - Edit history (1)

I find it also incredible that ALL the major networks, CBS, ABC,and NBC, would not carry President Biden's historic speech, labeling it "political" as if it were only campaign fodder.

The loss of a fair and credible mainstream media is absolutely terrifying. If Americans cannot access the truth I fear the future of this country is indeed very bleak.

Shipwack

(2,138 posts)
14. This is very weird... link below.
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 02:42 PM
Sep 2022
https://news.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/trump-said-weirdo-mark-zuckerberg-153750281.html

All weirdness aside, I’m not sure I’m upset that it wasn’t covered more widely. It’s an odd statement to make, and if he were officially running it should be brought up, but he’s “Citizen Trump”, and not in charge of anything.

It’s something to keep track of, though.

calimary

(80,700 posts)
20. Ooooooo... dementiadon !
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 06:57 PM
Sep 2022

YES, we're talking about you, donald. Like you expect everybody everywhere to be doing, 24/7/365. You should be delighted.

malaise

(267,833 posts)
21. +1,000
Mon Sep 5, 2022, 07:04 PM
Sep 2022

I mentioned this on another thread.
That was a huge sign of the Slobfather’s mental incapacity.
Rec

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
24. I see the remark differently in that he was referring to Zuck's interview last week, not WH visit
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 03:42 AM
Sep 2022

I don't see it as sign of dementia but of his narcissism that in his typical scattered fashion after saying "last week" he immediately veered off into Zuck sucking up to him at WH instead of first telling crowd what Zuck said last week in the interview about how facebook handled Hunter Biden laptop stuff.

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