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MSNBC, CNN & Fox are all airing Trumps BS... (Original Post) madamvlb Sep 2016 OP
yep! Hillary's been placed in "the box" napkinz Sep 2016 #1
I turned off all of the cable channels... chillfactor Sep 2016 #2
This is clearly town hall practice piechartking Sep 2016 #3
Who was that asshole kissing his ass the whole time? world wide wally Sep 2016 #4
Why bother LynnTTT Sep 2016 #5
That general backs Putin's ME policies Generic Other Sep 2016 #6
Turn them off until they come to their senses C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #7
Let's Put Cable News In Perspective jamese777 Sep 2016 #8
It's best to quit watching it. Avalux Sep 2016 #9
"All Trump, All the Time." yallerdawg Sep 2016 #10
Cable's coverage of Trump is every bit as big of a journalistic failure... Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2016 #11
I really question how they there viewership numbers.... madamvlb Sep 2016 #12
Its 100% determined by Nielsen boxes jamese777 Sep 2016 #15
Call out the sponsors. GeorgeGist Sep 2016 #13
We do the same thing to HRC BlueInPhilly Sep 2016 #14

chillfactor

(7,573 posts)
2. I turned off all of the cable channels...
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 02:41 PM
Sep 2016

switched to Turner Classic Movie channel.....much more interesting and entertaining.

LynnTTT

(362 posts)
5. Why bother
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 02:57 PM
Sep 2016

Trump has already told us that he knows more than the generals. So he doesn't need to surround himself with those good people that he's already talking about.

Generic Other

(28,979 posts)
6. That general backs Putin's ME policies
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:15 PM
Sep 2016

How in the hell does this go over with right wing vets? The world has turned topsy-turvy!

jamese777

(546 posts)
8. Let's Put Cable News In Perspective
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:35 PM
Sep 2016

Last edited Tue Sep 6, 2016, 07:19 PM - Edit history (1)

shall we?
Fox News averages 1.642 million viewers for the total day plus same day video recording
CNN averages 775,000
MSNBC averages 683,000
In prime time:
Fox: 2.1 million
MSNBC: 1.4 million
CNN: 1.1 million

There are 146,311,000 registered voters in the U.S.
So let's say 5 million people are watching any cable news network.
That's about 3% of registered voters.

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
9. It's best to quit watching it.
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:37 PM
Sep 2016

You'll feel a lot better if you do. If enough people stop watching maybe they'll get the message.

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
10. "All Trump, All the Time."
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:44 PM
Sep 2016

His pointless blathering is more substantive than the wonky pollcy candidate?

Or is it a more natural bias - "a man" is more substantive than "a woman"?

 

Adenoid_Hynkel

(14,093 posts)
11. Cable's coverage of Trump is every bit as big of a journalistic failure...
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 03:46 PM
Sep 2016

...as the cheerleading that got us into Iraq.

This one will be looked back upon for generations as a dark period in American journalism.

madamvlb

(495 posts)
12. I really question how they there viewership numbers....
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 04:52 PM
Sep 2016

I assume there are some Nielsen families? Do cable companies report what we are watching if it's through a cable box? What about most people (I assume most) that watch with just a cable to tv? Anyone??

jamese777

(546 posts)
15. Its 100% determined by Nielsen boxes
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 07:18 PM
Sep 2016

Since CNN, Fox News and MSNBC are not available as broadcast television, measurement of audience size is through cable boxes, dvrs and satellite receivers. That's how the networks get paid by advertisers.

BlueInPhilly

(870 posts)
14. We do the same thing to HRC
Tue Sep 6, 2016, 05:48 PM
Sep 2016

Notice how the threads concerning her rallies and speeches just die after <10 replies. Doesn't that show a lack of enthusiasm for our own candidate? How come no one here talks about her policies, what she says on her stomps, how the crowd reacts? A lot of us are at work and cannot watch a live feed.

So how about instead of incessantly complaining about the media not giving enough time to our candidate, we do our part and discuss her?

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