Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:16 PM

I don't like watching Rachel maddow

I don't know what it is. I just don't like her. I don't think Sarah Silverman is funny either. No, it's not a anti woman thing.

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I don't like watching Rachel maddow (Original post)	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	OP
Then don't. Problem solved.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Mar 2017	#1
+1000	dchill	Mar 2017	#2
I like her...	Blanks	Mar 2017	#3
These are days	MFM008	Mar 2017	#7
True...	Blanks	Mar 2017	#20
Big difference. Rush peddles lies. Drums up selfishness and hatred. Keith is an actual, factual	JudyM	Mar 2017	#30
I agree...	Blanks	Mar 2017	#42
Yeah, he can set a person on edge sometimes!	JudyM	Mar 2017	#44
Limbaugh is a blowhard!	GWC58	Mar 2017	#52
No	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#8
Well, you don't have to watch her show, but she's just hit a record for views and	manicraven	Mar 2017	#12
She isn't like the rest of the news people...	Blanks	Mar 2017	#21
I like Rachel, but I don't watch her often.	dixiegrrrrl	Mar 2017	#23
Mathews isn't good and Rush is full of shit.	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#37
Mathews	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#47
I like Rachel, butI'm with you on Silverman n/t	TexasBushwhacker	Mar 2017	#41
+1 n/t.	okieinpain	Mar 2017	#59
I'll alert the media	pinboy3niner	Mar 2017	#4
Lol	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#6
Perfect.	narnian60	Mar 2017	#40
;)	mahina	Mar 2017	#51
Well that is kind of like my problem of being straight ..... I don't have sex w/men, problem solved	Botany	Mar 2017	#5
I used to live within walking distance of the Cincinnati Zoo...	pangaia	Mar 2017	#27
Thanks. I like zoos	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#35
Olberman was better doing espn	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#9
MIRT clean up on aisle 2	GitRDun	Mar 2017	#10
Sometimes I find her delivery annoying, especially the way she'll repeat a point or take too long	manicraven	Mar 2017	#11
I love the amount of context she provides.	annabanana	Mar 2017	#13
I'm in the same boat. I like her personally, I just	ebbie15644	Mar 2017	#14
Rachel is	gibraltar72	Mar 2017	#15
Got nothing on Cronkite, rather, Brokaw, Jennings, maher	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#17
I like her, but I don't like the dancing around the point.	LisaM	Mar 2017	#32
I have to agree...	blue sky at night	Mar 2017	#16
I've never seen her....	mike_c	Mar 2017	#18
It takes listening skills, and maybe some patience	FakeNoose	Mar 2017	#19
My listening skills are	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#38
I don't get American TV where I live	DFW	Mar 2017	#22
since I have no tv, I can catch her show on YouTube the day after	dixiegrrrrl	Mar 2017	#24
If I had the time, I'd probably be doing that all day	DFW	Mar 2017	#31
Colbert is good. funny too	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#34
If that's all that's bothering you these days, then you live a blissful life.	Fla Dem	Mar 2017	#25
Thanks so much for sharing. n/t	Lil Missy	Mar 2017	#26
I detest everything about Fox News	amuse bouche	Mar 2017	#28
I don't like Fox news either	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#33
I love Rachel.	Doreen	Mar 2017	#29
Does she still yell and repeat herself over and over?	jberryhill	Mar 2017	#36
She has a corkscrew way of getting to her point that some haven't the patience for maybe.	WheelWalker	Mar 2017	#39
I think she is the best our side has, Matthews is nuts and Lawrence O'Donall is kind	doc03	Mar 2017	#43
I know what you mean. Maybe it's because she takes forever to get to the point, but she has	Luciferous	Mar 2017	#45
I adore her, but I understand what you mean.	Laffy Kat	Mar 2017	#46
She made fun of herself in her debut on The simpsons (VIDEO)	pinboy3niner	Mar 2017	#48
Because she's the only one tying all the Trump-Russia threads together? Just a guess.	WinkyDink	Mar 2017	#49
Nope	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#53
I'm thinking her critics don't care for "Elementary," either. Maybe not even "Columbo."	WinkyDink	Mar 2017	#50
I loved Columbo and I wish she would approach things that way -	moonscape	Mar 2017	#57
I watch her but admit	lynintenn	Mar 2017	#54
Grit your teeth and watch her anyway.	Paladin	Mar 2017	#55
You know what, and you can ban me for this if you want to, but I really don't care for cilantro.	Iggo	Mar 2017	#56
Good for you	Metsie Casey	Mar 2017	#58

Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:17 PM

The Velveteen Ocelot (100,675 posts)

1. Then don't. Problem solved.

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Response to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:19 PM

dchill (31,806 posts)

2. +1000

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:20 PM

Blanks (4,835 posts)

3. I like her...

She's kind of odd at times, but she digs up more complex stories than anyone else.

She's good to point out when something she's dug up could mean nothing.

I know what you mean though. I don't like Olbermann. Sometimes he's ok, but the hyperventilating is annoying.

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Response to Blanks (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:31 PM

MFM008 (19,651 posts)

7. These are days

That cultivate hyperventilation.

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Response to MFM008 (Reply #7)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 03:32 PM

Blanks (4,835 posts)

20. True...

But Keith seems like a left wing Rush, and I don't think the world needs a left wing Rush.

That's just my opinion.

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Response to Blanks (Reply #20)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:02 PM

JudyM (24,284 posts)

30. Big difference. Rush peddles lies. Drums up selfishness and hatred. Keith is an actual, factual

journalist. Drums up compassion.

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Response to JudyM (Reply #30)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:46 PM

Blanks (4,835 posts)

42. I agree...

Still, I prefer a calm demeanor. That's why I like Rachael more than Keith, but to each his/her own.

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Response to Blanks (Reply #42)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 07:05 PM

JudyM (24,284 posts)

44. Yeah, he can set a person on edge sometimes!

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Response to Blanks (Reply #20)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 07:27 AM

GWC58 (2,678 posts)

52. Limbaugh is a blowhard!

Keith is not.

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Response to Blanks (Reply #3)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:34 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

8. No

I share most of their views, just don't think Rachel is a good news person and do not think Silverman is funny. Just sharing thoughts. No harm.

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Response to Metsie Casey (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:42 PM

manicraven (901 posts)

12. Well, you don't have to watch her show, but she's just hit a record for views and

is competing against the big giants in her time slot, so she's obviously doing something right.

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Response to Metsie Casey (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 03:34 PM

Blanks (4,835 posts)

21. She isn't like the rest of the news people...

And I can see how her style might be off putting, but I like her.

Just my opinion.

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Response to Metsie Casey (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 04:03 PM

dixiegrrrrl (59,966 posts)

23. I like Rachel, but I don't watch her often.

She is very good at explaining complex news to the average person.
In that respect, she IS a good news person for a lot of people.

I am much more visual, takes me just a few minutes to read that same news, so I prefer to do that.

Chris Mathews, OTOH, is unbearable to my ears, plus he interrupts his guests and loves his own voice way too much.
He is not my definition of a good news person, but then again, he is more of a commentator than news anchor.
so I avoid listening to him, problem solved.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #23)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:12 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

37. Mathews isn't good and Rush is full of shit.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #23)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 12:56 AM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

47. Mathews

I'd rather watch Maddow. Chris is unbearable.

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Response to Metsie Casey (Reply #8)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:44 PM

TexasBushwhacker (18,090 posts)

41. I like Rachel, butI'm with you on Silverman n/t

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Response to Blanks (Reply #3)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 05:44 PM

okieinpain (9,396 posts)

59. +1 n/t.

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:21 PM

pinboy3niner (53,339 posts)

4. I'll alert the media

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Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:30 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

6. Lol

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Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #4)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:33 PM

narnian60 (3,507 posts)

40. Perfect.

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Response to pinboy3niner (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 8, 2017, 06:42 AM

mahina (14,798 posts)

51. ;)

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:28 PM

Botany (64,179 posts)

5. Well that is kind of like my problem of being straight ..... I don't have sex w/men, problem solved

If you don't like Rachel then don't watch her.

BTW you can always watch the baby hippo @ the Cincinnati Zoo.

http://cincinnatizoo.org/blog/2017/01/25/premature-hippo-baby-updates/

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Response to Botany (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 04:51 PM

pangaia (24,324 posts)

27. I used to live within walking distance of the Cincinnati Zoo...

for a zoo, it was pretty good...

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Response to Botany (Reply #5)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:09 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

35. Thanks. I like zoos

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:35 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

9. Olberman was better doing espn

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:36 PM

GitRDun (1,846 posts)

10. MIRT clean up on aisle 2

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:39 PM

manicraven (901 posts)

11. Sometimes I find her delivery annoying, especially the way she'll repeat a point or take too long

making her point. However, I have to admit that she's overall able to break down complex stories and explain things in a very clear manner, which can be helpful for many people. Her popularity seems to be growing, too.

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Response to manicraven (Reply #11)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:42 PM

annabanana (52,791 posts)

13. I love the amount of context she provides.

On some of these complicated money-laundering stories, a history of the situation is necessary to understand exactly what's going on.

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:50 PM

ebbie15644 (1,073 posts)

14. I'm in the same boat. I like her personally, I just

don't like her show. I feel she takes to long to get to the point. I feel like I'm in a college lecture class when I watch her, I don't mind that once in awhile but I can't take it every night

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:51 PM

gibraltar72 (6,635 posts)

15. Rachel is

like a weaver. she starts with one thread. She then adds another and another. Some that are easily bored might not care for it, but when she is done she has woven a tapestry. Probably the smartest reporter on television.

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Response to gibraltar72 (Reply #15)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 02:05 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

17. Got nothing on Cronkite, rather, Brokaw, Jennings, maher

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Response to gibraltar72 (Reply #15)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:05 PM

LisaM (26,509 posts)

32. I like her, but I don't like the dancing around the point.

I think that she over-explains. Often I have already arrived where she's going long before she's actually there. I know it's her schtick, and that's fine. I watched last night and I pretty much enjoyed it, but I also came away with a sort of mash-up of Ivanka Trump's hotel video, the ugliness of the proposed Trump Tower, wondering how anyone ever gets there (not explained, really) and not enough information on the potential business partners.

I mostly enjoyed her interview with Adam Davidson. I like how she lets the subjects of her interviews talk for a long time.

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 01:57 PM

blue sky at night (3,242 posts)

16. I have to agree...

all of the shows are fucking painful to watch but without Rachel and the rest where would we be? I will tell you; I am afraid they are going to start finding people like her dead in their trunks...would that pep you up a bit?

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 02:12 PM

mike_c (35,002 posts)

18. I've never seen her....

Blissfully TV free for decades.

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Response to Metsie Casey (Original post)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 02:27 PM

FakeNoose (24,123 posts)

19. It takes listening skills, and maybe some patience

I find Rachel Maddow fascinating and usually I learn a lot from her show. Unfortunately I don't get to watch that often so maybe that's why she doesn't annoy me. If you practice your listening skills you might find her more interesting.

As an aside I'd like to mention that I find it very helpful to watch news commentary programs with the closed captions on. Rachel speaks very quickly and says a lot in a short time. So I find it easier to follow her by reading the captions, if I should miss something while she's talking. Give that a try and see if it makes a difference for you.

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Response to FakeNoose (Reply #19)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:13 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

38. My listening skills are

Fine. It might be her face. Not sure.

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 03:42 PM

DFW (47,623 posts)

22. I don't get American TV where I live

But when I'm in the States, I love watching her show. I like her style, her humor, and the way she builds up her stories. I met her once in person, and she seemed exactly the same way--funny, aware, and extremely smart.

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Response to DFW (Reply #22)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 04:32 PM

dixiegrrrrl (59,966 posts)

24. since I have no tv, I can catch her show on YouTube the day after

not to mention Colbert, and Samantha Bee.
and I can download it if I want a copy, thanks to You-tube download app.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #24)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:04 PM

DFW (47,623 posts)

31. If I had the time, I'd probably be doing that all day

But I still have this day job, and I'm in a different country every day (was in Sprout City today, now home in Germany, have to be in Madrid by noon tomorrow. You get the idea. There are only so many hours in a day.

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Response to dixiegrrrrl (Reply #24)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:07 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

34. Colbert is good. funny too

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 04:42 PM

Fla Dem (19,562 posts)

25. If that's all that's bothering you these days, then you live a blissful life.

Not sure why you had to broadcast your dislike for one of the few progressive spokes persons we have on any major news outlet.

Just sharing my opinion.

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 04:46 PM

Lil Missy (17,865 posts)

26. Thanks so much for sharing. n/t

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:00 PM

amuse bouche (3,642 posts)

28. I detest everything about Fox News

There.... we're even

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Response to amuse bouche (Reply #28)

Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:06 PM

Metsie Casey (208 posts)

33. I don't like Fox news either

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:02 PM

Doreen (11,668 posts)

29. I love Rachel.

I like her for the reason some do not like her is because of her long explanation before she gets to the actual story. I am not a history buff and am kind of slow on comprehending things and with her I always understand and comprehend. As far as funny I do not think she is trying to be funny it is just her sarcasm coming through making a point how stupid some of these people and situations are. Sarcasm is not for everybody and some either did not grow up with it or are to sensitive to it or just simply do not understand it. Rachel is one of the few who does not give in to what is only supposed to be told. She gets out there and tells it how it really is and is very blunt about it and some people do not like blunt.

Rachel is also in the top 10 most watched programs.

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:10 PM

jberryhill (62,444 posts)

36. Does she still yell and repeat herself over and over?

If I had some kind of short term memory impairment, I might feel differently, but I just had to quit watching it for the same reasons I stopped watching Romper Room.

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:18 PM

WheelWalker (8,191 posts)

39. She has a corkscrew way of getting to her point that some haven't the patience for maybe.

I find the punchline worth the journey, myself. My mind kind of works like hers and I get a little perverted enjoyment from the experience. It reminds me of that old game show, Concentration.

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Tue Mar 7, 2017, 05:48 PM

doc03 (30,979 posts)

43. I think she is the best our side has, Matthews is nuts and Lawrence O'Donall is kind

of preachy.

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Wed Mar 8, 2017, 12:15 AM

Luciferous (5,271 posts)

45. I know what you mean. Maybe it's because she takes forever to get to the point, but she has

been doing a really great job connecting all the dots regarding Trump and Russia.

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Wed Mar 8, 2017, 12:32 AM

Laffy Kat (14,801 posts)

46. I adore her, but I understand what you mean.

I've almost given up watching any news show at this point, although I still tune-in to RMS now and then. It is frustrating watching her. She repeats herself too many times in order to make a point as though we wouldn't understand unless she says the same thing in several different ways. It's redundant and annoying.

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Wed Mar 8, 2017, 04:36 AM

pinboy3niner (53,339 posts)