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P.S.A. - switch off Andrea Mitchell NOW! (Original Post) Blue Idaho Oct 2016 OP
did just that... chillfactor Oct 2016 #1
It's lowered my blood pressure Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #2
Why even watch that network. They just hired another R/W shrill on their payroll, Stephanie Ruhle still_one Oct 2016 #3
Agreed! Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #5
I've watched Ruhle metroins Oct 2016 #27
Never watch her. MoonRiver Oct 2016 #4
I can never watch MSNBC during the day because it is no different than fox kimbutgar Oct 2016 #6
Not only that Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #7
I get the feeling Joe S. has a lot of say in what content is also...n/t monmouth4 Oct 2016 #10
Already did, can't stand her ebbie15644 Oct 2016 #8
I would never switch on to her show! I can't stand her! Nt helpisontheway Oct 2016 #9
OMG! She looks cadaverous! Is she wearing Halloween makeup??? procon Oct 2016 #11
I don't care what she looks like Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #12
not ANOTHER sexist post ranting about a womans looks??!!!! Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #14
Is it sexist when people make fun of Trashy Trump's looks? TrekLuver Oct 2016 #16
Trump is a white privileged male billionaire- Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #19
I'm asking you that question. TrekLuver Oct 2016 #24
dont play that reverse sexism shit with me Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #25
It's still hypocritical and I have a right to my opinion. Nobody should be make fun of because of TrekLuver Oct 2016 #28
Good grief Polly Hennessey Oct 2016 #30
Andrea Polly Hennessey Oct 2016 #31
Enough with the phony crocodile tears and pearl clutching 'concern'. procon Oct 2016 #17
enough of the constant sexist shit from you and others on here Grey Lemercier Oct 2016 #18
You're projecting your own personal problems into something that has procon Oct 2016 #29
Appearance does not matter! Why the hell use it as an insult? N/t ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #23
WTF do posters attack looks? WHY.???? Self delete! Nt ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #20
No wonder women are still 2nd class citizens with First Amendment champions like this one. procon Oct 2016 #35
Insulting anyone's looks is a stupid attack. Weight is the same. Attack their..... ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #37
Fight your own imaginary windmills. This one got away from you. nt procon Oct 2016 #38
Feel free to make fun of appearance/weight/hair. It exposes you more than any other post. n/t ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #39
Thanks for allowing me to have an opinion and speak out. procon Oct 2016 #41
I love people trying to justify being rude and childish! N/T ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #43
i looked for when you posted, barbtries Oct 2016 #13
I gave up on NPR during the last Bush Administration Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #15
Andrea Mitchell is the worst oldtime dfl_er Oct 2016 #21
You can also tweet to @mitchellreports too Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #33
We need to make sure the powers that be oldtime dfl_er Oct 2016 #36
That's what I do... Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #44
Ratings don't come from every TV that is turned to a station, but only tblue37 Oct 2016 #22
Not anymore. My brother works for Comcast here in CA, and with the new digital cable, unitedwethrive Oct 2016 #32
Yup the black box days are over. Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #34
Was Andrea wearing her halloween witch costume BlueStateLib Oct 2016 #40
Why not just always switching her off when she comes on? book_worm Oct 2016 #42
Never watch her or Tweety. They come on Channel changes!! AmericanMan1958 Oct 2016 #45

still_one

(92,061 posts)
3. Why even watch that network. They just hired another R/W shrill on their payroll, Stephanie Ruhle
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:11 PM
Oct 2016
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/10/msnbc-asks-mind-boggling-question-about-comeys-email-probe-why-hasnt-hillary-shut-this-down/

Keep in mind it was MSNBS that start this whole distortion, by misrepresenting the fact, and insinuating it was from Hillary and her server, both complete LIES, since it was from Huma and her deviant ex husband Weiner


Blue Idaho

(5,038 posts)
5. Agreed!
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:15 PM
Oct 2016

M$NBC has never really been the progressive network we hoped it would be. Now more than ever - they spend far more hours promoting republicans and republican ideals. At best there are maybe three hours out of every 24 when progressive voices are heard.

metroins

(2,550 posts)
27. I've watched Ruhle
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:39 PM
Oct 2016

She doesn't seem RW at all in her reporting.

I've seen her attack every RWer and defend Democrats so much that it made me a little uneasy at a news stations bias.

I wouldn't throw Ruhle under the bus.

kimbutgar

(21,055 posts)
6. I can never watch MSNBC during the day because it is no different than fox
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:15 PM
Oct 2016

Not until Chris Hayes does it sound somewhat liberal.

But Andrea Mitchell is a right wing troll who lies everyday. She really hates Hillary. I wonder what the backstory is on them?

Blue Idaho

(5,038 posts)
7. Not only that
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:19 PM
Oct 2016

But lately they have been turning over huge swaths of air time to show complete Trump speaking events. Let's face it - they are just another biased mouthpiece for the 1% - so they air what they are told to air.

procon

(15,805 posts)
11. OMG! She looks cadaverous! Is she wearing Halloween makeup???
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:32 PM
Oct 2016

Either that or something serious happened to her. Is she ill? I don't remember seeing her look this gaunt and haggard. Her skin looks like is just hanging off her face. Its not just the normally expected wrinkles earned by age, but her cheeks look rough and scarred and pocked with dark pits. Did she have some sort of facial treatment that went haywire?

Look at her chin; it looks all swollen, lumpy and bumpy like she got smacked around, or had some medical procedure that injected something which didn't work as expected. I dunno, maybe she isn't wearing the right makeup, or its because she outdoors under natural lighting?

Blue Idaho

(5,038 posts)
12. I don't care what she looks like
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:36 PM
Oct 2016

I care about what is in her head and heart - and that is pretty ugly.

 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
14. not ANOTHER sexist post ranting about a womans looks??!!!!
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 12:41 PM
Oct 2016

I want to scream or cry, not sure which



 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
25. dont play that reverse sexism shit with me
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:29 PM
Oct 2016

Right wing tactics on a left wing board in the middle of the most gender attacked election in US history.

Whats next? All lives matter?

shameful

 

TrekLuver

(2,573 posts)
28. It's still hypocritical and I have a right to my opinion. Nobody should be make fun of because of
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:40 PM
Oct 2016

their looks PERIOD.

Looks like you got some puke on your shoes.

Polly Hennessey

(6,787 posts)
30. Good grief
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:52 PM
Oct 2016

All lives matter and commenting on someone's looks is not sexist. Someone can be ugly; someone can be beautiful; someone's face can be pockmarked or not pockmarked. Their faces may not be germane to the subject but it is not sexist.

procon

(15,805 posts)
17. Enough with the phony crocodile tears and pearl clutching 'concern'.
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:08 PM
Oct 2016

I know when I look awful, and when I'm sick or tired, I'd look somewhat like she does. When I'm ill, I look it, and what my lyin' eyes see, has nothing to do with her lady parts, or mine. Your mileage may differ and maybe you're lovely 24/7; not my issue, but most of us aren't that fortunate to escape the effects of age or illness... just ask me.

I speculated that maybe it was due to a poor makeup job or the bright sunlight by way of explaining her harsh appearance. She doesn't look like her normal self today. If you think she does, then the onus falls on you, yeah?

 

Grey Lemercier

(1,429 posts)
18. enough of the constant sexist shit from you and others on here
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:19 PM
Oct 2016

SO FUCKING SICK of it coming down to female appearance.

Sexism is sexism, regardless of the political ideology who you are attacking. It is wrong.

procon

(15,805 posts)
29. You're projecting your own personal problems into something that has
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:41 PM
Oct 2016

no correlation to gender. Get over yourself. Your hangups are yours to cope with, not mine. If pasting huffy labels on everything makes you feel better, then have at it, but I ain't gonna play your game. At least take the time to understand what that sobriquet means before you start lobbing spitballs.

procon

(15,805 posts)
35. No wonder women are still 2nd class citizens with First Amendment champions like this one.
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 02:09 PM
Oct 2016

Is illness and bad makeup limitedto one gender? Explain why a public figure is exempt from any criticism, opinion or speculation about health or physicality simply based on her lady parts? And you would ban all such discussions because... what? It's unseemly, damned Free Speech, just give us a pass due to our squishy bits, yeah?

Seriously, isn't it the epitome of sexism to place us fragile womenfolk up on sacrosanct pedestals as objects and things that need to be protected from the hurly–burly of scathing criticisms and keep us immune from the slings and arrows of the wretched hoi polloi?

 

ScienceIsGood

(314 posts)
37. Insulting anyone's looks is a stupid attack. Weight is the same. Attack their.....
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 05:29 PM
Oct 2016

beliefs, not their looks.

procon

(15,805 posts)
41. Thanks for allowing me to have an opinion and speak out.
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 08:11 PM
Oct 2016

I've heard the same privileged condescension from misogynistic men for over 70 years. Like you, they too, couldn't grasp what sexism means either because it got in the way of their own pretentious bluster.

oldtime dfl_er

(6,930 posts)
21. Andrea Mitchell is the worst
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:22 PM
Oct 2016

I don't trust her, I don't believe her, I can't stand her stumbling delivery, and she loves saying nasty things about the Dems. I tweet my hate regularly.

Twitter: @msnbc

Blue Idaho

(5,038 posts)
33. You can also tweet to @mitchellreports too
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 02:03 PM
Oct 2016

But the best solution is to starve her of viewers. That show she will get pulled off air.

oldtime dfl_er

(6,930 posts)
36. We need to make sure the powers that be
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 04:04 PM
Oct 2016

KNOW we're not watching. That's why tweeting and contacting is useful, especially WHILE she's on air. Wouldn't it be great if there was an enormous FLOOD of tweets saying "Oh Andrea Mitchell just came on, I'm SWITCHING OVER TO CNN."

tblue37

(65,218 posts)
22. Ratings don't come from every TV that is turned to a station, but only
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 01:23 PM
Oct 2016

from those hooked up to ratings box.

unitedwethrive

(1,997 posts)
32. Not anymore. My brother works for Comcast here in CA, and with the new digital cable,
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 02:01 PM
Oct 2016

they have contracts to send viewer numbers directly to the ratings companies. In fact, as long as your cable box is on, and tuned to a particular station, it doesn't matter if your tv is on or not...they think you are watching.

So, if you don't want to give MSNBC ratings (and you have digital cable), turn the channel before turning off the tv.

AmericanMan1958

(520 posts)
45. Never watch her or Tweety. They come on Channel changes!!
Mon Oct 31, 2016, 08:37 PM
Oct 2016

When Andrea Mitchell looks Hillary Clinton, it is a reminder of a strong/educated women, Andrea Mitchell will never be.

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