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Mr.Bill

(24,103 posts)
18. The problem goes deeper than the on-air personalities.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 03:46 PM
Jan 2018

There are other people making decisions about who and what to cover. MSNBC showed Trump every minute of every time Trump stepped in front of a microphone. Chris Matthews covered Trump like he had knee pads on. He did the same thing with Palin.

So, after pushing the false equivalency narrative in the popular media gratuitous Jan 2018 #1
The Washington Post picked up the story comradebillyboy Jan 2018 #8
Maybe Wilmore was the first media person to call him on it? bigbrother05 Jan 2018 #49
A brief reply from the Democrats TheBlackAdder Jan 2018 #65
A lot of media people PatSeg Jan 2018 #2
Well stated! Va Lefty Jan 2018 #3
Understated. It wasn't just unprofessional, it was betrayal Hortensis Jan 2018 #80
Absolutely PatSeg Jan 2018 #81
+100. Always guilty, even if not proven. Hortensis Jan 2018 #87
It seems as if the MSM PatSeg Jan 2018 #90
Yes. They average far smaller than their inflated personas. Hortensis Jan 2018 #92
That is a good example PatSeg Jan 2018 #93
The "Morning Joe" crew should be the most apologetic of all. brush Jan 2018 #15
Yes PatSeg Jan 2018 #52
Yes FakeNoose Jan 2018 #27
And resolve to do a better job PatSeg Jan 2018 #55
+1000 Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #38
Agreed. BUT, they need to more than apologize. pangaia Jan 2018 #39
Particularly anyone who gave the misogynist Lauer a role. NNadir Jan 2018 #46
I'll never forget that PatSeg Jan 2018 #54
Well Pussy Grabbers have to stick together, otherwise decent people would rule the world and... NNadir Jan 2018 #67
I never watched any Matt Lauer show either PatSeg Jan 2018 #69
Point well taken. Some perverts keep their jobs though. The pornographer in the White House... NNadir Jan 2018 #70
Evidently some people PatSeg Jan 2018 #71
Yes. His superiors must have known the real Lauer Hortensis Jan 2018 #89
I'm sure they did know PatSeg Jan 2018 #91
Back then the news was not required to function as a profit center. Now it is. nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #83
Absolutely iluvtennis Jan 2018 #53
+1, they hate taking any kind of responsibility for what people hear uponit7771 Jan 2018 #58
Yes, indeed they should. mountain grammy Jan 2018 #77
"Confessions of a Clinton reporter": tblue37 Jan 2018 #82
You should regret it. You trashed your name. irisblue Jan 2018 #4
Mahalo, irisblue Cha Jan 2018 #9
Hey Cha irisblue Jan 2018 #13
Yeah, that's definitely one Cha Jan 2018 #14
kind of reminds me of colin powell's "regrets" for the yellow cake nonsense. too late-- niyad Jan 2018 #5
I'll give him credit for recognizing it - but it's too late now. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #6
He knew it all along. He just lied about everything. pangaia Jan 2018 #40
I hope the media is happy now. Lifelong Protester Jan 2018 #7
Day Late, Dollar Short Me. Jan 2018 #10
It is a little too late for your crap now Toobin .... you knew what you were doing. Botany Jan 2018 #11
This should be an OP of its own. LongTomH Jan 2018 #24
click on the links and look @ the graphs Botany Jan 2018 #25
I find this surprising - NYTimes negative 61% vs. positive 39% FakeNoose Jan 2018 #29
Thanks for this. It's good to have one's impressions confirmed by facts. Where... LAS14 Jan 2018 #79
Original poster (Don Viejo) provided the link in the quoted article FakeNoose Jan 2018 #86
Agree nt spooky3 Jan 2018 #30
Too bad Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #44
Exactly, but that is the problem with for-profit news organizations. They cater to and Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2018 #50
In that case Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #57
Lee Moonves said he knew hyping Trump was bad for America, but since it was tblue37 Jan 2018 #85
I struggle with the concept of false equivalency because its really an opinion. MadDAsHell Jan 2018 #12
Equivalence, regardless of whether false or not, is irrelevant to objective and accurate news. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #48
Yeah,what you said too RandomAccess Jan 2018 #60
Who decides? People with more clarity and objectivity RandomAccess Jan 2018 #59
How you wish things were, and how they are, are 2 different things. MadDAsHell Jan 2018 #62
ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS complicit Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #16
Owners & executives of network news were calling the shots FakeNoose Jan 2018 #73
networks reflect their owners Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #74
It's remarkable that this article was written a year before Trump became a candidate FakeNoose Jan 2018 #75
tv network mentions Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2018 #76
Apologies are all well and good . . . markpkessinger Jan 2018 #17
I know, right? Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #45
The problem goes deeper than the on-air personalities. Mr.Bill Jan 2018 #18
Trump and Palin Pantagruel Jan 2018 #21
Exactly LiberalLovinLug Jan 2018 #31
Trump didn't even need to be present Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2018 #47
I hope every single one of his cohorts have this epiphany, plus the sleepless nights they deserve... Hekate Jan 2018 #19
+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #34
I'm, y'know, really sorry I helped built the climate that burned your house down... Saviolo Jan 2018 #20
Yeah, and I regret you Augiedog Jan 2018 #22
Only two years late. Screw that apology. marble falls Jan 2018 #23
Too Little, Too Late, Toobin Leith Jan 2018 #26
How could something so blindingly obvious to many of us not occur to him? He went to Harvard LisaM Jan 2018 #28
It wan't 50/50 TimeToGo Jan 2018 #32
Hey now, calm down, it's just the fate of the human species at risk. byronius Jan 2018 #33
Thanks for the righteous rant, old friend! I did enjoy that. bettyellen Jan 2018 #43
Don't pretend for a minute any real lessons were learned Blue_Tires Jan 2018 #35
No shit! False Equivalence does not make for Fair & Balanced. Beartracks Jan 2018 #36
I'm glad to see this mcar Jan 2018 #37
Ratings-based news content demands a stark contrast for dramatic purposes. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #41
When they pull this shit again in 2020, we'll see how "sincere" bullwinkle428 Jan 2018 #42
We were fucking screaming this while it was going on ismnotwasm Jan 2018 #51
Hillary received more negative press (and less positive press) than any presidential candidate John Fante Jan 2018 #56
here's my half-baked theory about people like Toobin steve2470 Jan 2018 #61
FU and Too Little Too Late WhiteTara Jan 2018 #63
There are a number of CNN pundits and hosts... yallerdawg Jan 2018 #64
Toobin should not be on the air in the role of analyst. CNN delisen Jan 2018 #66
All of CNN is guilty of that false equivalence BS not just Toobin MariaCSR Jan 2018 #68
Hillary was held to impossible standards while Donald was held to ZERO standards Skittles Jan 2018 #72
I hear you and I totally agree FakeNoose Jan 2018 #88
Waiting for the flood of like minded admissions from CNN and MSNBC. nt LAS14 Jan 2018 #78
hey jeff...you OWN trump spanone Jan 2018 #84
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