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hlthe2b

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11. well, NBC nightly news didn't cover it. I don't know if the other two did, but I doubt it.

Reply to StarfishSaver (Original post)

Mon Jun 10, 2019, 08:07 PM

Jun 2019

Which means only those who read major national newspapers like WAPO, NYT, LATIMES, etc. are likely to know about it, except for those who watch MSNBC or CNN.

Still, it is a start and if we get Mueller and McGahn in there, I suspect there will be some retrospective coverage of this hearing.

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Which is it? Was today's hearing a big nothingburger as some promised or SO important that MSNBC's [View all] StarfishSaver Jun 2019 OP

I'll let you know after I watch TRMS. nt Xipe Totec Jun 2019 #1

Agree. What RM says matters to me. Irishxs Jun 2019 #4

VERY IRRESPONSIBLE. onecaliberal Jun 2019 #2

+1000 emmaverybo Jun 2019 #9

I think the media likes stories like the helicopter crash. Turin_C3PO Jun 2019 #3

Neither. I would have preferred that they showed it, but The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #5

Yes. cwydro Jun 2019 #19

newspapers did a crappy job of covering it too except for WaPo mucifer Jun 2019 #6

I listened to contempt hearing on c span. Irishxs Jun 2019 #7

Important. Very. The Republicans as usual filibustered and used Trump's obstruction, firing of top- emmaverybo Jun 2019 #8

Great recap StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #10

I am hoping that its significance and obvious public interest sinks in enough to persuade emmaverybo Jun 2019 #21

Throughout my impression too. Repugs tantrumed & bullshitted.Dems actually quoted/illuminated Report stuffmatters Jun 2019 #13

Illuminated, great description for what they did. Lifted to the light. nt emmaverybo Jun 2019 #22

+1 Baitball Blogger Jun 2019 #14

well, NBC nightly news didn't cover it. I don't know if the other two did, but I doubt it. hlthe2b Jun 2019 #11

The hearing was important EffieBlack Jun 2019 #12

Ah, good. nt emmaverybo Jun 2019 #25

I'm not able to watch it but my trusted sources tell me two things: Kurt V. Jun 2019 #15

Hearing was worth covering and so was the helicopter DeminPennswoods Jun 2019 #16

Haven't watched cable news in years so it didn't matter to me that it wasn't aired... Kaleva Jun 2019 #17

I view the hearing as a preview of coming events. panader0 Jun 2019 #18

Oh, the R's did, indeed, look like asses. blue neen Jun 2019 #23

They certainly looked foolish. StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #26

Good points. nt. emmaverybo Jun 2019 #24

Doesn't really matter. cwydro Jun 2019 #20

I did not get to watch it, but it sounds like it was expert testimony only? Thomas Hurt Jun 2019 #27

Yes. But in this instance, expert testimony that lays a foundation and framework is critical StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #28

As a few posters above have noted lordsummerisle Jun 2019 #29

Only Two choices? GeorgeGist Jun 2019 #30

There are three choices StarfishSaver Jun 2019 #31

If it was the first hearing of an impeachment inquiry, they'd have aired it gavel to gavel nt Fiendish Thingy Jun 2019 #32