I am really sick and tired of the MSM

[PCIntern]

Speaking about this guy like he’s a rational, grounded, knowledgeable individual who has any concept of reality, cause and effect, protocol, or a relationship with facts.

On every, and I mean EVERY network, station, and broadcast, the moderator will make a statement such as the following, “President Trump will be meeting today with so-and-so to discuss the policy and ramifications of such-and-such. In the past he has demonstrated that he has a hard-line approach toward the blah blah and we will have to wait and see what he decides to implement following the meeting, given the complexities and the personalities of the various (heads of state/governors/senators/CEO’s, etc.) involved in the process.”

This is a guy who can’t complete a single sentence without wandering into a senile self-aggrandizement, who has no grasp of history, technology, science, or even human emotions, who regularly sharts himself voluminously, and who has little or no connection with reality, to say nothing of the body politic. The notion that he could have a rational discussion with anyone about anything other than ordering Diet Coke is absurd. It’s like explaining alternate side of the street parking regulations to a cockroach.

I have spoken!

[agingdem]

1. The MSM kissing Trump's fat ass is all about access and fear

of network retribution if they don’t say nice things about him…

[spanone]

2. K&R

[displacedvermoter]

3. And when you are right, you are right...

[mwmisses4289]

4. The cockroach would probably understand what you are talking about.

[SuzyandPuffpuff]

5. Agreed

It's all such fluff...these people are robotrons. Pure and simple. Someday they're all gonna pay. I Just hope I'm here to witness the end of some of these hypocrites.

[SocialDemocrat61]

6. Not MSM but CCM

As in Corrupt Corporate Media

[Ponietz]

7. "In today's news, he said this: _____. Also, he said this: _____ and that ____"

NPR

[Festivito]

8. The MSM is beholden to the OOO. Our Obscured Oligopoly.

And he's doing a decent job of supporting the OOO. And the MSMs are doing a good job of supporting them too.

[Diamond_Dog]

9. I agree with every word in your post, PCIntern.

And I have thought it even when he had his first term. He has been nothing but a willfully ignorant, criminal, incurious and self-serving, racist, delusional, pretender, in way over his head. It’s just gotten so bad now, his incompetence is amplified exponentially. I, too, get so angry when seeing headlines or chyrons like you describe. Who is really running things in this government? Vance and Rubio seem like they’re nothing more than his cowed foot soldiers.

[Kid Berwyn]

10. Corporate McPravda ensures them with the Gold Rule

Programming We the People to accept the “inevitability” of the rich getting richer through fiscal policy cough trickle down, wars without end, and no need for democracy.

[LymphocyteLover]

53. Boo! Do not like!

[mopinko]

11. thank ja for the interwebs.

the truth is out there. places like du, and so many brilliant truth tellers on substack, etc.

[dlk]

12. The MSM understands if they report the truth, they will lose their access

As corporations,, their primary duty is to their shareholders and their profits. This is who they serve. Any duty to our country is conditioned on this fact and comes later, if at all.

[harumph]

13. If the president were a doughnut, they'd have to cover it as well.

If they just ignored him, there would be too much empty air space to fill up. Let's imagine an honest broadcast:
"The unsteady and seemingly confused president, being propped up by his handlers was transported to a meeting where under normal circumstances, some kind of negotiation is supposed to take place. Who is actually capable of and authorized by the administration to negotiate remains unknown. More of the same for tomorrow and the next day and then the next. Be sure to check in tomorrow where we will very likely be reporting more of the same. In the meantime, we take you to Kukla, Fran and Ollie."

[paleotn]

18. They're doing a version of "more of the same" but it's complete BS.

[aggiesal]

33. I'm wondering how many people in this forum are asking ...

Who's Kukla, Fran & Ollie?
🤣😂🤣

[harumph]

48. Less than you might think. I think DU trends on the older side.

My older cousins liked KFO which had already stopped production when I was of an age to appreciate it. I was more of a Captain Kangaroo fan. I thought the ping-pong ball showers were hilarious. I was a bit too old for ZOOM in its heyday.

[aggiesal]

52. What? No Electric Company? n/t

[druidity33]

59. Those were my jams! OG Spiderman! nt.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

65. I'm old enough to remember them on Saturday afternoons.

[LymphocyteLover]

14. 100%!!! I was mad at the MSM in the run-up to the Iraq war and boycotted them for a long time, but that was

NOTHING like their complete failure to maintain the truth and hold this HORRENDOUS POTUS to account -- and just overall their complete abdication of duty.

[Martin Eden]

16. The MSM (like Judith Miller of the NYT) was a stenographer for the lies

I joined DU in 2002 during that campaign of deceit. This is where I learned about PNAC and so much truth the MSM was not covering.

[Timewas]

15. Trust

I have completely and utterly lost any and all trust in our so called "news" outlets, they are totally out of touch with anything that resembles reality.

[paleotn]

17. Even NPR. Drives me batshit.

Like they haven't had their federal funding cut to zero, thus have no reason whatsoever NOT to report the damn truth. But no. They hide behind some guise of "objectivity" when reality is staring them right in the damn face. They're a cultural class of naval gazers and circle jerkers.

[PCIntern]

19. This has been going on for a long time

I can’t do my Cokie Roberts imitation here, but her Monday morning horseshit report in Bob Edwards’ program used to make me nuts.

[electric_blue68]

61. Well, the local NYC Public Radio host 10A - Noon does not (? the phrase) pull punches. So there's that.

[bmichaelh]

20. Dementia

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Do not think whatever state Trump is in, he is coming back from.

Publicly, he used profanities and obscenities at G7.

Some are saying he has frontotemporal dementia in addition to his malignant narcissism.

[Susan Calvin]

21. Took the words right out of my mouth. nt

[mountain grammy]

22. My thoughts exactly

Only said so much better.

[oldmanlynn]

23. I really think that mainstream media should pay a heavy price

For any of those that look the other way and capitulated to this fascist regime

[LuvLoogie]

24. I don't watch it. Everyone from NPR to the NYT

does what you describe. The ONANs and the FOXes openly blow sunshine up his ass.

[FakeNoose]

25. The news announcers are just reading the White House press releases

Whatever is fed to them by Chump's press staffers, that's what they read on the air and call it "news." It's the laziest and stupidest thing I've ever seen. They don't deserve to call themselves reporters because they aren't "reporting" shit. And as you say, they're doing their best to make it sound normal, and we ALL know this isn't normal!

[hamsterjill]

26. It's just ludicrous, isn't it?

They are all trying to tell us that we don't see what we see.

They are trying to tell us that we don't hear what we hear.

They are trying to tell us that we don't know what we know.

But we do!!!! Some things are obvious. Like when you're watching an older person decline. It's natural. It's expected. It's not something that can be hidden.

Trump is NOT a young man. He is EIGHTY FUCKING YEARS OLD. The media tore into Joe Biden, and yet hey give Donnie a pass on everything, it seems.

Who is making them do that? The media is no longer credible. I don't even watch any of it any more. I watch the few who were cast aside and who I feel might be a little truthful. Like Jim Acosta and Don Lemon, and a few others.

The rest are just ass kissers as far as I'm concerned.

[Prairie_Seagull]

27. This is not what was invisioned by the framers of the constitution.

The power of the media is a check on political power.

Now here we are.

[The Blue Flower]

28. Right on

I had it with them when they piled on President Biden. His age and experience are what made him so successful in bringing the country back after Covid. His compassion and empathy were what connected him to Americans of all stripes. There was never any comparison between him and the criminal psychopath in the WH now. And that thing is old now, too, and much worse in all aspects than its predecessor. The agenda is clear for us all to see: currying favor for money and power. The only people I watch on tv now are Lawrence O'Donnell, Rachel Maddow, and Nicole Wallace. I never watch network tv. I'm 76 and enjoy the reruns of old shows. Otherwise, I read.

[BarbD]

57. Add Ali Velshi to the mix.

Also watch Malcolm Nance's podcast -- Black Man Spy at 9 a.m. on substack. Frankly it's all I can handle. Then I calm myself with books. At 88, I'm down to cozy mysteries and romance novels because they have happy endings.

However I loved MSNow showing the opening of the Obama Presidential Library. I worked on his campaign. Still recall the motto of hope, "Yes We Can."

[BeneteauBum]

29. Mindless litany

Script given to commentators for regurgitation back to mindless, unquestioning masses.

Peace ☮️

[CaptainTruth]

30. I got sick of them years ago. The Bush Iraq war did it for me.

So much obvious info about what was really going on (PNAC etc) & the MSM didn't report any of it.

[PCIntern]

35. That is absolutely the case with the Iraq War...

I recall a friend of mine years later said, “Who thought they were lying? Nobody.” I replied, “Everybody with a brain could see it was the case.”

He got that hangdog look… he knew I was right and had been in denial

[debsy]

31. Agreed!

Nobody will hold him to account in the MSM. Supporting organizations like [link:democracynow.org|] is critical in these times.

[Kablooie]

32. Yes.

They are constantly legitimizing his insanity and pretending he is a competent leader.

[duckworth969]

34. MSM is owned by billionaires

And their Board of Directors consists of millionaires.

There’s no reason to put any stock in what they say.

They’re greedy, soul-sucking naked apes.

[AllaN01Bear]

36. ""

i dumped the local newspaper and quit watching tv news and listening to our local 50.000 watt am and fm trash talkers years ago. i get sane news from a news newsletter .

[PCIntern]

38. Right,

but maybe 300,000,000 Americans don’t. And of those, a fair percentage are swayed significantly by the news coverage by the MSM. They’re my concern, not you.

[BaronChocula]

37. All white men demanding supremacy are treated this way

by traditional American institutions such as the msm. They get all the passes, all the credit, and the least blame. It's been this way for hundreds of years.

[Justice matters.]

39. Pedo is an American stupid gangster who never paid for his stupidity.

Since the first day he opened his eyes.

Yes, a gangster who always got away with his malfeasance scot-free.

Did he have to pay and pay (and never pay) damn money in the process.

Yes. Hence his obsession about money and gold and fluffy bs.

A gangster.

[Skittles]

42. being a rich straight white male repuke has certainly helped

yes indeed

[Mysterian]

40. Yet the yammering traitors constantly questioned President Biden's acuity

The billionaire=owned MSM is the enemy of democracy.

https://www.freepress.net/who-owns-media

[Skittles]

41. THANK YOU

imagine what they would be saying if this was a POC, woman, aw heck, ANY FREAKING DEMOCRAT

[tymfinity46]

43. Including PBS

until they shit can David Brook

[Just Jerome]

44. Great simile

to finish !

[PCIntern]

47. Thank u

It’s one of my favorites for many many years.

[Joinfortmill]

45. Yup. Fuck 'em!

[GoodRaisin]

46. Yeah. That's an ignorant buffoon they are talking about. Simply saying so would

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wrap it all up nicely. No need to dress it up in horseshit.

[Evolve Dammit]

49. Well spoken

[Vinca]

50. Hey, that's what I was going to post. Kudos, PC.

[bob4460]

51. The sane washing is intense

And I am sick of it too. I have about stopped watching all MSM media.

[Mr. Mustard 2023]

54. Hear, hear!

[Blue Owl]

55. They've propped that fat fuck pedophile up long enough

Time for the house of cards to come tumbling down, starting with CBS, CNN, NYT, and then the rest

[Cha]

56. I can imagine how sick to

Smithereeens you are with the constant Gaslighting Bullshit aimed at the American people and really the world.
I stopped in November 2002.

If only there were some other way to get the news without that Fascist Orwellian Propaganda.

[GAJMac]

58. OK, a bit off-subject,

But was your final line a "hat tip" to the near forgotten teleplay/musical "Li'l Abner"? I thought I was the only one who remembered Kickapoo Joy Juice.

[PCIntern]

63. Bingo!!!

Along with Jubilation T Cornpone…😂😂😂

[struggle4progress]

60. A primary task of the corporate media is to encourage you to watch and believe the ads

Informing you --- that the ruling class might use the machinery for mass production of consciousness, to spread sweet little lies --- well, that just isn't very high on the agenda

You'll get some glimpses of the truth, when the internal splits in the ruling coalitions lead to genuine power struggles, and the mechanisms of self-censorship temporarily fail

[bmichaelh]

62. Where is Edward R Murrow?

Where is the MSM journalist to challenge Trump in the way Edward R Murrow challenged Joseph McCarthy?

[DFW]

64. Instant editing has become very advanced

You don't see the strings pulling his movements, nor the speakers playing out dialogue using his voice, but being read by others, with the sound coming through flat speakers in the inner pockets of his suit jacket.

[Janbdwl72]

66. But wait a minute!

The Felon says he”knows more than the generals.”