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NBC, If You Don't Want To Cover The Dem Race, Please Stop Covering It

By Big Tent Democrat, Section Elections 2008
Posted on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:29:52 PM EST
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By Big Tent Democrat

Speaking for me only

NBC seems upset that Hillary Clinton is not likely to drop out of the race tonight. They really seem to not want to cover this race anymore. I think the solution is simple. Do not cover the race NBC.

Believe me, a lot of us will not complain if we never hear Tweety, Punchline KO Olbermann, Pumpkinhead Russert and Blowdried Brian Williams speak another word about it.

Do us all a favor NBC, black out the Democratic nomination race from your network.

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    NBC, If You Don't Want To Cover The Dem Race, Please Stop Covering It | 56 comments (56 topical)

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    Amen, BTD! (5.00 / 3) (#2)
    by kmblue on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:31:48 PM EST


    You know who else this could be applied to. . . (5.00 / 2) (#3)
    by andgarden on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:31:53 PM EST


    NBC (5.00 / 4) (#4)
    by Janet on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:34:26 PM EST
    If I hear Chris mathews say once more that Hillary did not support Obama's religion I'm going to scream. They do not want Hillary to win

    MSNBC wants to give it to Obama (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by vigkat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:42:26 PM EST
    And they have not been hiding their feelings on that. They have been very open in their derision of Hillary, particularly Keith, and even Rachel Maddow, who appears to me to be a rabid Obamaniac.  Why? Why compromise their "presumed neutrality" in this way?  

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    I think (none / 0) (#55)
    by facta non verba on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 03:06:02 AM EST
    Rachel Maddow has been largely impartial. I don't listen to her show so I could be wrong.

    She is a Stanford grad and we overlapped there but I don't think I ever met there. Her analysis has been good I thought. She had the clearest definition of the candidates back when Edwards was still in the race.


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    Tweety (none / 0) (#40)
    by litigatormom on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:42:12 PM EST
    Tweety's inner "thoughts":

    Who will prevent Hillary from destroying the party?  When will she let the party focus on the frontrunner?  Barack Obama has been winning every primary in every state. Even if she wins, she still can't catch him.  Will voters realize that the Clintons are in it for themselves?  Plus, she's a GIRL!  Don't you people realize, she's a GIRL! HAH!!!

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    As if Obama is (none / 0) (#47)
    by standingup on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:50:50 PM EST
    not in this for himself?  I wonder when Obama's supporters will have that epiphany?  Honestly, he has been one of the most ambitious politicians to pursue the office.  

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    Sounds like a plan ... (5.00 / 4) (#5)
    by Robot Porter on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:35:10 PM EST
    I suggest they replace it will repeats of Petticoat Junction.

    Are you saying (5.00 / 3) (#15)
    by Boston Boomer on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:39:52 PM EST
    you don't like those murder stories and prison break shows they use for filler now?


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    Don't forget the predators!! (5.00 / 2) (#18)
    by Teresa on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:41:25 PM EST


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    The predator episodes are the worst (5.00 / 1) (#23)
    by vigkat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:46:08 PM EST
    Full disclosure:  I've never watched one.  But the previews are sufficiently bad to convince me I don't ever want to watch one.

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    I can't figure out who is a worse predator (none / 0) (#34)
    by white n az on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:01:57 PM EST
    the scum who pursue the young or the NBC crew that pursue the scum...they already got one notch in their belt in Texas...I'm actually surprised that they didn't fold their tent because like Cops, it's entirely exploitive.

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    Great remarks, BTD (5.00 / 3) (#6)
    by SusanUnPC on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:35:25 PM EST
    (I'm a new member here.  Finally got around to signing up.  And I love your live thread, and hope the second one is starting soon.)

    I solved the MSNBC problem last fall.  Erased those programs off of my DVR. Tired of the pontificating and the outlandish commentaries. Occasionally I watch.  Watched a bit this afternoon, but as soon as the bloviator (KO) started in, immediately, on Hillary, that was it for me, and I switched.  You are correct that they are unbalanced and do not cover the Democratic primary fairly.  

    completely (5.00 / 2) (#7)
    by Briana on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:36:04 PM EST
    agree , actually I haven't watched msnbc since Super Tues.  all of them made me barf . .doing everything to spin the results to match their predictions . It was actually embarrassing to hear , enough all ready .

    I stopped even sooner, when MSNBC (none / 0) (#38)
    by Cream City on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:24:25 PM EST
    wouldn't report results of Florida and Michigan. That told me it's not about news, it's about the Obama agenda.

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    Exactly, Cream (none / 0) (#39)
    by Kathy on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:39:57 PM EST
    When almost 2 million people doing something-anything-is not news to you, then you are not a news network.

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    i did my own calculations (5.00 / 3) (#8)
    by Turkana on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:36:52 PM EST
    if the cnn exits are right, she wins texas by about 1.4%, and ohio by about 3.25%. of course, in this media framed world, that means she lost. big time...

    I just want them to be fair-- (5.00 / 4) (#9)
    by kmblue on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:36:53 PM EST
    and if they can't be fair, shut up.

    Wow BTD (5.00 / 1) (#10)
    by GOPmurderedconscience on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:37:24 PM EST
    I wonder how you feel about those guys.

    TL has really been on a roll throughout the primary season. Many non-regular probably don't know that BTD endorsed BO, albeit tepidly just because he cares about the progressive agenda and not the person.

    Yes. (5.00 / 1) (#22)
    by SusanUnPC on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:44:10 PM EST
    I thought I'd read BTD's post stating his support for BO.  But he still speaks his mind, and that's unusual for a BO supporter, who seem to be rather rabid and in lockstep. I respect that.

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    So refreshing (none / 0) (#42)
    by litigatormom on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:45:01 PM EST
    The ability of BTD, and other Obama supporters on this site, to engage in CIVIL and RATIONAL discussion about the pros and cons of each candidate, the ebb and flow of the race, is sooooo refreshing after the "how can you support Hillary don't you know she is evil and Bush lite and she's against hope why aren't you with Obama what's wrong with you, troll!"

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    Hear, Hear (5.00 / 2) (#11)
    by vigkat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:37:39 PM EST
    And I hope they do.  Talk about a sense of entitlement.  Shame on you, Hillary, for having the audacity to stay in the fight.

    No Kidding. (5.00 / 5) (#13)
    by AmyinSC on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:39:09 PM EST
    I cannot BELIEVE that this is what passes for a NEWS channel these days!! I mean, really - MSNBC in particular has become the Liberal Faux Noise station, and these other NBC people are SO blatantly biased!

    I am old enough to remember when tv journalists were actual, honest-to-goodness, journalists, who NEVER let on what their personal choices or opinions were.  

    Along those lines, I was talking to my niece and nephew abt how upset I was with Keith O (wom I used to watch religiously) because he was so CLEARLY an Obama supporter.  My nephew said, "What's wrong with that?"  And I replied, "That I KNOW he is!"  My niece's mom went on to support my claim that news people didn't use to spew their own personal takes on things like they do now.  Sigh.  

    And if NBC cannot even acknowledge that Obama and his campaign filed a lawsuit, AND have engaged in voting shenanigans, what the heck is the point of them bein gon the air??  Oh wait - just proved your point, BTD!

    Clintons are grim per Fineman. Ohio isn't (5.00 / 2) (#14)
    by Teresa on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:39:52 PM EST
    enough. He makes me sick.

    Oh Fineman painting gloom and doom (5.00 / 2) (#17)
    by Maria Garcia on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:40:13 PM EST
    ...for Clinton and claiming that anonymous Clinton are wishing that Hillary was more personable! Asshat.

    Speakin' for me, too (5.00 / 2) (#24)
    by jen on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:46:16 PM EST
    BTD. A whole lot of us, actually.

    Oh, they want to cover it, and they are (5.00 / 1) (#26)
    by Anne on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:51:25 PM EST
    covering it - it's just that from where we sit it resembles a cross between a junior high pep rally and Mean Girls...wait, maybe that's the same thing.

    All I can say is, thank God for SNL, which really held up a mirror to these bloviators - who have no doubt completely missed the point.

    They missed the satire aimed at them (none / 0) (#28)
    by kmblue on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:56:35 PM EST
    but we the people did not.

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    MSM have examined the charges (none / 0) (#44)
    by litigatormom on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:47:11 PM EST
    of pro-Obama/anti-Clinton bias and have determined that the charges are without merit.

    This is not too different than the Bush administration assuring us that they have examined the "Terrorist Surveillance Program" and have satisfied themselves that everything they are doing is legal and adequately protects our civil liberties.

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    x (none / 0) (#54)
    by CognitiveDissonance on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 01:47:07 AM EST
    I would love to see them doing a skit of this primary night with all the bloviators crying and moaning and wailing that Hillary is winning! It would be funny as hell.


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    Speaking for me only (5.00 / 1) (#52)
    by chemoelectric on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 11:22:21 PM EST
    Bring the television set to the recycler. Yes, do it! TV is bad for you, get rid of it. Do it and if you use the extra time to do something creative you will not feel the loss. You can watch Olbermann's special comments at Crooks and Liars, as a little indulgence (which I indulge in, myself).

    It is possible to do work with a radio or audio stream going, which doesn't distract the eyes and hands, and there are BuzzFlash and so forth, so you don't have to miss out on news.

    Imagine a world where no one but Faux News viewers had TVs, and could not pull themselves awary from it; they would be completely at our mercy.

    BuzzFlash? (none / 0) (#57)
    by kenoshaMarge on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 04:30:32 AM EST
    The all Obama is good all the time, Hillary is bad all the time Site? Thank you no. I deleted BuzzFlash from my favorites a long time ago. They are as big a disappointment as Keith Olbermann in my eyes.

    I just want people that give me the facts and have enough respect for me as a citizen and a voter to let me make up my own mind. (Sorry didn't mean to sound so pontifical. Just the way I feel. May I find BuzzFlash's anti-Hillary slant particularly egregious because I was so enamoured of them previously.)

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    Heh! (4.75 / 4) (#1)
    by Fredster on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:31:45 PM EST
    Don't forget Mrs. Greenspan too!
    Old habits die hard. I was looking for the (none / 0) (#12)
    by Teresa on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:37:49 PM EST
    recommend button.

    Are other sites reporting Obama's OH lawsuit? (none / 0) (#16)
    by Josey on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:40:01 PM EST


    What Ohio lawsuit? (none / 0) (#45)
    by litigatormom on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:48:37 PM EST
    They were screaming last week at rumors that Hillary was going to sue in Texas!  How COULD she!  She wants to destroy the Party!

    So what the deal with the Ohio lawsuit? Is it about keeping the polls open?

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    No joy, no excitement. He is so full of it. (none / 0) (#20)
    by Teresa on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:43:04 PM EST
    She was down for the count and now she has a chance and I guarantee you she isn't grim about it.

    RH (none / 0) (#21)
    by Briana on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:43:39 PM EST
    pbs - Jim Leher's group called Rh for Hillary

    Earlier tonight (none / 0) (#25)
    by Democratic Cat on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:46:21 PM EST
    Fox (O'Reilly) called MSNBC out for shamelessly cheerleading for Sen. Obama. I know it's O'Reilly, but credit where credit is due.

    My friends... (none / 0) (#27)
    by Chisoxy on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:55:54 PM EST
    I cannot get over the entire math debate they keep using to prop him up. Him having 100 more delegates means nothing if he cant win the big swing states like Ohio. MSNBC, KOS, and Americablog cant seem to see past the primary.

    Yes (none / 0) (#41)
    by DaleA on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:43:41 PM EST
    Hillary is carrying almost all the reliable Democratic states. He sweeps places where no Dem has won since Kennedy or Johnson. How is this a workable strategy?

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    I guess his strategy (none / 0) (#49)
    by kenosharick on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:58:58 PM EST
    for the general is centered on North Dakota, Idaho, Miss., and South Carolina. good luck.

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    MSinMourning (none / 0) (#29)
    by Athena on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:57:17 PM EST
    Amen, BTD.  Shameful performance.

    can't keep a blowhard down (none / 0) (#30)
    by DandyTIger on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:57:40 PM EST
    Yep, I agree with Anne, they'll keep covering it because they love the sound of their own slithering tongues. Did I just say that. Hee hee. I wonder what it sounds like if you play them backwards.

    easy answer (none / 0) (#31)
    by white n az on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 08:58:37 PM EST
    STOP watching MSNBC

    I did - I'm happier for it too.

    Why did MSNBC carry a report (none / 0) (#32)
    by dem08 on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:00:47 PM EST
    that Hillary said that she and John McCain each had experience, but that Obama "had only a speech he made in 2002"? If she did say, that would be news, but so far only Huffington Post and MSNBC have reported that Hillary said such a thing.

    My guess is that if Senator Clinton did say that, the Obama people would be out in full force.

    Does anyone know if MSNBC is now making up lies to divide Democrats, or if Hillary was misquoted?

    she definitely said that (none / 0) (#35)
    by white n az on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:03:19 PM EST
    I saw the clip from her airplane several times, probably on CNN as I have a hard time switching to MSNBC these days.

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    Barack Obama called McCain (none / 0) (#36)
    by Grey on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:09:06 PM EST
    Speaking of NBC, sort of, MSNBC confirms that Obama called McCain and said he was "looking forward to running against [him] in the fall."

    Unbelievable.

    Yeah. (none / 0) (#43)
    by clio on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:45:55 PM EST
    A bit arrogant, I thought.

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    Not as arrogant (none / 0) (#46)
    by litigatormom on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:50:39 PM EST
    as having your economic advisor give the old nudge nudge wink wink to the Canadian government about NAFTA.

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    or as petty as having (none / 0) (#48)
    by Kathy on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 09:55:07 PM EST
    one of your henchmen ambush a campaign call for your opponent and make spurious charges and spout outright lies.

    (and for those of you paying attention, the lie is that he repeated several times that the Clinton campaign filed a lawsuit in Nevada.  He finally backed down and said, "surrogates" but what was Kucinick's counting redo if not a surrogate attack?)

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    Did you hear Tom Brokaw put Tweety in his place (none / 0) (#50)
    by vicsan on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 10:01:06 PM EST
    tonight? Or tried to put him in his place.;)

    Tweety was doing his usual complaining about Hillary and how awful she is for forcing this election to go into PA. The NERVE of that woman! Why is she destroying the Democratic Party by doing this?

    Well, Tom Brokaw came on to do his little report and he asked Tweety why we would even bother putting PA. on the map if HE (Tweety) didn't want the citizens of that state to vote? Tweety's face turned beet-red and knew he had been called on the carpet for his OBVIOUS bias toward Mr. Hope. It was quite sweet.:)

    I had to turn off the OCN.....The Obama Campaign Network. They are disgusting.

    I think all Hillary supporters should email (none / 0) (#51)
    by Marguerite Quantaine on Tue Mar 04, 2008 at 10:26:53 PM EST
    Cryin' Williams, Grim Russert, & Mrs. GreenSpam, (nightly@nbc.com):

    Subject: Hillary

    Message:

    Nah, nah, nah-nah, nah-h-h-h.

    x (none / 0) (#53)
    by CognitiveDissonance on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 01:41:57 AM EST
    Believe it or not, I got so upset with both MSNBC and CNN tonight, that I finally switched over to Fox and watched the results there. Surprisingly, there was so much more respect there for Hillary Clinton and what she accomplished tonight. No gloating, no sore losers, no sliming. Just the facts, and just the obvious observation that we've got a long way to go. Hard to believe that I have to watch Fox to get an unbiased view of the democratic primaries.

    Why is NBC and MSNBC (none / 0) (#56)
    by facta non verba on Wed Mar 05, 2008 at 03:09:49 AM EST
    is so anti-Hillary and pro-Obama? I must have missed it but I don't get. The misogynistic comments are beyond belief. Was Pat Buchanan relieved of his duties? I have to admit he often said things that at least provoked thought. Sorry I tend to watch ABC and CNN so I am not sure what all this is about though Russert is hard to swallow.

    Name calling is not allowed here (none / 0) (#58)
    by Jeralyn on Sat Mar 08, 2008 at 11:51:15 PM EST
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