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On 6/21/2014 2:33 PM, jps wrote:


You have hit exactly my feelings about Maddow and O'Donnell. I have
watched and listened to both over the years, interested in their take on
current events and I don't always disagree with them. It's the daily,
weekly and sometimes longer repetitious discussion about a singular
issue that gets to me after a while. Of the two, I'd rather watch
Rachael however. O'Donnell is worse and his style of delivery is like
that of a grandfatherly figure slowly enunciating every word as if to
let them "sink in" in his commentary. Five minutes of that is about all
I can handle anymore.

MSNBC was somewhat refreshing to me during his absence and convalescence
following his car accident. I'll have to keep the remote within arm's
reach again now.

Maddow repeats phrases intolerably, as if she's talking to a child.
She has few guests, usually spending the first 20 minutes in a
haranguing, repetitious monologue. Her ego is boundless.
I switch to CNN.
O'Donnell is another egotistical fool. I predict Ari Melber will
replace him in time, but I call that speculation.
Unlike O'Donnell, who repeatedly said that based on his "extensive
experience in writing laws" while on Sen. Moynihan's staff, the ACA was
"impossible to pass." He had Scarborough believing him. Hell, I
believed him. hehe. O'Donnell is a dope.
I like Melber. But I liked the A-Team too.

On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:31:00 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On 6/21/2014 2:33 PM, jps wrote:


You have hit exactly my feelings about Maddow and O'Donnell. I have
watched and listened to both over the years, interested in their take on
current events and I don't always disagree with them. It's the daily,
weekly and sometimes longer repetitious discussion about a singular
issue that gets to me after a while. Of the two, I'd rather watch
Rachael however. O'Donnell is worse and his style of delivery is like
that of a grandfatherly figure slowly enunciating every word as if to
let them "sink in" in his commentary. Five minutes of that is about all
I can handle anymore.

MSNBC was somewhat refreshing to me during his absence and convalescence
following his car accident. I'll have to keep the remote within arm's
reach again now.

Maddow repeats phrases intolerably, as if she's talking to a child.
She has few guests, usually spending the first 20 minutes in a
haranguing, repetitious monologue. Her ego is boundless.
I switch to CNN.
O'Donnell is another egotistical fool. I predict Ari Melber will
replace him in time, but I call that speculation.
Unlike O'Donnell, who repeatedly said that based on his "extensive
experience in writing laws" while on Sen. Moynihan's staff, the ACA was
"impossible to pass." He had Scarborough believing him. Hell, I
believed him. hehe. O'Donnell is a dope.
I like Melber. But I liked the A-Team too.

Some of this repitition and over-analysis has to be due to the format
and medium. I bet Maddow and O'Donnell's crews have to gin up a
****load of content on their own, so it's easier to be exhuastive with
one subject vs. having to develop more stories. I bet they're
severely understaffed due to budget.

That's where Huffington has succeeded. They develop some of their own
content but also steal everyone else's work and reference it to fill
out their site.

News cannot be an easy business to be in. No longer are they funded
at a loss in the interest of serving the public. They're for-profit
entertainment arms of corporations who favor making rather than losing
money.

On 6/23/2014 8:57 PM, jps wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:31:00 -0500, Boating All Out
wrote:

In article ,
says...

On 6/21/2014 2:33 PM, jps wrote:


You have hit exactly my feelings about Maddow and O'Donnell. I have
watched and listened to both over the years, interested in their take on
current events and I don't always disagree with them. It's the daily,
weekly and sometimes longer repetitious discussion about a singular
issue that gets to me after a while. Of the two, I'd rather watch
Rachael however. O'Donnell is worse and his style of delivery is like
that of a grandfatherly figure slowly enunciating every word as if to
let them "sink in" in his commentary. Five minutes of that is about all
I can handle anymore.

MSNBC was somewhat refreshing to me during his absence and convalescence
following his car accident. I'll have to keep the remote within arm's
reach again now.

Maddow repeats phrases intolerably, as if she's talking to a child.
She has few guests, usually spending the first 20 minutes in a
haranguing, repetitious monologue. Her ego is boundless.
I switch to CNN.
O'Donnell is another egotistical fool. I predict Ari Melber will
replace him in time, but I call that speculation.
Unlike O'Donnell, who repeatedly said that based on his "extensive
experience in writing laws" while on Sen. Moynihan's staff, the ACA was
"impossible to pass." He had Scarborough believing him. Hell, I
believed him. hehe. O'Donnell is a dope.
I like Melber. But I liked the A-Team too.

Some of this repitition and over-analysis has to be due to the format
and medium. I bet Maddow and O'Donnell's crews have to gin up a
****load of content on their own, so it's easier to be exhuastive with
one subject vs. having to develop more stories. I bet they're
severely understaffed due to budget.

That's where Huffington has succeeded. They develop some of their own
content but also steal everyone else's work and reference it to fill
out their site.

News cannot be an easy business to be in. No longer are they funded
at a loss in the interest of serving the public. They're for-profit
entertainment arms of corporations who favor making rather than losing
money.



MSNBC programing is not "news". It's political commentary.