I haven’t watched CNN or MSNBC for months. I have a broad range of trusted online news sources. I don’t miss cable news at all — particularly since those networks decided to add a slew of right-wing commentators for “balance.” Screw that.
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Part of the problem with cable news is they are part of a package when you buy cable service. They still are receiving some of your money, ratings aren’t everything that keeps them alive. Cut the cord and hurt them you can buy only the channels you want if you use a smart tv or Roku.
I turned msnbc off after biden's bad debate. We just recently ditched cable but for PBS and a few local channels. I use trusted online media sources like Al Jazeera, The Guardian, The Intercept. I listen to NPR. I also patronize Empty Wheel, Daily Beans and Meidas news.
Same. I don't even watch ABC, CBS, or NBC news anymore. They had the opportunity to educate voters on Project 2025, and the threat Trump is to democracy. They are complicit.
Me too. The MSM are owned by the oligarchs who are only interested in the preservation of their privilege and power not the actual reporting of events. They are spin little more than spin doctors.
I remember when Walter Cronkite, Roger Mudd,Harry Reasoner and guys like that delivered the news. and it was all news. no opinionated bs or biased commentary. cable news pretty much ruined us, then social media finished the job.
back in 2015 and onward they consistently gave the stage to the likes of Jason Miller and Rick Santorum. Two of the most disgusting ppl in the gang. Devoid of morals. Utterly devoid.
re-upping this. They've substituted Scott Jennings and I STILL won't watch. That's coming up to TEN years. Awful propaganda outlet for the R's. Letting them normalize their awfulness.
I've done the opposite. I never used to watch cable news like MSNBC or CNN, but now I do. Trump's deplorable actions have pushed me toward them as an alternative to MAGA lies.
I accidentally watched a Morning Joe segment this morning. They were promoting Rahm Emanuel as the saviour of the Democratic Party and lauding the advice of James Carville to let the GOP execute a pottery barn reason for people to vote Democrat. Weird stuff.
It seems that the billionaires agreed to give Criminal Trump a platform in all their media outlets to loot from middle/working-class & give to the rich.
Europe needs to treat Trump the same as Putin and televise the truth for all to see. These politicians are liars, they aren’t entitled to behave this way with OUR country. We must put an #end to this nonsense and now. Delete #meta #x #tiktok
I'm getting my news from BBC CBC Sky News & Online
Still fact checking
Its Nice to just get the NEWS & decide for myself
INFORMATION over INFLUENCING manipulation
(I check-in from time to time to see the talking Pts & Lies they spread)
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Man I can’t agree with you more. CNN is just a joke now and I only watch it sometimes to see how low they will become. All I saw today was American right wing propaganda
Well for me it has been an amazing shift and especially from some anchors I used to respect. For me these people all know better and I wonder what the real reason Jim and his dog Duke really left????
Haven't watched CNN in almost 2 years. I stopped watching daytime MSNBC when Mika & Joe went to the kiss the ring after election. Now only watch @rachelmaddow
If you look at the majority stockholders across the legacy media spectrum you’ll find the same “people” in every report starting with Blackrock
We quit cable when “Honey Boo Boo” became a hit.
That country song was a parody, not a life guide. 💙🇺🇦💙
I've done the same for years but struggle to find a consevative network that argues in good faith. There are conservative policies that have merit but when you cheerlead spending cuts with even larger tax cuts and call it fiscally responsible, you aren't a serious source.
The best option for moderates looking for a 'both sides' conservative news source is to look to the UK. Many of them would be called RINOs in the US and never be able to survive.
Same, only it’s been years for me. My mom constantly accuses me of CNN talking points when I tell her she is vomiting Fox right wing propaganda/lies…I keep telling her I don’t watch TV and she has no follow up to that.
They promoted Trump in the first round so their judgement is suspect. And Joe goes on about how great he was in office - he wasn’t. Basically they’re a rich white couple who’ll shit their values as needed.
Conservatives literally own the largest social media and "news" corporations in the world and it's still not enough, we have to cater to them on CNN and MSNBC now too. Nothing is sacred.
What really peeved me off about them is how they normalized Trump before the election. Why weren't they yelling at the top of their lungs that he was a fascist Russian agent? Why? #cowards
Much more appropriate for them to add commentators for ‘right’ and ethical behavior, not the right wing circus directors. How good would that be to have someone to provide input on what’s right for society, and what’s right for the future, rather than the ‘politics of NO’ that we get from the #GQP.
I have a lot of beefs, but I'm leery of saying all relatively conservative commentators are fungible -- Michael Steele, Jen Rubin, David Jolly, and the like are light years better than the Scott Jennings or Marc Thiessens of the world.
I have not watched any cable
Since 2015 and I never will
again! Once you see it you cannot unsee it! The US and the world would not be here with Fatman and Robbing trying to destroy us without the complicit US MSM!! 🤷🏻♀️💔💰🇺🇸🌎
Likewise...with a career in journalism behind me I was always a news junkie but the so-called MSM is a mess...no credibility.
I hunt for info I think I can trust...thanks for being one of those sources. Buy you a beer one day....
There was a time when CNN was actually news.
It has deteriorated into Fox Lite and not worth watching.
MSNBC is no better.
I am tired of "but but but let's get an opinion" rather than just providing facts and evidence.
Same here. I was a morning to night time watcher of MSNBC until Joe and Mika went to Mara Lardo. It seemed like the higher ups decided to soft soap the administration. That’s when I tuned out.
CNN is close to Fox quality now from the little bits I pick up. Even a glimpse of Jake Tapper sets my teeth on edge. I listened to Wallace, Maddow & O’Donnell podcasts before the election but no more. I still like O’Donnell but he’s w/MSNBC so there is that.
That is why I left in early 2017. Jason Miller would make my blood boil. I then realized that is what CNN wanted. Plus they unabashedly had trump on and contributed to his win.
Jon you’re right except for MSNBC although letting go of @joyannreid.bsky.social was a clusterfuck. Nicole Wallace @jenpsaki.msnbc.com @allinwithchris.bsky.social, @maddow.msnbc.com and @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com
are all worth watching.
Honestly most US networks have been feeding propaganda for so long, I haven't watched any. Sadly, you need to look outside for real news. Or for independents.
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What I hate is the both-sides whitewashing of the right-wing commentators, and treating their batshit crazy maga bullshit as legitimate.
Ditto! I am Done with CORRUPTed Corporate MSM
I'm getting my news from BBC CBC Sky News & Online
Still fact checking
Its Nice to just get the NEWS & decide for myself
INFORMATION over INFLUENCING manipulation
(I check-in from time to time to see the talking Pts & Lies they spread)
.
We quit cable when “Honey Boo Boo” became a hit.
That country song was a parody, not a life guide. 💙🇺🇦💙
I love international "Trustworthy" news sources
And I especially adore the independent "truth to power" journalists right here on bluesky
Bravo Truth-Sayers, Bravo
And the clouds in my mind have all gone away...
I don't need to be subjected to liars and frauds.
Watching five or six multimillionaires screaming over one another so that nothing is ultimately debated or settled ain’t something I’ll ever do again.
Corporate news can suck my… … oh never mind.
You get it!
Would you care to name some names?
They're marketers and propagandists. And the network won't fact check them.. just free air time to spew Trump's lies.
Since 2015 and I never will
again! Once you see it you cannot unsee it! The US and the world would not be here with Fatman and Robbing trying to destroy us without the complicit US MSM!! 🤷🏻♀️💔💰🇺🇸🌎
I hunt for info I think I can trust...thanks for being one of those sources. Buy you a beer one day....
It has deteriorated into Fox Lite and not worth watching.
MSNBC is no better.
I am tired of "but but but let's get an opinion" rather than just providing facts and evidence.
Katy Tur , MSNBC
Small sampling of poor journalists on both networks. Fox , unwatchable
are all worth watching.