"I had to take a peek at our competition today. I turned on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox. It was 24/7 bashing of President Biden for pardoning his son Hunter. It was pathetic," writes @meiselasb.bsky.social.
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I feel liberated. I stopped watching CNN a long time ago. I left Twitter as Mask was taking over it. I left Facebook when they help Russia spread their propaganda to elect trump. I believe in facts, fairness and dialogue.
Just confirmed for me that my choice to stop watching the legacy newsmedia was correct. I won't be going back, ever. They are the main reason we're in this mess.
I watch my local news and read my local paper. That is where I get my news. And I am very much enjoying it.
I get my “corporate media” “news” from #StephenColbert, #JimmyKimmel and #SNL. It’s much more enjoyable and honest than the traditional corporate news outlets.
Rachel just explains it and tells it like it is. Honestly she is the only one left in MSM I tune into every Monday night. I'm done with the rest of them
Pointless and boring. We already knew they abandoned reporting in lieu of being ‘company men’ but we had Harris-hopes so we hung on. What is the point now? After 11/5, they became completely irrelevant. BBC, AP, Reuters, MTN 😉, live streams like CSPAN, etc. Eschew ‘op-ed’ & punditry. It’s over.
This is such BS - most saying that no one else would've even been charged with what Hunter was charged with and they have no problem with the pardon EXCEPT for the fact that Joe said he wouldn't issue a pardon and then changed his mind. Screw that nonsense.
But RWNJs will make it out to be the scandal of the century n not all the crimes chump committed n all the criminals he pardoned. Which is fucked up n hypocritical, but that's redumbliKKKans
I turned off my TV around 2000 or so. Except for things like Animal Channel, the weather, and rarely, a movie. Gave back the sat dish receiver over a decade ago. Somehow I never get asked what I watch by Neilson.
I wanted to tell them NOTHING because it's all CRAP.
Since the election, I haven't listened to/watched MSNBC or CNN. I not longer feel angry and nauseated at the same time, all the time. I read even more: lots of history.
While Trump gets away with murder (literally) and no one questions it. The MAGA GOP Media CEO’s are getting their money’s worth. I just can’t watch it anymore.
I am watching everything but corporate media. I love MTN and the many affiliated contributors'podcasts and channels as well. I know I get the real story there!
I had to stop watching MTN for that reason. I still watch Legal AF and recently I've seen that MTN stopped the clips of trump. Finally. I think a lot of viewers complained. I was so sick of it.
Thanks for the report. Not listening to those who are responsible for the demise of our democracy. Not on YouTube, not directly. Maybe I should just 👎 the YouTube videos though!
I did watch Rachel and Lawrence tonight. That's all I watch and apparently that's the way upper management at MSNBC wants it so they can say , see no one watches cable news anymore. It's called self fulfilling prophecy.
MSNBC prime:
Joy Reid= Biden shld do MORE pardons! Jen Psaki= brief outline of pardon, rest of show, Trump picks. Maddow= scathing history acct of similar Senate R persecution scheme ending in D Sentor's suicide. O'Donnell=Trump picks take downs.
The Biden bashing is disturbing and yes, pathetic. He'd be damned if he did and damned if he didn't, so he took the compassionate route, as he tends to do. I'll be curious to see who else he pardons.
One of the main reasons I quit watching or listening to the news is they all, here in the US as well as foreign publications geared towards the US market, focus not only entirely too much on politics but as one they seem to concentrate on the same stories as one another. It's ridiculous overkill.
We stopped ‘legacy media’ about 6-7 years ago and have NOT missed it in the slightest. We have no plans of ever tuning in again. We do occasionally see short clips that people post. We’re not going back! ☺️💙
Wait, weren't these channels all "fake news" just a month ago when rump and the magats needed them to be, but "real news" when they lie for them? Got it!
You definitely are feeding a niche that needs to be had. I in no small way appreciate you and all the other people that are not selling out to fascism. It sickens me our entire country is just caving into fascism.
I am sure not one to offer advice… but I came here from Facebook… and I have found the availability to change my feeds to All Food… or ALL nature… or news not politics… or Everything at Disney World… that news feed pick thing is a life saver for me. Favorite feature so far!
Haven't watched them since the election. Used to watch CNN, stopped way before the election (when they were bought out), then MSNBC right after the election. They've all changed to be more Maga. Can't stand any of them. The future is with independent media (like Meidas).
Thrilled !! I gave up on CNN years ago, but MSNBC from 4 on was decent - I rarely watch Nicolle anymore. Avoided all of it today knowing the hypocrisy over the Biden pardon would be off the charts and they can all go fuck themselves.
I turned off CNN a while back because it was all whataboutism. I turned off MSNBC after the election. I’m feeling much better. I’ll watch News Nation, but in short bursts. That’s it for me. AP, NPR, BBC, & independent. US MSM is terrible.
I am happily no longer watching the predigested and regurgitated repetitive nonsense presented by corporate media. I haven't watched any of it in months.
That's just too bad, that's why they're bleeding out of viewer cause they keep worshipping djt. Look at all the shit he Pardoned. How can this country allow a racist felon to have the strongest position in this country?? POS
I love how these corporate media outlets are always on the same page, reading the same talking points. MSNBC, CNN, and FOX also stayed on message against Vice President Harris. Independent media is the next frontier.
Well I stopped watching You too, you have nothing done for the people make shitloads of money with basically the same Rant 3 x a day. You are happy Trump won otherwise you would be out of a Job !
Next to becoming a Democrat in 2015 after being a life-long Republican, ditching corporate media (MSNBC for me) was the best political decision I’ve ever made. It’s stressful enough without those idiots adding to it with manufactured Biden drama and their normalization of an aspiring fascist
The Trump family enriched itself in office and he promises to pardon people who tried to overthrow an election. Joe Biden loves his son. His remaining son. Who lost his mom as a very young child.
I haven't for years because it's depressing, they barely show good things. Unlike other countries, and they have gotten to far from helping regular American people for profit and fame. Hence I watch medias! And other reputable channels.
Rachel puts things in historical perspective, a valuable skill no other anchor can match. But they need to talk about something other than the Criminal In Chief. If they’d spent more time on Biden’s accomplishments and less on the outrage du jour we might not be in this mess now.
I just checked AP News website for the first time today, and saw 3 different stories on Hunter. I don't remember any major news headlines on 45's campaign promise to free all the insurrectionists.
How soon they forget when Turnip-boy will pardon the Jan 6ers. But from what I'm reading -- internal people are getting worried this wont happen now as hes been very quiet abut this and not mentioned it at all.
Enough with this double standard. If left leaning media holds democrats to a high standard and lets the right squander this democracy into into the ground, you’ve lost a viewer.
I know this sounds like a tempermental 3 year old, but I hate corporate media!!!
They sanewash, bothsidesism, omit, distort, false equivalate, totally deceieve the public. I am eternally grateful for MTN, and other pro-democracy podcasts, where truth, facts matter.
I cut cable years ago, I do catch the occasional bit from CNN or MSNBC,or the like but it's pretty rare, TBH I probably seen more John Oliver than that
I'm with you on this. And when I say I'm done, there is no going back for me! I sleep better, and my blood pressure doesn't spike anymore since I shut down all MSM on 11/5th.
Happy to hear it! Life is just getting shorter here in the gray haired neck of the woods and I’m not interested in wasting any time on lies, misinformation and disinformation, propaganda.
I'm in the UK. Did the same about six months ago, my mental health has improved immeasurably. Anything that requires my attention will fall through the letterbox. #NoMsM
That's the real reason they want to shut down Tic Tok and the Democrats also want to. Like they do not want to audit the election. Dems fight just hard enough to lose.
Rachel Maddow gave an update in her show tonight about what’s happening in the NC legislature.
Her coverage of President Biden’s pardon of Hunter was brilliant!
They have been. I guess most people watched MJ, so it’s understandable they don’t trust MSNBC. I never watched him, it was obvious he was full of it. He liked to hear himself talk, no real substance or integrity.
That’s why I don’t watch corporate media shills anymore.
Why I unsubscribed from NYT, WAPO, and local paper.
I’m much better off finding trustworthy independent news on my own.
Rachel Maddow didn't bash Pres. Biden's decision once. She told a relatable story about Senator Hunt whose son had been arrested during McCarthy era. Republicans blackmailed Hunt and he ended up unaliving himself
Fareed Zakaria went bats*** crazy after wanting the US to look at mini-Trump Javier Milei’s economy in Argentina this past Sunday, and is excited Musk and Ramaswsmy’s DOGE the week before.
I'm overjoyed and more at ease not watching MSM. I'm getting more and more news from Bluesky. The result? I actually know MORE of what is going on in the world.
Simmons Research survey of 38 news organizations, BBC News was ranked the fourth most trusted news organization by Americans, behind CBS News, ABC News and The Wall Street Journal.
I do trust Rachel
I too was born WAY before the internet. I am able to distinguish fact from fiction. I read a lot; love my subscription to The Atlantic and follow several reliable sources on here. I’m not saying I believe everything on bbc; I just feel like we get more of a world view from them
I never cared for him. I’ve stuck with Wallace, Reid, Maddow, and O’Donnell and they’ve continued to speak facts, discuss all the l criminal appointees, agree with Biden on the pardon, etc. They never said we’d win the election, always stating it was too close, etc. But, MJ is a sell out for sure.
Have watched it very little… too bummed already about the election. I would be catatonic if I was watching it the last 3 weeks… caught snippets and had to turn it off.
The only msnbc i watched tonight was Maddow and she defended the decision. As she should have. Who derided him for this? What game are these folks not playing? Catch up.
Meidas touch made a blanket statement that all the networks derided Biden all day, heard bits of it and it seemed true. Caught Claire McCaskill at it. Brooklyn Dad had a bit to say, and there were others. But Rachel’s show was spot on pointing out the Trump/ MAGA hypocrisy. Psaki was fair too.
Valid point, but - if you look at this from someone less concerned with news, typical politically dissociated audience - this is exactly the impression they get, with the little glances they took at the “news” or “just headlines someone tweeted.”
So while blanket statements can be dangerous & (1/2)
unfair, this is something that warrants discussion.
The “nuanced distinction” that “not all are criticizing Biden” just doesn’t matter in today’s climate. Outside our echo chamber, average & low-information voters’ conclusion is: “Everyone from left to right are criticizing Biden.” (2/2)
I cut them out once I found this independent group. Yourselves and a big bunch of others like you. Thank you very much. Otherwise none of us would know wtf is going on.
Not watching anymore except Rachel. I can’t believe how silly they seem now. Most of these talking heads are mostly rich kids from elite colleges that have no clue what they’re talking about and the are wrong time and time again yet they make so much money!
Gave it up 10 years ago when they didn’t hold Trump accountable for lying. They gave him the mic because it boosted their ratings and never fact checked him hard.
We've seen this before.
Corporate Media digs for dirt on Joe Biden to amplify ad nauseum while practically ignoring Donald Trump's attempt to subvert U.S. democracy.
I knew cocaine induced arrogance and psychosis but I never thought I'd see such cruelty unleashed so a fat ass money laundering narco-terrorist could run out of his flop house
Trump = ratings. There isn't a damn person at any network who earns millions a year who actually really cares about marginalized folks and their struggles: the poor cannot buy the freedom that being a millionaire brings.
Do the rich owners & powerful interest groups have anything to do with the state of affairs in #msm where anchor/journalist/pundit high salaries & network ratings rely on (D) related stuff getting reported in negative light & (R)s get deliberately under-reported, under-scrutinized & downplayed?
ABC News tonight made a point of showing clips of Congresspeople (including Democrats) decrying the pardon and crying for limits to Presidential pardon power. They showed not one person who was in favor. Not one!
I’m not even watching Rachel Maddow and I liked her. Im sick of MSM. I can’t sit through the BS on MSNBC. I only watched a few shows, but they feel like fox news to me with their lies.
Yet Nicole had her on and knew exactly what her stance was. Nicole could have skipped it entirely because everyone else has covered it. She could have actually reported on real news that matters to our daily life, yet 🤷♂️
I love Nicole. Rachel Maddow did a great job on the subject. No bashing at all! She was basically telling people wringing their hands about it, to give her a break!
Also, she leads in her stories with historical context. I love the way she finds some parallels from the past and explains how it played out then and points out the similarities and differences to now. She’s must watch viewing every Monday for me.
I haven’t heard anything about bashing Biden because I stopped watching the news channels it’s so nice I just see and hear people saying good stuff about it and it’s nice 😊
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I get my “corporate media” “news” from #StephenColbert, #JimmyKimmel and #SNL. It’s much more enjoyable and honest than the traditional corporate news outlets.
She's tearing up the handwringers about Hunter. Finally. Is she the only one with guts?
George H.W. Bush pardoned his son Neil Bush for his role in the S&L scandals of the 1980s.
Nobody thinks those pardons defined either presidency.
Joe Biden's pardon of Hunter Biden won't either.
I hope Biden blanket pardons anyone the felon thinks is his enemy. No more witch hunt.
I wanted to tell them NOTHING because it's all CRAP.
MSNBC prime:
Joy Reid= Biden shld do MORE pardons! Jen Psaki= brief outline of pardon, rest of show, Trump picks. Maddow= scathing history acct of similar Senate R persecution scheme ending in D Sentor's suicide. O'Donnell=Trump picks take downs.
Yorker stuff.
As a white person, I want the “race lady” to keep me informed about things outside of my bubble.
I've not watched the news since November 6 and don't plan to ever again.
2. Got rid of Comcast altogether. So couldn't watch if I wanted too.
It's almost 2025. We have choices that we did not have in the 1990s.
We also need deep pocket allies who can buy off the megaphones of fascism and turn those swords to ploughshares.
Money makes government - we just learned it the hard way.
F-k CNN, MSNBC and Fox, those soul-less bastards.
👉🏼 Boycott. Then ratings tumble.
Let’s not forget the 🔵 audience numbers are just as big.
Watch/read 👇🏼 @meidastouch.bsky.social
and other outlets without this kind of f**kery.
The fourth estate needs a reset‼️
And maybe it should be matched by complaints that Trump gave his father-in-law a pardon, and an ambassadorship. For an actual crime with victims.
They sanewash, bothsidesism, omit, distort, false equivalate, totally deceieve the public. I am eternally grateful for MTN, and other pro-democracy podcasts, where truth, facts matter.
Now, everyone give a big round of applause for our Convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, known conman and charlatan President-Elect!
Could you tell me please?
https://www.justice.gov/pardon/pardons-granted-president-donald-j-trump-2017-2021#
N.C. is stripping their incoming Dems of their powers. That should be the main story.
Her coverage of President Biden’s pardon of Hunter was brilliant!
If they wanted my viewership, they would have done that before the election. Months ahead of it.
Why I unsubscribed from NYT, WAPO, and local paper.
I’m much better off finding trustworthy independent news on my own.
Fareed can eat shit
We only watch World News Tonight w/David Muir and #BBC for our news now
I’d trust Maddow before King Charles. 🤷♀️
I do trust Rachel
Doesn’t mean it’s accurate.
I’ve noticed everyone pointing fingers saying all news outlets except their chosen sources are biased.
I’m glad I was born before the internet so I developed skills and learned how history repeats.
So while blanket statements can be dangerous & (1/2)
The “nuanced distinction” that “not all are criticizing Biden” just doesn’t matter in today’s climate. Outside our echo chamber, average & low-information voters’ conclusion is: “Everyone from left to right are criticizing Biden.” (2/2)
Aiding and abetting not real good look.
🤔😏🤭
Corporate Media digs for dirt on Joe Biden to amplify ad nauseum while practically ignoring Donald Trump's attempt to subvert U.S. democracy.
Did you know that online they, like, monetize it?
Tell me more,Joe