Best defense against MSM playing both ways? Boycott...

[NRaleighLiberal]

Just today, lots of criticism against CNN and MSNBC hiring wingers, or giving soft ball interviews.

Turn it off and work to get others to turn it off. Flood the organizations with feedback.

It is simply all about a big audience and money. Selling ads.

Just turn it off!

A wide spread boycott is needed. Hurt them in the pocketbook.

[manor321]

1. Yes! It is the only thing they will pay attention to.

To me, only Rachel's and Lawrence's shows are consistently good.

Chris Hayes often does well. Most of the rest is garbage.

[Snotcicles]

2. I agree. Nicolle Wallace is getting better too. nt

[Sherman A1]

3. This is what I have done long ago and feel much better without their high pitched noise.

What they are doing is running with the Horse Race Narrative and in general go out of their way to create dramatic effects in order to keep eyes on the screen.

The narrative is designed to keep everyone worked up, agitated and distracted, worried that "their" candidate is up or down according to the polling and latest whatever. It is rarely if ever a discussion of the issues. It is offers a wide variety of what-ifs, conjecture and high pitched noise.

It goes like this......

This week She is up until there is a hiccup of some small issue blown way out of proportion in the Breathless 24/7 Cable Noise Infotainment. Next Week He's up and doing well in some obscure poll with 12 people and a cat responding, but Oh Noes, by week end a new face has entered the run and all the oxygen is taken out of the room. Followed by the discovery that as a child the fresh face pushed another kid in the hall way in grammar school so that will take several news cycles between the pharmaceutical ads to discuss. Week 4 She will make a strong speech and return to the top of the polling, but will it be enough to overcome the whispered stories of her 3rd cousin 14 times removed being addicted to Snickers Bars? In the meantime He will get tongue tied during an interview having not had enough sleep and there will be questions of his age and can he really serve? The Fresh Face will suddenly soar to the top on word of a fundraiser far exceeding its goals of $12.47.

Rinse and repeat but be sure to allow time for more ads for drugs we never knew we needed and the anchors hawking their latest books on The Crisis in the Media.

[pecosbob]

4. Cut the cable a few years ago...

don't miss it much and almost never have the urge to hurl things at my television any longer.