There is a new "parody" twitter account that frames MSNBC as "Fox News for Centrists".

[lapucelle]

The account belongs to a "comedy nerd" who appears to think that MSNBC functions as a quasi-propaganda outlet for the DNC much in the same way that Fox serves that function for conservatives/Republicans. Hence the parody account's name MSDNC.

Given the impact that social media has had on shaping the narrative and influencing young and new voters, I don't find this particularly helpful.

[UniteFightBack]

1. I don't think it's supposed to be helpful. nt

[ooky]

8. Helpful to spreading right wing propaganda.

[UniteFightBack]

9. That's what I'm thinking although I didn't really check it out. nt

[silentEcho]

2. I see too many parallels to the right with the extreme left.

[George II]

3. It's taking a gratuitous shot at 60-70% of all Democrats.

[NurseJackie]

4. That's exactly right. I see it as whining and a smear from the fringe.

[Skidmore]

14. Agree. nt

[hunter]

5. Television news and opinion is crap.

I quit about ten years ago. No cable, no satellite, no broadcast.

My own politics are practical, closer to Nancy Pelosi or Kamala Harris. I don't like Bernie Sanders and green party nitwits irritate the hell out of me.

My own personal political views are considerably to to the left of the Democratic center, and I'm a bit of an extremist about environmental issues, but I look forward to a U.S.A. where the Republicans Party is dying and irrelevant.

[lapucelle]

10. I like the aggregate site "memeorandum" because they link to coverage of the same issue/event

from a variety of sources, so you can actually discern "narrative framing" versus news.

I also still like the old-school CBS Evening News, the BBC, and French newspapers like like Le Monde and the Nouvel Observateur's magazine.

I work voter registration drives, and I always recommend On the Issues for an objective analysis of a candidate's record/stances.

I am very wary of social media news sources.

[blogslut]

6. Meh

The account doesn't have that many followers. I wouldn't worry too much about its effect on the masses.

[lapucelle]

11. It's being linked to in some very surprising places. N/T

[blogslut]

12. Oh well.

Look, I would love to say more about who I'm sure is behind this account and the other one with a similar name, but that belongs in the Primaries forum and I don't like to go there.

My name is Paul and that's between y'all.

[Me.]

7. I Wish It Were So

But given the likes of Hayes, Williams, Reid, all their road warrior hosts (it the democratic party kasie, not democrat), Nicole and regulars like Heileman, J. JOhnson, Goldberg and so on and so forth, it could've been that other station.

[Hortensis]

13. There is no low for these people, not even being willing to help

the Republicans destroy progressivism itself under the delusion and/or pretense, as they've often imagined publicly, it'll take down the Democratic Party. After all, we're really just like the Republicans, not enough difference to matter, and LW True Believers are America's only hope.

MSNBC's management is committed to electing Republicans, and MSNBC's Kool-Aid is as designed to further that as Fox's, just more subtly for different audiences. We know that.

We also know that MSNBC, CNN, Fox, the NYT, AP, Russia and many others all use the far left as a weapon against the Democratic Party.

[lapucelle]

17. The claim that "MSNBC's management is committed to electing Republicans" is incompatible

with the claim that "MSNBC is the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party/DNC".

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, but I am disagreeing with the framing of MSNBC as the DNC's propaganda / party line mouthpiece.

If you get your news from Democratic Twitter accounts, then you might well think that the biggest “scandal” in American politics right now is the Republican Party’s war on the middle class.

snip===========================================

It is not MSNBC’s job to promote the Democratic Party’s economic message. And the Mueller investigation is an important and fascinating story that’s tailor-made for television news. It would not be realistic for Democrats to expect any for-profit media company to prioritize conveying its preferred political narratives over covering the most sensational events of the day.

And yet, Republicans do get that courtesy from the nation’s most-watched cable news channel. Fox News puts the GOP’s messaging needs ahead of maximizing eyeballs: When big breaking news about the Mueller investigation reflects poorly on the Republican president, Fox lets its competitors own the day’s top story.

This puts Democrats at a profound structural disadvantage — especially in the war for the hearts and minds of working-class white voters in the deindustrializing Midwest.

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/the-democratic-party-has-an-msnbc-problem.html

[Hortensis]

20. "disagreeing with framing of MSNBC as the DNC's

propaganda / party line mouthpiece."

Absolutely.

What works against the Democratic Party for the dissident left so often also works for the Republicans and Russia. And vice versa. Just coincidence that they're all singing in harmony at the same time.

[sheshe2]

15. Ugh. I went there.

Not hard to see where this going.

[highplainsdem]

16. That account calls Hillary Clinton a Republican.

Link to tweet

[lapucelle]

18. Of course it does. And unless we have one very specific ticket, it will probably say the same

of our 2020 nominee.

[Gothmog]

19. The person doing this blog is not funny

This site is very lame

[lapucelle]

21. Aren't parodies supposed to be clever and funny?

More stylings from the "comedy nerd" behind the account.

[Gothmog]

23. Yes

This site is not funny

[betsuni]

22. Perfect for the Russians.

Sure it's very popular at JPR. For all the idiots who believe the DNC is a large powerful wealthy entity that can rig elections and have people murdered and make everybody say their diabolical propaganda, but never ever ever mention the RNC, which is an office somewhere where its staff occasionally goes when there's some paperwork to do and emails to send out.

[Gothmog]

25. JPR has a ton of Russian trolls posting there

I remember there being a dozen or so Pizzagate threads on that board at one time. It was really sad

[Gothmog]

24. This site is so bad that it reminds me of the Doonesbury cartoon about conservatives and satire

Conservatives are bad at satire. This site is so weak and unfunny that it reminds me of this cartoon

[VOX]

26. Humor FAIL. Talk about a niche demographic.

Straight into the flush file with this.

[stonecutter357]

27. lol fail !

[KG]

28. I lulz'd