CNN is still breathlessly reporting on Afghanistan for 15 mins opening at 7am

[boston bean]

Still going at it.

I understand it is an important story. But what about other news like the raging pandemic?

[pwb]

1. They lost me finally.

Almost two weeks without cable news opinion and thoughts. They have no news so they make it up. They all just copy each others nonsense. They are a joke really. One hour of news at night seems much better for my health.

[boston bean]

2. They went off it for 10 mins and are now back at it.

[True Blue American]

3. This is why

I switched to local news.

A funny, just switched on CNN, Olivia Troye, former adviser to Mike pence is telling how Stephen Miller and Trump slowed down the visa’s for 4 years. Some reality here. Brianna is pretty good about showing up BS! Her , Jon Avalon and Jim ACosta.

[boston bean]

21. That was after twenty full minutes of Afghan horror and Biden irresponsibility.

It need to be done hand in hand. Not twenty minutes top of hour and the 5 mins of some reality of how we got to the horror.

The media in this country sucks. They are making us all more stupid.

[True Blue American]

22. I agree with you 100%.

We do have a few that are not afraid to speak up, but this last 10 days has exposed those who just sensationalize

Jake Tapper and Mike Todd are the worst. Jake used to be a Democrat, Todd leans right..

[NCDem47]

30. THIS!!!!

I've noticed this in 2-minute or 20-minute segments. The whole Trump-Taliban deal/Bush-Cheney start and 20-year history is buried deeeeeep into the story. It's called context folks!

[LenaBaby61]

4. I'm glad that I don't watch too much so-called Liberal network news any longer ...

In fact I stopped a while back, as I get most of my new from many other sources.

But yeah, DeathSentence is out here willfully attempting murdering people in Florida with no-mask covid-19 mandates, and running for and raising monies all over this country to be president, and most in the so-called liberal press which isn't really liberal at all are but corporate and greedy for Ad dollars are just now starting to ask questions about his shady activities and if he has a possible connection to Regeneron, as in making monies off of it. Look at Rant Paul's lovely wife and her activities of purchasing stock in Gilead during the early Covid-19 days. I still don't understand why Rant Paul hates masks though And Greg Abbott wants to get back on HIS roll literally with Covid-19 murdering too, and now murderous ass in South Dakota Noem doesn't even care if her state is lit up like a roman candle with Covid-19 thanks to Sturgis, and I'm pretty sure she doesn't care about the disgusting sex-trafficking of those in Sturgis. Sex-trafficking and Covid-19 in South Dakota, and Noem probably couldn't be more proud of her RED and lit up on fire with Covid-19 state.

Nine Arrested in Sex Trafficking Investigation at Sturgis
Nine men have been arrested as the result of a sex trafficking sting operation during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

By Associated Press.

Aug. 17, 2021, at 5:03 p.m.

U.S. News & World Report
Nine Arrested in Sex Trafficking Investigation at Sturgis

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Nine men have been arrested as the result of a sex trafficking sting operation during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

The South Dakota U.S. Attorney’s Office said several law enforcement agencies were involved in the operation that began Aug. 6 and ended Aug. 12.

The men range in age from 22 to 54. Eight of the men are from South Dakota and are charged with attempted enticement of a minor using the internet. The charge carries a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison upon conviction.

One man from New York is charged with attempted commercial sex trafficking of a minor. That charge carries a minimum sentence of 15 years in prison upon conviction.

Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

And I thought that Christians didn't do this sort of thing, you know sex-trafficking little children

[Lovie777]

5. Quite a few republicans have been tagged with sex trafficking minors . . .

[LymphocyteLover]

18. #GOPPedoRing

check it on twitter

[Joinfortmill]

25. Remember Pizzagate? They are always projecting

[LenaBaby61]

46. Quite a few republicans have been tagged with sex trafficking minors . . .

Yes, but do you see it on the so-called liberal media but is really corporate media news though?

I remember when Al Franken was all over the news for that pic he took, and of course Dem big dogs rode him out on a rail. Same thing goes for Anthony Weiner, although I can see why he'd be big news because he did what he did with his SON by his side. Disgusting, so of course he had to go.

However, when I read about these GQP/US Taliban types with all of this sex-trafficking that's exploding onto scene. I have friends who still watch corporate news, and many of them tell me that they really don't see much about this when they watch the news. ALL of them to a person told me that they saw more of Cuomo and his all of his sexual harassment picadillo's et al problems non-stop partially because he's the governor of a huge state, but nothing about this GQP/US Taliban sex-trafficking stuff. tRump raped and or allegedly assaulted 26 or maybe more women and it's crickets on him, and that clown was president of these here United States, but it was balls to the wall on Cuomo cult leader tRump is still out there lying and having all of the super-spreader events he WANTS to, and many in the corporate media is trying to destroy Joe Biden with what I feel is ridiculous ferocity. Ron DeathSentence is out here willfully murdering folks and campaigning for president and that's just NOW starting to pick up steam, yet the many in the corporate media HAVE are continuing to try to murder Joe Biden. That flag-waving, fake Christian idiot Noem in SD has an over 200% increase in Covid-19 due to the super-spreader Sturgis event, yet many in the corporate media are still going after Joe Biden, although 37,000 people have made it out of Afghanistan.

[Thrill]

6. Media couldn't get Biden on anything else. They finally

have something. They aren’t going to stop that fast

[samnsara]

11. Nicolle Wallace called this. She said America would be thrilled with Joes choice...

...the media wont be. So I just turn the channel when the afghan news comes on. Its not changing that quickly anyway.

[True Blue American]

13. Nicole said

95% of the American people will be for Biden. 95% of the Press will be against him. So true!

[Demsrule86]

33. It won't work IMHO.

[malaise]

7. Went right back to ABCs coverage of the deaths and floods in Tennessee

Eff CNN - their agenda is way too obvious

[FBaggins]

8. Just hope that it doesn't continue for 444 days

This can get much worse (both in real life and as a proportion of the news)

[samnsara]

9. i dont have any emotional ties with afghanastan...I know there is chaos there

...but im more worried about the virus as Im sure most of America is.

[airmid]

10. I have turned them off. I have turned them all off and I am unlikely to bother

turning them back on. I read my news and my days go a bit better without the 24/7 news cycle blaring away.

[Demsrule86]

34. I turned off cable news and I felt much better. I read everything but I don't have it blaring

away 24/7. I have much more peace.

[True Blue American]

12. This is what the MSM

Have lowered themselves to.

But her emails by Eric Boehlert. Same story..

https://mobile.twitter.com/ericboehlert/status/1365077718279290884?lang=en

[Demsrule86]

35. I have always believed the media helped elect Trump in 16 ... they destroyed Hillary

Clinton's candidacy.

[True Blue American]

40. They also shoved the war on us.

Remember MSNBC fired Phil Donahue, one of their nest hosts because he refused to back the war!

[Deuce]

14. For them to constantly lead with Afghanistan is absolutely irresponsible IMO...

I feel the same away about certain so called news outlets now as I did during the start of the war in Afghanistan. They are failing to inform the American people of everything in the proper context.
JMO…

[True Blue American]

41. They are lying.

[left-of-center2012]

15. Cable news gets one story and beats it to death

🙄

[Joinfortmill]

26. I know. Dumber than doorknobs.

[sop]

16. The one thing they never discuss why the U.S. should still be in Afghanistan after twenty years.

Sure, they replay the same video of Afghanis hanging onto a transport plane, unfortunates being caned and shot by Taliban thugs, and the inevitable horrors that result whenever an occupying force leaves an unstable country to a bunch of repressive, religious zealots.

All of this is tragic, but it doesn't address the basic issue: the American public, from left to right, has been clamoring to get out of that perpetually war torn hellhole for two decades, and the only people who insist on staying are those corporate interests who stand to profit.

[fescuerescue]

39. Because victims dying today is far more newsworthy

than 20 year old policy decisions made by people long retired nor seeking election.

[True Blue American]

42. Andrea started with the same old pictures today.

[vercetti2021]

17. Let them beat a dead horse

Once we get all our people out and Afghani's out without issue. They can beat it to death all they want. Once Infrastructure is passed, it'll die off and Joe's numbers will go back up. I guess since Joe isn't a bumbling fuck idiot like Trump who made drama everyday, they need to desperately make drama. Well fuckers it ain't working!

[rockfordfile]

19. CNN is own by another company?

That has only $$$ agenda.

[LymphocyteLover]

20. NYTimes is just as bad--- their headlines scream out about how bad it is and Biden is to blame

nauseating

[True Blue American]

24. In the Eric article he

Exposed the NYT. They were calling Biden a failure. Biden cam out, announced how many thousands have been evacuated.

[LymphocyteLover]

45. Boehlert's piece? yeah, he's great.

[Demsrule86]

36. I cancelled my subscription to the New York Times...way to right leaning these days.

[LymphocyteLover]

44. Yeah, I canceled too... then my wife subscribed to see the cooking articles

[True Blue American]

47. Thumbs up.!

[ananda]

23. They are corporate and depend on ratings. BOYCOTT!

!!!

[Treefrog]

27. I tuned in at 9.

Started with Afghanistan, moving next to Covid, then the floods.

CNN.

[sarcasmo]

28. Did they mention the 30k people evacuated?

[sboatcar]

29. I don't understand why this is so baffling

There's lots of footage that keeps people glued to their tv. One thing people can't stop watching is awful things happening in countries that are far away. Its not controversial, it crosses party lines, and it keeps those viewership numbers high.

[Hoyt]

31. I keep seeing Covid, floods, hurricanes, etc. But, by all means, let's cover up the Afghan mess.

[Demsrule86]

38. How about telling the entire truth about the Afghan mess? I don't care what any of them say.

I am a Democrat and support Biden period. And I know that Trump made a bad deal. And I know exits from losing wars are not pretty...doubt it will affect elections much in the end.

[Hoyt]

43. I'm a Democrat too, 86, and want to see Biden win in 2024 and we keep Congress in 2022.

Right now, I'm not as confident as I was before Afghanistan blew up roughly a year before mid-terms.

And, there aren't many, if any, Democrats in Congress saying anything but, "Yeah, we need to pull out, but we need to do it right."

And Afghanistan is likely to impact the passage of current legislation.

[XanaDUer2]

32. I had to stop watching

for my mental health. It's been bad, and the news is making it worse, even MSNBC, minus Rachel and Lawrence. But I had to turn it all off.

I'm so worried about everything

[fescuerescue]

37. News is focused on stuff that is mostly new. I.e. New stuff.

The news outlets are probably thrilled that there is a new Disaster to report on, other than the Pandemic.

Pandemic is 18 months old

The Afghanistan pullout crisis is less than 2 weeks old. New footage is being generated continuously.

It's just the way the news works.

Once the Afghantistan tragedy becomes tiresome, they will switch back to the tried and true.

[True Blue American]

48. Yet they continue

To show the old. Things have changed drastically and are moving right along. Thousands have been evacuated.

[fescuerescue]

49. advertising $$$

[Hekate]

50. If this chaos at the airport continues, at this rate 100,000 people will be evacuated by August 31

Oh, the humanity!