MSNBC is barely more than a political book promoting vehicle.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

Every single day they are promoting each other's books on this channel.

[VanillaRhapsody]

1. They also have commercials...several every hour in fact...

the horror!

[NM_Birder]

14. The whole morning "news" show is a Starbucks ad.

[VanillaRhapsody]

16. its been that way for quite some time...though I actually think it is not a sponsor of

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/msnbcs-morning-joe-is-no-longer-brewed-by-starbucks/

[The Wielding Truth]

2. Most all the books written by the hosts are to promote an open democracy so it's a good thing.

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They have broken and pursued many important stories that where not given the best attention on other stations. Getting out the national coverage of the pull out of troops from Iraq, the Trayvon Martin story, the Christy corruption, the nuns on the bus, the Michigan union busting protests - to name a few.

I can't say much against them unless it's when they lose their sense of "people over corporations" by airing Morning Joe and letting Chuck Todd spout off.

[AngryAmish]

19. This is the most facil thing I have read in a long time.

A giant corporation reinforces your prejudices then all of a sudden it is great.

Comcast sucks. They are predators.

Do you still think your daddy can beat up superman?

[The Wielding Truth]

27. Do you read whole posts or just the subject lines? Comcast is horrible. I agree, but MSNBC isn't.

[1StrongBlackMan]

3. Not just political books ...

but, yeah. I watch MSNBC every morning as I get ready for work, The other day I thought, "damn ... this is like watching the Book of the Month Club.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

4. I just so yearn for a legitimate, objective, news channel that I have developed

pet peeves like this one.

But maybe things are looking up as I was just reminded by another GD post that I now have Al Jazeera on my Time Warner Cable service. Robert Gates and his stupid MSNBC book tour this week has worn me out. So, I'm off to see what the world looks like from an Al Jazeera perspective.

[Cleita]

5. Well let's get rid of them so that all that's left is CNN and

*gasp* Fox.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

6. I am certainly not saying that, Cleita. I simply want news, not Andra Mitchell bullshitting with

her buddy Robert Gates all week. Frankly, I don't care what Gates has to say.

It's just a pet peeve, all this shameless self-promotion among this elite group of propaganda pushers.

[Cleita]

8. I apologize. I didn't mean to dump on you.

I like Al Jazeera too for straight news.

[bullwinkle428]

7. If you take Tweety out of the equation, I don't see any book-promoting that's

anywhere near an obnoxious level.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

10. Robert Gates face has been on my TV almost all day every day this week promoting

his stupid book.

I don't give a shit what he has to say and I'm tired of looking at him.

They ALL promote their books on MSNBC. All. The. Time.

[JaneyVee]

9. Reading and books are terrible.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

11. ETA: WHAT THE FUCK???

That is not what I fucking said and you fucking know it!\

I'll have you fucking know, ********, that my Kindle is full of fucking books!

[JaneyVee]

13. I know you didn't say it, I said it.

[Kurovski]

24. "fucking books"

I'm sorry, that just hit me as funny. I'm very immature.

[ChisolmTrailDem]

26. LOL, actually I don't have any books about fucking. There's probably some

fucking going on in some of them though.

[Atman]

12. Here is what is really sad...

It is STILL the only channel that I find offers any semblance of real news.

I'm sorry, I cannot abide by the food and fashions segments on CNN. I can't deal with Justin Beiber updates. Two minutes of the Today Show makes me vomit because of the perky bullshit diet segments. What's that shit on ABC? And if you think Fox & Friends is an option, you're higher than Joe and Mika on Starbucks crack. So what are my options? As a political junkie, MSNBC actually has real people on. It's not fashion, food or Justin Beiber.

Do I think MSNBC probably sucks? Yes. But MSNBC sucks with less teeth.

[Kurovski]

25. Maddow is still doing great work

Lottsa news.

I like some of the others, but they can get...repetitious. That's ok. As background to the daily grind.

But I always catch/watch Maddow.

Aren't you glad I told you?

[Yavin4]

15. That and Prison Porn n/t

[hfojvt]

17. isn't that often

part of the Daily Show?

[liberal_at_heart]

18. I don't watch MSNBC anymore. They are profit driven just like any other network.

I occasionally watch Al-Jazeera and BBC News. They are much better than any other cable news.

[AlinPA]

20. Those cable "news" channels are pretty much all garbage. Nearly all the hosts and anchors are

idiots calling themselves "journalists".

[AngryAmish]

23. I can't watch the BBC rape factory.

[MoonRiver]

21. I've noticed this for years and it infuriates me.

Joe, Mika and Tweety were initially the worst. Now everybody is jumping on the bandwagon.

[bobclark86]

22. Umm... you know it's ALL of the stations, right? n/t

[MFM008]

28. and i dont buy any of them.

my mom got one by Ed Schultz.... thats it.

[DFW]

29. I was just at MSNBC last week, and saw not one host's book being promoted

At least the program I was at (a friend is part of the panel), not one of the hosts pumped a book of theirs. In fact, I don't know if any of them have even written one.

Now I don't usually get American TV, and don't even get to see much of it when I'm in the States (like now), but since my friend is part of one of their shows, she invited me to the studio to see it done live. The people there are really nice, and all seem to love what they are doing, even the support staff, and the EP is one cool guy.

Bonus note--I did walk past the room where Ed Schultz was getting his hair done in prep for his show, but was told he does not like to have his thoughts interrupted prior to going on, and didn't want to talk to visitors while prepping, so I didn't say hi. Biggest regret, of course, was not being able to stick around for Rachel. Next time!!!