MSNBC needs to do more reporting

[gopiscrap]

about politics than this hurricane

[UTUSN]

1. Yip. We go to certain places for certain things. Fer-gudness-sakes, Chris HAYES is "reporting"

on the hurricane physically/personally. I've already left myself open for dissing his cred for this event (or *any*thing!1 )

[EffieBlack]

2. Are you serious?

[gopiscrap]

6. yes I am...nothing is more important than politics

the only thing I want to hear about the hurricane is if it weakens trump and the republicans.

[uppityperson]

7. You don't want to learn about those impacted or warnings for those about to be? Just politics?

[gopiscrap]

8. basically all I want to know about the hurricane is if some situation comes out of it

that the Democrats can use to stick it to republicans

[uppityperson]

10. So, fuck the people unless there's some political use?

Wow

[gopiscrap]

12. gotta win elections first if you want to help people

I am all for funding and rebuilding specially if it's at the Democrats initiative because that would help win elections

[uppityperson]

13. No one should get any help unless it's for political use?

[RhodeIslandOne]

22. Are you a serious poster?

I've long read your posts and thought there was something off about you. This confirms it. Disgusting.

[shraby]

16. I beg to differ. I have relatives in Florida and want to keep on top of what

Irma is doing. MSNBC is reporting live about it.

[Freddie]

27. My son is in Florida

Just evacuated to Orlando safely from the W Palm Beach area. MSNBC has excellent coverage and I'm very grateful, watching it now.

[RhodeIslandOne]

21. WTF?

You need help. People are going to fucking die because of this. Get a goddamn grip.

[demmiblue]

30. I would type what I am thinking, but I don't want to get my post hidden.

[Doreen]

3. I missed 6:00 Rachel and will have to watch 9:00.

She usually does good about taking care of discussing politics even though there is something else going on.

[chillfactor]

4. This hurricane is like something never before seen.....

I for one am enjoying the coverage on MSNBC..if you don't like, use your remote and change the channel..problem solved. BTW, Ari just did a very good report on politics.

[gopiscrap]

5. the whole show should have been

about politics

[greyl]

18. You might not grasp the enormity of what Irma has done and is going to do. nt

[eShirl]

23. Hurricane Andrew had a huge impact on politics

and this one is bigger than Andrew.

[NightWatcher]

9. Thank you for your warmth. Politics won't destroy anyone's homes this weekend.

I hope you never fall to a natural disaster. They suck.

[gopiscrap]

11. one of the reasons why repukes win elections is they

aren't sentimental...if we want to help folks we have to win first that means staying focused on politics at all times and totally devastate the repukes no matter when where or how

[uppityperson]

14. You seem to be saying help no one unless it's for political gain, and don't focus on helping

people in urgent need because we have not won yet.

I hope you are never in a disaster. If you are though, I will help regardless of whether or not it helps politically.

[shraby]

17. This is exactly the attitude we don't like about the republicans.

[YourKillinMeSmalls]

15. Obviously, you do not have a home or loved ones in the path of the storm. nt

[Solly Mack]

19. Hurricanes, natural disasters, are political. Socio-economic, socio-political.

Politics plays into infrastructure maintenance and construction, regulations for building codes, how communities are shaped. Where the good zip codes are as opposed to the so-called bad zip codes. How that impacts jobs, types of housing, jobs, schools, emergency services - all political.

Highways, evacuation routes, shelters, preparation... funding - both state and federal.

How poverty can and does determine who will survive because of the necessary resources needed to just up and go. Wealth disparity plays into this. Low wages, lack of jobs, lack of affordable - and decent - housing. All political.

Healthcare - can you afford your medicines and pay for gas and lodging if you evacuate? All political. Because your state government could be one that works to keep the economically depressed ...depressed. So could your federal government.

Will shelters have needed resources to handle medical emergencies? That includes laws, regulations, education, the effects of poverty - all political.

There is no aspect of a natural disaster that isn't political because they involve people - their lives, their homes, their jobs, the environment, infrastructure, etc.. How resources are distributed prior to the disaster impacts how much resources are available during the disaster, and all too often, after the disaster.

Recovery is political. Otherwise, why would there be fights to get needed funds to rebuild? Help and rebuilding should be a no-brainer.

Much like equality and opportunity should be a no-brainer. Yet they are not.

Why? Because of socio-politics, socio-economics. Economics is political. Social issues are political. Governing, which determines how well/poorly both state and federal react to a disaster, is political.

Even if you remove your own personal concern for the well-being of people out of the equation, as you have done - a hurricane is STILL political.

[Lars39]

24. Thank you, Solly Mack!

that would make an excellent OP!

[Raine]

20. Geesh there are things more important then politics

: if they talk about anything other then the hurricane they should be talking about global climate change which is connected to the hurricane) a subject that seems to be taboo on the networks!

[gopiscrap]

28. that would be fine with me because it is political

and makes the repukes look bad

[MineralMan]

25. Silliness! Politics will still be around on Monday.

Parts of Florida may not be. News is about what is actually happening that affects people immediately.

Go watch a college football game or something, please...

[Skidmore]

26. And this thread

is being trashcanned for being asinine and as ton deaf as anything Trump could come up with.

[TDale313]

32. Yep. N/T

[Not Ruth]

29. Those crossover SUVs must bug you

[TDale313]

31. Bullshit.

Lives are at stake. They are a cable news channel. This is a huge national story. Turn the channel if you don't like it.

BTW, this story you don't think they should be covering so much has huge political implications.

[jodymarie aimee]

33. media is batshit crazy

like lemmings....24/7 .....

[cyclonefence]

34. You're pissing a lot of people off

but I kind of agree with you. It is important to know about the hurricane, but both CNN and MSNBC have reported on nothing else during the hours last night and this morning I've been watching.

Of course this hurricane is monumental and worth reporting on thoroughly, and it's important to get information out to the public about what's going on and what they should be doing to protect themselves and their loved ones. Of course we are worried sick about friends and relatives who are in danger, and we want to know where the hurricane is heading and how much damage it's likely to do.

But. This nonstop reporting from people riding around in cars showing us boarded-up buildings and people standing on the beach telling us how windy it is cannot be all that helpful. Couldn't cable news devote, say, 15 minutes of each hour to mentioning other news, including political news? Has NK launched another missile, for example? It seems to me that cable news is exhausting themselves to find things to broadcast about Irma--and again, I'm all for massive coverage of this terrible disaster--to the point of showing a lot of "filler" material that is more noise than signal.

Let the brickbats fly!

[gopiscrap]

36. exactly

[RhodeIslandOne]

37. The poster has made it clear he doesn't even care THAT much n/m

[MichMary]

35. If anything--

--this Harvey and Irma will probably help the GOP. Scott is looking good. Doing everything possible to get everyone out who wants to go--using school and city buses, getting gasoline in, keeping the stations open as long as possible by promising police escorts for station employees, getting hotels to waive no-pet policies, etc., etc., etc.

If the Rs can handle the aftermath as well as the preparation, this will not be a situation where the Ds will benefit (unlike Katrina.)

Sorry to burst your bubble.

[Jamaal510]

38. If you're really

craving political news, you can always look online or pick up a local paper.