WTF is wrong with msnbc? They're attacking Beto.

[nolabear]

He’s not in the gutter. He moves his hands funny. His “I was born” comment (utterly out of context-he prefaced it by saying he was born to SERVE) he’s too aspirational...I watched his feed from the coffee house this morning. He was wonderful. I am favoring Joe at this point but Jesus Christ. Beto is marvelous!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. The media enjoys the conflict.

[nolabear]

2. I guess it's as simple as that. And to think I once aspired to be a journalist.

[Nanjeanne]

11. Journalism is way different than anything on MSNBC. It once was a really important profession.

[Sneederbunk]

12. He scares the media establishment.

[SharonClark]

3. And now on Andrea Mitchell...

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...Phil Rucker said Hillary was unlikeable and, as a result, people voted for Trump.

Rucker knows better than that. Hillary got 3 million more votes than Trump. Trump is the epitomy of unlikeability.

[nolabear]

4. It's gonna be a loooong primary season. I fear they'll damage good people

for their blood sport.

[getagrip_already]

6. it isn't msnbc, it's mitchell....

She hates the clintons. She blames them for the purge at npr that cost her a senior position there.

MSNBC has been very complimentary of beto all morning. Once mitchel came on though the long knives came out. She just doesn't like democrats any more.

But it has been a pretty beto rich environment all day. Between beto and biden, few other candidates have gotten a mention.

[marylandblue]

7. Trump is not unlikeable for a certain crowd.

Not my cup of tea, but every bully has a crowd of onlookers cheering him on.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Rucker the Trump Stooge

and author of so called false leaked stories? He gives Habberman a run for Yellow Journalism.

[marylandblue]

5. Beto needs to control the narrative using Twitter and cultivating the media

As Trump does. 280 characters isn't much, but it allows an unfiltered message. Cultivating the media, telling them a good story they want to cover gives you better coverage. Obama did it. Trump does it. Beto needs to do it.

[mn9driver]

8. He is the target this week.

I noticed a surge of critical articles a few days ago from the NYT and other sources. It seems coordinated.

[dalton99a]

10. Young charismatic white dude vs. decrepit demented con man

Gotta make it a race. Fair and balanced, fair and balanced