So I decided to watch the signing on msnbc via the web . Now, once again, I remember why I stopped

[peacetalksforall]

being sad about not watching tv anymore. Every moment that B Williams could work it in - he talked Republicans - how angry they are and how it isn't over and the lawsuits that will be filed.

I think the debate, war on health, war of dirty has just begun.

Back to Williams, ms, and the seven corporate networks -

What a plush job. As a blatant corporate Republican, Williams gets to state his personal grieveances under the guise of reporting the nations grievances. I depise the seven networks of corporate tv. It is even hard to justify the good guys who are paid by msnbc and allowed to bring another message. Between Maddow, Schultz, Olberman - that's only 15 hours a week - minus their off time and plus their special event time.

Just one of the seven Republican networks - msnbc allows 15 hours a week against 24 hours each day of people like Bryan Williams, Norah O'Donnell, Chuck Todd etcetcetcetc - who never shut up promoting Republicans. First they present the propaganda, then they spin it, then they attack.

Not one exclusive Democratic network among the seven Republican. What a democracy.

[Poll_Blind]

1. Yeah, I haven't watched cable news or news of any sort on TV for...

...years outside of special events. It's all online newspapers for me. They just do such a more thorough job, period, even with the bias that's inherent in any media.

PB

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I just tried it too online and David Gregory made me turn it off

What a right wing tool

[CakeGrrl]

3. Should've watched the CNN video stream. No VO commentary. n/t

[Warpy]

4. It's why my TV is adamantly tuned to TCM, Science, History, Link,

or any of the networks offering real entertainment or information. It is never tuned to any of the corporate propaganda channels, although I do confess I watched Michael Lewis flog his book for an hour on Bloomberg last week, the first 45 minutes worthwhile, the last 15 minutes fluff.

I finally got disgusted with corporate propaganda lying by omission at best in 2004 during the presidential campaign. I didn't want to know where the candidates were, I wanted to know what they were saying. I didn't care what the polls said, I wanted to know more about how the GOP was trying to rig the election.

The wonder is how little I've missed those perfectly coiffed but empty heads bleating the corporate line.

[FredStembottom]

5. In a related note:

I have discovered the sheer joy of seeing these things online through Whitehouse.gov or C-Span.

It's like being in the room! A free, adult citizen judging for himself.

And it makes anchor-blather seem like pure poison - no matter what bias their compulsive garbage might have!

My God in Heaven! This isn't Elementary school! Who the Hell are these self-appointed nannies ????????

They don't even seem educated!!!!!

I wish the big Networks a much-deserved and quick death.

[peacetalksforall]

6. I watched C-Span all day Saturday and I had the White House stream on

pre-signing, but both seemed to have a fixed, narrow camera view. I didn't know who they were clapping for when Dingel came in, though I did see a crutch or cane. I thought I might get more views at msnbc, but they didn't have any commentary on what we were seeing at the moment, just the employees big heads with moving mouths. They blustered right through Biden's speech until the last moment when they said they would switch over to hear the end of the speech. It was over. That was only their cue to stop. Stop spreading. Fear and hate and the mighty Republicans.

I saw two articles in my brief time on the net last night and this morning and many real people are warning about serious problems ahead for Repbulicans - so we better duck, then rise for the reconciliation points, then straighten out the war and the federal resrve and wall street. (The first thing they should do is rename it - the baron group honey pot).