Please do not post what CNN said. We don't give a shit unless its positive!

[FrenchieCat]

[bushisanidiot]

1. here here!!!

:)

[cwydro]

24. I think you mean

hear hear!!

[bushisanidiot]

27. yes yes!

.

[cwydro]

32. woot!

:bounce: :dem: :dem: :kick: :thumbsup: :hi:

[grannie4peace]

2. i love you- thank you for those phone #'s yesterday

i called them all today :):):) msnbc was changed to 212 664-4444 grannie:):):)

[FrenchieCat]

4. It's important to call them!

and the write to them.....

but not to watch them.

[Joe the Revelator]

3. What did they say?

This thread is counterproductive because now I'm really curious

[grannie4peace]

7. cnn was a real person & she just put up with it

at first you get a recording telling you that they will not respond to what you say except to acknowledge your statement. msnbc was a recording i didn't call faux 'cause i hate them & couldn't force myself to call.

[LSparkle]

5. LOVE your sig line! That's OUR TICKET!

The smartest MFers in the MFing room!!!!

[endthewar]

6. Some people want to be aware of what the coverage is like

Like it or not, but this is what we will have to deal with when we talk to people about politics.

[grannie4peace]

10. you can't talk to someone about politics if you don't have accurate information

[endthewar]

15. Agreed. Can't fix a problem if you don't know it exists.

The take-home message so far is that the media is over-hyping the Obama-Clinton rift, so no doubt the Clinton supporters will be swinging Obama's way as the general election proceeds.

[FrenchieCat]

11. Coverage sucks. I can tell you without watching....

Watching pays their salaries so they can continue to suck at the risk of our democracy.

Have fun with that.

[endthewar]

18. Switching between CSPAN and MSNBC

The music is cool, but I'd rather hear Olbermann and Maddow in between the speeches. :patriot:

[endthewar]

20. Maddow is crushing Buchanan right now and the live crowd on MSNBC is loving it.

It's pretty hilarious right now. :rofl:

[bidenista]

8. "we"? who made you class president?

Those threads save me watching the garbage for myself, while still keeping me informed of how things are being spun. I appreciate them.

[FrenchieCat]

12. We is not you.

how's that?

[bidenista]

19. not really enough

I think better would be "we is FrenchieCat". You don't have a mandate to speak for all DUers, as several responses on this thread show.

[grannie4peace]

14. you can still call & complain

[DevonRex]

9. They're just as bad as Fox and I'm boycotting them. Sad to miss

Jack Cafferty, but hey.

[FrenchieCat]

13. Yep. Dem the breaks!

[endthewar]

22. MSNBC is okay when they have Olbermann and Maddow on

Those two would fight for Democrats until hell freezes over, then they'd fight on the ice. :rofl:

[Catherine Vincent]

16. I'd like to hear some of what the idiots are spewing.

Even though I'm cspaning, I'd still like to hear. You never know, someone could get challenged to a duel. :)

[endthewar]

25. Rachel just got done putting the smack down on Buchanan.

And it's a very liberal crowd they have cheering her on and booing / laughing at Buchanan. :rofl:

[maseman]

17. No offense

but don't tell me what to post. Sometimes things need to be posted for whatever reasons. You have a tv clicker and can turn it off. Just like you can not read a thread.

[musicblind]

26. my thoughts exactly n/t

[Jakes Progress]

21. Positive or Negative. Don't let them play you.

Play it straight and ignore the main stream, republican controlled media. Praising them when you agree and damning them when you don't paints you as unreliable. The mainstream media is playing us for all its worth. Stirring up discontent and then putting it on the air to stir up more. Stop letting them use you.

[Metric System]

23. Over at MSNBC, Chuck Todd writes this:

"Beginning Tuesday night and extending at least midway through Wednesday, you’ll have to forgive those of us in the media if you hear us humming the song “You’re So Vain.” The Clintons will probably think this convention’s about them."

Ugh. Maybe it's the media that's making the convention about the Clintons? After all, Hillary is only one but many speakers tonight. Bill is only one but many speakers tomorrow, and he's not speaking in primetime. The media's coverage has been horrible. I've mainly been watching CNN but I'm not sure why I bother since all I see is their stupid talking heads instead of the people speaking on stage. For example, when the female Senators were each taking their turn to speak at the podium earlier this evening, CNN only showed a couple of them. So Chuck Todd, would that be the Clintons' fault? Are they preventing CNN and other networks from actually covering other speakers? The networks are too interested in focusing on their talking heads and their talking heads are too interested in pushing the Democratic division meme.

[sniffa]

28. Ok, I get it

You're better than everyone in that you don't watch corporate, media whore cable news.

It only took me your 20th post on this to get it, but maybe your 100th post will finally sink in for others.

[LittleClarkie]

29. Taken to using the royal we, Frenchie?

Or did you take a poll?

[vaberella]

30. Thank you. I accidentally went there and almost barfed. Fuck Carville!!! n/t

[vaberella]

31. dp

[Common Sense Party]

33. No coverage will ever be 100% positive. To expect ONLY glowing

coverage is unrealistic and childish. That would be unfair and unbalanced.

We should also hear what parts don't go over well, so we can refine how the message is presented. We also need to know how the media is spinning the message so we can prepare counter-messages.

[FatDave]

34. Frenchie, I respect you very much

But I disagree with you here. It's important that we know what's going on. To ignore the negative is to bury our heads in the sand. I'd prefer to know what they're saying so that I can refute the lies.

I understand where you're coming from, but it isn't for you to decide what can and can't be posted on DU. Ignore the threads if you don't want to know what they're saying on CNN/MSNBC/Fox.

Edit to add: You've also got the greatest avatar EVAR!

[Monk06]

35. You seem to be under the impression that DU is your personal soapbox. It's not