CNN is covering Libya -- on the ground reporter. More than MSNBC has been

[gateley]

doing.

[upi402]

1. It's sad - have to watch that crap on CNN cuz that's all that's left

MSNBC is fluff and bullshit during the day -except for Ratigan. What's left for weekend...? Fox or CNN. Both are complete shit journalism.

[SheilaT]

9. I watch Rachel Maddow on

MSNBC.

She's not fluff or bullshit.

A few minutes ago I was briefly discussing the Madison Revolt with a co-worker, who asked the question, "And how much of that have you seen on the news?" I told her I wake up every morning to Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) and every evening after work watch Rachel, and since both of them were covering those stories in great detail, I barely noticed that they weren't being covered elsewhere.

I'm beginning to come to the conclusion that by ignoring most of the so-called main stream media and watching Rachel and listening to Amy and checking in with various blogs and sites like DU, one can be far better informed than by watching CNN all day.

[bobbolink]

13. Or, you can be poor and not hear a THING about it ANYWHERE.

[SheilaT]

19. I'm constantly surprised at how many people

who claim to be really, really poor still have a TV and cable.

[bobbolink]

20. Yes, that is the teaparty mantra. Is it OK with you that I wear shoes?

Oh, and I will also report that I have a coat. It was given to me, but I DO have a coat. Please pardon.

[upi402]

21. In the evening MSNBC rules! I agree 100%

I like 'em all in the weekday evenings, except Tweety smears liberals and swoon when neocons are on.

Amy Goodman and Juan can replace the daytime hosts on MSNBC (except Dylan) and raise their quality far beyond the Corporate News Network.

[sabrina 1]

2. They must have gotten the word that another war in an oil

producing country is about to begin. From early on, this was a fear and now, with all the 'ex-pat neo-libs' having taking over the rebellion, and Europe talking about ignoring the actual rebels' demands of 'no foreign troops in Liby', and planning an invasion, it won't be long before U.S. troops are there also.

I think Libya was on the PNAC list of countries to invade and 'democratize'. What a sad thing for the actual people of Libya, many of whom are now realizing how they are being used. They are facing a future that will look much like Iraq.

I remember in the beginning seeing so many comments from the real revolutionaries, before the outsiders took over, all saying the same thing 'We do not want foreign troops in Libya, we do not want to become another Iraq, brutalized and destroyed'.

But they don't get to speak anymore, their spokespersons now are the 'expats' who for years have been planning this. And it is THEY who are, conveniently, asking for 'help'.

[gateley]

4. They also had a story about Mubarak - being detained! Hadn't heard a peep

about that!

[Cleita]

7. They had extensive reporting last night on Al Jazeera

about that. Mubarak is also in the hospital for a heart attack that he suffered while he was being detained and questioned by some authority that has emerged in Egypt. His sons are being questioned too.

[sabrina 1]

10. I did know he was not allowed to leave the country and

was under house arrest a while ago. The Egyptian people had demanded that they get the money these people took from them, back. Their funds were frozen also, airc.

[Cleita]

6. I was talking to a nice guy at work today who was

a Viet Nam vet. He really hated what we did to poor farmers there. I asked him what he thought of Afghanistan and Iraq and he said we had no business in either place, then he added now we are going to take Libya because we want their oil. He shook his head.

[OHdem10]

3. CNN is known for their foreign coverage. and so they stay with

stories longer.

[gateley]

5. I just posted they also had a story about Mubarak being detained -- this is

NEW. I like all the political stuff on MSNBC, but I'd appreciate some news, too.

Yeah, agree w/you about CNN -- they often have coverage of stuff that MSNBC doesn't because they're running a repeat of Tweety or the other shows (all of 'em!) that are scripted before they go on -- they don't deviate at all. :(

[PufPuf23]

8. There was an interesting clip of a CNN reporting in Bahrain yesterday.

The CNN crew was tear gassed and went into villages and looked at birdshot and other wounds before being detained by Bahrain security.

CNN showed a snippit of the fence of the Command Center and mentioned that Bahrain was the headquarters for the Fith Fleet.

[Shagbark Hickory]

11. So what's going on in libya? Lemme guess.

The rebels are trying to gain their foothold.
The government forces are trying to regain their momentum.
Kadoofy offered a ceasefire but said he ain't steppin' down.
The rebels aren't accepting that because they want him out.

Does that about sum it up?

[gateley]

14. That wasn't my point. It was nice to see someone giving an update from the

scene - I think the first hand reports are always informative.

[Shagbark Hickory]

22. I wasn't suggest you were making any point. I was just asking what was going on.

[gateley]

23. Oh, well in that case, you pretty much nailed it.

:7

[DemocratAholic]

12. yes. i noticed that.

i have been watching more CNN recently. there seems to have been a change in their focus, they seem more focused on reporting actual news, although it is still a far cry from what it once was. meanwhile i have been watching less msnbc which seems to me a little bit too focused on politics and interviews with noise makers. their nightly political shows sometimes miss the days biggest news stories.

i haven't really watched enough of it to comment, but the few times i have seen Eliot Spitzer's new show, i did see a couple of interviews which i thought were rather interesting. he did an interview with Deval Patrick yesterday i thought was quite good, and a rather cerebral conversation. it was interesting to see two Democratic governors sitting down and talking to each other. i was really not happy about hearing about Eliot Spitzer doing a show when he first started, but he seems very competent and capable of having very intelligent conversation. He is a obviously very smart person.

Anderson Cooper is another story. i don't like the way he reports the news at all, sprinkled with provocative opinions and phrases like "keeping them honest."

Frankly, all I really want is just a straight news program. It's very strange you can't really get that on TV anymore.

[gateley]

15. I know -- straight, objective reporting has gone the way of the dodo. nt

[pokerfan]

16. I miss the Headline News Channel

and the News Wheel where a viewer could tune in at any time and, in 30 minutes, be as caught up as one can be in thirty minutes. No opinion, just news.

[joshcryer]

17. Al Jazeera is where it's at.

Watch it online streaming live.

[Cleita]

18. Exactly. I can't believe no one is streaming and watching. n/t