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Why are CNN and GEM$NBComcast injecting Trump into the Democratic Party (Original Post) malaise Oct 2015 OP
For the same reason people in infomercials are always dropping things. rug Oct 2015 #1
Who knows? femmocrat Oct 2015 #2
The sell drama not information underpants Oct 2015 #3
Because they are the lowest form of infotainment a person can find on 500 channels. Rex Oct 2015 #4
Thomas Roberts was gushing about Trump going on redstateblues Oct 2015 #5
Because it's CrapNotNews. Dont call me Shirley Oct 2015 #6
To mess with voters' minds. Octafish Oct 2015 #7
well Robbins Oct 2015 #9
The question is, why do people watch this bullshit? Seriously. Stop Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2015 #8

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
2. Who knows?
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 07:34 PM
Oct 2015

And why did Tweety keep talking about the "lessons" of reagan for the first half hour of the 6 pm show?

Because they have to fill air time and they are all full of hot air.

underpants

(182,788 posts)
3. The sell drama not information
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 07:36 PM
Oct 2015

They are desperate to make this election less of a landslide like the last two

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
4. Because they are the lowest form of infotainment a person can find on 500 channels.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 07:39 PM
Oct 2015

Remember the 3:00am infomercials in the 1990s? YEP, CNN/Foxnews in 2015.

I'm sure there are bigger wastes of time than watching infotainment/tabloid punditry, but I would be hard pressed to think of what they are.

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)
5. Thomas Roberts was gushing about Trump going on
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:10 PM
Oct 2015

Saturday and how that's all anyone(esp. them) would be talking about. SNL is on NBC-Of course that's what they are talking about it. How dumb do they think we are?

Octafish

(55,745 posts)
7. To mess with voters' minds.
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:16 PM
Oct 2015

"Hmm. I wonder what...O'Malley/Trump...Clinton/Trump...Webb/Trump...Sanders/Trump...Chaffee/Trump would say?

Saves Trumps a lot of time talking, not that he ever says anything worth knowing, it's just that now we ASSOCIATE his blinking name with the DEM candidates and dilute their messages.

We live in MOCKINGBIRD times.

Robbins

(5,066 posts)
9. well
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:27 PM
Oct 2015

you know why i quit watching MSNBC after ed schultz was fired.I will turn on cnn for debate but not for their corporate boot lickers.

Guy Whitey Corngood

(26,500 posts)
8. The question is, why do people watch this bullshit? Seriously. Stop
Tue Oct 13, 2015, 08:23 PM
Oct 2015

watching. It's all bullshit. None of these people give half a fuck about you and I. Stop feeding the real life trolls.

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