The elephant in the room on MSNBC.

[La Coliniere]

Watching now, Michael Steele, Simone Sanders, Eddie Glaude, Conner Lamb, and Alicia Menendez were discussing what is “wrong” with American society and pondering what is the true cause of the alarming increase in political violence, what is wrong with the American character. They discuss this as if it’s a disease that has infected the entirety of our society. WTF! Why can’t they just tell the truth and outright identity the catalyst: it’s the goddamn Republican party and their cult like obedience to their cruel, corrupt, immoral crime boss and his ignorant ideas, racist world view and penchant for and advocacy of political violence, both in his rhetoric and political solutions. They tangentially address this reality, but have a difficult time being blunt. Thinking Maddow won’t be so cautious in her reporting of the weekend’s events.

[vrguy]

1. Their corporate overload

Won't allow them to do so, or they will get JoyReided.

[La Coliniere]

2. You nailed it.

[Skittles]

3. or Terry Moraned

yes indeed

[La Coliniere]

4. or Dan Rathered...back in the day

[Skittles]

5. yup

he was drummed out, indeed

[ShazzieB]

10. But Lawrence O'Donnell flays Trump to ribbons every night on his show!

He has shown Trump and his minions absolutely no mercy. Why would the "corporate overlord" give him a special exemption?

I can't help wondering if there is some other reason why some people on MSNBC are skirting certain issues. I dont know what it is, but could blaiming it on some "corporate overlord" be letting Steele and Co. off the hook too easily? Just a thought...

[tulipsandroses]

13. Well when you are given the spot of someone they drove out who was critical of trump, I doubt a new show wants to take

that risk. I think trump is genuinely afraid of Lawrence. He threatened to sue him before and backed off.


Rosie isn't the only O'Donnell Trump has had in his crosshairs. Last year, he quarreled with MSNBC's The Last Word anchor Lawrence O'Donnell, who criticized Trump's presidential candidacy and his "birtherism." On October 26, @realDonaldTrump tweeted: "I heard, because his show is unwatchable, that @Lawrence has made many false statements last night about me. Maybe I should sue him?"

O'Donnell responded on the air: "Donald Trump is never going to sue me for two with reasons. First, he knows he could never prove that a single thing I've said about him is untrue. And second, and this is by far the most important one, Donald Trump will never sue me because I know his big secret, his biggest secret and he knows that I know it. Donald Trump cannot afford to sue me. And he knows it."

We're still waiting to find out that secret. Trump hasn't sued.

https://money.cnn.com/galleries/2012/news/1206/gallery.donald-trump-lawsuits.fortune/6.html

[Bluetus]

11. Amd none of them have an ounce of integrity

I guess they have grown accustomed to those big paychecks.

[Magoo48]

6. Corporate media.

Manipulated, censored, withheld, and embellished by the morbidly wealthy, who own it all.

[BComplex]

12. Boggles the mind how so many people cannot see that!!! Que bono?

The wealthy owners of the media companies, and the right wingers, like themselves, that they promote through the ranks, have destroyed our democracy.

[ancianita]

7. Not all of MSNBC. Just usually on that show: they come up with a too-broad, inaccurate narrative about the country.

That's what they got wrong this time. And it wasn't their first time. Sure, we've accurately said that MSNBC has a corporate bias. But it's generally agreed that its prime time shows are not that.
But The Weeknight, so far, gets the meaning of what's happening on the ground wrong too often.
They've got that campaign(Sanders) and Republican (Steele) mindset that interferes with their reading of reality, imo.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

8. Did they even mention Gabby Giffords and Palen's target practice?

That primed the hate pump of the gun loving radicals.

[BigmanPigman]

14. MSNBC is almost CNN lite

Over the last 2-3 years. I do not watch either anymore and I unsubscribed to the WAPO and NYTimes as well.

The MSM is OWNED by greedy, unAmerican, corporate traitors who have their lips attached to tRump's ass. We had over 11 million protesters on June 14th. The MSM reports "tens of thousands" if they report on it at all. The only two reports I saw were when violence was involved. That says it all!

[SocialDemocrat61]

15. Ironic

Since Eddie Glaude is one of the things wrong with America. An elitist who encouraged people not to vote for Hillary Clinton.