CNN Ratings Crash Further in May - MSNBC Down Big Too!

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  1. FreshAir

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    Trump is bad, anyone can see that, yes, some false accusations have been reported, but sadly most is true

    sure much false has been reported about Hitler too, doesn't make all the bad he did go away - Trump will never be a full blown Hitler, but he has the personality for it imo if conditions were right
     
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    90million people pay about a dollar per month for access to CNN. Nowhere near that many watch it. If you have cable or satellite TV, you're paying them.

    This article is outdated, but it shows that you're paying for stuff you don't watch or support. Sorry that I couldn't find something more recent.

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    Well, I think it's more that the issues he's pushed since being elected just are not popular. He tried to get gop senators to cut their state's Medicaid, and as the Obama dems (and Reagan) warned …. cutting middle class entitlements isn't popular. Trump campaigned on everyone getting BETTER HC, not LESS HC. LOL

    The one thing he's gotten are two tax cuts for the .1% that are generally unpopular, and he ran on middle class tax relief.

    HIS ONLY issue is immigration - legal and illegal. And he knew early on that - no Wall no reelection. He tried trading DACA for the Wall, but Coulter said NO. So he's left with trying to show his base he's "fighting" for their wall too keep out the brown hordes. Even though odds are the courts will not let him reappropriate money, and he'd never get a final decision until his tax records are disclosed, and even then … good luck with the condemnations and compensation to individuals.

    For anti-Trumpers …. there's no news. He's not getting kicked out of the WH, and his tweets are entertainment aimed at white people who feel disenfranchised. His base apparently finds that hugely entertaining.

    The people my wife and I know just have online news subscriptions. And there's 5 free a month from others, with the Week Atlantic Nation all free online. Cnn and Msnbc are boring.

    And Netflix is awesome. LOL Barry's great. Bad Blood looks good. Got Fosse/Virdon on demand. And the odd book. (-:
     
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  4. FreshAir

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    yes, most Americans do not want to cut social security or medicaid, especially when your talking about giving the rich more huge tax cuts

    dems were willing to give Trump wall money for DACA, then Trump backed out

    he saw DACA as a win for dems, and Trump wants to be the only winner, that is not how deals work, both sides need to be able to come away winners - Trump doesn't know how to deal, his ego is too fragile

    "Trump campaigned on everyone getting BETTER HC, not LESS HC. LOL"

    then we saw the real "TrumpCare" plan that not even all republican could support
     
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    Get used to it.

    Obama's flag pin.
    Obama's terrorist fist bump.
    The color of Obama's jacket.
    Obama is a Muslim terrorist.
    Obama is a Christian terrorist.
    Obama is a secret beer drinking Muslim.
    Obama was born in Nigeria.

    Crap gets reported when you are President. Most Presidents aren't so thin skinned that they even notice it. Trump has to bark at every other dog on the block because he's so incredibly insecure.
     
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    don't forget the calls to impeach Obama

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    "Crap gets reported when you are President. Most Presidents aren't so thin skinned that they even notice it. Trump has to bark at every other dog on the block because he's so incredibly insecure."

    so true
     
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    CNN Ratings Crash Further in May - MSNBC Down Big Too!

    I used to watch the news every day...I wanted to know what is happening in the world so I did quite a bit of research and paid close attention. I admit that Trump has done what he set out to do and burned me out to the point I no longer care. I now only watch local to see what is happening because I simply do not want to know the details of what is happening here and have lost all respect for the United States government at this point....I will start paying attention again a month before I vote or when we go to war.
     
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    I am amazed that Trump's Dwindling Number of "Supporters" continue to back that Draft-Dodging, America-Hating, Snowflake.

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    Puzzling?:smh:

    As far as CNN?

    The only group that seems to be obsessed with their ratings is the RW, nobody else even cares.
     
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    Don't forget "Michelle's" unfortunate bump.
     
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    As I said - stupid crap gets reported. Real Presidents shrug it off. Drama Queen Presidents like Trump freak out and have to bark back at every other dog on the block.
     
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    All politicians are pompous, and Trump is the worst of them. I care about policy though and on that front, I have a hard time disagreeing with Trump.
     
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    no one compares to Trump in that regard, even most republicans will admit that

    they said Trump would pivot when he became President, he didn't, he just is not up to the job

    Trump cares more about Trump then America, it's Trump first with Trump
     
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    I suggest you read about how Nielsen responds to payoffs and adjusts the ratings accordingly.The Indian government sued them a few years ago for rigging India's Tv ratings.
     
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    You think policy should come after perception?
     
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    This is why networks want to be on the basic tiers and not the tiers you pay extra for - they get money from every subscriber. The last I saw, which was several years ago, Fox Sports West was charging $2 per sub and Fox Sports West II was also charging $2 a sub. One channel carried the Dodgers, Clippers and Ducks, and the other carried the Angels, Lakers and Kings. But I believe Fox was on a voluntary extra tier you didn't have to pay for if you didn't want it.
     
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    Fox CNN and MSNBC are all part of the basic cable package usually.
     
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    It says a lot about the Trumpster mind, that it gives equal weight to the most inconsequential, and old stories.

    Not too surprisingly, many of them show the right wing obsession over angry white resentment and obvious bigotry (something that Trump promotes at every turn).

    Oh, and Trump did his level best to try and collude with Russians.

    He, and is business are up to their necks in Russians.

    Those are the facts, no matter how hard you push your fingers in your ears and sham your eyes shut!

    It was fun watching Kushner squirm when asked about it too.

    Russians claiming to be agents of a hostile government’s intelligence agency show up at your door with the clear intention of trying to influence the internal politics of the US, and you didn’t even think to report it??????

    Talk about willingness to collude. They had all hands on deck, including Manafort (who the Russians already owned).
     
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    You’d be surprised how many hotels across the South do not offer MSNBC at all.
     
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    Yep, and their abject lack of integrity and credibility is hastening their demise.

    Good riddance to bad rubbish...
     
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    Don’t worry, you still have Trump TV (the Ministry of Propoganda). And it isn’t as if you’re going to read anything when the news model on Fox and the ex disc jockey tells you what the man on the second floor wants you to believe.
     
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    I just find the MSM tiring in general because all day every day it's all about Trump in some way. CNN bashes him on an hourly basis for any and every little thing he does and Fox News spends half their time making fun of CNN and arguing with people who dislike whatever Trump happens to be doing at the moment. I used to keep Fox News on in the background as I went about my household duties but now a rarely turn on the TV. I wake up and check both Fox News and CNN on my phone first thing in the morning and see if there is any pertinent news I need to care about and then that's it. Then I check both before bed as well.

    It's just tiresome, I get it, Trump is President, but he isn't the ONLY THING GOING ON IN THE ENTIRE WORLD AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT. If I relied exclusively on the MSM then I would have no idea that there was anything else ever happening on planet Earth besides Trump fussing at folks on Twitter and the Brits flying a big baby Trump balloon.

    I love how the news keeps saying that Trump is a huge narcissist when they all devote every single waking hour of every single day paying attention to his every move. No wonder he's a damn narcissist, if he so much as sneezes and doesn't wipe his nose fast enough you got Don Lemon over there making it the topic of his show. If I couldn't even take a leak without somebody commenting on whether I unzipped or unbuckled then I'd be pretty full of myself too.
     
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    Dead-enders? Isn't that -- in this case -- the same as saying 'the irreducible CORE of the delusional elitists of the Dem Party?'
     
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    MSNBC won't fail because NBC and its parent company are artificially keeping that particular media outlet afloat. It has been operating at a net loss for many years now. But it is considered worth it to have a blatant propaganda outlet exclusively focused on the best interests of the DNC.
     
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    ^^^ This is what happens to people that watch too much Rachel Maddow and have the DailyKos as their home page. ROFL!

    Nowhere in your rant did you ever get close to reality or the topic, but hey... thanks for the entertainment. :roflol:

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    Trump Russia Collusion Conspiracy Theory+
     
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    I have been saying that for a while now. These media outlets should not be owned by huge conglomerates allowing them not to honest and just propaganda arms as they have no consequences.

    In a real Free Market / Free Press CNN would have fired Zucker and almost their entire line up. Hell, I could fix that network in 3 months and have it competitive as could any competent person.
     
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