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It takes her forever to get to the point! #$%@&
Verfasst von PT 100STAFFMOD am 15. Februar 2017 um 16:58
I used to watch her because she's bright, articulate and has good researchers that dig up exclusives all the time, and also has good guest interviews. But after the election I finally gave up, because it takes her about five minutes to say what she could have said in about 30 seconds. And while she's dragging the point out painfully slowly, she repeats what is essentially the same thought over and over using only slightly different language to say the same thing. Really annoying.
I don't know, maybe they feel they don't have enough material to fill an hour, so they have to pad everything with repetitive, long-winded jabbering. That has ruined the show for me. At first I tried to fast-forward through it, but then it was hard to figure out when she was done with one thought and starting another thought. So I just gave up.
I fear that Lawrence O'Donnell is now starting to adopt the same technique, so I'll probably have to drop him as well. I wish the producers at MSNBC could get them to stop doing that. It's not suspenseful, it's just bad journalistic technique. If these monologues were newspaper articles, the editor would have slashed red lines through most of it to get it down to a reasonable length--and if it continued, the writer would be fired.
Antwort von Moondoggie
am 15. März 2017 um 01:33
I agree with your assessment. And lately she's also trying too hard to have breaking news scoops that often turn out to be not much. Like today, she spent about a half hour hyping the "breaking news" that she had one of Donald Trump's tax returns. When, after much fanfare, she finally revealed her "scoop" (that actually wasn't even a scoop, because someone else broke the story right before she did), it turned out to be only the two-page 1040 form from 2005. Nothing surprising there, and of course no details about his specific sources of income, how much he gave to charity, etc. A real disappointment.
If she's not careful, she will end up providing support for Trump's claim about the "crooked media."
Antwort von PT 100
am 15. März 2017 um 04:28
Yeah, now he toils away on AXS TV. But even before the 60 Minutes II fiasco, he seemed to act like the reporter is the star instead of letting the story be the focus. And I think people also got tired of his faux folksiness.
Antwort von Moondoggie
am 18. März 2017 um 19:31
I think she's getting desperate. MSNBC's ratings aren't great, and hers probably have fallen off significantly since the election campaign ended. If she keeps swinging for the fences and striking out, her fate may become rather (no pun intended) difficult.
Antwort von Sixties Holdout
am 28. Oktober 2017 um 01:20
And yet she keeps winning Emmy Awards. Go figure. (I think she just has really good research staff, and sources that like her and like to give her scoops.)
Antwort von Ray
am 10. Januar 2018 um 07:50
You all need to switch to FOX.
Antwort von PT 100
am 10. Januar 2018 um 18:28
Oh, the crazy, lying, sexual assault network? I don't think so.
Antwort von PT 100
am 10. Januar 2018 um 21:01
Let me get you caught up: DJ Trump says that he has heard/read that Ted Cruz's father killed JFK.
Antwort von Ray
am 11. Januar 2018 um 01:34
Yes Trump is a loudmouth but the economy is booming and employment is way up I'll take that over "No Drama Obama".
Antwort von PT 100
am 11. Januar 2018 um 19:13
Oh geez, what have we started here? I think it's time for me to quit watching this thread. Bye.
Antwort von tmdb53400018
am 11. Januar 2018 um 21:32
Rachel Maddow is a smart, charismatic chick. However, her show can drone on and on into tiresome territory. I actually watch CNN, not MSNBC, as a rule.
Antwort von Ray
am 12. Januar 2018 um 03:56
Economy booming! WINNING
Antwort von Ray
am 21. Februar 2018 um 23:19
trump for 2024...lower taxes and bounises I made 8 thousand more..Thank you President trump.
Antwort von Ray
am 26. Februar 2018 um 02:20
Trump will win a 3rd term.
Antwort von Ray
am 28. Februar 2018 um 01:36
Madcow will be in jail soon.
Antwort von Ray
am 5. März 2018 um 21:20
All voting should be done on election day!