So I Just Turned On MSNBC and CNN

[gab13by13]

I wanted to see the lead story, it was the same for both. The lead story on MSNBC and CNN was that a 29 point underdog lost her primary election.

I am not watching anything else until Chris Hayes comes on, and I must say his return from vacation hasn't inspired me.

I'm going outside to fix the gear shifter on my bicycle.

[leftieNanner]

1. Whoever was running the cameras/production on Chris's show last night

was terrible. There was one shot during the George Conway interview that showed a staffer walk by and sit down in the background. Then they didn't switch camera angles when one or the other was speaking.

Hope tonight's show is better.

[Turbineguy]

2. I was hoping that Wyoming voters

would be smart and independent.

Does Hageman have a platform for Wyoming other than protect trump from criminal consequences? Does Wyoming want somebody with no knowledge on how to govern as their rep? The news is focusing on Cheney losing, not who won. I suppose it's only for two years.

[JohnSJ]

5. Not enough of them. I think we can count the total number on our fingers

[underpants]

6. 170,409 voters

Out of 581,131 apparently. They get TWO Senators.

I was surprised that 1/2 of the last 10 Governors were Democrats.
I wasn’t surprised and never held out hope.

[GreenWave]

18. Just imagine if those overpopulated Blue states...

Could spare a few hundred thousand voters to go live in these sparsely populated states for a year or so to qualify to vote, we could turn those dinky states Blue by God!

You may say that I'm a dreamer and right now, perhaps the only one...

[Celerity]

7. really?

they are full stop Rump death cultists

[Earth-shine]

9. What I heard on the CNN/MSNBC is that many WY voters felt that Cheney was not representing them.

Prosecuting Trump was not a concern to them. Inflation and some other kitchen-table issues are.

Besides that, she betrayed the cult/tribe.

[Turbineguy]

11. Can Hageman even spell "inflation"?

What is her plan for dealing with it?

[SoCalDavidS]

15. Talking A Lot, And Blaming Joe Biden And Congressional Democrats

That's it basically.

[JHB]

16. She spells it the way they all do...

B-I-D-E-N.


What is her plan for dealing with it? Blame Biden and say bad things about him, of course.

[W_HAMILTON]

19. Yeah, that's a fucking lie.

The only difference in the votes cast between Cheney and the new Trump bootlicker they voted in would be ones regarding Trump. Don't let them fool you -- protecting their cult leader is all they care about.

[Sympthsical]

20. The idea that she was spending all her time in DC

And didn't really care about her constituents stuck. It stuck hard.

Most of the commentary I've read about this election are seeing it through a national prism and imposing their own impressions and assumptions onto the election.

I kept an eye on what was being said locally in Wyoming, and the overriding sentiment was that Liz Cheney was about Liz Cheney and didn't care about the people of Wyoming outside of the position they could give to her.

That was hammered again and again. With the Jan. 6th committee, she was in D.C. a lot. They would track how often and how long she was actually in her state.

It was incredibly effective.

[underpants]

3. It's the big story. Teleworking so I've had the TV all day

Some MSNBC and some CNN. Yep all day every show.

[JohnSJ]

4. I think they are implying if only she supported trump's overthrow of the government, she would have

won. Either that or “will she run against him in 2024”

But you are right gab, this isn’t earthshaking news

[unblock]

8. The biggest problem with msm is the editorial decisions

Which story to cover, how much airtime it gets, whose point of view gets covered, etc.

I've railed against the msm a lot, but the reporters often get the facts out there decently enough. It's their bosses who send them to cover things like ginned-up scandals against democrats over and over while covering Republican scandals briefly before assigning them to "more important news".

[brooklynite]

10. And the correct headline was what?

[sop]

12. Considering how many "former" Republicans MSNBC has on their payroll these days,

it's not surprising that's their lead story. All these never-Trump Republicans will give Liz plenty of friendly coverage and support if she runs in 2024.

[FoxNewsSucks]

14. I question how long they'll stay "former"

if the republicon party can rid itself of MAGAts.

They'll gladly be cheerleaders for Cheney. And that's our "librul" media.

[FloridaBlues]

13. I tuned in to MSNBC Nicole's show and John H still hosting.. than republican mike Murphy

Was on the show I just can’t and turned off.

[usonian]

17. I got tired of my TV set sitting on the floor doing nothing for the past 8 years

so I hooked it up to a computer.

It should be clear to DU'ers that this is the best news aggregator on the planet for politically relevant news, and why use anything else?

I use Hacker News for all things tech. ( https://news.ycombinator.com/newest )

I mean, how do you watch MSM/TV without some pretty heavy drugs to get the rage factor down?

Or do you?