Saturday, February 22, 2014

MSNBC Can Be A Pain

They fired a black reporter during the 2012 run-up to election day, I guess because he used the term
'white folks' referring to Romney's presidential campaigning political comfort zone. What?
But later when Chuck Todd -a guy they continually attempt  to aggrandize- referred to our President
as having been 'neutered' in a trip abroad, nothing at all seemed to have been done.
Todd was a pain in the first place, because he was paired with Savannah Guthrie- a true intellectual
heavy-weight. Did MSNBC think viewers wouldn't notice?
The network began having her stare quietly at Todd when he was gurgling something at the cameras, rather than correct his glaring on-air mistakes.
That looked phony. So they had her wear alluring necklines and fetchingly 'big' pieces of jewelry
which were decidedly Not her style.
Maybe the White House rescued her by giving her interviews in which she was allowed to ask
"hardball" questions of the President and First Lady. I just know I was overjoyed to see her out of that constricted 9 a.m. slot.
Then they fired their best satirist, Keith Olbermann.
What a drag.
Again, now they fired another great satirist- one who tells the most biting of truths. And for what?
Apparently one truth the great Martin Bashir told referred to Sarah Palin.
I can't quit them because they have Rev. Al ( who I would love to see get an "A" in elocution class}
and they have 'Big Ed' Ed Schultz.
I have only seen Ed be really mean once- to a lady in Ohio. Aside from that, he tells his positions
passionately and in the vein of wanting only progress, nothing more, nothing less, for the American
people. Whether one agrees with Ed or not, he is the man. He sticks to it once he names it.
Chris Hayes was great until POTUS didn't call his brother's name in the 2012 victory speech. In that
case, Chris, POTUS would have had to name at least a hundred or so people in the campaign. He
didn't name Patty Murray either, and she made his upcoming job a lot easier. She was supposed to,
but she didn't have to.
And of course I can't lose chances to see Chris Jansing, or Craig Melvin, and especially not now
Joy Reid. What an intellect that woman has!
Besides, even though I miss knowing I will see Mara Schiavacampo, Joy- though her dad is Congolese- may be the only black woman on the network not of mixed-race parentage.
Is that important?
I am a black woman, not of mixed-race parentage. I guess people of my ilk are simply too dumb
to be regulars on MSNBC.

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