I used to crave MSNBC, Chris Matthews,
Rachel Maddow. Smart people, those two. And more or less
politically compatible with my liberal thinking, except when it came to them
actually promoting the results of the Warren Commission which LBJ commissioned
to avoid a real investigation that might have suggested triangulated gunfire
including a shot from the front right that took off the back of JFK’s head. How
anyone can still buy into Lee Harvey Oswald as JFK's killer amazes me. But that’s
getting off point.
Just recently, I decided I can no longer watch Chris
or Rachel or anyone else on MSNBC. And it’s not just the incessant Cialis ads
and other obnoxious direct-to-consumer advertising by Big Pharma. Chris and
Rachel and the gang are so biased in their reporting, so pro-Clinton, and so
utterly dismissive of Bernie Sanders and his ideas that it is clear that they
or their bosses must be trying to manipulate the election. Did they do this in
the Obama/Hillary primaries of ’08? Don’t remember. Must
not have had the channel back then.
Sander’s proposals are not out-of-line
with liberal Democratic views. It must be that Sanders-the-man is
out-of-line with those who are beholden to Hillary Clinton in some way, or
perhaps it is the owners and broadcasters at MSNBC. This generally applies to
all the major networks, it’s just more painful at MSNBC. Even PBS, usually so
thorough in their coverage of both and all sides of an argument, has been
dismissive of Bernie’s message, assuming that Hillary is definitely the
nominee, discouraging the all-important battles of ideas.
Come to think of it, maybe it IS Big Pharma. If MSNBC is dependent upon those drug company ads for their profit
margin, it would make sense to be against Bernie Sanders because of his strong
opposition to the deplorable ways of Big Pharma.
Whether it is biased individual anchors, the
influence of Big Pharma, or indebted management, I’m almost finished with MSNBC.
I’ve also given up on the rest of corporate network TV, and I suspect I’m not alone in
this thinking. Unbiased, respectful reporting will have to be found elsewhere.
