P.S. Are you ever going to pay your election bet with me? The charities are in need of the money.

hannity, for one, harped on it for some time well past its “due date”.

I put hannity in the same boat as maddow, completely in the boat for their cause, willing to overlook anything on their own side, and willing to way over hype some mole hill into a mountain.

Neither are respresentative examples of all those in media on their respective sides, but they are some of the worst cases.
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They also represent the power of sensationalism that has, and now seems to be driving ever more what and how much of the media are reporting – to the point that even Neo asks who in the media is to be believed.

I don’t see some grand conspiracy, nor even great collaboration, in the media to drive these narratives, vs a combination of the audience they each are attracting, the bias (point of view) that entails, and their each own economic incentive.
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trump is knowingly, purposefully sensational.

That the media covers him in a sensational manner should be no surprise, be it fair and accurate or not.

trump makes little attempt to be accurate on his own account. Hard for him to then claim that they are being “unfair”, even if they objectively are.
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After all, in this case, didn’t trump publicly promise he’d release his returns after he is elected.

Suppose it is par for the course for the lying sob.

Too bad maddow’s sensationalism takes some steam out of that issue (transparency, honesty), as it is a very real issue vs the fake controversy about obama’s birth certificate (something we all know trump was pushing hard).
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To the extent that we are consumers of the worst of these in the media, are we in some way complicit in how this is playing out?

With our emphasis on the “fight” over what gets achieved, are we complicit in turning DC into just another WWF ring?

I am betting on Alaska salmon, brussel sprouts, and manchingo cheese, followed by broiled pears with dark chocolate.

As for why Maddow and her panel played it the way they did last night isn’t all that mystifying to me- they all lack a great deal of self-awareness and probably don’t realize how stupid they looked last night.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration/prez_track_mar15

Only thing I think of is that she knew others (The Daily Beast I guess at least) had these that if she didn’t report on them and it came out that she had them and passed it would look bad for her.

Also if these really were so newsworthy shouldn’t a supposed objective (yeah I know) newsman like their own Lester Holt have reported them instead of an opinion show.

Tells me they knew this was a big nothing so they were going for an attempted quick hit job.

When one acts out of blind hatred sound decision making goes out the window.

She has a very high and annoying voice. She speculates wildly. She hates Trump with a passion. She is unhinged but thinks she is so smart. Perfect idol for the Left. A female Keith Olberman but not as crazy.