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O’Donnell ripped cable news networks for carrying the event live and called it “2016 all over again,” adding that outlets are making the “same mistakes” with their reporting as they did while covering Trump that election cycle.
He also criticized reporters for not asking follow-up questions and knocked networks for fact-checking only after Trump finished speaking.
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O’Donnell also knocked networks for not covering Vice President Kamala Harris’ Michigan speech live after the Trump presser, noting that his network was doing Olympics coverage before bringing viewers the last few minutes of her remarks.
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I watched both the Trump conference and O’Donnell’s take live and, yeah, he has a point.
The feed I had, you couldn’t hear the reporters questions at all. So all you could hear was Trump and there was no way to know what the actual question was based on his answers.
But nobody follows up on ANY politician and it’s been that way for a couple of decades now.
The classic example I always cite is one that happens all the time:
“Well, we’re going to get rid of job-killing regulations.”
The logical follow up question would be:
“Can you cite an example of a regulation you’d get rid of and in what way it’s a job killer?”
But nobody ever asks that question.
When you realize that almost all major networks are owned by or run by republicans, you’ll understand why we’re in the situation we’re in.
Republicans yes. But more importantly wealthy oligarchs. They have no real party alignment.
O’Donnell often says things with such a confidence and certainty that I find troubling, but when he’s right he’s right.
Sometimes I’ll find myself watching msnbc coverage of some big event, where they have all their well-known anchors doing commentary, and whenever they cut to him for his opinion, he almost always talks in absolutes, like “this is what will happen, no question about it, period.” He’s often quite wrong. That’s not to say he’s necessarily a bad journalist, but I can’t stand listening to this guy’s predictions.
I do enjoy these rants of his though.
Clinton’s piped piper strategy still fucking us over
