OldMedUser
Well-Known Member
Both CNN and MSNBC are just constant repeats of the same shit with different talking heads so I pay little attention to either. I do leave MSNBC running in the background sometimes as I play around on the 'web but pay little attention to it. So much of both is just speculation and not news and the constant commercial breaks are very annoying.An aside, but imo, CNN is no better or worse than the rest of them - partisan and divisive. I literally canceled cable because I could not stand to see a minute of cable news any longer. CNN was the prime driver of my decision. Awful stuff. Between the advertisements, anyway.
For actual news I watch PBS Newshour every day at 4pm then the CTV news Edmonton at 6 but will have it recorded to skip thru the commercials and any sports crap as I follow none of that. Good and fairly accurate weather report half way thru I'll pay attention to. I'll watch BBC World News America at 3:30 if I have the TV on at the time but PBS will cover all the same things in more detail so it's not often I catch it.
I get more stuff I'm interested in just following various threads here in the politics section. The tRump saga has much entertainment value and watching him go down in flames is the best yet! The whole republican party gong show is a laugh too when it's not a horror show. WTF is the matter with them and their minions. Heaven forbid they get back in.
Same up here tho. I've never voted for the Liberals but I'll take more Trudeau over little PP and the conservatives any day of the week. In Alberta here there are never any Liberal candidates to vote for so I just vote NDP provincially and federally. NDP might have another shot here in 3 more years but very unlikely to get anywhere federally. As much as it sucks federal NDP needs a new leader. People just don't want to vote for a guy in a turban. I do even tho as a leader I don't think he has what it takes regardless of his race or religion. As it is now the Libs and NDP are in a coalition and getting some good stuff done like cheaper child care and paid dental added to our medical. The extra immigration is not helping to keep housing affordable but we need it to fill thousands of jobs not being filled by Canadians. Same thing in the states with crops rotting in the fields for lack of foreign workers to pick them.
Here in Canada our prime minister can stay in power as long as his party and the voters support him/her/it. We got stuck with Harper and the cons for 10 years tho and I still hate that prick.