A Letter to MSNBC

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Sunday March 06, 2016 · 9:30 AM PST

2016/03/06 · 09:30

Equal Time

I am a regular viewer of MSNBC and sit right in the middle of your coveted advertising "demo." Although I am happy with the addition of multiple viewpoints at MSNBC (I disliked when people branded it the liberal station) I am disappointed with the coverage of the primary and caucus season. Your ratings are up. That's good. But, wouldn't it be even better if you could take the "fair and balanced" mantel away from Fox? You do not need to become Fox to do it.

I am an avid consumer of news, but television is only one source for me. I land on MSNBC during dinner and when I go to bed...maybe a little more on weekends. The rest of the time I am looking at a myriad of other sources. Near as I can tell, there are 5 viable presidential candidates right now. Some would argue that we should still include Kasich. OK then, 6. Your coverage of Trump FAR exceeds that of all other candidates combined. Since he usually says the same things over and over again, is this really warranted? Also, Bernie Sanders seems to be under some sort of media blackout. He gets mentioned every now and then, but on the democratic side, the slant clearly is that Hillary is a shoe-in. I'm especially disappointed that when you report delegate counts, you are including the super delegates which makes it look like a 2 to 1 margin in her favor. Most casual viewers don't realize that super delegates can change their mind at any moment. This should at least be worthy of some sort of asterisk at the bottom of the page.

Your misleading reporting can impact voters who may now believe that there is no point in voting. This is negligent journalism.

I hope to see some changes so I don't have to go looking for another news outlet when I do want to watch some television news.

Thank you for your time.

Dear President Obama

ImagiNancy

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Saturday October 12, 2013 · 2:06 PM PDT

2013/10/12 · 14:06

We're loving your backbone! Most of us don't need a pound of flesh, but we want the Republicans to realize that asking the middle class if they want to be kind of poor or really poor is no choice at all. So we're all hurting right now...except the country club Republicans. If the US defaults and the stock market blows up, that will hit them squarely on the ninth hole.

Give them the medical device tax for 2 years...in exchange for no shut down or debt limit fights for 2 years. It's clear that this Congress can't get anything done, so lets wait for the next. Let them name post offices for the next 15 months. You'll have a lot of people on your side next year if you hold firm. You'll win back the House and have both for 2 years. Now...think about what you can get done in two years with both houses of Congress.

We can wait for them to have to defend their actions to the 5 percent. We have your back.

Signed,
America

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Do you want the President to settle soon or wait until after the market tanks so he has leverage to get a 2 year deal?

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Do you want the President to settle soon or wait until after the market tanks so he has leverage to get a 2 year deal?

I want him to settle soon, enough damage has been done

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I want him to hold out for a long-term deal so this nightmare battle doesn't have to be fought again several times before next year's election

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ImagiNancy

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Saturday August 04, 2012 · 5:04 PM PDT

2012/08/04 · 17:04

Rhetoric bothers me. It becomes a matter of stimulus and response...with no thinking in between. I suppose the right would say that the left has rhetoric as well, but it seems to me that if our rhetoric creates a response (voting), at least the ideas and policies are in the best interest of those buying the rhetoric. The right's rhetoric is designed to convince the 99% that up is down and down is up...and you are an idiot if you publicly state otherwise. I have a special beef with the right's meme "you should get to keep more of your money" when discussing taxation

ImagiNancy

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Tuesday July 05, 2011 · 4:31 PM PDT

2011/07/05 · 16:31

So, when the debt limit is reached, the whole thing doesn't shut down immediately. I would imagine that the Treasury will have to do what individuals do when they reach their credit card limit. The Treasury will have to rob Peter to pay Paul for a while.

ImagiNancy

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Sunday June 12, 2011 · 10:06 AM PDT

2011/06/12 · 10:06

I don't know why I was watching MTP today. I guess it's because occasionally a good question slips out. That almost happened today.

ImagiNancy

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Saturday November 13, 2010 · 3:04 PM PST

2010/11/13 · 15:04

It certainly was an interesting experience. I've been polled before, but not by a conservative pollster. I guess this comes from living in a blue state, which by the way, is New York.

ImagiNancy

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Tuesday August 19, 2008 · 5:55 PM PDT

2008/08/19 · 17:55

There has been alot written in the recent past about the tightening of the polls. Then we hear about the 80,000 expected to hear Sen. Obama's speech versus the small numbers that show up for McCain. Obama gets $51 million versus $27 million for McCain. Two million new donors for Obama and some new fancy "bundlers" for McCain.

What gives?

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Dear President Obama

Rich "amass" money, middle class "uses" it for a while

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