i used to watch MSNBC religiously from about 2005 to 2010. From Katrina to Health Care Reform basically. I'd switch to Fox during commercials sometimes to see what the Devil was up to. I'd always have it on the background while doing other shit. Watched Olbermann's Officer-McNulty-style rise and fall, watched Scarborough go from a late night Hannity knock-off to asshole morning show host, etc. I got hooked watching Republicans like Tucker Carlson utterly trash George W. and the Iraq War. Eventually I had enough. I'm more sympathetic to "the media" than most, but between MSNBC's incompetence, CNN's gimmicks, and Fox News's PURE FUCKING EVIL, American Cable News is a special kind of mind-numbing cesspool. I honestly believe that outside of some Breaking News coverage, its generally barely more intelligent than watching the Kardashians or The Bachelor or Maury. PBS, Al Jazeera, BBC, NHK, virtually every other news network seems to have depth and substance while MSNBC is running LOCKUP EXTREME marathons. Even RT is less retarded when its not pumping out Putin propaganda.