Jon Stewart's Daily Show Beats MSNBC in Viewer Trust

[rebound]

Maybe he has Aspergers? Just something to chew on. 

Ala Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory?   

I am very leery of applying any official syndromes to a trait, because I know I'm way out of my depth in that area.  But (and hey, why not...) if I had to go a direction on Obama, I'd go with low-level NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder):

http://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder-symptoms/

But that's one of those fine-line type disorders.  A little of it can lead to great things, but too much is debilitating.   Some very successful, even genius-level, people have almost certainly been NPD types, including a personal fave of mine, Frank Lloyd Wright. 

[Conan71]

Ala Sheldon Cooper from the Big Bang Theory?   

I am very leery of applying any official syndromes to a trait, because I know I'm way out of my depth in that area.  But (and hey, why not...) if I had to go a direction on Obama, I'd go with low-level NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder):

http://psychcentral.com/disorders/narcissistic-personality-disorder-symptoms/

But that's one of those fine-line type disorders.  A little of it can lead to great things, but too much is debilitating.   Some very successful, even genius-level, people have almost certainly been NPD types, including a personal fave of mine, Frank Lloyd Wright. 

Low-level?   

Hey, anyone who wants to be President isn't a normal human being.

[heironymouspasparagus]

But that's good news.  Since intelligent people are obviously the minority according to you, MSNBC offers programing specifically for them. 

You watch The Simpson's don't you?  And Family Guy, and American Dad...?

[TulsaRufnex]

I am a Libertarian, socially liberal, but very fiscally conservative.  I tend to be more critical of Dems because they have fully embraced the push towards more government and more centralized power structures and we know where that leads.  
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[Gaspar]

Looks like MSNBC's spiral continues.  They need to switch gears (again) fast!   

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/13/business/media/leaning-forward-msnbc-loses-ground-to-rival-cnn-.html?_r=0

Perhaps there is some foreign hope though.  The Al Jazira purchase of CurrentTV was a disaster because of the players involved.  MSNBC could fare much better with Russia Today, which has recently grown to the second most watched foreign news network, and shares much of the same demographic.  Most recently RT has been featuring many of the more common MSNBC regulars in long-segment news shows, and the response has been very good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_gL5hgSmQg

MSNBC offers a complementary American product for RT who's own programming carries a similar political flavor, and because the Russian government still funds RT, MSNBC could become a political line-item instead of a balance sheet issue. I think it would also give MSNBC the ability to push a more progressive message, unrestricted by corporate advertising relationships.

[carltonplace]

Maybe they should adopt the FOX news model and try to make viewers indignant and angry at people that are different from them. Seems to be working.

[guido911]

Maybe they should adopt the FOX news model and try to make viewers indignant and angry at people that are different from them. Seems to be working.

That WAS the MSNBC model--for you folks. Along with "blame Bush" and "everybody that disagrees with Obama is a racist".

[Gaspar]

That WAS the MSNBC model--for you folks. Along with "blame Bush" and "everybody that disagrees with Obama is a racist".

Yeah, I would have to say Carlton's comment was beyond pot=>kettle.

If you ever watch Maddow, it's all about anger, and Sharpton. . . well don't really have to say anything about that.

I like CBS, and CNN has really turned themselves around since they started reporting without White House consent again. We were always a CBS evening news family, but find ourselves bouncing over to CNN now with more frequency.

[Townsend]

So you guys are trying to make yourselves feel better about Fox News or what?

[guido911]

So you guys are trying to make yourselves feel better about Fox News or what?

Probably. Just like you and CP are making each other feel better about one another.

[Townsend]

Probably. Just like you and CP are making each other feel better about one another.

Fox news make you feel better about yourself?

[Gaspar]

So it looks like Farrow will get the axe, and according to Griffin, they intend to "get outside of Washington and open our aperture a little."  Not sure if that means they will stop acting as the administration mouth-piece, but it seems to indicate they may be growing tired of acting as apologists.

Most current news is related to one disaster or another, and MSNBC is consistently late to the party because they don't want to report on anything that might be detrimental to their political narrative. Unfortunately that includes the majority of news stories, both domestic and foreign, leaving their only options to Obamacare cheerleading, and racial outrage of every flavor.  Chris Hayes is the sharpest tool in their shed, but he can't carry the network for long.

[Townsend]

So it looks like Farrow will get the axe,...

Just curious, why do you care?

[Hoss]

Just curious, why do you care?

It's like an obsessive-compulsive disorder...

[Townsend]

It's like an obsessive-compulsive disorder...

I was just wondering why it was important to him.