Who else here besides me does not watch Hardball?

[graywarrior]

And if you do not, why? If you do, wtf do you do that for?

[xultar]

1. I don't feel like putting myself through the bullshit.

[400Years]

2. I don't, hell I don't watch tv at all besides the clips people post here

[Midlodemocrat]

3. I don't. I can't stand Tweety.

[Coexist]

4. I don't anymore

but I do still watch the MSM.

I watch The Situation Room in that time slot. I like Jack Cafferty's segments and Blitzer usually has a decent Democrat mouthpiece on. Not to mention the fact that the Republicans have been screwing up so bad, it is comical to watch their apologists try to spin something good out of it.

[MuseRider]

5. That's Tweety's show right?

Lol, there is your answer from me. I watched once to see the duel thing with Zell repeat but that was all. Never could stand him. Even if he was a liberal and speaking what I want to hear I would not watch. I just don't like his manner.

[RobertSeattle]

6. Tweety has Multiple Political Personality Syndrome

Sometimes he's a really winger, sometimes he really gives it to the right wing. Not to offend Wheaties, but he's a real flake.

[radio4progressives]

43. That's excellent discription..

apart from the usual bush licking that he loves to engage in publically, (seems like a violation of decency and obsenity laws to me) I think of him as the Snake Oil salesman for Elmer Gantry. Nothing makes more me sickened than to see the level of pandering to the phony "religious leaders" and their memes/talking points than what Tweety engages in.

[ramapo]

7. Gave it up years ago

It is a waste of time to sit and watch tTweety and guests yell at each other. It is not news, it is not discussion. It is a bizarre form of entertainment which I find revolting.

[Cooley Hurd]

8. Chris Matthews is an inside-the-beltway ninny who has nothing of value...

...to add to the political discourse. To watch Hardball would be wasting valuable hours of my life.

[Missy M]

9. I have never watched it and never will. I can't stand watching...

any of the shows with the pundits spouting off. I don't care what their opinion is. I just want to hear the news and that doesn't seem possible anymore. I read the newspaper, magazines or most important I get my news on DU. I find the pundits obnoxious and many times uninformed. I like to think for myself.

[cdb]

10. I watch one hour of TV per week.

And it's the sopranos. When the season is over, I watch no tv.

I don't even know what channel Hardball is on, nor do I care to ever see it.

[DanCa]

11. I wont watch softball with tweety the lush.

I am amazed that so many people tune into right wing radio. While anyone has a right to listen to that shock and drivel I find it impossible to listen too.

[vademocrat]

12. I don't - finally gave him up about 8 or 9 months ago -

I forget the details - but it was one of those "had it up to here" moments and I haven't looked back.

(although I do sometimes read the threads here about "OMG, can you believe Tweety just said, did that?" :shrug:

[sinkingfeeling]

13. I don't watch any 'news' on TV.

[OrangeCountyDemocrat]

14. SOFTBALL?

Nope! I DON'T Watch It. Can't understand why anyone from DU would.

[Marr]

15. Hardball is to political commentary as pro wrestling is to theater.

No, I don't watch it. I've seen a segment or two as I was flipping around the channels, but I can't stand that crap for more than a few minutes.

[Nikki Stone1]

17. I like that analogy. Tweety is smackdown for wimps, since he has no real

muscle.

:)

[Nite Owl]

16. I don't, you never know which

Tweety will be on. I sometimes catch the last few minutes so I don't forget to turn the tv on for Keith but that's it.

[mondo joe]

18. I'm not a masochist, and I value my time.

Hardball has nothing of value to add, and not much of interest. It's like watching the wind blow litter around.

[wryter2000]

19. I watched one of the first shows ever

I thought it was a dumb guy yelling at other people, so I never watched again. I didn't even know about his bias.

That being said, I don't mind when others post here about him. I've enjoyed watching some of the clips of him being an asshole.

[bullimiami]

20. i do not.

cant stand tweety. he panders and then acts all tough and indignant.

he is full of crap.

[Lindacooks]

21. Dirtball is more like it.

Tweety is a simp and a sleaze and I will not watch his slow for anything.

[chaumont58]

22. I don't watch. I quit the night before the California recall

I admit to going back for a few seconds at a time, but nothing with any regularity. I think any search for truth or fairness on tweety's show is a fool's errand.
I think it insane for Dems to watch his show. He isn't going to change. In that incestuous world that marks the true beltway insider, he thinks he is doing God's own work.
If enough people stop watching his show, maybe, just maybe, MS-RNC will get the idea that he is not worth what he is being paid and cancel his ass. Oh, joyous day!

[mahatmakanejeeves]

23. Why?

No cable. I refuse to pay money to watch television.

[graywarrior]

24. I may be forced to email this to Tweety if there are enough posts.

Not that he'd understand the significance of our repulsion.

[chicofaraby]

25. I don't. Why would anyone?

It's ABCNNBCBS propaganda bullsh*t.

Television "news" isn't information. It's a package that is designed to convince businesses to give their money to broadcasters. It's not even selling soap, per se. It's selling that idea that you can sell soap. Television is about advertising, not information.

If it weren't for Amy Goodman, it would be completely without news.

[devilgrrl]

26. I don't watch...

from what I hear, it's one the most annoying shows on TV, there are plenty of videos clips to see that confirm this.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

27. I don't.

Usually I'm just getting home at that time, and my cats would have a fit if I sat down to watch Softball instead of feeding them!

[Jersey Devil]

28. Can't stand any of the shows where they won't let people answer

It isn't so much Tweety but how he conducts the show. Some guests barely get 2 words out of their mouths before Tweety or others talk over them. No one ever gets to finish what they are saying.

[WinkyDink]

29. I gave it up. Husband still watches, though. Hope springs eternal.

[Vinnie From Indy]

30. Tweety needs to change the name to "Kneepads"

He routinely services the BushCo machine! I have seen turds with more personality and trees with more intelligence than Tweety.

[Blue_In_AK]

31. I do.

"Know your enemy."

[xxqqqzme]

32. nope - don't watch

although if I turn on the TV for Countdown, I might catch the last minute or 30 seconds. But my timing has been getting better.

[MazeRat7]

33. Me -not hardball, sit room, etc..... Nothing with "guest" for "perspective

Mostly because they go out of their way to create "controversy" by having folks on to spout whatever their belief is. Now if they would stop with the guest and do some decent in depth, factual reporting of an issue ? I might considering blowing an hour or so watching again.

MZr7

[evlbstrd]

34. I don't watch it.

I don't get MSNBC, so I can't watch Olberman, either.

[Libby2]

35. Me

I don't need to watch it, I just come to DU.

[Greybnk48]

36. Can't stand Tweety

I haven't watched him for several years. To me it's like "scab-picking" to listen to these pukes.

[pecwae]

37. Have read enuf

about it on DU thru the years to know I can live without it.

[abluelady]

38. No.

Because I watch almost no tv.

[radio4progressives]

39. I only Monitor HB as a Media Activist on occasions....

I only tune in when i feel compelled to monitor how he is covering an important story, or if he is ignoring it..

but since many are finally doing the job, i don't feel as compelled as i used to in past years.. The Media Activist Movement is finally growing large enough that i feel the torch is being passed to those who are doing a fairly decent job of it..

[JitterbugPerfume]

40. I consider it a waste of time

and besides at my age I do NOT need the aggrevation

[Mist]

41. As well as his bias, he's a non-stop interrupter--drives me nuts. nt

[Initech]

42. I dont watch any 24/7 network news shows.

And havent since 9/11 and it will continue to stay that way.

[BiggJawn]

44. Can't stand Tweety the Screamer.

I don't buy his bullshit about being a card-carrying Democrat.

[Beausoir]

45. I used to. The "sunny nobility" quote finally pushed me over the edge.

Yuck.

[SmokingJacket]

46. Don't think I've ever seen it.

Except clips people post on the net. No cable, no pain.

[shenmue]

47. I don't

I hate yelling.

[caligirl]

48. me.

[biscotti]

49. I as well

can not stand Tweety! Mr Spittle is repulsive.

[obnoxiousdrunk]

50. I stopped when

Tweety came up with that sunny nobility crap about chimpy.

[aintitfunny]

51. I do not watch it

Though I have seen it in the past, I do not bother stopping by anymore. The bias is too blatantly Republican and Chris Matthews is annoying and creepy.

[underpants]

52. There is nothing of value there

Nothing. I swear Mathews must have the goods on some people in DC there is no other explanation for his employment or his show.

Hell even the Fox shows have the value of watching their inane ramblings and watching in amazement at the spin they are spewing.

[madokie]

53. He gets on my nerves, I just want to slap him

he's a mouthpiece for the most corrupt maladministration in the history of the US

[stillcool]

54. No.....

aggressive, rage inducing commentary, by a wonder-bread, coat-tail grabbing sycophant, is not useful to me. I'll fuck with mind elsewhere.

[TreasonousBastard]

55. Once in a blue moon, because...

I don't give a damn about whether or not Tweety is biased. I just can't watch an "interview" where the host steps on the guests answers.

I can't listen to Randi Rhodes for the same reason.

Tweety, Rhodes, Franken... and a bunch of others, like everyone on Fox-- just lousy at talking to people on air. Might as well watch the McLaughlin Gong Show.

It is NOT the interviewer's job to interject him or herself into the interview or debate the subject.

[seabeyond]

56. i stopped watching all news fall 2004 what they were

doing with kerry during campaign was just too much. i stopped watching hardball before that for the same reason. pig, all pig all the time. pissed me off too much. i use to watch him for years, every night then olderman. now we watch stewart and colbert, such an excellent find. hubby and i like it a whole lot better. i dont go into a rant about repugs (hubby a recovering repug) before bed

[July]

57. Unwatchable self-aggrandizing lightweight.

Loud, rude, and impressed with the sound of his own voice. A "pundit" who likes to share his opinion rather than a journalist who knows how to seek information and analyze it. Goes for the inflammatory sound bite and cannot hide his biases.

As the comment above suggests, I have seen his show. As it also suggests, I couldn't bear it after the first few times.

[DELUSIONAL]

58. What's that??

sounds obscene -- or painful.

[Capn Sunshine]

59. Not available when Tweety is

I avoid most of the political spin crap on cable anyway unless there's a truth teller like Feingold or Dean on---then I go out of ny way to find it.

[Jim Warren]

60. No, no TV n/t

[guinivere]

61. I saw 10 minutes of it one time. Never, ever again. nt

[Left Is Write]

62. I don't, largely because I can't stand Chris Matthews.

[sendero]

63. I don't watch..

... any cable news bullshit. Why bother, it is 100% propaganda.

[0007]

64. I don't. The only thing I'll watch is Keith Olbermann.

Need I say why?

[Catchawave]

65. In recent months....

I use TBS' Raymond as background noise leading to Keith's show. Tweets is no longer qualified as background noise...just too annoying with that shouty thing he does.

I'm about to flip over in 9 minutes :hi:

[proud patriot]

66. Matthews spilt personalities aggravate my BTS

:hi:

[Blue_Tires]

67. i don't

in the weeks after 9-11, i just stopped watching news show squawkfests...In fact, i remember very well the last one i watched...O'Reilly (I used to love him when i fell for his 'sticking up for the little guy'- act) was debating this woman from a Muslim-American group about why no more people from arab countries should be permitted to travel/visit/work in the U.S., and he stopped just short of saying that all the muslims here now should be deported....i just tuned the shit out after that.

[bemildred]

68. Don't watch TV. If I did, I wouldn't watch airheads spout propaganda. nt

[graywarrior]

69. I sent this link to Tweety.

Not that he'll care about 68 whacko's from DU, but I figure for every one post, there are 100 others who feel the same.

[YouthInAsia]

70. I had my cable television shut off. It's worthless. I kept the

cable modem and now receive ALL relevant information off the internet. I have no use for the reich propoganda on cable tv

[windy252]

71. I stopped watching because

like Rita Cosby, Chris Matthews' voice also grated on my nerves. I apparently made the right choice. I don't know how some people can stand to sit through this stuff.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

72. I don't bother with perported news/commentary made in the USA.

Infomercials and shouting heads are boring.