Media

It is dreadful to have all these programs back-to-back, each covering exactly the same 4 issues, often with the same video clips, and sometimes even the same talking heads joining them.

BUT ...

(There is a big but here)

Chris Hayes is the exception to that rule and he's dying. Personally I stopped watching MSNBC much before they made that switch, and I just don't get around to turning it on, just for Hayes. My view is that his type of program was perfect for a quiet Saturday morning where you could sit down and think a little. I didn't watch it on teevee on Saturdays but I get it on Sirius radio, and it seemed just the right level of depth and the right pace for a weekend. That kind of treatment just doesn't work for me in the evening. At the end of the the day, I guess I'm not looking to be stimulated intellectually that much. I am more interested in the immediate facts of the day, and that isn't really what Chris does.