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I'm Sick of The So-Called "News"
Thom plus logo  I'm sick of the so-called "news" in this country. If you turn on MSNBC or CNN any morning, all you'll hear is the hosts and guests arguing about the latest absurd thing that Donald Trump has said.

On Monday, Trump laid out his economic plan, but the media ignored the details and the fact that his plan is Voodoo Economics 2.0, and they instead focused on the fact that he called Hillary Clinton unfit to serve as president.

On Tuesday, the networks focused on the fact that dozens of establishment Republicans and national security advisers had signed a letter calling Trump dangerous, but, again, never mentioned issues, just personality.

By Wednesday, Trump had broken new ground by apparently encouraging "2nd amendment people" to assassinate Hillary Clinton or her Supreme Court nominees.

And today, if you were to turn on any of the 24 hour stations you'd know that Trump declared last night that Obama literally founded ISIL.

Honestly, it doesn't matter what day of the week or what time of day a person tunes into the 24 hour news networks, he or she can always find out the latest vapid and boorish insult that's spewed from Donald Trump's lips.

The problem is... it isn't news!

It's nothing but pure infotainment.

The corporate commercial networks are much, much happier presenting personal drama in the form of packaged infotainment and faux outrage rather than any sort of programming in the public interest.

This isn't just me saying this either, I've put this challenge to my radio listeners for the past several weeks: if any listener can find a moment where CNN or MSNBC has hosted a real substantive policy discussion on any significant issue, we'll reward that listener with a copy of one of my books of their choosing.

So, how many books have we given away?

Zero, zilch, none.

It's not because the candidates aren't saying things that are worth serious discussion, it's because the so-called "news" refuses to cover those things.

Read more here.

-Thom
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Daily Take: I'm Sick of The So-Called "News"
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Hour One: I'm Sick of the So-Called "News"...
Video: Libertarianism clashes with Progressivism at FishTank (Thom Hartmann & Kevin McCormick with Lindsay France).
Article: "Constitution of the United States" Article 1 section 8: ...To establish Post Offices and post Roads;...
Article: "Card check" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Net neutrality" by Wikipedia.
Quote: "It violates the essence of what made America a great country in its political system. Now it's just an oligarchy with unlimited political bribery being at the essence of getting the nominations for president or elected president. And the same thing applies to governors and U.S. senators and Congress members. So now we've just seen a complete subversion of our political system as a payoff to major contributors who want and expect and sometimes get favors for themselves after the election's over'." - President Jimmy Carter on unlimited money in politics on the Thom Hartmann Program, 28 July 2015.
Article: "Sherman Antitrust Act", 1890.
Article: "Fairness Doctrine" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Dr. Sebi dies in Honduran police custody" by Nayaba Arinde.
Article: "Fast track (trade) (TPA)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement" (TPP) by EFF.
Article: "North American Free Trade Agreement" (NAFTA) by Wikipedia.
Article: "Libertarian Party (United States)" by Wikipedia.
Article: "Murder of Marion Parker" (killed by William Edward Hickman).
Book: "Ultimate Sacrifice" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.
Book: "Legacy of Secrecy" by Lamar Waldron with Thom Hartmann.
Article: "Concern troll" by Wikipedia.
Book: Markings by Dag Hammarskjold.

Hour Two: Is Trump the Worst Presidential Candidate Ever?
- Carl Higbie, George Washington Leadership Foundation/Enemies, Foreign & Domestic: A SEAL's Story  Twitter  Twitter
Article: "What Do the Koch Brothers Want?" (1980 Libertarian Party platform) by Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Article: "More suicides under Conservative rule", 18 September, 2002.
Book: "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand.
Twitter: "#periodsforpence".
Case: "Roe v. Wade", 1973.
 
Talk Media News Segment:
- Victoria Jones Twitter
Article: "Political violence is no joke" by William Kennedy Smith and Jean Kennedy Smith.
Site: Governor Free Don Siegelman  Twitter

Hour Three: Hillary Clinton's economic speech from Warren, MI - plus your calls!
Article: "The Truth About Attacks on Our Diplomats" by Adam Serwer.
Article: "Tax Cuts Simply Do Not Create Jobs" by December 14, 2010.
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