MSNBC'S Scary graphics

Submitted by Astro3840 t3_zqd4gu in television

What's with the red set and graphics designs at MSNBC? The full screen graphic even shows black x's hovering around a reddish pic of the Capitol dome. Ominous. Is it due to the Jan. 6th report, or something more?

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reddig33 t1_j0xldki wrote

Ever since the Gulf War, news channels think everything needs an ominous theme song and a scary graphic bumper. It’s ridiculous.

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Code2008 t1_j1103w5 wrote

I consider MSNBC in the same boat as Fox News. They only care about scaring their bases. You should avoid both.

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Astro3840 OP t1_j11o6hd wrote

Except MSNBC actually deals in reality. That's why the new red design is so out of place.

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Code2008 t1_j11onuq wrote

Their bias is so much out there that they're nothing more than the left version of Fox.

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Astro3840 OP t1_j12723k wrote

Both networks, and CNN, are not news channels. They are opinion channels that use the news (MSNBC) or MISuse the news (Fox) to comment on their own opinions. They are like a news-paper's editorial page.

This is most apparent in primetime, when bias is used more often to increase ratings from their core audiences.

But bias is NOT the same as accuracy. Think of the difference as what happens in a courtroom. Lawyers are challenged to use 'facts' to create their 'opinion' of the litigation.

MSNBC does a better job in it's presentations of providing facts to back up its opinions. It's the Perry Mason of TV commentary channels. FOX is more like 'Better Call Saul.'

If you want to watch something a lot closer to plain news, watch the dinner time network news programs on NBC, ABC & CBS, or PBS. And read more major newspapers. Also read sources that have been labeled left or right by media graphs from companies like Allsides or Ad Fortis. And acknowledge your own bias while rating them. Google who owns those sources, and compare how they handle the same news stories.

Unfortunately, most Americans never were taught in school how to separate real news from opinion or fake news. I learned in Journalism school. Law school is a good training ground too. You learn verification techniques, sourcing, and when and why to give all sides of a story.

Everyone has bias. The trick is in recognizing what's an opinion, and then listening carefully for the facts that either do, or do not, back it up.

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valandsend t1_j0xkusn wrote

It’s only for their coverage of the Jan. 6 committee hearings. What bothers me is the kerning between the lettering. For example, there’s too much space between the J and A in “January.” In the opening graphic, the type is animated and it jiggles threateningly, but it freezes before the kerning shifts back to normal as is usually the case with static type.

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Astro3840 OP t1_j0xqm3a wrote

I watch msnbc a lot and it shouldn't resort to this kind of psy-ops gimmick. It's educated viewers are above this attempt at subliminal influence. It will just turn viewers off.

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