The Monkey On My Back: I Watch RT's 10 + Hours Of Election Night Coverage

I struggle with living in the past. Should not be fettered by the hooks of yesterday.

Point taken, angel on shoulder but this is more alluring than that which we call entertainment. It is more enlightening than that which we call education.

This is more than nostalgia. So much more. It is all about bias, propaganda and ultimately failed propaganda. The changes in vocal tones and body language. The tears. The dark prophecies. The finger-pointing.They are all different and yet, they are all the same. An enduring art form.

To date I have watched in entirety, the 2016 coverage of the following networks:

1. PBS
2. ABC...very splashy and bright.
3. CBS
4. MSNBC
5. Fox News
6. CNN
7. The Young Turks
8. RT (Full disclosure. I still have a couple of hours to go.)

I have watched snippets of NBC's coverage but I have not watched it wall to wall.

Comments about RT's coverage: If this was radio, RT would be either an oldies station or a Doctor Demento-style salute to novelty acts. Ed Schulz is flanked by Jesse Ventura and they drag out Ron Paul and Ralph Nader. They bring on Lefties to parrot the same cliches they parrot on every other station. The hits keep coming all night long.

Anyone who thinks RT aided the Trump campaign should slam their skulls with a rubber mallet in hopes of elevating their IQ. They start out somewhat evenhanded but as the grapes sour, the leopards show their spots. With Ed Schulz at anchor, a pundit too radical for MSNBC, one can expect--and they receive--a hearty dose of extreme Leftism. It is also interesting to note that RT was not allowed inside Trump headquarters. They were forced to report from curbside.