Cadence

I am almost done with MSNBC. My problem with MSNBC?

• My problem with MSNBC it the way they have this annoying three-part cadence.
• My problem with MSNBC is the way they repeat everything three times.
• My problem with MSNBC is how they speak as if there’s an audience ready to stand and applaud when they make the same point three times in a row.

I think it’s called Anaphora. It’s most obvious on Morning Joe. The commentators and the pundits do it, and they all do it poorly. We do not have a dream. We do not fight on the beaches. We grow annoyed. We grow annoyed at Mika. We grow annoyed at Joe. We grow annoyed at the daily talking head.

Rachel Maddow’s already too repetitive but not to this degree: if she starts this nonsense I’m shunning the entire channel.