A Psychologist Explains Why We 'Hate-Watch' Cringe TV
Research explains why we spend so much time watching shows that we hate, and why we love the way it feels to be a hater.
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Research explains why we spend so much time watching shows that we hate, and why we love the way it feels to be a hater.
>> well, there's a lot of fear out there of a lot of things. >> anti-immigrant. >> he's still riding the alt-right train, but i will also say he's scrambling to get back in donald trump's good graces. knowing donald trump hearing steve bannon make the argument that this op-ed piece amounted to a coup -- >> i'm going to hate watching it. >> donald trump may like it. >> thank you. my thanks to john heilemann, daniel goldman. i'm nicolle wallace. "mtp daily" starts right now. hi, chuck. >> i'm trying to decide whether hate-watching is an endorsement. >> it is. >> we'll take it, chuck. >> a viewer...
In 1998, falsely accusing the u.s. of using nerve gas and then having to retract it. as a narrative, it moves more quickly, do you concede that or do you stop watching? >> i still do watch it, it's called hate watching. the inherent problem with the program is that it bases major story lines on news events that already happened. oh, a big oil spill? who could have seen that happen? or bin laden's dead? wow. what do you think is going to happen next? i'm pretty sure bain laden gets killed when they go in. >> i think you're setting the bar way too high and thinking too much of it has to be an
Listened to the critics, especially the plot line in the second half of the season, which was actually based on the story i covered on pail wind scandal in 1998, falsely accusing the u.s. of using nerve gas and then having to retract it. as a narrative, it moves more quickly, do you concede that or do you stop watching? >> i still do watch it, it's called hate watching. the inherent problem with the program is that it bases major story lines on news events that already happened. oh, a big oil spill? who could have seen that happen? or bin laden's dead? wow. what do you think is going to happen...
In 1998, falsely accusing the u.s. of using nerve gas and then having to retract it. as a narrative, it moves more quickly, do you concede that or do you stop watching? >> i still do watch it, it's called hate watching. the inherent problem with the program is that it bases major story lines on news events that already happened. oh, a big oil spill? who could have seen that happen? or bin laden's dead? wow. what do you think is going to happen next? i'm pretty sure bain laden gets killed when they go in. >> i think you're setting the bar way too high and thinking too much of it has to be an ex...