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HARD DAY TODAY

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THERE YOU GO AGAIN!!!

MORE TO SAY

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THE MESS

WHAT IS THE PROBLEM WITH CHRIS MATTHEWS (Part 4 of 4)

Are ya still with me on this Matthews guy. Here is the final chapter on this sad journalist.

IT'S THE STUPIDITY, STUPID!

On the other hand, it's easy to say this; Imus's program was endlessly dumb. Indeed, if we could wave a magic wand and steal one arrow from the media's quiver, we'd rob them of their relentless stupidity-the trait which Atrios highlights. (Case study: This brainless report from Sunday's Style section about why Al Gore is so god-d*mn fat. They never stop this sort of thing-and yes, they're very selective.) Most of the race- and gender-based insults would disappear under this regime. But so much else would disappear too! Let's face it; if TV pundits weren't allowed to be stupid, they'd pretty much have to go off the air. We'd start to return to an earlier age, in which voters were told what the candidates said and left to form their own judgments.
In our view, liberals, centrists and intelligent conservatives would be wise to focus on the stupidity. In truth, there isn't a whole lot of blatant "racism" in our political discourse (though there's some). But the stupidity is constant-and it's widely accepted. (Listen up, people! Mars is warming!) In yesterday's long Meet the Press session on Imus, this problem was never mentioned. Nor did anyone wonder if it's OK to call major public figures "Satan" (never any real sign of joking there), or if it was OK to say that Gore is the world's most evil person. Imus said that for years (no sign of joking). Then he'd wonder if the sunspots were driving global warming.
Stupidity has driven our discourse for years, making a joke of our national interests. It was all over Imus' air. Only Frank Rich didn't know this.

To me this is the key line. "Let's face it; if TV pundits weren't allowed to be stupid, they'd pretty much have to go off the air." It's something I've felt for a long time. You know that did it to Gore, they did it to Kerry and they sure as hell did it to Dean. What BASTARDS.

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TRY OUTS AT MSNBC

I don't know how long or how many people are going to be trying out their show on MSNBC in the morning that will fill the slot previously held by Imus in the Morning. But so for they kicked it off with THE MICHAEL SMERCONISH SHOW.

He's a right leaning guy. I don't know enough to say he's a wingding yet. I do know that this morning he was using DRUDGE as his source on two issues he was talking about. That's not a good sign. DRUDGE is his source when he has the resources of NBC/MSNBC what's with that???

NOW THEY ARE GETTING SMART

Nationally-syndicated talk show host Stephanie Miller is a rising star in morning radio. Her fresh and funny show is on dozens of radio stations across the country, including in Los Angeles where she is now the #2 rated talk program in her time period** (source: Jones Radio Networks / Arbitron). The Stephanie Miller Show is on the air in Miami, Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. plus many other cities nationwide.

Stephanie has hosted local radio shows on KABC and KFI in Los Angeles and is a former co-host of CNBC's "Equal Time" as the liberal counterweight to Bay Buchanan. She also hosted "I've Got a Secret" on the Oxygen cable TV channel.

She is a comedienne and daughter of former Republican U.S. Representative William Miller, Barry Goldwater's running mate in the 1964 Presidential election.

MOYERS ON THE MEDIA

Did you watch Moyers last night? I think he nailed it pretty well.

The last couple of days Bill O'Reilly has tried to slam Moyers and this show. And that was without ever seeing that show. This man can not stand criticism of any kind. The fact is Moyers took them all on and only a damn few had the guts to step forward and admit they were wrong.

Bill, this program was simply riveting and eye-opening. What became obvious to me as I watched deep into the program is that the mainstream TV network and cable news channels are ALL owned by large corporate concglomerates, whose CEOs et al are 99% heavy contributors to the Republican Party. Can you imagine the pressure brought to bear by them and large corporate advertisers to buy into the marketing of the war? Bravo to Dan Rather, Tim Russert, Phil Donahue, Walter Issacson and a few others who had the courage to appear and take their medicine. Shame on the many who declined to appear. George Will's comments made me sick to my stomach. Finally it was obvious that Colin Powell's credibility with the American people sealed the deal for the invasion. With the trillion plus spent on this debacle so far we could have funded national health care, rebuilt the public school system and fixed social security. This administration will go down as the absolute worst in American history. THANK YOU for having the courage to produce and present this extremely necessary program. I just hope there will be front page coverage in the Times, Post and other major news outlets.

Just this morning on C-SPAN's Washington Journal they had William Kristol talking about Iraq. Listen to this question and how Billy answered it. He gets a tad testie don't you think. And why does he bring in Bill O'Reilly into the mix.

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Anyway if you didn't see the show go to PBS.ORG and check it out.