Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-15 Thread David Bruggeman
: Mon, November 15, 2010 3:21:09 PM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant What irritated me about the interview was Stewart's mantra of neutrality and "we just present the clips, we don't take sides." Bullshit. They've slam

[TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-15 Thread Dave Sikula
The problem with the below is that the traditional media are too lazy (and corporate) to go beyond the "one side (usually Fox and the Republicans) does it, so we must find equivalent evidence to 'prove' the other side (usually MSNBC and the Democrats) does it as well." Fox is all about advocacy fo

[TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread Bob in Jersey
donz5, to PGage and Kevin: > It sounds like not many here actually _watch_ Keith on any sort of > regular basis. He discontinued his "Worst Person in the World" weeks > ago. I was about to tell him that Saturday, but the hour got late and I was pooped... -- BOB -- TV or Not TV The Smart

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread Wesley McGee
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 3:27 PM, PGage wrote: > > I am not sure if he has announced a permanent termination of the segment > over the last two weeks. I don't watch Countdown anymore regularly, and have > not since the 2008 election coverage. I do review selected segments on his > website fairly o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread PGage
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:17 AM, donz5 wrote: > It sounds like not many here actually _watch_ Keith on any sort of > regular basis. He discontinued his "Worst Person in the World" weeks > ago. > True, though to be fair to Kevin I believe he has acknowledged that somewhere in this thread, or one

[TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread donz5
It sounds like not many here actually _watch_ Keith on any sort of regular basis. He discontinued his "Worst Person in the World" weeks ago. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to th

[TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread donz5
t;> that they lean left (as opposed to the network's new asinine "lean forward" > >> slogan) but none of them have come out and endorsed a candidate on the > >> air. > > >> - Original Message - > >> From: "K.M. Richards"

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread PGage
Kevin asked... How many different times in Bush's eight years did Keith call for his removal from office? On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 2:49 AM, PGage wrote: > I give up - how many times did Olbermann name Bush the WPITW? I have Obama > on that list at least once (though before he was elected Presiden

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread PGage
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 2:00 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > How many different times in Bush's eight years did Keith call for his > removal from office? That's what you missed. If he set a standard for > all politicians and then reacted the same way regardless of who let > him down, I could accept that. B

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread Kevin M.
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 1:26 AM, PGage wrote: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Kevin M. wrote: >> >> On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Wesley McGee >> wrote: >> If Keith wasn't politically partisan, when Obama capitulated and >> Americans ended up with a health care bill that helped nobody an

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread PGage
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Kevin M. wrote: > On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Wesley McGee > wrote: > If Keith wasn't politically partisan, when Obama capitulated and > Americans ended up with a health care bill that helped nobody and > omitted a public option, why wasn't Keith calling f

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-14 Thread Kevin M.
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:45 PM, Wesley McGee wrote: If Keith wasn't politically partisan, when Obama capitulated and Americans ended up with a health care bill that helped nobody and omitted a public option, why wasn't Keith calling for his immediate impeachment and removal from office? Why hasn

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Wesley McGee
When Jon Stewart went on to to talk about ideology and partisanship and Fox News and MSNBC, by way of comparing cable news to his show he came up with the analogy which -- I may be the only person who thinks this but -- I think is not a great analogy. "One of my favorite things..Anderson Cooper, I

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Kevin M.
I would agree, and go further to state that political parties (at least the two party system in place) hinders the process, as does any advocacy of it. I firmly believe that it no longer matters whether a Republican or Democrat wins a given election, because ultimately America will continue to lose

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread David Bruggeman
Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Kevin M. wrote: So Donz, you believe that MSNBC is nonpartisan and its hosts offer >nonbiased news and information? Because I don't think Stewart is >claiming MS

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread PGage
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 8:33 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > So Donz, you believe that MSNBC is nonpartisan and its hosts offer > nonbiased news and information? Because I don't think Stewart is > claiming MSNBC is like FoxNews, but the claim is they are not > producing journalism free of a political slant

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Wesley McGee
On Sat, Nov 13, 2010 at 11:33 PM, Kevin M. wrote: > [T]he claim is [MSNBC] are not > producing journalism free of a political slant, and the political > slant does more harm than good. At some point along the way, MSNBC > abandoned being a source of journalism in favor of being a showcase > for o

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Kevin M.
#x27;s weeknight lineup would deny >> that they lean left (as opposed to the network's new asinine "lean forward" >> slogan) but none of them have come out and endorsed a candidate on the >> air. >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message - >>

[TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread donz5
ir. > > > > - Original Message - > From: "K.M. Richards" > To: "TVorNotTV" > Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:43 AM > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the > > heck he meant > > A nitpick, if I may,

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread Bradford
ndorsed a candidate on the air. - Original Message - From: "K.M. Richards" To: "TVorNotTV" Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2010 10:43 AM Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant A nitpick, if I may, Kevin. On Nov 12, 8:53 pm, &qu

[TV orNotTV] Re: J. Stew sits with Rachel Maddow on just what the heck he meant

2010-11-13 Thread K.M. Richards
A nitpick, if I may, Kevin. On Nov 12, 8:53 pm, "Kevin M." wrote: >And whereas Maddow stated neither she nor any other member of > MSNBC's news team has endorsed a candidate, Keith's recent newsmaking > revealed that to not be the truth. Strictly speaking, Keith did not endorse a candidate. The