You can be a dissenter, but whatever the show was or whatever purpose it served, it is redundant in an arena where every supposed news program features a panel of blowhards.
On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 4:55 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > I guess I will be a dissenter here. I don't doubt McLaughlin personally > was a creep. Christopher Hitchens allowed some show -- Michael Moore's news > show? -- to record as they provided the questions in advance, something > they said they didn't do. McLaughlin deserves credit for keeping the topics > focused. And the shows panelists were usually strong, most notably David > Broder. Even Morton Kondracke and Fred Barnes made valid arguments before > they evolved into cable news gas bags. > It almost seems quaint when the extreme right wing was defined by Pat > Buchanan. > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 3:11 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 3:27 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'm trying to imagine who the intended audience for this would be. I >> can't think of anybody under the age of 80. >> >> I also came across this thread on Twitter from Recode's Kara Swisher, >> which starts, "I worked at the show the 1980s when I was in my early 20s >> and my recollections were quite not as sunny. Besides ushering in scream >> punditry that ruined substantive news analysis of important issues, its >> late host was embroiled in some of the first serious #*metoo* >> <https://twitter.com/hashtag/metoo?src=hash> incidents ..." >> >> https://twitter.com/karaswisher/status/1161368379271385088 >> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFVRrePgQuguFgHw6zWwKnypyC8Aq4qvXEH2wuEWSmftQ%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiFVRrePgQuguFgHw6zWwKnypyC8Aq4qvXEH2wuEWSmftQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzzpv0PTA-YTTG3f3FHhORvuD0XT%2B65tWisO5vLJW0hLw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yzzpv0PTA-YTTG3f3FHhORvuD0XT%2B65tWisO5vLJW0hLw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4DHW37A0jSOeToZOmuDUnHNQJ_KUQ_zb-1OediJMHyRgQ%40mail.gmail.com.
