tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post116373050183406723..comments2020-02-27T22:57:19.103-05:00Comments on scootmandubious: Why Is The Media So Eager to Undermine The Democrats?scootmandubioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442841351727815343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1164062779959394042006-11-20T17:46:00.000-05:002006-11-20T17:46:00.000-05:00Good point, I'd like to think that the mainstream ...Good point, I'd like to think that the mainstream media is just looking for blood whereever they can find it.<BR/> But I truly appreciated your words that Pelosi,Hoyer and Murtha, are all winners, and the paragraph that substantiated that.<BR/> This is the truth of the situation, no matter how the media spin comes down.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1164050333150441212006-11-20T14:18:00.000-05:002006-11-20T14:18:00.000-05:00Glad to hear that! But I wouldn't know because I ...Glad to hear that! But I wouldn't know because I don't listen to Al Franken anymore. Since he ran Katherine Lanpher off, it hasn't been very interesting. In fact, it's been so boring, I'd listen to E! (XM162) before I'd tune in to Franken! And I hate Hollywood gossip!<BR/><BR/>(BTW, I heard it on Sam Seder's show. And I thought he was a little too casual and off-hand about it, for it to be genuine...)<BR/><BR/>But I'm still worried about AAR's survival.<BR/><BR/>NaomiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1164007383487887912006-11-20T02:23:00.000-05:002006-11-20T02:23:00.000-05:00US Air taking over Air America is a JOKE by Al Fra...US Air taking over Air America is a JOKE by Al Franken.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1164000311826297252006-11-20T00:25:00.000-05:002006-11-20T00:25:00.000-05:00Matt: There's no doubt that we all lost something...Matt: There's no doubt that we all lost something when Reagan "dismantled" the Fairness Doctrine.<BR/><BR/>(Note to self: beware right-wing words like--"reform", "dismantle", "deconstruct", "deregulate" and "XYZ recovery act".)<BR/><BR/>We lost again, when Bill Clinton "deregulated" media, allowing for the formation of monopolies. We are down to five major and one minor players, holding all the cards and dealing them out to us from the bottom of the deck.<BR/><BR/>And we now hear that ClearChannel has been bought, and will be taken private! That has some serious implications; however, the FCC rules are universal, whether public or private. One can wish the rules the FCC chooses to enforce were done by common-sense, rather than by dogmatic ideology of the right-wing variety.<BR/><BR/>So, I have made Speaker-to-be Pelosi and Majority Leader-to-be Reid aware of my opinion of these problems and hope that both chambers do the right and righteous thing.<BR/><BR/>I have heard the strangest thing: USAir is planning a hostile takeover of AirAmericaRadio! I harbor a small hope that they think AAR is another airline and will abandon their attempt...<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I also worry that AAR may be bought only to turn it into just another cookie-cutter "bloviation central".<BR/><BR/>NaomiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1163986458948145432006-11-19T20:34:00.000-05:002006-11-19T20:34:00.000-05:00THis was all engineered during the Reagan years-on...THis was all engineered during the Reagan years-on, but it began during Reagan--deregulation of the airwaves under the guise of 'less-government' (for people). Time to bring-back the Fairness Doctrine as law at the FCC. The Democratic party is the only one that has attempted this--twice in the late-80s and early-1990s. Guess who voted against this? The GOP. Make fair and equal time a condition of owning any licencing for outlets of any sort in the United States.<BR/>http://chickasawpicklesmell.blogspot.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1163788662998993552006-11-17T13:37:00.000-05:002006-11-17T13:37:00.000-05:00Why? Howzabout Big Media?Maybe it's something to d...Why? Howzabout Big Media?<BR/><BR/>Maybe it's something to do with slavishly avoiding giving offense to the obscenely wealthy handful who effectively own the megacorporate parent companies of all the major media outlets left, right and center?<BR/><BR/>Nah. It's just a coincidence.<BR/><BR/>Signed,<BR/>Marie of RoumaniaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16489517.post-1163757269357703082006-11-17T04:54:00.000-05:002006-11-17T04:54:00.000-05:00Well, here's one person's take on "why": Rove nee...Well, here's one person's take on "why": Rove needs to stage-manage the Dems image, in order to recast the republicans as temperate, calm and rational statesmen. You will notice that they appear to behave well these last few days...<BR/><BR/>The obfuscation begins today; come January, the obstructionism will arrive.<BR/><BR/>Let the games begin!<BR/><BR/>NaomiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com