On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows....

[Michael Perelman]

Would a leftist have the opportunity to behave that way.  Moyers/Donahue
only get a hearing because they behave respectably.  TV, unfortunately,
is a corporate medium.

On Tue, Sep 10, 2002 at 10:35:39AM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
> Kevin Robert Dean wrote:
> 
> >Donahue and Moyers--not the greatest leftists in the
> >world, but on the left at least:  Why the hell aren't
> >left wing TV shows popular?  Scary!
> 
> Because they're pious and boring? One of the reason right-wing talk 
> is popular is because it's aggressive and often funny. Moyers sounds 
> like a preacher on sedatives. O'Reilly is in many ways an 
> abomination, but he's entertaining. Michael Moore might be able to 
> put it off, but not the eat-your-peas crowd.
> 
> Doug

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

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