Jon Stewart on the Daily Show-- my example -- has had some of the best and funniest slams against Bush, Cheney and company on a daily basis. And he's getting a show on CNN.
-- Nathan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Perelman" <michael at ecst.csuchico.edu> To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 10:50 AM Subject: Re: On the Unpopularity of Leftish TV shows....
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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