A note I sent to Phil Donahue and Jeff Cohen on today's schedule

steve philion philion at hawaii.edu
Tue Feb 18 13:11:04 PST 2003


Phil and Jeff,

Respectfully, the show on the demonstrations aftermath will fail, the dittoheads will dominate the discussion, little room will exist for the left to get a word in edgewise, another pointless shouting match... I'd rather watch CNN Crossfire...at least there it's one on one (and sometimes they even have on a real lefty!), not one lefty against 5 conservative dittoheads.

steve

schedule tonight: Tonight: Anti-War Protests

In the wake of the biggest demonstrations for peace in world history, "Donahue" convenes a free-for-all on the protests. Are anti-war protesters in the U.S. somehow unpatriotic -- or is speaking up against government policy the essence of patriotism? Are protests effective means of communication -- or do mass media biases distort the message demonstrators are trying to convey? Will peace marches have any impact at all on President Bush?

These are some of the questions Phil will address with peace movement leader Medea Benjamin (co-founder of Global Exchange), Joe Cirincione of the Carnegie Peace Endowment, and conservative talk hosts Neal Boortz and Steve Malzberg. Also joining the discussion will be Dan Flynn, author of the charmingly-titled book, "Why the Left Hates America."

This is "Donahue," so don't leave the discussion to the "experts." If you can't be in our live audience, join the debate by email or phone.



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