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

Chuck0 chuck at mutualaid.org
Tue Feb 18 13:27:12 PST 2003


At this point, if this is what Donahue is showing on his show, I hope it gets cancelled. Better to have no leftists on TV than a circus that gives credibility to morons who write conservative books.

I don't understand why the American left hasn't had the balls to put together an alternative to the right wing media juggernaut.

At least us radicals have put our money where our mouth is and created Indymedia and other things.

Chuck0

steve philion wrote:
> 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.
>
>
>
>

-- Chuck0

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