[lbo-talk] um, cass sunnstein?

[Max Sawicky]

I was on his show four or five times.  I thought I did all right.
He was civil throughout. Dumb, but civil.  When he flies off
the handle then the thing degenerates, as far as content goes,
though it can be fun to watch.  It's like wrestling.  There's a
good guy and a bad guy.  One time I was the good guy and
Dan Mitchell was the bad guy, defending corporate tax
loopholes.

When I have a little time to kill I just put on MSNBC.  When
Olbermann starts one of his rants I change the channel.  Some
of the show is tedious, some o.k.  I'm very impressed by Maddow.
Her show is very easy to watch.  Matthews is a pill but he really
rips into his interviewees.

On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 4:12 PM, Doug Henwood<dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
> On Sep 8, 2009, at 4:04 PM, Dennis Perrin wrote:
>
>> As Noam has suggested, and I think that O'R and others largely prove,
>> inviting dissidents to appear on camera while maintaining existing media
>> filters is an effective way to discredit dissent. O'R's not interested in
>> "genuine engagement" -- he's tossing red meat to his audience, as any
>> serious entertainer would. Watch some of Bob Hope's Vietnam shows to see a
>> more extreme version of this.
>
> How's that? O'Reilly has spirited arguments with his guests. If they're good
> at it, they can give him a run for his money - of course, you have to be
> aggressive and resist his talking over you. But allowing people to speak
> their minds on TV - how exactly does that discredit dissent?
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