NPR Fires Juan Williams For Muslim Comment
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dieseldiva
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Umm....here's a suggestion. I also posted one too big a few days ago and when it was brought to my attention, I deleted it.....imagine that!
The thing that is most irritating is that it throws the whole thread off.....
The thing that is most irritating is that it throws the whole thread off.....
witness23
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You mean this book?
Yeah.....already got it and read it(about a year ago). And I do listen to him on occasion, he is not on locally but on 760AM out of Detroit in the evening. Not really impressed, rants way too much, and if he is that unhappy with our Nation, States, Local Govt., etc, etc, (just like the others) run for office. He's just another Beck, Limbaugh, etc, etc. You do realize they are entertainers right?
You sound like the addict that started with alcohol(local radio personality), moved your way up to marijuana(Limbaugh), then graduated your addiction to cocaine(Beck, FoxNews Channel) and now are on crack(Levin).
I edited the post with the oversize image so it no longer affects all the posts on the page with it. It means slightly more work for anyone to view the image as they'll have to cut and paste. I can't resize the image to put it in and see no other solution.
Some of you may be unhappy/annoyed/agrieved/whatever that a moderator did something. Some of you will be pleased it is fixed. Until/if/when admin chooses to edit/change it that's how it will be. Now we can get back to discussing how Juan Williams is a much better liberal than some in that he at least will have civil discussions without throwing tantrums and walking out.
Some of you may be unhappy/annoyed/agrieved/whatever that a moderator did something. Some of you will be pleased it is fixed. Until/if/when admin chooses to edit/change it that's how it will be. Now we can get back to discussing how Juan Williams is a much better liberal than some in that he at least will have civil discussions without throwing tantrums and walking out.
dieseldiva
Veteran Expediter
You mean this book?
Yeah.....already got it and read it(about a year ago). And I do listen to him on occasion, he is not on locally but on 760AM out of Detroit in the evening. Not really impressed, rants way too much, and if he is that unhappy with our Nation, States, Local Govt., etc, etc, (just like the others) run for office. He's just another Beck, Limbaugh, etc, etc. You do realize they are entertainers right?
You sound like the addict that started with alcohol(local radio personality), moved your way up to marijuana(Limbaugh), then graduated your addiction to cocaine(Beck, FoxNews Channel) and now are on crack(Levin).
You're dead wrong about Levin but who am I to try and talk sense to you. The only thing I can do is suggest you go back and read it again.
dieseldiva
Veteran Expediter
No reason to delete it that I can see. Anyone that wants to can copy and paste it and view it. Obviously do what you want since it's your post but I thought that was a good compromise to bring everything back into view and still have it available for anyone that wants it.
Mark Levin, Hannity, Savage, Beck, Limbaugh, O'Reilly are all political commentators who primarily are there to lecture. The left has their share also. They throw a lot of spaghetti against the wall and some of it sticks. They are certainly better than what you hear on America Left however there is far better available to be heard.
John Gibson, Joe Pags, Dennis Prager, and a few others are conservative talk show hosts. They are not entertainers. The way you tell them apart is they take a lot of phone calls and actually engage in dialogue with the callers. They aren't just lecturing for the majority of their time on air. If you really want to learn, find and listen to those guys.
John Gibson, Joe Pags, Dennis Prager, and a few others are conservative talk show hosts. They are not entertainers. The way you tell them apart is they take a lot of phone calls and actually engage in dialogue with the callers. They aren't just lecturing for the majority of their time on air. If you really want to learn, find and listen to those guys.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
Leo, they are all entertainers, they entertain people who listen to them.
In the first list, only one is qualified to lecture anyone, that is Mark Levin, but Savage can also be considered a lecturer.
The second list is the same as the first one.
Nevertheless they don't lecture, they entertain.
Oh and by the way, the left has nothing like them and if they did, they would be paying for air time.
You're welcome to your opinion of course. I didn't say they were qualified to lecture. I said that's what they do. The latter group spends a good deal of time in discourse. They aren't there just to hear themselves talk. They discuss the issues with their callers, not just preach and lecture. Definitely a better group to listen to.
greg334
Veteran Expediter
BUT lecturing is not what they do, Preaching is close to what happens on many of the shows. They do not engage in a relativity sane form of debate and they are in control of the show, so they may be selective with the types of callers they present on the air. A few of them stage calls, while others scream at the caller, both are distractions and both are actually childish.
Definitely a better group to listen to than what?
Who would you compare them too?
I would agree with most of the left entertainers, a couple are no doubt a bit better in form and delivery but they are not from here to begin with.
I would not agree that they are better than some of the actual lecturers who actually present both sides and those don't have talk shows. AND I would not agree that they are in a class say with some who are only there to report the news, not give commentaries or misrepresent an issue for what it is not (see my highlighted comments in the thread about wife beating).
Regardless, the thread is about Williams and NPR. NPR is a problem in itself, but Williams and others who are mentioned in your post have carried on as if this was an attack on free speech which it is not.