A Real Blue-Collar Guy
Ed Schultz is dead. To paraphrase Shakespeare, we’re probably not going to see his like again .Not on TV, anyway. There used to be more people on TV like Ed, people who stood...
Tagged: MSNBC TV
Yes, I’m a Rachel Fan
Has it been nine years, Rachel? Nine years??? Even taking weekends and nights-off into account, that has to be more than 2,000 shows. And I don’t think I’ve missed a week’s worth. Yes,...
Trump is at it Again
i think the world of Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell and the rest of the MSNBC crew, but I suspect they’re falling for one of those classic Trump gambits. They are seriously pondering the implications of...
I Miss Elizabeth Warren
It’s all Trump, Trump, Trump in American media these days. Occasionally you’ll get a noxious blast of fabricated “scandal” featuring Hillary. But I’m not hearing much about Elizabeth Warren. And that’s a shame. She is...
How to Ruin a TV Channel
I’m convinced it’s not just Congress that’s gone nuts, it’s the entire political and business world. No, this is not another Donald Trump blog. This time it’s TV I’m railing against. More...
Grab Jon, MSNBC! Quick!
If I were calling the shots at MSNBC, I would mortgage the farm to get Jon Stewart on my cable channel. In prime time of course. I would reschedule either Chris Matthews or...
“Liberal Media” is a Joke
Back when I was young (yes, waaaay back), conservatives constantly grumbled about America’s “liberal press,” claiming that reporters by definition were sympathetic to “leftist” causes. Things sure have changed. In the media world of...
Poor John McCain. Foiled Once Again!
John McCain must be furious. He came so close this time. But once again his hopes of another war have been dashed. How cruel is that? I bet the aging Arizona senator will hold...
Hunger is the Best Sauce. Or is it?
I’ve been really hungry. Once. I was working for the Haiti Sun and my boss, Bernard Diederich, had set off on his mother’s yacht, leaving me to run the newspaper for a month. Sadly,...
Low-Wage Workers Shafted while we Celebrate
On this July 4, in this America freed from British tyranny so many years ago, new tyrants threaten the freedoms for which the colonists fought and died. How can Americans celebrate their rights with...