[jobim]

Endless discussion of "The Five" does not speak well of Free Republic.

I posted a vanity a few hours to generate some discussion
about a Firing Line-like show for our era. FOUR PEOPLE commented.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3545789/posts

I'm a 19 year Freeper, so maybe at age 65 I am over the hill. If a show like "The Five"
can generate so much discussion, and a show like Firing Line none at all, it is a minuscule
indicator of the coarsening of the culture, even among those I would think would not be susceptible.

[caww]

...”indicator of the ‘coarsening’ of the culture”...

Yes.

[sparklite2]

Tucker Carlson’s Fox show is akin to Firing Line without Buckley’s sanctimony. Just add a small audience and that’d do it, youngster.

[huldah1776]

I noticed that threads started at certain times of the day get missed and while I vaguely remember the show (being close to you in age) I don’t know if a majority of Freepers would respond to something that is reasonable as opposed to “The Five” being on at 9 being debatable.

For those who would like to watch a few programs...

http://www.hoover.org/library-archives/collections/firing-line

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/firinglinevideos

Discussed here on FR about the show being available on Amazon Prime in 2012:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2924981/posts

[SharpRightTurn]

“I’m a 19 year Freeper, so maybe at age 65 I am over the hill. If a show like “The Five”
can generate so much discussion, and a show like Firing Line none at all, it is a minuscule
indicator of the coarsening of the culture, even among those I would think would not be susceptible.”

Yes, The Five is fluff and banal and, yes, Firing Line was weighty and intellectual. And, yes, the audience is much different today.

[CaptainK]

Every once in a while I’ll post an article and start a thread that doesn’t get many responses. But I don’t act like a cry baby about it and scold fellow Freepers.