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Rating the radio talk show hosts on the Terri Schiavo case

Posted on 03/25/2005 1:06:54 PM PST by EveningStar

During the Terri Schiavo case:

Which radio talk show hosts have been reasonable?

Which radio talk show hosts have been unreasonable?

Which radio talk show hosts have been downright irresponsible (accusing Michael of trying to kill Terri, advocating breaking the law, advocating violence, etc?


TOPICS: History; Society
KEYWORDS: schiavo; talkradio; talkshows; terri; terrihysteria; terrischiavo
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To: matymac
Just read your comment - I made pretty much the same one further down on the thread. I'd get to the point that I had to switch him off because he was over the top... laughing, being cynical, he doesn't see her as a human being at all.

Jay Severin was no better although thankfully he didn't play that sad tape Howie played (over and over and over again).

81 posted on 03/25/2005 4:02:00 PM PST by american colleen
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To: EveningStar

Michael Savage has been relentless and enjoyable.


82 posted on 03/25/2005 4:04:20 PM PST by dennisw ("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
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To: BigEdLB

Thanks.... You sure you have that right about Art Bell and George Noury being pro-Terri?


83 posted on 03/25/2005 4:09:28 PM PST by dennisw ("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
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To: beyond the sea

Michael Savage has been great all this week ... I have not liked him before and had not listened much before


84 posted on 03/25/2005 4:13:27 PM PST by dennisw ("What is Man that thou art mindful of him")
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To: EveningStar

Michael Schiavo, there's just something about this guy that doesn't pass the smell test.


85 posted on 03/25/2005 4:14:05 PM PST by Valin (DARE to be average!)
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To: Valin

If this case were a TV movie, Columbo would be showing up everywhere Michael Schiavo goes.


86 posted on 03/25/2005 4:28:42 PM PST by AmishDude (The Clown Prince-in-a-can of Free Republic!)
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To: conservativebabe

Bravo!!!!


87 posted on 03/25/2005 5:19:55 PM PST by roylene
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I'll admit I have been critical of Rush in the past. He's stood tall and proud on this issue. I'm sorry Rush!

Please take this in the best possible way, because I want to make sure it gets said in public: You're a big man, Tonk. I knew you were, even when you and I were fighting over this Limbaugh thing.

88 posted on 03/25/2005 5:38:29 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: Mr. Silverback

THIS means a LOT to me!

Thank You!

PS Want back on my ping list? Please?


89 posted on 03/25/2005 5:46:20 PM PST by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Have you said Thank You to a service man or woman today?)
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To: EveningStar
Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity have been great, though I have only seen Sean's TV stuff, I don't listen to his show.

On the local level, Eileen Byrne and Teri O'Brien of WLS 890 in Chicago, Vicki McKenna of WIBA 1310 in Madison, Wisconsin, and Charlie Sykes and Jeff Wagner of WTMJ 620 in Milwaukee--All have been outstanding. They have not made any wild accusations, but they have made it clear that this is atrociously wrong (Charlie even opened the phones and challenged pro-deathers to tell why it wasn't equivalent to stabbing her to death) and have stood behind the Shindlers 100%.

Also, on TV, Dennis Miller has been good, and Abrams on MSNBC and Juan Williams on Special Report have been atrocious, especially Juan who thinks Terri is brain dead and treats everyone who tries to correct him on it like they're saying she's Albert Einstein.

90 posted on 03/25/2005 5:46:47 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
PS Want back on my ping list? Please?

No for now, but that's only because my ping volume is so high. If something big comes up you need pings on, please feel free to single me out.

91 posted on 03/25/2005 5:48:11 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: EveningStar
I've lost several people in the last few years, so there are a couple of things about Michael Schiavo that stick with me.

I don't understand his obsession with the shades being drawn. The importance of Light in our lives, and its deep symbolism, cannot be underestimated, and you don't have to be religious to appreciate that. Does anyone who loves another ever wish Darkness on them?

It also bothers me that she has lost several teeth(!) because he has demanded she can't even have such basic care as brushing. So did he see her as nothing but an empty shell, something to dismiss, something to allow to rot? I don't think the word "dignity" ever crossed his mind, and especially since he's been with another woman the last few years.

92 posted on 03/25/2005 5:54:05 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (More than two lawyers in any Country constitutes a terrorist organization. ©)
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To: BigEdLB; xsmommy

Saw Tammy on C-SPAN speaking to a college crowd, and if every feminist was like her this country would be in a lot better shape.


93 posted on 03/25/2005 5:54:44 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: xsmommy
if terri were a lesbian, they would have been in full-thoated bawl against the husband ending her life.

Yeah, and the same liberal folks who say we're demonizing him (i.e., bringing up legitimate concerns about his guardianship) would be gleefully implying that he was killing her out of homophobia, and saying "She didn't have bulimia, she told him she was leaving him for a woman and he snapped."

94 posted on 03/25/2005 6:10:33 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: Valin

You are kidding aren't you?


95 posted on 03/25/2005 6:12:24 PM PST by newsgatherer
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To: RightWhale

He really is the dean of talk radio, and a true gentleman.


96 posted on 03/25/2005 6:14:54 PM PST by newsgatherer
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Oh, BTW, though I'm not ready to be back on the ping list, I'm hoping in a few weeks I'll have something to contribute to the Canteen daily. Will get back to you then.


97 posted on 03/25/2005 6:15:02 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: matymac
He has been insisting that Terri is better off dead, he has made fun of the Tapes with Terri groaning on them and has allowed countless callers to get away with imitating her cries for help.

Sounds like he's hoping to pick up the DU demographic.

98 posted on 03/25/2005 6:24:17 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: newsgatherer
No longer culture of death, it is now society of death. Culture is a part of society and over 50 percent now seem intent on seeing Terri murdered.

I'm not saying we're not in deep doo-doo, but don't let those polls throw you. Those polls are based on calling people who have been told a bunch of lies, and asking them a leading question that's a lie in and of itself. Most people don't know Schiavo has a girlfriend with two of his kids, most think that he's been trying to pull the tube for 15 years (and don't know he suddenly "remembered" her wishes in 1997), most don't know how much evidence there is that she's not PVS, most don't know about Schiavo's abusive medical decisions, or Greer's exclusion of relevant evidence...I could go on, but you get the idea. It's just like the Swift Boat stuff, a lot of people believed things about the Swiftees that were ludicrous, but if they only knew half (or less!) of the facts from watching the evening news ofr reading the local paper, they were making a reasobnable conclusion based on the crap they'd been fed.

99 posted on 03/25/2005 6:24:21 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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To: RushCrush
I hate to say this, but Sean Hannity proved that he is a lightweight and a sensationalist this week.

And he should have done...what?

100 posted on 03/25/2005 6:25:31 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ('Cow Tipping', a game the whole family can play!)
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