Posted on 03/22/2006 5:02:10 PM PST by eeevil conservative
Edited on 03/22/2006 5:21:30 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
GO GIRL!
After a hard day's work, and a long day of stategery talk radio, if you are ready to just sit back and ENJOY hard hitting conservative talk mixed with fun-
Then LAURA is YOUR CUP O' TEA!
She is the PERFECT way to TOP OFF THE DAY!
Join us to Listen, Laugh and Learn!
You can tune in at WABC
or go to LAURA'S Home page
Talk radio 102.3 Chattanooga Tn. .I am listening to Laura now.
LOL! YES! that did play out well!
I like the way you think...
especially the part of NOT pulling the thread for the specific use of thrashing me!
ROFLLLL!!
I mean- I REALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU THINK!!!
Sorry, I don't have a ping list. I am not able to keep up with who is interested in what, so I conveniently let others do that stuff.
I've lost count of how many "radio" threads we have now.
I'm sure glad we don't do a nightly H&C and O'Reilly, etc.
Whew.
Laura is also live on 6AM to 9AM Pacific on KRLA
http://www2.krla870.com/listen/
I missed her... was listening to the JUDGE in for Tony...
how are your seeds?
She is FUN to listen too
very common sense, authentice, real... just comfrotable!
I LIKE HER!
No worries! GOT it!
you are added!
thanks!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/553341/posts
Otherwise, live threads should be for events.
Of course, that's my opinion, and I'm sure there are plenty who disagree with me.
I am off to check the news, since nothing will be heard from LI tonight.
Stung by Ingraham, NBC Claims its Iraq Coverage . . . Not Negative Enough
Posted by Mark Finkelstein on March 22, 2006 - 07:56.
Stung by allegations levelled by Laura Ingraham yesterday, NBC has admitted that its Iraqi coverage is inaccurate because it's . . . not negative enough.
Ingraham clearly hit an MSM sore spot with the charges she made during her appearance on yesterday's Today show, in which she locked horns with David Gregory and James Carville. Read Laura in the Lions Den.
Ingraham accused most American media of covering Iraq from their balconies in the Green Zone, confining their reports largely to IEDs and killings and missing the more positive stories that abound across the country.
On this morning's Today show, a defensive NBC asked whether it is doing a good job reporting on Iraq, and - surprise! - the Peacock Network assured itself and its viewers that indeed it is. If anything, Today told us, the situation in Iraq is even worse than the MSM portray it. You might say NBC's position is that its coverage is not negative enough.
Ingraham's gutsy appearance took on national momentum. Laura discussed it at length during her own syndicated radio show. Rush Limbaugh offered some interesting commentary, and Ingraham made an evening appearance on the O'Reilly Factor. At one point, Ingraham mentioned that it was her viewing yesterday of a report by NBC's Richard Engel, from the proverbial Green Zone balcony, that sparked some of her sentiment.
NBC fired back this morning, and featured the very same Engel in doing so.
Hosting the segment was Gregory, sitting in for Matt Lauer. He kicked things off asking "is the U.S. media focusing too much on the negative and ignoring the positive stories in Iraq?" Gregory then threw it to Engel in Baghdad, who began by alleging that there are "a lot of myths and misperceptions about what reporters are doing and are not doing here in Iraq."
Engel then narrated a montage showing that at various times, he and his crew have accompanied US troops, put on flack jackets and ventured outside the Green Zone, and exposed themselves to a variety of violent situations. We saw dramatic footage of Engel flat on the ground as bullets whizzed around. The point was made that even staying in the office can be dangerous, as the NBC News Bureau has twice been bombed. Engel also mentioned the danger of kidnapping, with 40 reporters having been taken hostage so far.
While making the case that Baghdad is a dangerous place and that the people covering display bravery, in many ways Engel failed to confront Ingraham's most fundamental charges. She had challenged NBC to apply some of the massive resources it devoted to the Olympics, or even to answering "Where in the World is Matt Lauer?", to its Iraq coverage. Ingraham suggested that Today host shows directly from Iraq, and that the media get off their perches and out into the field. Speak with the Iraqi military, meet with villagers and children. Ingraham predicted that the resulting stories would paint a picture of Iraq more positive than the gloom and doom seen in the glare of the latest IED explosion that is the typical MSM fare.
There was nothing in Engel's report to indicate that NBC had ventured much if at all outside Baghdad or made any systematic effort to speak with the Iraqi military, with Iraqi people-in-the street or with villagers in the many peaceful areas of the country.
Consider also the utter lack of objectivity in the Today's report. Rather than calling upon a journalism expert with a reputation for fairness to judge the nature and balance of NBC's reporting, NBC not only decided to grade itself, but gave the job to the very reporter that Ingraham had singled out for criticism.
"Hey, Mom - I got all A's! Gave them to me myself!"
If anything, Engel's report confirmed Ingraham's allegation that the MSM portray Iraq in a consistently negative light. At one point, Engel asserted that "reporting on everyday life is increasingly dangerous because life here is getting more dangerous." And incredibly, Engel closed by claiming that, if anything, NBC's coverage was . . . not negative enough.
When Gregory asked "is security the overall story?" Engel replied:
"Most Iraqis I speak to say most reporters get it wrong. The situation on the ground is worse than the images we project on television."
Finkelstein lives in Ithaca, NY, where he hosts the award-winning public-access TV show 'Right Angle'. Contact him at: mark@gunhill.net
http://newsbusters.org/node/4562
I caught a little bit of that. Not a bad show. Now that I have XM, I can choose between Tony and Glenn Beck. The latter has kind of been off the wall lately. I find myself looking for something else to listen to more and more often.
Laura is sometimes on LIVE after Mark Levin's show? I assumed her show on WABC was a repeat of her syndicated morning show...
I personally think that live radio threads should be limited to hosts who actually post here (Tony Snow, holdonnow(Mark Levin).
Otherwise, live threads should be for events.
Of course, that's my opinion, and I'm sure there are plenty who disagree with me.
Rush was the first thread and he commands the largest audience nationwide/worldwide.
The radio threads have become CHAT.
I say move them to CHAT.
DING DING DING!
WE HAVE A WINNER FOLKS!
You have to register... but hey- I am listening!!
THANKS!
would you like to be on the ping list?
BTW: If you miss the 6 to 9 AM live show it repeats during Rush's show 9 to noon Pacific on KTKZ Sacramento, CA
http://www.ktkz.com/
Just in case you miss her show and Rush's show isn't a good one.
I agree.
Or at least the threads should be in chat.
Yet another reason not to be married...
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