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Conservatives (Rush & Sean) in ads? It's not right (Whiney Liberal Alert)
The Star Ledger ^ | 6/17/03 | Paul Mulshine

Posted on 06/17/2003 1:23:33 PM PDT by qam1

Edited on 07/06/2004 6:38:59 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

I took my daughter to a double- header at the local minor- league park on Father's Day. The first game was good, but we left before the second one. I couldn't take the commercials. Every time the pitcher stopped to scratch himself, the loudspeakers would take advantage of the lull by blaring out an invitation for me to eat something, drink something or sue somebody.


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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Editorial; Extended News; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: advertising; cigarettes; mulshine; paulmulshine; pufflist; rushlimbaugh; seanhannity
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1 posted on 06/17/2003 1:23:34 PM PDT by qam1
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To: *puff_list
All conservatives who favor smoking bans are stooges of the Tobacco company *BUMP*

I guess Philip Morris pays Rush to say "In my formally nicotine stained hands"


2 posted on 06/17/2003 1:25:44 PM PDT by qam1
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To: qam1
If somebody waved 50k under Paul's nose to pitch Tofu or a subscription to High Times his tune would change in a hurry.
3 posted on 06/17/2003 1:27:14 PM PDT by buccaneer81 (Plus de fromage, s'il vous plait...)
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To: qam1
Um, so what?

4 posted on 06/17/2003 1:27:53 PM PDT by Ramius
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To: qam1
Whiney Liberal

Redundancy Alert!

5 posted on 06/17/2003 1:28:30 PM PDT by ASA Vet ("Those who know, don't talk. Those who talk, don't know." (I'm in the 2nd group.))
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To: qam1
Well, it bothers me. It particularly bothers me because so many of these pitchmen claim to be conservatives. Conservatism in America is a philosophy of great ideas that has roots reaching back through Barry Goldwater all the way to Locke and Hobbes. But to hear these bozos tell it, you'd think that conservatism was invented yesterday to sell things. To get back to the New York Times for a second, I am among those conservatives with a long list of gripes about that newspaper's coverage. But how can Rush Limbaugh, for example, attack the New York Times for selling out when in the next breath he will be selling soda?

I was prepared to submit a reasoned rebuttal to this article, but after reading this, forget it. This guy's an ignoramus.

6 posted on 06/17/2003 1:35:45 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
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To: qam1
This article says the folowing : Capitalism is bad. News persons should not participate in it.

News reporters in the USA report on a capitalist society to the public and therefore to be able to make unbiased judgements should not participate in capitalism. That the author says is a conflict of interest.

Let us test it for validity by applying its logic to some vocations.

Medical Doctors in the USA prescribe medicines for the public and therefore to be able to make unbiased judgements should not ever receive medical treatment.The author says that is a conflict of interest.

Auto Mechanics in the USA work on cars for the public and therefore to be able to make unbiased judgements should not work on their own cars. That the author says is a conflict of interest.

Cooks in Restuarants in the USA work on food for the public and therefore to be able to make unbiased judgements should not eat food. That the author says is is a conflict of interest.

7 posted on 06/17/2003 1:36:12 PM PDT by Common Tator
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To: qam1
"He doesn't claim to be a news person," said Pollak. "He's a talk- show host."

Pollak, who is a very nice guy, did his best to explain the distinction to me. When it comes to TV and radio, he said, news reporters can't do ads. But opinion people like Limbaugh and Sean Hannity can.

I don't get it. I'm an opinion person.

Althought this guy claims to be a conservative (I doubt that's true, based on this article), he expresses the very problem of liberal bias in the news. Every time the conservatives complain of liberal bias in the news, the liberals counter by pointing out conservative dominance of radio. They simply cannot understand the difference between someone claiming to be a "neutral journalist", simply reporting the news, and someone who openly expresses that they are biased and giving an opinion.

In other words, liberals do not understand that there is a difference between news "reporting" and opinion. Thus, they see no problem in putting opinion into a "news" story, and don't understand that doing such is bias.

8 posted on 06/17/2003 1:36:24 PM PDT by brownie (Reductio Ad Absurdum, or something like that . . .)
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To: qam1
Does it bother Mr. Mulshine that Tom Daschle, an honest-to-goodness public official and not just a radio host, takes legal bribes from Boeing via his wife's lobbying paycheck?
9 posted on 06/17/2003 1:36:30 PM PDT by The Old Hoosier (Right makes might.)
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To: qam1
Paul Mulshine is NO liberal. He's the best conservative columnist in Jersey.
10 posted on 06/17/2003 1:38:24 PM PDT by Zorrito
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To: Zorrito
Paul Mulshine is NO liberal. He's the best conservative columnist in Jersey.

Really? That's a shame.

11 posted on 06/17/2003 1:42:53 PM PDT by L.N. Smithee (Just because I don't think like you doesn't mean I don't think for myself)
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To: Zorrito
Paul Mulshine is NO liberal.

??????????

How can anybody read that column and think other wise??

His past recent columns include

» Whitman's wasted opportunity (She couldn't make the Repubs more moderate)
» Rick's (Santorium) views on rights are best kept private
» The right should back local filters on smoking
» Hating the French is a waste of time
» Smoke-free bars? I'll drink to that

He's the best conservative columnist in Jersey.

That's pretty sad, Though I guess to The Star Ledger which makes the NYtimes look like the National Review he is their only Conservative writer.

12 posted on 06/17/2003 1:46:05 PM PDT by qam1
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To: qam1
These guy's could be the one's who said this:

http://www.fortunecity.com/lavendar/pulpfiction/407/Cat2.wav
13 posted on 06/17/2003 1:53:53 PM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom (When you play... you pay.)
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To: qam1
Well, I don't like yakking announcers at baseball games either. So I watch the kids play.
14 posted on 06/17/2003 1:57:41 PM PDT by Anthem
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To: Zorrito
You folks in Jersey have my deepest sympathy.
15 posted on 06/17/2003 1:58:52 PM PDT by anoldafvet (Freedom isn't free, it's the most costly gift you'll ever receive.)
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To: qam1
What goes on behind the scenes could be worse. For example, I've noticed that virtually every radio and TV "conservative" is pro-cigarette. The impression created is that Republicans and conservatives have deep sympathies for the plight of the tobacco companies.

Not the ones I know. When I wrote recently in favor of banning smoking in bars, the president of a Republican club in one of the most solidly Republican towns on the planet told me he agreed with me. I don't even know many Republicans who smoke cigarettes anymore.

Ummm, its not about smoking, ok? Its about THE GOVERNMENT GETTING THE HELL OUT OF MY LIFE AND THE HELL OUT OF PRIVATE BUSINESSES' BUSINESS AND TO QUIT TELLING ME WHAT IS RIGHT TO DO AND WRONG TO DO!!!!!!!

ahem, sorry about that.

16 posted on 06/17/2003 1:58:54 PM PDT by eyespysomething (Breaking down the stereotypes of soccer moms everyday!)
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To: qam1
The funny thing ?
This article at the NJ.COM site has this advertisment smack in the middle of the text.


17 posted on 06/17/2003 2:00:58 PM PDT by ChadGore (Piss off a liberal: Hire Someone.)
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To: qam1
Calvin and Hobbes I know, but who is Locke and Hobbes?
18 posted on 06/17/2003 2:01:48 PM PDT by rogers21774 (The guilty taketh the truth to be hard, for it cutteth them to the very center.)
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To: L.N. Smithee
Probably because he is the only one in Jersey.....Well the only one that claims he's conservative.
19 posted on 06/17/2003 2:02:47 PM PDT by Starstruck
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To: ChadGore
That ads OK. It helps fatten Paul Mulshine's wallet.
20 posted on 06/17/2003 2:08:15 PM PDT by dead
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