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Originally Posted by Mr. Mojo Risin
soapbox... I like his movies, but damn he needs to relax, he looks like a fool in interviews, though he is right...
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I tend to agree.
The one thing that really turns me off about right wing hate radio isn't the politics, it's the histronics and name-calling.
When Air America launched, I first thought, good - finally an alternative. Yet while Air America approaches issues from the opposite spectrum, they have succumbed to similar tactics of shouting, and chest-pounding rudeness.
There is nothing wrong with feeling passionately about your beliefs and stating them forcefully, but when everyone is yelling, no one is listening.
It might feel good, but it does little to change anything.
I didn't see the Sanjay Gupta piece, but it obviously really pushed Michael Moore's button.
In his defense, I didn't hear Moore use name-calling (he used the word crap a few times to describe coverage and he added an Indian inflection in his voice the final time he mentioned Gupta), but compared to what you will hear on Hannity, O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Savage. et al, every show, that was nothing. (NOTE: The aforementioned conservative pundits and their cohorts such as Ann Coulter, claim there is a liberal bias in the media, yet who can name more that a few of their counterparts on the left? Al Franken had to create his own radio network and has nothing near the same size and scope of reach). /tangent
The rest of what Michael Moore said, was pretty spot on in my opinion, especially about the war.
Given that you can tune in Fox and many other media outlets and get a barrage of pro-war right-wing left-bashing invective served up hot daily, I think it's okay for Michael Moore to occasionally spout off.
You tell 'em fat man!
Oh, and if you haven't seen it yet, be sure to watch "Sicko".
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