"Progressive" populist broadcaster Ed Schultz has been named the new 6 o'clock anchor on MSNBC. Sounds like he's a progressive in the Mark Green mode: PEP. Progressive except for Palestine. Susie Kneedler:
Lebanon–against callers appalled by Israeli aggression, cluster bombs,
land mines, and indiscriminate attacks on civilians. I sent Ed scores
of articles on line, as did many other callers, and his only reply was
to say on the air that he was putting them all directly into the trash
because he didn't like our attitude. I wish I could remember the
words exactly.
I don't know how he responded to the Israeli massacre in Gaza (I
can no longer just call it "Gaza"–too euphemistic) because Columbus, Ohio,
lost its Jones Radio-AirAmerica affiliate around Dec. 20, before the
assault. But he'd not been discussing the siege in Gaza or the truce
honored by Hamas.
MSNBC seems not to be giving us Sam Seder for 10:00. He'd certainly be
better than Schultz at any time. Schultz may have okay intentions but
he simply does not read enough; many times callers would mention
something that had been discussed everywhere for weeks, only to find
that Schultz hadn't heard a word of it.
