Comments on: Rich Little is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

by: Bleeding heart conservative

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 16:04:04 +0000

“I dont know where the left picked up this idea that the press is the agent of “oversight” in a democracy…the people are the oversight, the press’ role is to report and ask questions. Not to create the news, not to frame the debate, not to become the newsmakers and most certainly not to become the opinion makers…they are supposed to be the camera lens that the people view events through…the people provide the oversight through elections.”

Mick, very, very well said.

by: TBinSTL

Thu, 19 Apr 2007 05:13:16 +0000

When did the “watch dog” press become the “attack dog” press?

by: Mister Snitch!

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:24:16 +0000

Obviously, once the press learns to ask only the kinds of questions that clownboy Zúniga approves of, it will have demonstrated that it can think for itself. It’s dangerous to subject the press to other influences (such as the corrosive Little). It must be properly cloistered and assimilated. Resistance is futile.

by: TC@LeatherPenguin

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:20:37 +0000

Kos (he of the 0 for ever election record–Primary Ned don’t count) is not exactly anyone’s idea of a top-flight talent judge.

by: gm

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:35:33 +0000

“They shouldn’t be yukking it up together as if they’re pals and friends, and that’s why we’ve had so much terrible coverage.”

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How hostile and unreasoning is this viewpoint? This demonstrates that kos is interested only in conflict and has not participated in a healthy way in larger society. Most of us are interested in a civil society and a government that actually addresses the pressing problems we face. We realize that better decisions will be made by our political leaders and better information will come to us via the press if there is a basis of respect and understanding - not withstanding opposing political views. Yes, Washington is inbred, but is not good for David Gregory to have overwheening contempt for George Bush and vice versa.

I also second the comment that the press should be an information pipeline, not an opinion shaper.

by: submandave

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:33:46 +0000

There is a pervasive thought pattern that the “press” is obligated to be adversarial with the government. I think this is just an extreme manifestation of the Boomer “don’t trust anyone over 30″ mentality that has, with time, evolved into “don’t trust anyone who acts over 30.”

by: clazy

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:16:11 +0000

Yes yes yes yes yes, Mick. “the people are the oversight, the press’ role is to report and ask questions”. I have despised the press ever since I realized they don’t trust me to think for myself.

by: Mick Kraut

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 21:41:10 +0000

“It represents that the White House press corps is more interested in playing friendly and cozying up to the Bush administration than it is in providing the sort of oversight that a free press should provide in a democracy,” said Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder of the Daily Kos.

I dont know where the left picked up this idea that the press is the agent of “oversight” in a democracy…the people are the oversight, the press’ role is to report and ask questions. Not to create the news, not to frame the debate, not to become the newsmakers and most certainly not to become the opinion makers…they are supposed to be the camera lens that the people view events through…the people provide the oversight through elections.

by: Jonathan Mark

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 19:25:08 +0000

I said from day one that Rich Little was a great choice, and I am glad that you have come around.

May I also suggest Debbie Reynolds if Rich proves too hard core for the room? Her “An Evening With Debbie” show is playing Framingham up in Boston this month. I wanted to go with my Dad but he backed out, so I would welcome another opportunity to see this grand dame of the American theatre.

Who does this Kos think he is? Rich Little was killing with his Bob Hope imitations all over North America back when Kos was in diapers. When Kos has been delivering in the entertainment industry for fifty years then maybe he can say something about Rich Little, the World’s Greatest Living Canadian Impressionist. And that is no small feat in a nation of 30 million.