Media for Purple Folk?
In my previous post, I did a quick and shallow review of conservative talk radio as I left Chicago for the holidays. As an update to that post, I should probably concede that I was harder on Michael Medved than I should have been. I caught another show before turning in the rental car and enjoyed it immensely. He was discussing Iraq with an intellectual who was calling for the United States to withdraw from the Middle East and provide massive reparations to the Iraqi people for "breaking their country". Despite the wide ideological gulf between Medved and the professor, he was civil and asked some good pointed questions. The professor was a much better guest than the guest on the previous show I complained about and was able (IMHO) to explain and defend his position relatively well. I was enjoying the show immensely and I was disappointed that I had to have the car back to Hertz before the show was finished.
For purple staters, I'd recommend Medved on this basis. I felt like I received a good look at both sides of the issues without all the snark or insults. Does anyone have any similar recommendations for talk show hosts (radio and otherwise) that would appeal to people interested in the merits of the debate and not who can scream louder?
For purple staters, I'd recommend Medved on this basis. I felt like I received a good look at both sides of the issues without all the snark or insults. Does anyone have any similar recommendations for talk show hosts (radio and otherwise) that would appeal to people interested in the merits of the debate and not who can scream louder?
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If youre willing to overlook his fits and bouts of insanity, Savage can be a very enjoyable listen.
The thing was so odd, I was wondering if Savage really thought that Comcast created dead cops or if he was still bitter at the whole cable enterprise after he had been canned from MSNBC.
Chris, I commented earlier to you at Redstate about Medved. I do believe he is the best in the business. In his early days, he was a Yalie Democrat, supporter of McGovern and law school classmate with Bill & Hillary Clinton, then over the years evolved to his current conservative status. He's one of the most knowledgeable on talk radio.
Hugh Hewitt is also pretty good. For one thing, he's totally bought into the blogosphere and he has many blogospheric guests such as Josh Marshall, James Lileks, Powerline, Bainbridge etc. He also has other pretty good guests such as Kondracke & Barnes, Rosett, Peter Beinart and others.
I haven't listened to any left-of-center radio folks, except for some local shows, although it's rumored that Air America is somewhere in the Seattle area.