Comments on: As Randi Rhodes Sees It

By: Michael Lang

Michael Lang — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 01:40:45 +0000

Shiba, thanks for your comment and continued support of Randi and her show. Wherever she has gone I’ve always looked forward to listening to her as it was a highlight of that day.
I would also encourage you to subscribe to The Lang Report as it appears that we also think alike.

Mike Lang
Publisher

By: SHIBA

SHIBA — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 00:07:24 +0000

Randi is a Goddess!

She gives those of us with an educatd brain a reason to turn on the radio and listen.

She encourages local grassroots political action and inspires those who have given up on believing in their democratic freedoms.

Keep on, keeping on Randi and we will listen and support you no matter where you lead…

Liz in Santa Clara

P.S.

thanks Michael for seeing that in Randi!

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sun, 25 May 2008 15:40:55 +0000

Thank you.

By: Michael Lang

Michael Lang — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:46:08 +0000

Lenny, I do not dispute the inequality between left & right talk shows and their hosts when it come to how they are treated by the MSM and public at large.
What I am more concerned about and will continue to speak out about is misconceptions, misrepresentations and falsehoods wherever I find them.
I will admit that I choose not to listen to Limbaugh, Hannity and the like because they as less concerned with truth than toeing the party line.
Randi Rhodes, with all of her shortcomings, is more concerned with truth, even with her personal beliefs.
Case in point: she was always a Clinton supporter, Bill and Hillary until they started behaving in a way she couldn’t tolerate.
I am not debating the Clinton issue but am merely pointing out her standing on principles and not who signs her paycheck.

Publisher

By: Lenny

Lenny — Sun, 25 May 2008 04:12:58 +0000

a. You confuse her “rude crude loud and brazen” OPINIONS, with whether she utters facts or not.

b. It is not me who referred to her as a foul-mouthed bitch.

c. You avoid the main point… again.
At issue is not whether I have “an ax to grind with progressive talk”. Some hosts, like Lionel, are quite thought provoking.
Leftist talk show hosts are considered “just being human” when they deliver personal insults, and outrageous statements against people, rather than policy. Right thinking talk show hosts, if they would express themselves exactly the same way, would be vilified, and there would be protests, along with massive news coverage.

Do you dispute that?

By: Michael Lang

Michael Lang — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:30:48 +0000

Lenny, firstly, it sounds as if you have an ax to grind with “progressive talk” shows and/or their hosts.
I really would like to know what you mean by the “level” spewed.
Putting aside their delivery of information why don’t you mention to “integrity” of the information that people like Hanity and Limbaugh spew on a daily basis. Do you think for a second that they are “factual.” If so, then let’s just part ways now because it would be delusional to think that they care about “the truth”.
At least Randi backs up her arguments with documentation. Now you may think she is a foul-mouthed bitch but she at least tells the truth.

Publisher

By: lenny

lenny — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:18:03 +0000

No one is questioning her humanity.
The issue is the double standard.

I do not know of any ‘conservative’ talk show host who would not have the entire national press and all the media in an uproar if the same level of vile were spewed.

If a Limbaugh or Hannity were to stoop to those levels, they would be crucified. There would be protests, front page articles, and a huge outcry.

And you simply pass it off as “allowing her to be human”.

And she’s not the only one. I hear commentators on Air America offer observations and make statements that would be considered grounds for crucifiction if they were uttered by someone from their political opposition.

By: Michael Lang

Michael Lang — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:31:35 +0000

Lenny, ok, so she is not perfect. And O also crunge sometimes when she exibits those traits you mentioned. one of my biggest pet peeves is when she dominates a conversation to the point that the caller does cannot finish a sentence without Randi cutting them off.
But overall, she rewards of being a loyal listener over the years has proved, at least to this listener, to be well worth the effort of allowing her to be “human”.

Mike Lang
Publisher

By: Lenny

Lenny — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:48:17 +0000

That should have read high level of personal insults.

By: Lenny

Lenny — Fri, 23 May 2008 01:47:21 +0000

“Rude Crude Loud & Brazen” these are words to commend her???

If a ‘conservative’ offered the same level of vitriolic comments, adhominum attacts, and high level of personal they’d be demonized.

What a double standard. Eh?