Ed Schultz off KTLK Los Angeles?
Via a comment from ncw (#281), Ed Schultz might be off on KTLK 1150 AM, "progressive" talk for Los Angeles. However, he's still shown in their schedule at post time (ktlkam1150.com/pages/On_Air_Hosts.html), and I didn't see anything about this at his forums (bigdumbfatdrunkenslobedschultzradio.info).
#s 82, 328, and 7229 should stand by for treats, should this prove correct.
GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS UPDATE: The good news is that Phil Hendrie will apparently be back on Los Angeles radio, meaning I won't have to listen to him on the internet. The bad news is that he isn't funny anymore.
Ed Schultz: "I am done with the Clintons"
While scanning the Fargo Craigslist ads I noticed that someone calling themselves a "famous local progressive radio host" was looking for someone to start their car for them, and I was reminded of last Tuesday's rant on his show where Ed Schultz said he was "done with the Clintons" due to, among other things, the fact that Hillary won't come on his show. He admitted that his complaints were "self-serving".
Reading the entire transcript is left as an exercise (link), but here's a taste:
Does Hillary Clinton think that I am going to nail her. Does she think that this is some kind of torpedo thing or something. Every time the Bush white house gets in trouble they don’t run, they sprint with a stopwatch to fox news. They can’t get there fast enough. They call their conservative talk show hosts on the air from the white house demanding access. That my friend is infrastructure. If we are going to build the confidence of progressive listeners, independently minded thinking people in this country, who like the fact that there are people out there making decisions on destroying CIA tapes and the protect America act, just to name a few current things that are out there. That maybe it would be good to talk to the folks unedited. This is part of the fight of the culture of media access. And I am down on Biden and I am down on Hillary Clinton and I am not going to hide it. They are not helping Hartman out, they are not helping Rhodes out, they are not helping Stephanie Miller. I called Woody the other day and I asked 'woody when was the last time that Hillary Clinton was on Bill Press show' 'oh about 2 years ago.' Don't tell me behind closed doors that you are really concerned about the sound chamber of America and we are out here battling and battling and battling and we don’t have any access.
Ed Schultz: as many listeners as Jim Bohannon
When he isn't promising to lick any man in the joint, Ed Schultz has a radio program. And, unlike Air America Radio's audience which largely consists of cows outside Karnes, Texas, apparently somewhere around 3.25 million listeners on a weekly, cumulative basis tune in the Shultz show, sources say. That ties him with Jim Bohannon (link), Doug Stephan (link), Clark Howard (link), and even someone you may have heard of: Bill O'Reilly. Of course, that's still over 10 million shy of Rush Limbaugh and just slightly ahead of Bill Bennett. Nevertheless, this should give "liberals" some comfort, even despite the fact that, as we all know, Shultz' liberalism is just an act and he's actually a crypto-conservative. In fact, his show is most likely an elaborate ruse by the RNC: shortly before the '08 elections he'll probably have a "miraculous" conversion back to conservatism, just in time to urge his listeners to do the right thing.
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Ed Schultz' bar fight for peace
Al Franken (aka "The Chair Man") isn't the only libtalker willing to get physical in support of "liberalism". Big Dumb Drinkin' Ed Schultz was recently involved in some sort of altercation in a bar in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota. Unfortunately, it didn't reach the "broken bear bottles and pool cues" stage. And, it might even have been staged in order to keep his audience thinking that he's one of them:Nagle [a GOP donor] said Schultz said he doesn't like Lieberman, and then commented that if Nagle felt so strongly about the war, his family should go over and fight in it. The daughter of Nagle's fiancee serves in the Army and may soon go to Iraq. His fiancee's son-in-law has served in Iraq. "It was at that time that Mr. Schultz completely lost control, in my opinion," Nagle said. "He became enraged, and then our interactions became far less civil."Ed Shultz is (IIRC) the former backup placekicker for the Calgary Stampeders, so he's the last person you want to get uncivil in a bar.
UPDATE: This site interviewed Nagle about the incident. Their summary of the conversation includes this:
# At one point Schultz asked Nagle why he and his family weren't over fighting the war in Iraq, and Nagle responded by pointing out that some of his family was, in fact, in Iraq. Or had been in Iraq. Schultz responded to this by saying that he hates "f***ing right-wing Republicans" and threatening Nagle to the point where the restaurant security began to take noticeMaybe Big Dumb Ed could be the first AAR personality to broadcast from inside prison.
# Nagle responded to Schultz's threat by saying he and his group were going to leave, at which point either someone from the hotel/bar or one of Schultz's party (Nagle isn't clear on this) grabbed his arms and pinned them behind him as Schultz approached with a fist cocked as though he was going to throw a punch.
# Before Schultz was able to throw a punch, Nagle's fiancee stepped in and Ed's fist grazed both her and Nagle.
# Nagle's fiancee has bruises from this encounter.
Ed Schultz: Minnesota bridge fell because of Bush
According to this, Big Dumb Ed Schultz (paraphrasing) said the following today regarding the section of I-35 that collapsed yesterday in Minneapolis:...the only reason Bush is talking about fatalities is because he didn't give MN enough money to maintain the bridge.At the time that it fell, they were... maintaining the bridge. And, let's turn to this August 10, 2005 press release (link):
U.S. President George Bush signed a $286.4 billion six-year transportation reauthorization bill Aug. 10, 2005 that covers federal fiscal years 2004-09.
Although the details of the reauthorization package are still being reviewed, Minnesota state and local governments can expect to receive about $3.5 billion in federal transportation funding through 2009, an increase of about 46 percent (or about $1.1 billion) over the previous six-year bill.
...[Lt. Gov./Commissioner Carol Molnau says:] "After nearly two years of extensions, Mn/DOT is very pleased that Congress has finally passed a long-term transportation funding reauthorization bill. The new bill is good news for the country and will be of great benefit to Minnesota... Many highway projects under construction throughout the state, and many planned for construction in the near future, are the beneficiaries of the new federal bill"...
Paranoid John Edwards lies re: silencing Ed Schultz
Consider these irresponsible comments from John Edwards (aka "Silky Pony", "The Breck Girl") on the Big Dumb Ed Schultz show:
"We have to fight back against these people. We can't let them do this kind of stuff to us. And they're always going to be very powerful forces that don't want us to hear my voice, and the voices of those like not just me, the voices of those like us. They want to shut all of us up, Ed. That's what this is all about. I'm amazed you're still able to talk on the radio. They don't want to hear this stuff. And what we have to make clear is we're gonna stand up and fight and we together, all of us, we will not be silenced."
Talk about tin foil! And, not the Reynolds tin foil that sells for $1.48 per roll last I checked, but the generic variety that retails for $0.49, with a special buy of the variety that ranges between 0.0172 and 0.02mm thickness for 10 packages for $4.74. Go to the store and buy some, today, tomorrow, and all next week! (Fun fact: despite being called "tin foil", most of that available in corner shops and convenience mall stores and variety shops and grocery stores such as Vons and Safeway is now made from aluminum, called in "Brittania" "aluminium".)
Of course, it's irresponsible statements like these that one frequently hears during mid-summer, as people realize that the wonderful weather - in the 80s and 90s here in Los Angeles - will soon come to a close, with the leaves blowing in the ever-coldening wind. The season of candy apples will soon be nigh, followed by Old Saint Nick in his sleigh, ready to distribute presents to children from Albany to Secaucus to Sedona to Everett to Flagstaff to Livonia. Ah, to be in the shadows of Vermont's Green Mountains during that wonderful time of the year! That will soon be followed by the New Year's Festivities and all the celebrations that entails for all.
To reiterate, there is no conspiracy, no "group", no "council of elders", and no one is trying to shut down Ed Schultz.
Ed Schultz Standoff Day 2: "Air America sucks!"
Yesterday, "Big Dumb" Ed Schultz barricaded himself inside his studios in Fargo, North Dakota and launched into an extended, multi-hour rant against Air America. You can hear a four-minute version - with "Baby Elephant Walk" disturbingly added - in this MP3. You can hear the whole thing here. You can read more about this here and here. (The last link isn't a permalink because AAR's getting so much traffic that GeoCities doesn't let them have permalinks).
Apparently this goes back to the time that Ed and Sam Seder were alone out on the prairie, and there was only one sheep around. Oh, wait, that's not it, but it does have to do with resource contention. See, as previously discussed, Schultz is moving into Al Franken's old time slot on XM Satellite Radio. Seder wants that time slot to be reserved for AAR's Thom Hartman. There's reportedly even a petition involved, but I couldn't find it.
My goal at this site will be to try to make this situation even worse. Is there some way I could get Stephanie Miller to turn on Ed? Could I get Randi Rhodes to turn on Seder? Could I petition Dennis Kucinich to come up with legislation mandating what appears when on XM? If you have any suggestions on how I could worsen the situation for both Jones Radio and Air America, please leave a comment.
Note from the management: do you know how much time I put into that darn Al Franken video? Please go here and watch it, and send that link or the link in the other post to all your friends.
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Big Dumb Ed Schultz back on XM 167
Next week, crypto-conservative Ed Schultz will be taking over Al Franken's spot on XM Satellite Radio's channel 167, DUmmies say. Schultz is currently only heard for one hour per day, and even that's tape-delayed.
Bonus: keep wallowing through the thread to read the righteous smackdown of those bourgeoise people who engage in "middle-class left liberalism".
And, in what must assuredly be a satire by a reich-wing plant, another DUmmie has a remarkable suggestion:
If every member (101,009) contributed 50 bucks a piece, we could buy Air America at auction. The starting bid is 4.6 million. Are own radio station.... on second thought....
In other DUmm news, this hour's top frightened DUmmie is the one who posted this thread while undergoing a nervous breakdown: "Did anybody hear about the bees? This frightens me alot".
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Ed Schultz {hearts} Barack Hussein Obama
RawStory can exclusively report that Ed Schultz has dissed Hillary Clinton... and gone on to an hours-long meeting with Barack Obama! It isn't known which weighty topics the Senator - whose middle name is the same as the last name of former Iraq dictator and sociopathic maniac Saddam Hussein - discussed with the porcine former arena football player, but Schultz was apparently unhappy with the treatment he'd received from Clinton's media people, who apparently made him feel like an insignificant host of a barely-listened-to "progressive" program from the frosty upper Midwest.
In fact, in a screed which the tubby talker no doubt penned while downing a triple-Whopper and extra large fries from the King, Schultz says:
Cutting to the chase, Hillary's people treat us like dirt. We are constantly disregarded, told things that aren't true, and given speculation an interview might happen someday.UPDATE: B. Hussein Obama explains his first name here:
Quite frankly, I'm sick of it. This morning I watched Hillary Clinton tell CNN she is accessible. What? To the TV cameras yes, to the base of loyal listeners on progressive talk radio, absolutely not!
Reaching over 2.5 million listeners who are engaged in changing the country I believe qualifies us for some attention. I realize Hillary is an international figure and star but this pattern of treatment to The Ed Schultz Show has been an on-going pattern which tells me all they care about is her mug on TV.
Obama — whose father, stepfather, brother and grandfather were Muslims — explained his own first name, Barack, in "Dreams": "It means 'Blessed.' In Arabic. My grandfather was a Muslim."
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Ed Schultz moves to noon; to take "1 or 2 million Rush listeners"
The 'nets have been abuzz and a-twitter with the quite-possibly-true news from RawStory that Ed Schultz is moving from his current afternoon slot to the 12 noon to 3pm time slot. That puts him head-to-head against both Al Franken and Rush Limbaugh.
Curious for the backstory, I first called Judd Legum of Think Progress, who had no insight into this matter. He did call Steve Young from the Huffington Post and relayed what he said back to me. However, Young also had no insight.
Shortly after that, an anonymous caller - using a voice disguising device and calling from what appeared to be a payphone in Malaysia - called our Tip Line. This radio insider assured us that this is NOT a move by Schultz to undercut Franken. Rather, it's an attempt to... undercut Rush Limbaugh!
According to the insider, Big Dumb Ed will soon begin to "play NASCAR sounds during breaks, offer up-to-the-minute NASCAR news, and feature the Farm Report - with an emphasis on pigs, hogs, and corn - at the top of each hour." This is apparently an attempt to reach out to the "troglodytes" (his word) that listen to Rush.
As always, watch the HuffPost, ThinkProgress, and RawStory for the latest on this developing story...
UPDATE: Amy Bolton, VP/General Manager of News/Talk for Jones Radio Networks informs us:
"With the recent change in the nation's political climate, Ed Schultz is quickly proving to be the new mainstream."
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Ed Schultz' crazy conspiracy theories
Desperately trying to improve his loony-leftie street cred, Ed Schultz has decided to offer his own conspiracy theory:...Schultz says Christian stations are buying up the AM band to keep liberal talkers from getting too popular. He points to stations in Charleston, SC, Missoula, MT, and Phoenix, AZ.
Air America Phoenix, (KXXT) went from an unrated, unprofitable AM radio station to tying for 3rd place out of 25 AM stations in Phoenix, becoming profitable in less than a year. They did it by airing liberals- Jones Radio's Schultz and Stephanie Miller, AAR's line-up of Al Franken, Mike Malloy, and Randi Rhodes.
In February, progressive radio was silenced in Phoenix after KXXT was bought by Denver religious broadcasters, Communicom.
Was this a market decision? Sure doesn't look like it- not only was the progressive format kicking ratings ass, the Jesus market in Phoenix was already glutted with 7 Christian stations. "You won't find 8 rock stations in Phoenix, you can't find 8 sports talk stations," says Schultz, "Would it work to have 8 progressive stations? Of course not."
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Ed Schultz: bought by the Democratic Party?
Was Ed Schultz "auctioned off" at a Democratic Party fundraiser? Is he a bought-and-paid-for DNC operative? A Randi Rhodes C-SPAN interview from December 18, 2005's Q & A show gives that impression. She describes how in 2002 - before Air America Radio was hatched - she and Big Ed were invited to a fundraiser at Sen. Mary Landrieu's house. Thirty Senators and other political operatives were at the lunch:...RHODES: And I was invited to this lunch. And again, it was, you know, democrat senators with an interest in media and getting our message out. And they thought that – they had had 30 people that they had spoken two, and it came down to two that they really liked and thought could do it. And it was me and this guy [Ed Schultz]...(Via this)
LAMB: From North Dakota?
RHODES: Yes. And he was there because Daschle was scarred.
LAMB: He's South Dakota, but he's from that area.
RHODES: Yes, I do that too. Anyway, I ...
LAMB: And they were going to select one of the two of you?
RHODES: They were – I don't know exactly what the plan was, I do now. I didn't that day. And all I know is that Ed got up and he made this big presentation. And then they looked at me and I thought was just there to have lunch. And I remember being terrific. I don't like public speaking, all that much. It's weird with people, you know, I'm so used to my little cubicle.
...RHODES: I didn't even know what I was supposed to be talking about. And the next thing I know I hear 250, 350. I hear and I think they're giving dollars, a silent auction, a charity. You know, they're giving to rescue aid. It turns out it was 250,000, 350,000.
LAMB: So these are business people in the...
RHODES: What it was, it was the best donors that the Senate could find for me. And this is the way Washington operates, so they were being kind.
LAMB: Did you like that when you saw that all of that?
RHODES: I hated it. I actually got on the air, and said I feel like I just got off the Amistad. I feel like I've just been on the slave auction block. Now I know what it feels like to be auctioned off.
LAMB: What were they going to do with the money?
RHODES: They were going to start a syndication for us. They were going to give us, you know, the money we needed to start it up.
LAMB: And Ed Schultz (ph) is now on Air America. [Actually, he's not a part of their network, he just appears on some of their stations -- BA]
RHODES: He took the money. I actually gave him the money that day. I stood outside. I did my broadcast in Washington that day. And I went downstairs and I said, you can have it. Whatever they raise, I don't want it. I'm just – first of all I'm not going to be mouthpiece for the party. I don't agree with a lot of the things that they say and do. And I need to be free to say so. I don't walk – I'm not a republican. I'm not a trained sheep. I'm not a lemming. I don't just follow...
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American Forces Radio welcomes Ed Schultz, Franken, Hannity
The Big Dumb Ed Schultz Show has finally hit American Forces Radio. Only the first hour will be heard, together with the first hours of the Al Franken Show and the Sean Hannity Show.
However, since "liberals" need a constant state of war, there's a new battlefield for them to bring their daisies to: some affiliates that broadcast over the air may or may not decide to air some or all of those fine choices. While cable listeners will be subjected to the dulcet stammerings of Stuart Smalley, others may be spared.
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Ed Schultz on American Forces Radio; debate in Congress
According to this, Big Dumb Ed will soon appear on the Armed Forces Radio Network, but "soon" has not yet been defined. Backstory on this issue here.Now, we can argue about whether AFRN has "relented" as the Denver Post says or not, but there's a much more ominous news story behind all this.
That's described in "Inhofe debates defense radio". On Tuesday Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) squared off over AFRN in the U.S. Senate. As previously discussed, Harkin wants to legislate "progressive" radio onto the air. He wants to appoint an independent ombudsman to make sure that AFRN's programming is "fair and balanced":
...Harkin said the airing of conservative views without any competing shows is "unfair. This is censorship. This is propagandizing our troops."
Inhofe, a Tulsa Republican, said the network has a policy that it won't consider airing talk show programs unless they are syndicated and have at least 1 million listeners.
He said the Defense Department had recently agreed to add liberal talk show hosts Franken and Ed Schultz to their programming because the two had reached that threshold.
But Inhofe said he had talked to troops in Iraq about the current programming and that they were satisfied with it.
He also said Limbaugh's show represents only 3 percent of the weekly scheduled programming, but that National Public Radio is aired 24 hours a week.
Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said he could understand why Inhofe didn't object to the network's programming since it favored his party, but he argued that National Public Radio is neutral programming that doesn't offset conservative shows.
"National Public Radio doesn't balance right-wing talk," Dorgan said.
Inhofe offered an amendment that would allow the Defense Department to hire an ombudsman to monitor programming, but his language was nonbinding, meaning it didn't have the force of law and didn't require Pentagon action.
Inhofe's amendment passed by a vote of 55 to 43. The Senate then rejected Harkin's amendment by a vote of 54-44.
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Harkin trying to legislate "progressive" radio onto air
Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) is trying to push through legislation that would require programming on American Forces Radio to be "fair and balanced". This is an outgrowth of the supposed pre-cancellation of Big Dumb Ed, and as that links says this is the second try for Harkin with this attempt to legislate "progressive" talkers onto AFRN.
He wants to create an Office of the Ombudsman.:
The ombudsman would be appointed by the Secretary of Defense and be completely independent of DoD staff, reporting directly to the Secretary and to Congress. The ombudsman would make suggestions to AFR management regarding ways to correct imbalances and present an annual report to the Secretary of Defense and Congress on whether AFR is satisfying its mandate to provide fair and balanced political programming.
This is similar to attempts to bring back the Fairness Doctrine, a constant theme from Air America and their supporters: here, here.
Not scared enough? Media Matters hails this move, and:
...about 90 House Democrats sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld asking for a timetable on when liberal radio programs might start airing on the military’s international network, saying the current offerings lack political balance.
When you start hearing about the "Memory Hole" and IngSoc, run.
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General Wesley Clark orders: Put Ed Schultz on AFRN!
We have been informed that the former General and political candidate who's also involved in some way with a disaster management firm offers his strong support to fellow crypto-VRWC member Ed Schultz at this page:
Last year, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) introduced a resolution that was unanimously passed by the Senate, urging Secretary Rumsfeld and Armed Forces Radio to ensure more political balance in programming... We must let our voices be heard and exercise leadership to help ensure that the spirit of Senator Harkin's resolution -- and the spirit of fairness -- are at play on taxpayer financed programming.
At the link, you can send an email to your representatives. I have trouble believing that they would screen each email sent, and I urge you not to abuse this feature by sending an email telling them to keep Big Ed off AFRN.
The email form letter does have a bit more detail on this whole sad affair:
Then, at the end of September, Manny Levy, Chief of the Radio Division of the American Forces Network Broadcast Center, advised the distributor of Ed Schultz's nationally syndicated radio program, Jones Radio, that: "AFN Radio has squared away everything on our end to begin carrying the first hour of 'The Ed Schultz Show' each day, beginning Monday, October 17, 2005."
I'm guessing he's the "staff member who got ahead of the decision-making process" mentioned here.
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Ed Schultz nixed from Armed Forces Radio
The Ed Schultz Show was scheduled to begin airing an hour a day on Armed Forces Radio. However, this morning the Pentagon called and said that because officials were going to be out of town and they hadn't received authorization, Big Ed's debut was cancelled. The show's future on that network is up in the air. (Note the nofollow tag on that link).
The person breaking this news was spokeswoman Allison Barber, who you might recall from her preparing the troops who recently asked questions of Our Leader. She's going out of town, and Pentagon spokesman Larry DiRita is out of town as well. He was to have approved this.
Needless to say, this has caused massive speculation among the liberal blogosphere. Most seem to believe that this is yet another COINTELPRO-style action by the VRWC supporters who they claim are secretly behind the Big Ed phenomenon. They mistakenly believe that the VRWC is using this to give Ed street credibility and make it look like he's being oppressed by The Man.
They are, of course, wrong. In fact, here's Ed showing his progressive credentials by marching with other comrades in ANSWER's recent action.
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UPDATE: There's an interview with Big Ed starting here.
UPDATE 2: Stars and Stripes from 10/19: "Talk show host Ed Schultz nixed by AFN":
"They knew exactly what kind of program they were getting," he said. "This looks like a get-back to me. They don't want any other voices on the air." ...But Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said Schultz's views and recent comments played no factor in the decision... "What we have here is a staff member who got ahead of the decision-making process," he said. "We're in the process of looking at additional programming, but there have been no decisions yet."
This generates the 10/21 letter "More diversity in AFN":
I avoid AFN programming due to its tired format and lack of diversity. I miss radio celebrities such as Michael Savage for his conviction and courage to say what he thinks, and the fact he apologizes to no man for calling it like it is... While I know it’s impossible to please everybody, neoconservative celebrities such as Rush Limbaugh irk me, and Paul Harvey's "News and Story" puts me to sleep. Please, let's get more diversity.
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Big Ed Schultz is not a capitalistic running dog
While some comrades have raised questions about the revolutionary credentials of Air America host Ed Schultz, the picture to the right should dispel all worries of those esteemed comrades.
As you can plainly see, "Big Ed" attended the protest organized by our co-workers from A.N.S.W.E.R. ANSWER is, of course, associated with Ramsey Clark's International Action Center and their revolutionary and counter-reactionary credentials are beyond doubt, including sympathies with Saddam Hussein, the insurgency in Iraq, and the proletariat of North Korea.
In the photo, Ed responds to reactionary forces who support the Bush regime. Other photos soon to be available show Ed donning a black face mask and forming an ad hoc co-operative with Black Bloc leaders who threw a newspaper stand through a Starbucks window, leading a hippie drum circle, and being arrested by the pigs for his support of the Cuban Five.
Posted at 03:22 PM | Comments (1)
Did you know that Ed Schultz has a book?
Did you know that Ed Schultz has a book entitled Straight Talk from the Heartland : Tough Talk, Common Sense, and Hope from a Former Conservative?
Well, yes he does! And, did you know that he also has a radio show on 930 WRVC weekdays from 3-6 p.m.?
And, did you know that after 18 months he's now on 100 stations?
Oh, I'm sorry, I was in "pimp Ed Schultz" mode there for a second. See, I was reading the letter "Talk show host defends attacks against program" that Ed sent to a West Virginia newspaper that published an anti-Ed screed.
Other than self-promotion, there's not much in the letter beyond the fact that he says he doesn't pre-screen his calls...
Except apparently for those coming from his local area. See, he has sycophants in that area, but he also gets "orchestrated hate calls from a small localized segment of the population". While he puts some of those through, he mostly screens them out in order to provide better radio entertainment, which, other than self-promotion, is what it's all about.
Ed also seems to be distancing himself from the nuts in NYC:
Mr. Caserta also made a common mistake by placing the Ed Schultz Show under the Air America umbrella. The Ed Schultz Show is owned by Product First and distributed by the Jones Radio Network. I like and support Al Franken and his crew, but I'm sure we don't march lockstep on all the issues. In fact, I sometimes agree with conservatives. For instance, like Dick Cheney and Antonin Scalia, I like to hunt ducks, the difference being I shoot straight and mine are all in a row.
Further, Ed probably knew nothing about the Gloria Wise loans.
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Big Ed helps Katrina victims
Showing that he's a true conservative at heart, Ed Schultz flew to Gulfport, MS and started adopting victims of Katrina. He's set up a trust fund and a "Direct Response Rescue Mission." I doubt whether those he adopted will live with him, but I'm sure there are plenty of cheap apartments in Fargo. Now, of course, it's Al Franken's or Janeane Garofalo's turn to see what they can do.
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What about Big Ed Schultz?
Is he a VRWC plant like some say over at DU? Or, is he now a committed liberal? Say something nice about the left's answer to Rush.
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Ed Schultz beating Rush Limbaugh in Miami?
Those wacky "liberals" are at it again, trying to talk up Air America Radio and using their loony statistics to try to show something that doesn't exist.
Raw Story - the left's answer to the Weekly World News - says that:
The Ed Schultz show actually passed Limbaugh among the 25-54 age range in the nation's twelfth largest radio market. Schultz scored a 3.4 rating to Limbaugh's 3.2, climbing 1.1 ratings points from the winter figures
Just one problem: they're in different time slots. In Miami, El Rushbo is still beating the spectacles off Al Franken. And, of course, Ed Schultz is not only not part of the Air America network, his show is also owned by the guy who made Limbaugh famous.
The only hope for Air America is to bring back the Fairness Doctrine.
Posted at 11:26 AM | Comments (0)
Big Ed is not a VRWC plant
Four days ago we posted "Former Clear Channel CEO buys Schultz show", and the news is finally filtering down to other sites, including DUmmieville. In fact, they've really gone off the deep end with their latest anti-Schultz screed "Is Ed Shultz a plant/spy/sabateur?" That thread appears to have been initiated by the Raw Story article "Radio vets purchase Ed Schultz; Liberal talk gains business cred", which includes the following from Ed:
"I understand this is going to raise red flags for progressives, especially those out there on the blogosphere that have been comfortable taking shots at me from the very beginning... First they said I was owned and paid for by the Democratic Party, now they're going to say I'm owned and paid for by people who are obviously Republicans... The conspiracy nuts can have their way with this, but what they really need to know is this is still going to be just me, my two Fargo-based producers, my wife and I developing the content for the show every day... Hell, I don't use talking points. You just get my take on what’s happening in the news..."
Sounds reasonable to me, but not so to those on the DU thread. While some of the DUmmies are reasonable, Comrade Zinfandel (1000+ posts) chimes in with: "Schultz is the perfect moderate pig for what the republicans want to accomplish...crippling and getting rid of liberal, progressive radio!" And, Festivito (1000+ posts) even thinks he might be a Project Mockingbird operative!
For the last time, Big Ed might not be as far left as Chairman Mao, but he's definitely on the left side of things and he is not a plant or a member of the VRWC.
Posted at 03:11 PM | Comments (1)
Former Clear Channel CEO buys Schultz show
Yesterday Democracy Radio sold "The Ed Schultz Show" to Randy Michaels, the former CEO of... Clear Channel Radio. DR says they're meant as an "incubator", and apparently Big Ed is now a fledgling. Details in "Michaels buys liberal radio talk show". Apparently it was Michaels that brought Rush Limbaugh to Clear Channel lo those many years ago.
Democracy Radio is a non-profit organization designed to spread peace, freedom, and truth throughout the land. Those on their board of advisors include Bill Press and David Brock of the Soros-funded Media Matters. There's more on them in "Hillary, Daschle Helped Bankroll Dem Radio Hosts".
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HANDLERS: BIG ED
OPERATIVES: MEDIA, AAR
CODE: ORANGE
MOVE LEFT 20%, REPEAT, MOVE LEFT 20%.
REPORT TO #38 STATUS 06-10-05 0830
REFS: HERE HERE HERE
GROUP: #7
LEADER: #89
CONFIRM
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