Palin on Oprah - thoughts?

[Anonymous]

I appreciate your feedback.

We all view things through our own lens. I am a big NPR fan, but I know not everyone agrees.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's an example. Just the other day she had a show about the new guidelines for breast cancer screening. She had one of the individuals on the Task Force that put out the guidelines and one physician with experience with breast cancer patients who was completely opposed to the new guidelines.

I have listened on numerous other occasions when she has had both conservative and liberal viewpoints.

She does have guests on both sides on the show. However, she cuts off the guests she disagrees with and asks "loaded" questions. She is very opinionated. It is very clear with whom she agrees. The show is far from neutral. Honestly, I'd love to be a fan (and I agree with her on a lot of things) but I can't. I can barely listen to it anymore.

PP again. What do you prefer to listen to?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here's an example. Just the other day she had a show about the new guidelines for breast cancer screening. She had one of the individuals on the Task Force that put out the guidelines and one physician with experience with breast cancer patients who was completely opposed to the new guidelines.

I have listened on numerous other occasions when she has had both conservative and liberal viewpoints.

She does have guests on both sides on the show. However, she cuts off the guests she disagrees with and asks "loaded" questions. She is very opinionated. It is very clear with whom she agrees. The show is far from neutral. Honestly, I'd love to be a fan (and I agree with her on a lot of things) but I can't. I can barely listen to it anymore.

PP again. What do you prefer to listen to?

I prefer the straight news type shows like All Things Considered. I try to get news from a lot of different sources (conservative, liberal, middle of the road), so I read a lot of different things. I regularly read The Economist, on a daily basis read BBC web page (I loved BBC when I lived overseas, but I haven't found it on radio here in DC), CNN, NYT, Financial Times, WP -- and even Fox (mostly for fun becuase I find it amusing). I don't know why Diane Rhem frustrates me so much. I think it's because I always thought she was pretty neutral, then I heard some shows on my area of expertise (homeland security/national security) and was really surprised. She was so sanctimonious with the more "conservative" (I suppose) guests. I flet like she didn't understand the issues and was taking a knee jerk liberal stance. I felt like she wasn't even listening to the other side and she just wanted a guest on there to abuse. I don't know; maybe I'm being unfair to her, but I really dislike the show now.

[Anonymous]

Diane Rhem detractor again -- I do like Talk of the Nation and Tell Me More (which seems to have an agenda, but it's not hidden and she challenges her own agenda regularly). I HATE Le Show. I think it's ridiculous. I find On the Media really interesting.

[Anonymous]

I love her style!

Hate her politics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love Sarah and am happy to see her out and about! Regarding Couric-there were hours shot and they looked for the worst sound bites. I blame her handlers (I am in pr) and any idiot would have known that Couric was looking to position the interview in a negative light. I would have insisted it was either live or taped and not edited or nothing.

Apparently.

Also, did you see the "hours shot"? What stunning and cogent insights did "Sarah" (on a first-name basis, huh? lucky you!) offer that were left on the cutting-room floor by liberal she-devil Katie Couric?

It was a trick question though. Everyone knows you can only answer a question about what you read if you actually read. She was totally set up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Love Sarah and am happy to see her out and about! Regarding Couric-there were hours shot and they looked for the worst sound bites. I blame her handlers (I am in pr) and any idiot would have known that Couric was looking to position the interview in a negative light. I would have insisted it was either live or taped and not edited or nothing.

If you have to be "handled" and STILL fail, you're a moron.