Story Links For Today's Show
Here is your mission, should you choose to accept it:
1. Top Story
Karl Rove Has Thrown The True Legacy of 9/11 Under the Bus
Democrats Demand Apology
2. Underbelly
Conservatives Hold Public Television Over a Cliff, Alter It Completely, And We Don't Even Notice Because We're So Happy It's Not Dead
3. Rachel's Front Page
The Rachel Maddow Show Goes to Seattle for Pride Week Hoping to Crash Mama Heche's Ex-Gay-a-thon
Plattsburgh for Peace is Sending Out the Not Welcome Committee For Fred Phelps in upstate New York.
Rumsfeld Spoke to the Senate Yesterday About Iraq and said, OK, We're So Not Losing. Meanwhile, sitting right next to him but a million miles away in the real world, a top general said the insurgency is still very strong.
The 527 Fairness Act of 2005 has a crappy name specifically to make you not realize that it guts, fillets, breads and fries McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform. What do you think an individual who gives over a million dollars to a political party in every single election can expect for his or her investment/
4. Pet Story
Republican Cheerleader Marry Carey Farts on the Daily Show. This is the Funniest Thing Ever. It's juvenile. It's unimportant. It has absolutely no redeeming social value. And we're not not not not sorry. Occasionally, even the newsiest show in the world has to bow down before the altar of funny noises. We surrender!
5. DEVELOPING STORIES
And, it's friday, so watch for flaming stinky summer trash to be hauled out to the press release curb at the end of the afternoon!
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Vanessa
focus
I've listened to every Rachel Maddow show and appreciate it as what I think Air America is all about. It is natural for a show to grow and evolve, but I think some recent changes have weakened its focus.
First, I don't appreciate the intoduction on a second Kent Jones segment on New York news and sports; Sports news is available everywhere and I don't like wasting precious liberal radio listening time on sports. More generally, are you a national show or a local show? If you are national, New York news doesn't belong unless it is of national importance, or you are spotlighting various cities and it just happens to be New York's day.
Second, is the show for a general audience or a gay audience? Yes, I know the anchor is a lesbian, so what? I don't really mind the field trip to Seattle gay pride but I hope it doesn't mean I'm going to get less of the news I tune in for. I also want the show to succeed, even from Rachel's kitchen if that's what it takes, so I want it to maintain its broad appeal.
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By disclaveJune 24, 2005 - 10:51am