Comments on: Robert Reich On The Meet The Press Elite Freak Show http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/ Like Kryptonite To Stupid Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:51:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Brendan http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91458 Brendan Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:57:16 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91458 @PSoTD: I grant the presence of many creative minds over on the drama side and comedy sides of TV. I was speaking of the "news" and talk divisions. @PSoTD: I grant the presence of many creative minds over on the drama side and comedy sides of TV. I was speaking of the “news” and talk divisions.

]]> By: PSoTD http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91080 PSoTD Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:39:36 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91080 Brendan - If you consider the industry "on television" to include all the varieties of programming, there are LOTS of people with reason to be insulted. Brendan - If you consider the industry “on television” to include all the varieties of programming, there are LOTS of people with reason to be insulted.

]]> By: Duros62 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91039 Duros62 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:33:55 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91039 Could be worse, I guess. Russert could have Larry the Cable Guy on instead. But that would still be a sham... Could be worse, I guess. Russert could have Larry the Cable Guy on instead. But that would still be a sham…

]]> By: Brendan http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91038 Brendan Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:25:39 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-91038 @PS: Sure. But would they have any basis for being so insulted? I myself am hard-pressed to think of very many people whose minds I respect who make their living mouthing off on TV. @PS: Sure. But would they have any basis for being so insulted? I myself am hard-pressed to think of very many people whose minds I respect who make their living mouthing off on TV.

]]> By: PSoTD http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-90994 PSoTD Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:43:53 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-90994 <I>To be fair about it, Reich called Tim Russert one of the smartest guys on television. That’s probably true, even if it does amount to damning with faint praise.</I> I suspect there's a LOT of people in television that would be insulted with such a comparison. To be fair about it, Reich called Tim Russert one of the smartest guys on television. That’s probably true, even if it does amount to damning with faint praise.

I suspect there’s a LOT of people in television that would be insulted with such a comparison.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-90977 Brendan Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:12:51 +0000 http://www.oliverwillis.com/index.php/2008/04/13/robert-reich-on-the-meet-the-press-elite-freak-show/#comment-90977 To be fair about it, Reich called Tim Russert one of the smartest guys <em>on television</em>. That's probably true, even if it does amount to damning with faint praise. To be fair about it, Reich called Tim Russert one of the smartest guys on television. That’s probably true, even if it does amount to damning with faint praise.

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