Stealing a little of "L'il Mick's Thunder from Down Under", Howie 'the Hack' Kurtz tells Al Franken how radio should work.
A good radio show has strong pacing and a deft mixture of ideology, confrontation and humor. Franken's "Factor" was meandering and discursive, almost NPR-like, sounding more like someone shooting the breeze at a dinner party than trying to persuade listeners. The "bumpers" between segments were soft and Muzak-like. With Franken speaking in a relatively low voice, the self-proclaimed "Zero Spin Zone" sometimes sounded like a zero energy zone.
Sounds a lot like Howie's column in the Beobachter Post, doesn't it? Meandering, discursive and lacking energy...a vertiable 12 or more column inches of the finest in Wingnut Hackery available. Mr. Sherri Annis never fails to deliver.
posted by Jo Fish on 03.31.04 at 11:43 PM
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Okay, so it's obvious that the dummy is attacking Air America for political reasons. It doesn't take a tinfoil hat to figure that out. Now let's thank him. and attack him for what he said as loudly as possible. Why? Because you can count on his readers, especially the ones who like him, tuning in to Air America. The attacks will increase awareness and both liberal and others will tune in as a result. The open-minded among the opposition will hear things that may pursuade them to leave the Dark Side of the Force. The liberal will, if they have not heard of it already, hear of the channel and become fans. In this instance, with a new and potentially controversial channel starting up, all publicity is good publicity.
Google bombs away!
posted by: dean on 04.01.04 at 07:54 AM [permalink]
It was Howie's first day of writing too, so cut him some slack.
posted by: BudMan on 04.01.04 at 10:38 AM [permalink]
