tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post6445034366411479529..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: Steve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-88470908234915716672014-01-14T08:06:49.277-05:002014-01-14T08:06:49.277-05:00Being the only contributor to this blog who has ac...Being the only contributor to this blog who has actually met and been interviewed by Roger Ailes for a job at his ill-fated "America's Talking" (and who, by the way, was asked to interview and was shepherded through the process by the lady who became the next Mrs. Roger Ailes), Roger is not a nice guy or a very professional one, in my opinion.<br /><br />Needless to say, we disagreed on most political views. The New Yorker Review was pretty tepid, by the way. The reporter acted like TNY had been stung before, presumably about the article they ran on the Missus' new newspaper, and they don't even address the fact that Fox News is not in fact news until the third to the last paragraph.<br /><br />Talk about your independent liberal press.Luigihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16483229810538275725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-41702084722688359302014-01-13T17:44:05.653-05:002014-01-13T17:44:05.653-05:00I couldn't agree more. Ailes may want to be a ...I couldn't agree more. Ailes may want to be a kingmaker --among other things because being an important man to the president and a successful republican party is way, way, more fun than just being a spoiler at the democratic party--but he will settle for spoiler. And fox news, its paranoia, its ugly ayn randianism, it sexism and its militarism have more than set the tone for the entire country since it began. Its edged out all other forms of journalism as well, and pretty much singlehandedly destroyed the image of the TV journalist (even if it was only image) as dispassionate observer a la walter cronkite.aimaihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03956073425680585780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-73706873622189807182014-01-13T17:08:29.329-05:002014-01-13T17:08:29.329-05:00They don't care anymore if the can effectively...They don't care anymore if the can effectively yell, "STOP!!!", at progress!<br /><br />All they care about is speed-bumps that slow progress.<br /><br />Slow it down, until something they can take advantage of, politically, stops it.Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-53761697448269615062014-01-13T15:17:37.462-05:002014-01-13T15:17:37.462-05:00Ideological advocates for a cause will invariably ...Ideological advocates for a cause will invariably do more harm than good for it in the end. The problem with true believers is what do you do when you win? Activist individuals are often fighting internal demons. Once they've defeated their actual foes they end up inventing imaginary enemies or going or purity crusades, because if they stopped for just a moment they'd have to confront the gaping hole in their souls that drove them to the fight in the first place.<br /><br />In the end, they don't know how to exist outside of the fight.<br /><br />This is a problem a good portion of the current GOP seems to have. They've won, and now the only enemy left to fight is themselves and the voices in their heads.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com