National Organization of Moderates
Electronic Media reports that the usual suspects are trying to stop Michael Savage’s show before it starts. I’m not a big fan of Savage myself, as I find his style needlessly abrasive, but I do recognize that he is good for ratings. That’s more than I can say for the guy they just dropped. Someone really needs to clue in the liberal activists on one point, though. If you’re going to be a liberal, be man/woman enough to admit it; don’t masquerade as something else. And if you think it’s a great idea for stations to censor viewpoints with which you disagree, fine, but then make the case for that; don’t pretend it’s all about “inclusion.” This quote from the EM story just about sums it up:
With the cancellation Tuesday of Phil Donahue’s show and the recent hiring of former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, the conservative Republican Texan whose long term in Congress ended in January, as a regular contributor of commentary, MSNBC has “created a situation that makes it impossible to get a moderate message out,” NOW President Kim Gandy said.
I’m not sure how two conservatives, one of whom will only get one hour per week, will even make it particularly inconvenient, let alone “impossible,” for any non-conservatives to get a word in edgewise. I mean, it’s not as though the network shuts down for the other 22-23 hours each day when neither Savage nor Armey is on. It is touching, however, to see NOW championing the cause of moderates.
