Brian Lamb Has Just Elevated Himself In My View

[ThomWV]

He read an E-Mail on this morning's Washington Journal program on C-Span that was addressed to him. It read (this is from memory and may be slightly off):

"To Brian Lamb, C-Span sucks and so do you" "Have a nice day DICKHEAD"

He read it on-air. I laughed like hell.

[Captain Hilts]

1. Lamb's done this country a good service. nt

[DrDan]

2. I agree with that

He is often a target here at DU, and I think simply due to trying to be objective - which occasionally means speaking ill of the left. I watch him weekly, and do not think he skews anything in the direction of the freepers.

[ThomWV]

3. I disagree - I do think he leans "Right"

I watch C-Span a considerable amount of time and catch Washington Journal most mornings at least for the first hour. I honestly believe it is not just oversensitivity on my part that leads me to believe he often favors the Republican point of view and seems to be much more at ease when interviewing Republicans on air. Its is not generally overt, but it is noticable. By contrast I think Greta is probably the most balanced althought Pedro is my favorite. I see Susan as the closest to a more liberal point of view but once again, it is very much restrained and she is certainl fair to all.

[Captain Hilts]

5. But I think Lamb is much less comfortable with right-wing crank callers. nt

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Be Careful Thom

I'm pretty sure that Susan used to work for the RNC. She may have a balanced approach on air, but i don't think she's liberal. I could be wrong about that, though.
GAC

[SusanaMontana41]

15. A right-wing broadcaster with balance?

That's novel.

[Bucky]

13. I've read that he himself is a Republican. But he certainly acts objectively

I enjoy CSpan and trust Lamb probably more than any other Republican.

[Cha]

30. Greta must be a new one since I

watched it. There was Susan, Connie, Steve, Paul, and Pedro had just come on board.

There was one guy who I can't remember his name but I liked him for being the most "fair". I noticed his hands were shaking so I'm thinking he had a disease that prevented him from being on air...I'm like.. "Nooooooooooooo!"

[Captain Hilts]

4. He also plays 'dumb' to get guests/callers to speak more clearly and explain things.

People here make comments about his questions that are intended to make guests not assume too much about the knowledge level of viewers. This was particularly the case on "Booknotes."

And C-Span gave us Question Time.

[KharmaTrain]

6. Fairness And Acurracy In The Media Doesn't Agree With You

No network gives airtime to the Washington Times except for C-SPAN. And this isn't only a quote here or there, Brian brings on goons like Wes Pruden who spend an hour, uninterupted, to spew anti Democratic garbage...or slime up the Clintons...and Brian sits back and lets this stuff go out unchecked and unquestioned. I've never seen him invite the editors of a Village Voice or left-leaning publication with the same coverage.

Then, there's the constant stacking of any liberal or progressive guest with a conservative or Repugnican minder. Rarely do you see an hour with a Randi Rhodes or Joe Connason, but be assured there's always a place for a Coultergeist or some National Standard stenographer...again allowed to spew their bile with little accountability.

Check out the report about C-SPAN by F.A.I.R....www.fair.org...a report C-SPAN has ignored and still refuses to comment on.

[DrDan]

12. well Randi spent an hour with Brian two weeks ago

[EFerrari]

7. Iirc, F.A.I.R. issued a report that showed conservatives get more

time on the show than liberals do:

C-SPAN Slanting Right
Washington Journal's guestlist lacks balance

12/19/05

In the December issue of Extra!, FAIR published a study of the guest list on C-SPAN's Washington Journal. Though C-SPAN's "flagship viewer call-in program" prides itself on its reputation for fairness, FAIR's study found that reputation does not reflect reality. But C-SPAN's response thus far has been silence.

Extra! studied Washington Journal's guestlist, tabulating all 663 guests who appeared on the show in the six-month period from November 1, 2004 to April 30, 2005. Guests were classified by gender, ethnicity, party affiliation (if any) and occupation. The study also looked at the think tanks most prominently represented on the show.

http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=2780+

[DrDan]

10. Well, I watch Brian weekly

and I still find him quite objective.

Just my opinion. But there are two sides, and there are legitimate arguments in the effectiveness the Democratic Party, and the left in general.

[Captain Hilts]

11. Same here. I think he's as objective as they get. nt

[librechik]

25. in the Conservative camp, I agree

BUt you can read the stats yourself int the FAIR article cited above. He leans right, it's just a fact.

[EFerrari]

8. I hope someone caught it and puts it up on the net.

And that it should happen on Fascist Friday is especially sweet.

[Cha]

31. ..

"And that it should happen on Fascist Friday is especially sweet."!

:toast:

[Buns_of_Fire]

14. It certainly didn't speak well of the Savage Wiener fans

Their comments pretty much ran the gamut of calling him and C-CPAN communist, biased, homosexual... oh, and a dickhead. I guess the Savage Wiener's worldview really CAN rub off on those who gravitate to his show. :shrug:

Brian mentioned that they also get stuff like that from the left, too. "Hey, this is America!"

[EFerrari]

21. Has he ever read a series of abusive email from the left? n/t

[Catherine Vincent]

16. LOL!

I don't agree with it but that's funny which is probably why he read it. Brian probably laughed his arse off.

[EFerrari]

17. He read about five of them. They were great! n/t

[EFerrari]

18. This is being replayed now.

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

19. "You are a Nazi and a Stalinist!"

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

20. "I do not expect a response from one who is at best a weakling

and at worst, an enemy of our republic."

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

22. "You and the ACLU ass losers should leave the country

and go to the Soviet Union."

:rofl:

[EFerrari]

23. "You have censored the words of a great man."

:rofl:

It just goes on and on and on. lol

[EFerrari]

26. "What are you perverts afraid of?"

lol

[Catherine Vincent]

27. I can't wait to watch the replay on cspan.org

Does he read them during the first hour of open phones?

:hi:

[EFerrari]

28. I think so. God, they're HILARIOUS!

:hi:

[LSK]

24. what the hell is wrong with these people???

You cant even be "fair and balanced" anymore without being attacked.

Maybe they are pissed because he had Randi Rhodes on there.

[EFerrari]

29. Savage lied to his audience and they bought it. Then, they

made fools of themselves on WJ. It was nearly perfect. lol