tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post4431022741098675146..comments2024-02-10T20:49:20.762-05:00Comments on bjkeefe: That's No Way To Start A New Decadebjkeefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-88264777755576510652010-01-04T11:44:03.709-05:002010-01-04T11:44:03.709-05:00I am not at all suggesting that C-SPAN should have...I am not at all suggesting that C-SPAN should have an ideological litmus test, and I agree that there is even something to be said for inviting on full metal wingnuts to let them expose themselves for what they are.<br /><br />However, there should be <strong>some</strong> standards. I don't see the need to give a microphone to someone who thrives on nothing besides spreading lies and hate speech. It's not that I worry that someone like Malkkkin will change any sane person's mind; it's that I see her being invited onto a credible show as giving her an unwarranted reward.bjkeefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-59087744509715198312010-01-03T02:17:25.725-05:002010-01-03T02:17:25.725-05:00Why would you want to complain? C-span tries to b...Why would you want to complain? C-span tries to be non-partisan and present an equal number of interviewees on the right and the left. Some of their most entertaining interviews have been with authors on the right that I wouldn't normally read. Victor David Hansen is much better live than in his books (he's a pro-war conservative professor who teaches the classics in case you didn't know.) <br /><br />I also got some good reading suggestions from Niall Ferguson who is kind of a Tory. One of the best books on World War II and Churchill and FDR, i.e., "The War Diaries of Lord Allenbrook."<br />Makes all of them look pretty pathetic including Eisenhower.<br /><br />Malkkkin is stooping pretty low, but I wouldn't want to discourage C-span from including people on the far right. When they are really bad that comes across also. Brian White has that straight-faced way of getting things out of people by feinting uninformed, non-judgmental curiosity.<br /><br />I think Sarah Palin would be an interesting interview about her book. I don't worry about her convincing anyone about anything. Are you suggesting that C-span only interview authors on the left? Or are you saying that they should have more erudite authors on the right? You might make a case for that, but exposing less than stellar wingnuts has it's place also.TCnoreply@blogger.com