Christian journalist invited on Meet the Press. Nutroots go wild!
The Left is watching its media monopoly crumble, and it doesn’t like what it sees.
The Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody, who runs a hot politics blog here, has reportedly been invited to join Tim Russert on Meet The Press this weekend. Liberal bloggers, led by the Fairness Doctrine water-carriers at Think Progress, are up in arms:
ThinkProgress has learned that this Sunday’s edition of NBC’s Meet the Press will include a journalist roundtable featuring David Brody, a blogger and news correspondent for the Christian Broadcasting Network. CBN was founded in 1961 by religious right leader Pat Robertson…We’ll be watching to see if a progressive is booked to balance Brody.
Or else what?
Russert better watch himself. The nutroots have their knives out.
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Who do these damn Christians and right-wingers think they are, trying to be on our liberal shows?
They have to give us equal time on the radio, but we don’t have to give them equal time on TV or in the print-media.
Do as we say, not as we do.- The nutroots coalition
More proof we’re on the brink of rule by a right-wing fundamentalist Christianist theocracy! Brody on Tim Russert! What’s next, letting kids read the Bible in school? Horrors!
/average Kos poster
Do as I say not as I do should be the nutroots motto.
SickofRINOs you beat me to it.
You know what they say about great minds…
I don’t understand how saying “We’ll be watching to see if a progressive is booked to balance Brody” deserves the label nutroot…
Michelle care to explain?
THE FAIRNESS DOCTRINE! are we now part of the Hugo Chavez agenda,we must be dictated too by big brother! as to what we can say.? I bit the lift winger’s are licking their chops on this one….one question… are we still a free nation?,has this come about due to the up-comming election?.
just like the break gal’s wife was crying that Ann Coulter was picking on her husband, oh brother! if the kitchen is to hot get out!
Will someone please explain to me what “religious right” means? I am waaaaaaay right of right and Vivi looks like more of a threat to me.
What is next? For every half hour comedy they have to show a half hour of drama, for every top 40s song they have to play a polka, where does this end? In the words of Forest Gump’s Mom ’stupid is as stupid does’
supersean,
The nutroot label applies as it pertains to the talk radio fairness doctrine. As someone said above, the left insists on fair time on the radio (which isn’t an issue of fair time, but rather their lack of marketability on the radio), but freak out when a Christian figure has a guest appearance on one of their shows.
Wow, Sean, you are on a trolling mission today! Tell me, do you get Lib street cred if Michelle responds directly?
Next? 1 gallon of gas and 5 pounds of carbon credits! It’s only fair!
Yes, let’s get the government involved in picking who’s going to be on “Meet The Press.” I’m sure that will work out just great. Then we’ll hop in my home-made spaceship and fly to the moon together which is made, as we all know, of swiss cheese.
Apparently you’re just not familiar with Think Progress. Rather than asking someone else to lay everything out for you, you could do a little research of your own.
That’s friggin hilarious!!!!!
Thanks, I really needed a good laugh.
Half swiss, half American - it’s only fair!
I was thinking it’s more like half salt, half peter.
My first reaction:
A progressive to balance him? LOLOLOL
Are you freakin’ kidding me?
Okay, I’ll breathe now.
What is it with these people? They claim to be open minded/open arms/full of love….I have to stop now. Why did I bother to comment. This is ridiculous.
PBoilermaker…..
And you seem to be trying to get your cred from the preschool sandbox. I asked a question because I truly don’t understand.
Again having an opinion that you do not agree with is not trolling. Take a look at my posts a majority of my positions are in agreement with a conservative view.
Then again, if Russert was going to have a member of CAIR or some other Islamic imam on to give the Islamic religious perspective, there wound not be a PEEP out of the leftist maggots.
Guaranteed.
Doesn’t Russert qualify as the progressive to balance things out?
Walterc
Nice, but I was talking about what the moon was made of. We can’t give the swiss the whole thing after all, they are neutral.
Firedrake…
I know who/what/where thinkprogress is and even I one who likes to see opinions from across the political spectrum cant stand that site.
What I do not get is how hoping for a balanced discussion is worthy of a headline Nutroots go Wild…
Do you think the quote itself (not the source) is nutrootish?
Sean your question is laughable because there is almost nothing but leftwingers on Meet the
LIBS, I mean Press.It’s like saying if Hillary Clinton were on Laura Ingraham’s show that they would need a conservative on there to balance hillary. It’s redundant.
supersean
It begins with “religious right”. They start the mud slinging and Michelle is right there to label it what it is. See, Russert on “Meet the Press” is almost balance.
Is that close?
WOW
sick minds think alkie - LOL
These peoples Grand Parents considered Stalin to be ‘Balance’ for Hitler.
On my soap box….
well I think i am getting where most that have responded here the label is coming from the source not the quote.
Do you think that Pat Robertson or David Brody from the Christian Broadcasting Network have an issue with being labeled religious right?
I’ll gladly let anyone here label me and my views religious central
Yeah, and we should drop buildings on planes and not bombs on terrorists.
/sarc off
supersean
I asked a simple question #8. There is no definition. For liberals – it is meant as an insult. Like I said before, I am waaaay right of right. You wanted an answer and sick and I gave you the same exact answer almost at the very same time. What else do you want?
Ah, but ignoring context while posing disingenuous questions to the site owner and feigning ignorance when you know the answers IS trolling.
See the posts from Sick and OMSB, they beat me to the punch.
To reiterate:
1. They started with the name calling.
2. They want balance on an unbalanced program to offset Russert.
I am shock mind you, SHOCKED that Michelle did not use “moobats”.
SuperSean (I don’t think you’re super and I label myself sane central following on your “central” comment. BTW what the heck does your “religious central” comment mean? Is that lib/progressive/puke speak for you think about church?
The libs have their own brand of free speech and it doesn’t include those who disagree with them. You should be glad you’re a puke on here who isn’t silenced like conservatives are at Huff Po, Kos, etc. I believe that you are a troll as most if you were a conservative you would see that week after week, month after month and year after year “Meet The Press” has a greater number of liberals on then conservatives.
PBoilermaker
1. Others have made their points to answer my question that was directly in context to Michelle’s post as well as my responses to this thread.
2. My question is not disingenuous as I am attempting to understand the reasoning behind the quote. I thank others for taking the time to explain to me their opinions
I still do not understand whats nutrooty or moonbatty about the quote that Michelle posted but from what others have explained to me its more the source (which I agree with).
Please if you’d like to join in on the conversation, I welcome it; but I request that you refrain from the insults.
supersean
I think you are refering to me as help and if so, you are welcome.
I happen to agree with you, some of the abuse you are taking is uncalled for.
Terrig,
1. I am not a lib/progressive/puke. I have some views that differ from you and others here. We may even see eye to eye on more issues than not.
2. I don’t watch the Sunday news shows so I would not know who is on them or what views are preferred over others on a given show.
3. I attend mass almost every Sunday and teach my children the Catholic values that I hold dear. It truly is an insult for you to state otherwise.
4. Right on for jumping in the sandbox with PBoilermaker with the troll label. You’ve now lumped yourselves into the same puke label that you describe in your post with the wingbats on the far left who treat those with different views negatively.
SuperSean,
I attend Mass every Sunday as well, so what? I do try to raise my children with good values but I am sick and tired of the liberal, progressive, pukes telling me that it would have been better for society as a whole if I has aborted by daughter with Down Syndrome. I have also had “these good Catholics” tell me the same and they always seems to be “liberal Catholics who get it” as they tell me.
As for the Sunday news shows, I stopped watching when David Brinkley gave up his show but I still do check the paper to see who they have on. You don’t have to watch it to know who is going to be on and if it’s someone like Boxer, Feinstein, Kerry, (I could go on but you should get the point) what their views are.
As for the puke label, hey, at least you have a voice here, something that those who believe in the fairness doctrine don’t give to those who disagree with them on Kos, Huff Po, etc.
Since you still don’t understand:
Having a biased, progressive group say that a Conservative/religious presence needs progressive “balance” on a Liberal-leaning show is the height of hypocrisy. It is Moonbat faux outrage at its best to say that they will act as political oversight in the name of “fairness”. Got it?
Sandbox and Puke, huh? I guess you are above reproach.
I look forward to educating you further as requirements dictate.
Terrig,
1. I wish you joy and happiness with you daughter (I have 2 of my own).
2. My comment on my faith was based upon your quote:
“BTW what the heck does your “religious central” comment mean? Is that lib/progressive/puke speak for you think about church”
I am strongly against abortion and believe we as Catholics have a duty to enlighten those around us to the beauty that every life can provide us.
PBoilermaker…
Wow opinion not insults .. seems that there is hope!
1. I think we are all in agreement that Thinkprogress is an extreme site that none of use have on our Hotlinks or must read lists. I hadn’t see their site in months until clicking on Michelle’s link after this thread started.
2. I do not think that the Think Progress quote from Michelle’s post is worthy of the label “Moonbat faux outrage”. After reading the entire article, I think its much ado about nothing.
3. The only thing you’ve manage to educate me on is your negativity.
There’s no need for insults hurled at supersean. He asked a question. Here’s my answer: You need to consider the Think Progress quote in the larger context of its work and the current political environment. What looks like a reasonable statement — a progressive should be booked to balance Brody — takes on a more ominous flavor when you consider the threat of legislative rectification of what they perceive to be a “structural imbalance.”
It’s to be expected that the lunatic left - including the Dem Party - is going berserk over this since they have a well-earned reputation as being anti-Jewish and anti-Christian.
What is interesting here is their tacit confession that the opposite of a “Christian” is a liberal, progessive, socialist, Democrat (or whatever their choice of euphemism d’ jour).
Do they have any other phrases then action alert to express something of interest to watch?
The problem is worse than we think: the nuts on the Left think Tim Russert is a RIGHT-WINGER!!!
They genuinely think the MSM is controlled by the Right, and Democratic victories in elections are INSPITE of the MSM rathr than because of it.
Civil War is coming folks. Within the lifetime of my children, if the Lord tarries.
Michelle,
Thank you for the response and effort to maintain a positive dialog here.
I agree with the position that is absolutely incomprehensible that Congress would waste it’s time discussing let alone creating legislation to regulate political views on the airwaves/television.
Given the response from several here on the forum, I think that the real “meat” of this story could be the statistics on the ThinkProgress post showing a conservative bias on Meet the Press! Are the fudging the #’s?
Soap-box said: “Will someone please explain to me what “religious right” means?”
I think we need to start having a conversation about the religious left. Barry seems to want to get the folks in the UCC and other left leaning churches energized. I think it’s a fair discussion.
By progressive they mean communist. Until when they will try to hide their true identity?
I’m surprised these Communists didn’t threaten Russert that he might lose his job. Or maybe they did. I bet they are hammering him with phone calls, emails and threats.
In Communism, religion is forbidden because it is “the opium of the people.”
Of course opium and orgies are only allowed in the circle of “Progressists” hippies who are mostly members of the Democratic Party.
What better way to tweak the up-turned nose of liberals than to invite a Christian conservative on the main-stream liberal Russert’s show. Let em eat cake.
Considering the fact that MTP has had the far left Katherine Vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation as a panelist dozens of times, what the heck are the netnuts complaining about?
For some excellent thoughts on how the left is beginning to seriously police political speech in order to redefine “hate speech” to cut off criticism, see Jeff Goldstein’s excellent piece here.
I think “the progressives” may be on to something!
I say we follow their conclusion to the logical end:
We cannot discuss any position on TV without first gathering all sides of the issue for booking. That should stop just about all the talk shows, including Tim Russert, Keith Olbermann, The View, and (sorry Michelle) Bill O’Reilly. Everything stops, and we all get to wallow in the crepulance of no disagreement with our ideas. How Hobbesian!
Seriously, the answer to the Progressives is simple. When the state that they need “progressive balance”, we reply with, “Good idea! Now to balance you we need a Far East perspective, and a Mid East Perspective. Don’t forget that cult out in California, um, the Scientologists! And then we need the progressive post-slavery movement, and the gun owners, and pro and anti tax parties, and the Greens. Plus Hamas and Israel. …”
I don’t know if they will get the hint, but they will look like asses for not including “everybody”.
Let me see if I’m following this correctly…
Because NBC booked a Christian on Meet the Press the left wants to make sure that there is someone ‘progressive’ to offset him?
Ummm… The fact that Meet the Press is a liberal show to begin with and that David Brody will be the equivilant of Elizabeth H on The View, unpopular and out numbered, has totally escaped them I guess?
If they really think that the MSM is NOT liberal… what do they think IS liberal?
Ok.. now I’m just really scared
It’s not that the MSM isn’t liberal….it’s that it isn’t liberal ENOUGH.
Also, a commenter on another blog said that because news stations are owned by corporations, they MUST be conservative (he also implied that noble liberals are out there speaking truth to power by being journalists while conservatives are getting their MBAs, so he’s clearly anti-capitalist, anti-personal responsibility, and anti-education as well).
Anyway, this is PROOF that liberals don’t want the UnFairness Doctrine to balance the media.
They want it to squash and silence conservatives.
At the risk of a shameless plug, check out my blog for a link to some anti-Fairness Doctrine information and shirts.
Let’s get the message out there that we won’t be silenced!
This is actually good news . Maybe the msm will realize how much money they are losing by ignoring the right .With Nbc on the decline and Fox gaining someone must be taking notice.
supersean, It wasn’t your question but the way you put it seemed confrontational towards Michelle so you have to expect some backlash. Most of us are here because we agree with her views.
DaleC,
I agree with your first point. Air America failed because it does not have an audience not because of unfair business practices by conservative talk radio. If media outlets want a piece of the pie, they need to put forth a product that people want (which seems like talk radio). It will be nearly impossible to pry left minded listeners away from NPR.
As to your second point I posed a question (how do you see it as confrontational?) because I didn’t understand not because I disagreed. Even if I posted a comment disagreeing (or confronting Michelle’s position) with Michelle, do you really think it is worthy of name calling and questioning my faith?
Do your research Michelle, they already have a progressive booked to balance him on that show……Tim Russert!
Raging Rep is correct. Tim Russert is the ‘balance’. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that things like this will only flourish. Let the nutroots destroy themselves.
Here is more of the thinkprogress post:
“The problem is not Brody’s appearance on the program per se, but rather that Meet the Press has an established record of featuring more conservative journalists than progressive journalists during its roundtables.”
This seems reasonable to me and to supersean. I think Malkin is creating controversy where there is none. The liberals have done nothing beyond saying they are going to keep track of who’s on the talk shows.
Interesting that you and supersean see it as reasonable. Very interesting.
A Christian on MSNBC? I’m in Iraq, so I can’t tell, but did hell just freeze over?
yawn, threats from children
Okay, I am so tired of whining conservatives. Meet the Press is not liberal. Typically, the first half hour of the show has politicians, most often Bush Administration officials. They do the best they can to not answer Tim’s tough questions and usually fail to answer. Then they typically have a roundtable with some both liberals and conservatives.
Do I think it is necessary to have a progressive to balance a “Christian” broadcaster? No. What annoys me is, as Obama said, conservatives seem to think they have a right to decide what Christians are supposed to beleive.
Vs. the liberals we’ve had to listen to for the past 7 years? Liberals NEVER stop whining! They whine in the workplace, they whine in line for coffee - you name it - they’re obessed and they never shut up! They do it everywhere and in every way that they can: movies, television shows, hell - even as I was watching a re-run of the O.C. one of the kids was whining about Karl Rove!!! So I think you lefties have cornered the market on whining, my friend. For the last 7 years you’ve created careers out of whining so you have absolutely no credibility in calling others whiners.
At least they GO ON Tim Russert’s show! Liberals are so afraid of answering a tough question they won’t even go on Fox News! They organize boycotts - you know - like the Nazi’s did.
We take it from the Bible, (perhaps you’ve heard of it?) We don’t make it up like liberals do. We give to charity to help people because it’s the right thing to do, we don’t force people to give to charity against their will. We don’t believe in aborting babies because it’s murdering an innocent child, how do you justify being pro-murder? Was Christ pro-murder?
FoxForce, I know you would agree that both sides whine and threaten boycotts constantly. It is very annoying. Second, liberals do come on Fox. The Dems did not agree to debate on Fox News and I thought that was a mistake. Third, on Christianity, the Bible says: “Thou shall not kill.” So, why is the U.S. (and others) killing people in Iraq. And no, God did not carve out an exception for war. The Bible also forbids fornication and adultery. Good Christian Conservatives like Newt Gingrich, Anne Coulter (engaged three times but never had premarital sex), Bernie Kerik, all follow that to the letter don’t they. The Bible also says that homosexuals should be stoned to death. Are you ready to attack Mary Cheney. So, you and your self-righteous cohorts selective reading of the Bible is the problem.
1. Because as human beings, we’re not perfect: Jesus was perfect - so when we see someone threatening our lives, our families lives, we fight to defend ourselves. We are not targeting innocent people in Iraq, we are targeting terrorists, who have stated that they do intend us harm. So while Jesus - who was perfect - may have “turned the other cheek” we, for the sake of our own survival, defend ourselves and the lives of our families. We do not live in a perfect world, hence we have to defend and protect ourselves once in a while.
2. You stated that conservatives seem to think they have the right to decide what Christians should believe - if this is so and you believe as a liberal that war is wrong, then wouldn’t the Democrats be just as guilty in your example? If the Dems are so Christian, why did we attack Bosnia? Why did we attack 82 people in Waco, TX under false pretenses? Was that more Christian than the war in Iraq? If not, why didn’t the Dems protest?
3. Conservatives do not think they have the right to decide what Christians should believe - but liberals seem to think Conservative Christians shouldn’t have any credibility whatsoever. What gives Rev. Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton more credibility than Pat Robertson? Would the left have their knickers in such a twist if one of them were to be on “Meet the Press”? I think we both know the answer to that.
4. It seems that you’re the one who is doing all of the judging: you are judging Ann Coulter and Newt Gingrich. WE ARE NOT PERFECT - that’s why we believe in redemption - something clearly you DON’T believe in.
I’m glad that you thought it was a mistake for the Dems to boycott Fox’s debate. It makes them look weak and afraid and frankly anti-free speech and free press - and given their remarks in recent days, they frighten me as they should you.
FoxForce, I couldn’t have said it better myself. We are all imperfect and sinners. My point is that conservatives seem to think they should decide which sins are acceptable and which are not. Weren’t you conservatives up in arms about Monica Lewinsky? But not about Newt who was having an affair while trying to impeach Clinton for doing the same. Second, I think John McCain was correct both Jesse and Al and Pat Robertson and the late Jerry Falwell are all “agents of intolerence” and have no credibility whatsoever. And, I do believe in redemption, so stop calling liberals evil like that idiot Sean Hannity.
Clinton was impeached for lying under oath. That’s called perjury and it is against the law. That is why Mr. Clinton was disbarred. You do not get disbarred for having an affair. If Newt had lied about an affair under oath during a sexual harrassment case, then he should be tried for perjury.
I never made that generalization about liberals. I never said “liberals are evil”. Please. Grow up.