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July 2, 2007
Mort Kondracke Accuses Talk Radio of Programming Our Opinions
Last Friday, while subbing for Hugh Hewitt, Dean Barnett interviewed establishment gasbag Mort Kondracke. Mort revealed that he doesn't have a very high opinion of talk radio, and implies an even lower opinion of its audience for being brainwashed into opposing his beloved shamnesty bill:
Boy, I've got to say, well, look, everybody's got a right to say what they want to say, and I mean, you know, the problem with much of talk radio is that it's out of control. It's out of self-control, I should say. And the competitive forces impels somebody to try to whip up the rage of the listenership, and make people frantic about something, and it inhibits calm discussion about anything, as witness the immigration debate. Do I think… in the case of the immigration debate, I think what the radio talk show hosts did was terribly destructive toward the solution of what everybody agrees is a huge problem. […] I'm referring… you know, the truth is that I don't listen to everybody, so I can't tell you who… I listen to Rush, I think he's a destructive force in this case. […] I mean, you know… and you know, Rush has been… Sean Hannity, I think, has been a destructive force, Laura Ingraham's been a destructive … [blah blah blah] … anybody who declares that this bill is amnesty is just not helping the society solve a problem.
Imagine, if it weren't for destructive forces like Rush and Hannity, we would all be a-okay with the shamnesty bill. Why, they could put Mort on the radio instead and we would bob our heads up and down, chanting "Yes, Mort. Amnesty good. Border security bad. Whatever you say Mort."
But they won't put Mort on instead, unless the Unfairness Doctrine becomes law, because no one would volunteer to listen to him — primarily because he's dull as ditchwater, but also because unlike Rush et al., he has no respect for the audience, which is represented, not led.
Posted by Van Helsing at July 2, 2007 10:59 AM
Comments
It really just Mort crying out for help and attention. Nobody really cares what he says, but he notices that some talk radio is quite successful. That offends his libtard sensibilities, so of course he has to fling some feces.
Posted by: skh.pcola at July 2, 2007 11:28 AM
I dont trust guys who squint all the time - it can barely see his eyes. Same goes for James Carville - old Serpent Head. Still trying to figure out what Mary Matalin sees in James.
As for old Morty, would he say the same thing about network news who get people all whipped out and frantic about the War in Iraq by playing up negatives while downplaying positive news? Nope.
Posted by: Anonymous at July 2, 2007 11:32 AM
You're too kind to Mort by posting this old photo of him...in reality,he's much grayer and older than that. Come to think of it, so is his attitude toward talk radio and the rest of the "new media." Go figure!
Posted by: Pam at July 2, 2007 11:52 AM
WOW! Milt is really out of touch. Who the hell does he think his Beltway Boys audience is?
Posted by: pocomoco at July 2, 2007 2:27 PM
wonder who mort thinks the INSTRUCTIVE forces are?
gasbag?
methane i suppose. with all that verbal flatulence, he'll need to ingest an entire bottle of "beano"!
Posted by: nanc at July 2, 2007 7:01 PM
Mort. Since you believe us to be a bunch of unlearned Philistines in need of indoctrination, I'll put this in simple terms, since of course we're not sophisticiated enough to know our own minds:
Build a fence (a real one, not the fake one the Gov. wants) and then we'll talk immigration. Until then, shut your stupid piehole, you elitist pseudo-intellectual.
Posted by: fellowes at July 2, 2007 8:46 PM
You forgot to mention his PrissyPantsTwit pal, Fred Barnes--who has not yet excoriated the talkers, but who certainly has a low opinion of those who would Dis the Shamnesty Bill.
Posted by: dad29 at July 3, 2007 6:25 AM
