With Joe Lieberman stating the DNC is hostage to the kook left, how on earth can Medved state it is a good idea for LEFTIST MSNBC moving into the realm of Kim of North Korea and Ahmadinejad of Iran.

Medved is out of touch in reality as much as this nut Pozner. It might be her wet dream to froth over in MSNBC reflecting the Khmer Rouge, but how is murderous anarchy ever good for America or any nation. This equates to wanting America to be like Pakistan with kook Muslims raising hell there and Bhuto calling for more chaos so she thinks she can gain power.

Medved also could not see any North American Union and yet the people behind it and Vincente Fox confirmed it after Medved called others crazy for saying there was a plan for it.

I like Mr. Medved for his patriotic love of America, but he has been so goofy as of late in now joining in that MSNBC is "centrist" when it is leftist and now hammering hard to be Stalin central.

There is nothing smart about that and Medved from his heritage in being a Jew should know that as the first people this ilk will call out to be rid of is him..........as these are the ilk who called for the death of GOP and Cheney.

Medved needs to get in touch.

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What planet is Medved on, anyway? He is the same guy who said that all those that opposed the Super highway from Mexico to Canada were crazy. Perhaps sites like Townhall.com should re-evaluate their use of Medved...he doesn't sound like any "conservative" I know.

You know, I'm reading this conversation among these people and I'm thinking I don't even know what to say about stuff like this. Fox is conservative, MSNBC will take the liberal side and CNN in the middle?

I must be the one that's out of sync. I cannot believe these people are talking about "News" channels being conservative and liberal. I realize that liberals think Fox is conservative, and conservatives see CNN and MSNBC as liberal, but usually news channels claim to be, or at least make some attempt at being non-partisan. These guys are actually talking about tilting the ideology of MSNBC (as if that hasn't happened already) more to the left. Can you imagine the uproar if FNC decided they needed to be less "fair and balanced" and tilt more conservatively?

And Medved's gem: I don't think that this pretense of fair and balanced is really good for the public.

This is just mind-boggling.

a half-century ago, police, teachers and the military were respected as they helped shape and protect society.

20 years later, by the end of the Viet Nam War, the pendulum had swung VERY far left. Police were called "pigs", teacher were radicalized and socially indoctrinated, and the military were spat upon and called "baby killers".

Now, the pendulum has begun to swing back. Police, firemen, soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen, are smiled at more than hissed, teachers are routinely being called to account for radical left behavior... and the News Media has no idea where 'center' is!

In their self-reinforcing world, it's still 1977, and they ARE the center! Anything to the right is obviously 'fascist' or Nazi (heard that lately?)

It could very well be that these hothouse flowers are convinced that the world is static, their worldview is perfect and unchangeing and it is we, the uncooperative public who are at fault for our transgressions.

Well MSM, prepare to be dragged, kicking and screaming into a whole new world! It's coming, and coming faster than a lot of you will be able to adapt to. Hence the over-the-top rhetoric, foul language, and hyteria.

Not to worry though, the dull ones are so mired in the tarpits, they will eventually exhaust themselves and succumb. A few of the smarter ones will adapt.

I just don't understand why it is such a surprise...?

In a way, Medved is right.  MSNBC is a big loser, and desperation requires that the network do something to stand out...to attract more viewers.  Ideologically, MSNBC is no different than CNN...it's just that MSNBC has become Charles Rangel to CNN's Clintons, both are in favor of the same regressive policies, it's just that CNN and the Clintons hide it (and get away with hiding it) better than MSNBC and Rangel do.  MSNBC is calculating that there is a market for unabashed left-wing notjobs that CNN is not covering completely.  So MSNBC will be the home to that market.  They claim to be "the fastest growing network" in cable news...in other words, their ratings are virtually a statistical zero, so each new pair of eyeballs has a significant statistical impact on the network's ratings.  If you have one viewer, the addition of a second viewer is a 100% increase...that's fast growth.  Olbermann's show has realized significant growth over the last few months, but he's still getting clobbered by O'Reilly.  I don't know where Medved gets the idea that CNN is "in the middle" unless he means between socialism and communism.

I listened to Medved's radio show for a while. He started to get on my nerves. If anyone is a complete shill for the Republican Leadership (not Republicans), its Medved.

When I say Republican Leadership, I mean the same people who are the pro-illegal immigration, big government, chase the middle Republicans.

These Republicans see Conservatism as nothing more than a legacy philosophy that costs them votes. As such they work almost as much to malign all people who push Conservatism as extremists or eccentrics from within the party itself.   

They've successfully convinced many we must have a centrist candidate for President in order to win and anyone asking for anything else is throwing away the election.