WHY Am I Listening to David Brooks on NPR at 6:00 & PBS at 7:00?

[Stephanie]

And the New York Times every Thursday and Sunday, and the Chris Matthews Show on Sunday as well? WHY is this dumb cow in my face every time I turn around? Did the right run out of pundits? Is he just the one they're least ashamed of? Can't they do any better than that? WHY is David Brooks the rightwing darling of intelligent news outlets? He's a neocon shill formerly of The Weekly Standard under William Kristol, head of PNAC. WTF.



David "Teeny Little Girly Hands" Brooks

[smitty]

1. If you're offended

turn the channel, works every time.

[Stephanie]

4. You miss the point.

He's on every channel. I guess you only read the headline.

[smitty]

6. I did read your entire post

and my advice remains unchanged. He's not on every channel, I was just watching the Science Fiction channel and he was not on it. NPR and PBS provide forums for diverse opinions, even ones I disagree with.

[Stephanie]

8. right, they both need a rightwing pundit, but why do they both need HIM?

I don't hear Mark Russert on NPR or EJ Dionne on PBS and neither has a column in the Times.

[Wilms]

2. He's nice, courteous, disarming...

...and says only what he's told to tell.

Any more questions?

[BigYawn]

9. David Brooks is certainly the NICEST of the whole RW bunch.....nt

[howmad1]

13. Bet he wouldn't hesitate to rip the heart out of a left wing "librul'

and have it for breakfast. :evilfrown:

[blm]

3. You answered your own question - BECAUSE......

He's a neocon shill formerly of The Weekly Standard under William Kristol, head of PNAC.

Just as the Military Industrial Media Complex ordered from their news programmers.

[Sparkman]

5. Name recognition "0" for me,but that mug, he's said all the RW wanted.

[Stephanie]

7. Why isn't Frank Rich on every show?

Why don't I see Frank Rich on PBS and NPR and Sunday talking heads?

[Sparkman]

14. Agreed. (edit=url deleted, it was a RW CRITIQUE of Rich Frank)

[The_Casual_Observer]

10. Last year it was David Frum.

He had this annoying speech pattern where he would mumble and say ummm a lot, particularly when he was bullshitting. He was on every program for a while.

[xchrom]

11. davic brooks is another repuke tapeworm.

[depakid]

12. The Times is being disgraced

by the dishonest little pseudo-intellectual. Everything about that man is phony.

But, that is one good thing about their "select" service. No one sees (and thank god no one keeps posting) his drivel here anymore.