Comments on: The “New” Media Gets Top Blogger As Blog Talk Radio Grows

By: mikkel

mikkel — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:39:07 +0000

I don’t read Ed much but when I do I get the feeling he’s the friend you go out for a couple of drinks with to argue about how you’re both completely wrong about everything while both secretly changing your views just a little whenever a valid point is made — and smiling the whole time. Thanks for hiring him Alan instead of going with the common “wisdom” that mudslingers bring in the best numbers…could you do me a favor and try to convince him to take that stupid comic off his blog?

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Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:24:12 +0000

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By: Gun Toting Liberal

Gun Toting Liberal — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 17:03:26 +0000

Good for Ed and congrats to him; good luck to BTR!

I’ve always seen him as a dedicated conservative but a fair man who offers his readers independent thoughts, unlike Hannity, Limbaugh, Levin, and others in the right-leaning talk radio arena. His is an important voice in the right-leaning blogosphere, and any chance to amplify it to his fellow conservative bloggers and blog readers is a step in the right direction.

How cool is that? The man gets to make a full-time living in the New Media! Hopefully, he will view this development as an extremely important RESPONSIBILITY more than an “opportunity”. Its both, of course, but moreso the former than the latter — the Citizens MUST take their media back to its roots; the roots our Founding Fathers specifically protected as “The Press”.

By: C Stanley

C Stanley — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:27:07 +0000

Jim,
While you may be right in the type of rhetoric Ed uses on the war, he isn’t partisan about it. He makes those same kinds of complaints against anti-war Republicans, so apparently his commentary is based on what he actually believes about the policy issues rather than a partisan attack. I can understand your objection to the use of those phrases, but it’s not accurate to say that this makes him a partisan.

By: Jim Satterfield

Jim Satterfield — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:49:14 +0000

Ed is completely partisan on the war issue, though. He uses the standard phrases about “cut and run” and how Democrats are determined to lose the war. Yes, that kind of stuff irks me. I will also admit that he’s not anything like the dunces at Power Line or LGF.

By: Michael van der GaliÃ«n

Michael van der GaliÃ«n — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 09:44:47 +0000

Entropy: well said. There is nothing even remotely dishonest about Ed.

By: Entropy

Entropy — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:50:37 +0000

Jim,

If you read Ed regularly you’ll know he isn’t blindly partisan. Conservative? Yes. Kool-aid drinker? No. He’s an honest conservative and nothing at all like Rush or Hannity.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:38:19 +0000

The difference is that Ed isn’t blindly partisan.

Check out the recent posts by him calling out other right-wing bloggers for saying the Gonzales scandal isn’t a big deal, or that “Clinton did it too”. For example

UPDATE: Yes, Clinton fired all 93 federal prosecutors at the start of his term. Yes, it interfered with investigations in process. Most of them, if not all of them, were approaching the expirations of their terms of office, however, and Clinton’s unprecedented act was mainly that he “fired” them without having nominated most of their replacements. US Attorneys serve four-year terms coincidental to the presidency, and are retained or dismissed at the end of their terms at the pleasure of whomever occupies the Oval Office. It is unusual to sack US Attorneys mid-term, unprecedented to do so with eight of them at a time, and in the case of Iglesias, to do so with one ranked by the White House as a high performer but whose home-state Senator pushed for termination because of impatience in indicting activists from the opposition party for corruption.

I’m not saying that the firings were illegal, but they were certainly strange, and politically stupid. And, yes, very worthy of criticism — as have been Gonzales’ attempts to explain them away.

And since when do we accept the Clinton standard for ethical conduct, anyway?

Could you imagine Rush saying that?

I do find it strange though that I’ve seen make comments that are similiar to comments Joe has blasted Cheney and Bush for, yet for some reason it doesn’t bother Joe as much when Ed says them.

By: Jim Satterfield

Jim Satterfield — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 06:11:04 +0000

So Blogtalkradio gets its Rush. Sorry, Joe but I don’t have nearly the high opinion of him that you do. He does the same kind of name-calling and denigration of those who don’t share his viewpoint as most highly partisan bloggers.

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By: Entropy

Entropy — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:25:31 +0000

Good for Ed. IMO, he’s one of the finest conservative bloggers out there and I wish him the best.

I have to admit, though, blog radio hasn’t taken off with me yet. I still prefer to read, but maybe that’s just me.

By: Joe Gandelman

Joe Gandelman — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 03:07:22 +0000

I agree with T-Steel. And to Alan: thanks for your comments and for visiting TMV (do stop by here regularly!).

By: T-Steel

T-Steel — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:47:02 +0000

I remember doing Internet radio shows from 1999 to 2003. Interviewing music artists and playing music seemed like the limit of Internet radio at the time. Blog Talk Radio warms my heart. All I see is upside, unless the telcos start neutering bandwidth.

By: Alan Levy

Alan Levy — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 02:00:30 +0000

I have read your post with great interest considering the fact that I am the founder and CEO of Blogtalkradio.

I am an entrepeneur who has built businesses in the past. I created Blogtalkradio because I believed that an entire community of bloggers who devote many hours to researching their ideas would be terrific candidates to host their own radio show.

Ed has indeed chosen to join me and the rest of the BTR staff and thousands of registered hosts on a fun expedition. Ed brings a lot to the table and we are thrilled that he has joined Blogtalkradio.

Best,

Alan Levy
CEO