Straight Talk From the Heartland by Ed Schultz
Published December 31, 2004
On Class Warfare:
"...I want to make it clear that I'm not advocating class warfare. Every good job I ever had was working for a rich man. Mr. Gates, I don't mind the big paycheck, but could you at least give me a computer that works? Anytime any company dominates its industry like Microsoft does, there's little motivation for the company to improve and give the public cheaper and better products." p.135
On the "Liberal Media":
"A journalist has to know enough about a topic to explain it to his audience. If he gets it wrong, people will know. So these people see the inner workings of government. They see the problems, they witness the disasters, and pretty soon their experiences tell them things need to change. A liberal is a compassionate proponent of change. So if journalists are liberals, maybe it's reasonable to assume it was their life experiences that changed them. That's how it worked for me." p.201
On Talk Radio:
"Nowadays, it's all too easy to get caught up in media frenzy. It feels like a new disaster is breaking every hour or so. I know this firsthand: I live, and work, in the bullet-point culture, too. My show is fast-paced. We paint in broad strokes. I provide solid information and opinions, but there's no time for nuance — even if the President did nuance. So is talk radio the best place for in-depth news? Nah. It's news delivered with equal helpings of entertainment, advocacy, and opinion, to help the medicine go down. Not all media is created equal." p.220
- Straight Talk From the Heartland by Ed Schultz
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Sounds like a good read. There's nothing so interesting as reading an intelligent book which still manages to draw the wrong conclusions from the right evidence, and from your quotes it's clear that Schultz has done that in at least a couple of areas.
Dave
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Yo Bro,
You did it Ed, that sucker O'Reilly was tentative...
Congradulations...
Mrs. Sheehan,
We support you 100%, we have a grandson age 21 in the US Marines. We want ALL our Service People home right NOW! There is no noble reason for this WAR, only a one sided Administration bent on
tearing our Country down at home, abroad. WE must stop the killing on
both sides. We grieve for you, your husband, children as well as all the other over 1800+, countless of thousands injured, the thousands upon thousands we have killed, destroying their homeland for an UNJUST WAR!. We
will keep all of you in our prayers to sustain your health, strength to finish the task of receiving your chance to ask the occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue WHY?
Thank You,
S Franco
PS Thank You Ed, Air America for keeping
we the public informed daily, here in
Los Angeles, California.
way to go











I'd also recommend Jim hightower's books, which has some wonderful stories of regular folks creating grassroots organizations to oppose big commercial and other interests, and win, despite these interests' bottomless campaign finds. I like Arianna Huffington too: although she concentrates mostly on DC, she has a wit so sharp it could leave scars.