New Yorker--Liberal Radio Network Employment Application

[Gloria]

http://www.newyorker.com/shouts/content/?040329sh_shouts

LIBERAL RADIO NETWORK EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION
by BRUCE McCALL
Issue of 2004-03-29
Posted 2004-03-22

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1. Which statement below is incorrect?

(a) Ann Coulter is not an evil person.

(b) There is no need to raise one’s voice when arguing a political position.

(c) We must always remember that Abe Lincoln was a Republican.

(d) It’s important to respect opinions that are different from one’s own.

(e) Nobody is right all the time.

Answer: Maybe no statement is incorrect.



2. You’re at a Peter, Paul & Mary reunion concert when a right-wing militiaman bursts into the hall with an AK-47 and declares that he will hold everyone hostage until the U.S. government admits to war crimes against patriots and agrees to pay one billion dollars in reparations. Do you:

(a) Defuse the situation by asking the audience to join Peter, Paul & Mary in singing “If I Had a Hammer.”

(b) Confront the militiaman and ask to see his gun permit.

(c) Take up a collection among the audience to pay a token reparation.

Answer: Perhaps none of the above? Instead, why not call a town meeting and have a free and open debate?



3. It would not be nice for a liberal radio network commentator to mention:

(a) Strom Thurmond’s daughter.

(b) Trent Lott’s abrupt comedown.

(c) Halliburton’s overcharges in Iraq.

(d) George W. Bush’s military record.

Don’t know__ Not sure__ Let me think__

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[tom_paine]

1. Why did you make me read that Bushevik Propaganda?

I need a shower now.

:puke: :puke:

[JaySherman]

2. I don't like that.

I know it's supposed to be a joke, but I am sick and f'ing tired of all the wussie liberal stereotypes. Put Bruce McCall alone in a room with me for five minutes and he'll find out what a soft liberal I am :grr:.

Hey Bruce, why don't you publish a Conservative Radio Network Employment Application tomorrow, you jerk???

[Gloria]

3. I posted it after reading the article in which the honcho at Air America

says AA won't be "regime change radio."

I'm hoping they don't defang Randi Rhodes. And I'm still wondering why Malloy isn't in the lineup---too liberal and too loud??

[AP]

4. I heard an interview with NY'er Editor, David Remnick today, and he was an

ASS!

You should have heard him try to justify crappy reporting on the Bush administration.

http://www.cityarts.net/n.remnick.html