{"id":1047,"date":"2005-03-24T09:30:11","date_gmt":"2005-03-24T17:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/2005\/03\/donahue_speaks_up_and_out\/"},"modified":"2005-03-24T09:30:11","modified_gmt":"2005-03-24T17:30:11","slug":"donahue_speaks_up_and_out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2005\/03\/donahue_speaks_up_and_out.html","title":{"rendered":"DONAHUE SPEAKS  UP AND OUT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><IMG src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/images\/donahuephil.jpg\" width=170\nalign=right border=0> <A class=inline href=\"http:\/\/www.flicklives.com\/Misc\/who_is.htm\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>Jean Shepherd<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> was always my<br \/>\nidea of a media rebel. <A class=inline href=\"http:\/\/www.infoplease.com\/ipea\/A0760853.html\"\ntarget='new\"'><FONT color=#003399><B>Phil Donahue<\/B><\/FONT><\/A> never was. But he<br \/>\nbecame one for me this morning on Democracy Now! Donahue, right, smiles easily and calls<br \/>\nhimself lucky. He says his success spoiled him, which I&#8217;m sure is true. But behind the smile and<br \/>\nthe luck there&#8217;s a gritty malcontent who knows what&#8217;s wrong and says it vigorously. &#8220;Shut up &#8212;<br \/>\nand sing!&#8221; That, Donahue says, is what Bush regime capo Karl Rove has told the mainstream<br \/>\nmedia. And it has done so, especially MSNBC, which <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2003\/SHOWBIZ\/TV\/02\/25\/donahue.ap\" target='new\"'><B><FONT\ncolor=#003399>booted him off the air<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> just before the invasion of Iraq,<br \/>\nostensibly because of poor ratings but actually because of his <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.allyourtv.com\/0203season\/news\/03042003buyersregret.html\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>liberal, antiwar views<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> and the<br \/>\nplatform he offered progressives. What does he say about the right-wing <I>patriots<\/I> now<br \/>\nrunning the country? &#8220;They can&#8217;t find enough flags to stand in front of.&#8221; What does he say about<br \/>\ntheir God-loving politics? &#8220;God himself must be wincing at this pretense and false piety.&#8221; As soon<br \/>\nas <A class=inline href=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\" target='new\"'><B><FONT\ncolor=#003399>Democracy Now!<\/FONT><\/B><\/A> posts the video segment, I&#8217;ll put up a link.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t miss it.<\/P><br \/>\n<P><STRONG>Postscript:<\/STRONG> They&#8217;ve posted the segment. <A class=inline\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.democracynow.org\/article.pl?sid=05\/03\/24\/1446244\"\ntarget='new\"'><B><FONT color=#003399>Here tiz<\/FONT><\/B><\/A>. Click on &#8220;Watch 256k<br \/>\nstream&#8221; for broadband.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jean Shepherd was always my idea of a media rebel. Phil Donahue never was. But he became one for me this morning on Democracy Now! Donahue, right, smiles easily and calls himself lucky. He says his success spoiled him, which I&#8217;m sure is true. 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