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Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line,” which aired from 1966 to 1999.
The new show, “In Principle,” will air Friday nights starting April 13. PBS will decide after an eight-week run whether to continue.
How about that? But I wonder how conservative it will be when I see statements like this...
The hosts plan to interview two guests each show, hoping for an in-depth discussion on issues and their formative political experiences. No guests have been announced yet, but Gerson said he’d like to discuss issues like race, gun control and whether conservatism is the right message for the working class.
If he has to ask that question, how conservative will that show actually be?
I don't know but I'll tape it and find out. I'm not familiar with either host and a lot of conservatives detest Trump. It could be a surprisingly lib-friendly show.
Because someone is anti-Trump they must be liberal?
Trump is calling for gun control measures that do not fall into line with any conservatives' policy.
Who is the liberal here?
If you have a strong conservative philosophy, surely you must be critical of Trump.
Most of my very conservative, life long Republican friends are.
Yes, they are tired of the Trump bashing but they did their fair share until he became the candidate.
I'm probably more a liberal on social values and more of a conservative than most conservatives on fiscal issues.
I will welcome the opportunity to hear reasonable discord.
Megan McCain on The View brings up valid points when we should be concerned what Trump does and when we should be more concerned about the policy. I don't agree with her policy issues all the time but I welcome hearing her take on it.
From a 'recruiting' stand point -- you will sway more votes with a conservative who is realistic, not always complimentary to his President and party than you will with a ride or die commentator.
People tune out those ride or die people -- except the ones that don't need to be convinced.
As a critic of Trump's -- i will say -- I don't tune in to those shows where I know they will bash him ALL the time. It gets old and I don't need to hear them say the same things I've always said. I don't go to the Sean Hannity's or Tucker Carlson's -- I search for a more grounded, reasonable & conservative based approach -- not just the ride or die kind of rhetoric.
Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line,” which aired from 1966 to 1999.
The new show, “In Principle,” will air Friday nights starting April 13. PBS will decide after an eight-week run whether to continue.
How about that? But I wonder how conservative it will be when I see statements like this...
The hosts plan to interview two guests each show, hoping for an in-depth discussion on issues and their formative political experiences. No guests have been announced yet, but Gerson said he’d like to discuss issues like race, gun control and whether conservatism is the right message for the working class.
If he has to ask that question, how conservative will that show actually be?
Thing is PBS programming more than network is highly dependent upon viewers/ratings because of how they raise a good part of their funding (pledge drives). If programming doesn't get people to open up their wallets, and or attract a "sponsor" (Carnival Cruises, Ralph Lauren, ExxonMobil, Cannon, etc...) it won't be around for long.
That is the reason for all the "Do-Wop" and "disco" music programming you see around pledge drive time; seniors and aging boomers make up a huge part of the PBS private funding base, as such stations know who to target.
How do you feel about Michael Gerson? Conservative? Yes. Trump critic? Yes.
Gerson, a neocon, is associated with some of the worst aspects of the Bush Administration, including its warmongering and the race-unrealism which led to the mortgage crisis.
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Gerson is credited with coining such phrases as "the soft bigotry of low expectations" and "the armies of compassion".[18] His noteworthy phrases for Bush are said to include "Axis of Evil,"
Columnist Michael Gerson and commentator Amy Holmes are teaming to start a conservative-oriented talk show on PBS that takes its cue from William F. Buckley’s “Firing Line,” which aired from 1966 to 1999.
The new show, “In Principle,” will air Friday nights starting April 13. PBS will decide after an eight-week run whether to continue.
How about that? But I wonder how conservative it will be when I see statements like this...
The hosts plan to interview two guests each show, hoping for an in-depth discussion on issues and their formative political experiences. No guests have been announced yet, but Gerson said he’d like to discuss issues like race, gun control and whether conservatism is the right message for the working class.
If he has to ask that question, how conservative will that show actually be?
That's news to me that PBS is actually even considering such an undertaking. If it's not a trap or deception, then I'm all for it. I guess you could say, in one sense, that Hell is starting to freeze over.
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