Ed Schultz (Jones Radio) thinks DU is a "kook website."

[PSPS]

Today (7/23), about half way through Schultz' second hour, he received a call from someone who said they were a member of an anti-war group and, as such, were somewhat concerned about bush's 7/17 executive order giving him and his cabal authority to freeze assets of anyone they alone deemed to be "threatening the peace or stability of Iraq or the Government of Iraq; or undermining efforts to promote economic reconstruction and political reform in Iraq or to provide humanitarian assistance to the Iraqi people."

(You can read the actual text of the order here.)

This has been a hot topic of discussion on numerous sites as well as some mainstream media editorials. It has been the subject of numerous threads here on DU, such as this.

Schultz said nothing at all about the caller's concerns, as if he was completely unaware of the executive order. Instead, he just hung up on him, said "You shouldn't get your information from kook websites," and went on to the next call.

Makes you wonder if Schultz is carrying water for bush again or simply unprepared and ignorant of any subject that doesn't revolve around himself (or provide an opportunity for him to drop names.)

[Botany]

1. Ed does not read much ....

Let it go. On the whole he does more good than he hurts.

or call him or send him info & set him straight ... if you can make a case he will listen.

[KoKo]

7. Agree...Ed does more good than harm. I didn't see that Ed actually called DU Kook Website

in the OP, either. I think it's just an "inference" by the OP that Ed didn't want to discuss it that he was dissing DU when he really never mentioned our site. :shrug:

[still_one]

12. Absolutely, he is able to reach a segment that most progressive hosts don't reach /nt

[rodeodance]

20. agree------quite a leap to assume Ed was referring to DU

[Poiuyt]

2. Hi fellow kooks!

Did the caller say that he got his information from DU?

[drad]

3. Ed's not very bright

Not a bad guy.
Just not too smart.

He went on and on today about airlines...
come on.

[abq e streeter]

4. disappointed

I've generally liked Ed, and charging that he's been "carrying water for Bush" is absurd. But sadly, he's way off base here. I don't quite understand how and why he'd make that statement. He should know better.

[kansasblue]

5. a liberal Rush Limbaugh. he seems more concerned about

ratings than anything. But I agree... a liberal voice that does more good.

[BringEmOn]

6. what's that got to do with huntin' and fishin'?

[tridim]

8. If he doesn't read the news, why does he have a job as a talk radio host?

He should be fired IMO.

[Cha]

9. And he's not? A

"kook" that is? Me thinks he projecting himself onto DU.

[undeterred]

10. I wish Madison's Air America affiliate would drop Ed on his ass

They have him on from 11-3 in Madison, and this is a place that can handle the farthest left available. Ed makes me PUKE. :puke: And I don't want to hear about his goddamn fishing stories.

[still_one]

16. I guess you could care less whether our point of view reaches the NASCAR group

Ed may not be what you like, but his ratings show that he attracts a lot of people who wouldn't normally listen to progressive talk

[SeattleGirl]

24. I have to agree with you, still_one.

I listen to Ed if I'm in the car during the noon-3:00 Pacific time slot, as they don't run Randi's show on the local AAR station until 5:00.

Ed frustrates me sometimes, but I do agree that he reaches an audience that wouldn't listen to Randi or Mike Malloy.

When I listen to Ed, I think of my two brothers, both of whom voted for Bush. Haven't talked politics with either of them in the longest, so I don't know if their opinion of him has changed, but if I wanted to introduce them to more left-leaning talk radio, I would have them listen to Ed first. I think they could identify with him and his views far more easily.

[undeterred]

29. But is Ed really progressive talk?

He seems to slip in and out of it, like he is play-acting.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

40. He's a mid-west Democrat...

I grew up in a patch of them. Conservative Dem with a splash of Libertarian.

He speaks to them, I guess, cause he sure doesn't speak to me.

[dweller]

33. he's not Air America

like Stephanie Miller, he's Jones Radio Network.

dp

[undeterred]

38. I know. But that station is the Air America Affiliate for Madison

and those two and Mike Malloy (who is no longer Air America) are carried here. Thom Hartman is a million times smarter than Ed Schultz, and Ed puts down an awful lot of people who those of us on the left like. I would infinitely prefer listening to Hartman.

Ed has this "I don't give a damn" attitude about who he offends which is really hard to put up with from someone who isn't actually all that bright or all that far to the left. I'm just sick of him.

[B3Nut]

50. Actually, as bad as it sounds,

I like the fact that he's on here. Yes, Madison is a good liberal city, and I love living and working in this area. However, there *are* red enclaves in various spots, especially outside Dane County, and the signal gets out there a little bit anyway. If he reaches at least a handful of the people here still whacked enough to have a damned "W" sticker on their car, he's worth having around.

Madison does also have Limbaugh and local right-wing harpy Vicki McKenna on 1310 AM. If we can siphon listeners away from THAT cesspool...

Todd in Cheesecurdistan

[still_one]

11. Please show me where he specifically said DU is a "kook website"

I also disagree with you the he is carrying water for bush, no way. He is one of the biggest advocates for impeachment

schultz may not be your cup of tea, but he does attract independents, and that isn't bad.

I have heard Randy also hang up on callers when she didn't understand where they were coming from, and the callers were NOT coming from a right wing perspective either

schultz also does not screen his calls, and it isn't easy when you don't necessarily know what topic the caller is going to present

[tularetom]

13. He's been screaming for impeachment when

our "liberal" elected officials are treating it like a fuckin hot potato. He went to DC and spoke up for progressive radio when a lot of others didn't. I'm willing to cut Ed a bit of slack on one fuckin off the cuff comment he made. As mr. romney says lighten up.

[SeattleGirl]

Ed needs to spend less time on the lake and eating steaks, and a

little more time doing some research on various topics. I don't expect him to be a research fiend like Randi Rhodes, but soometimes, the things he says, or the things he seems completely unaware of, just boggle my mind.

[Hieronymus]

14. Big Red Schultz is, himself, a kook.

[still_one]

19. Then I guess you might say the same about Jim Webb, because they have the same interests /nt

[LittleClarkie]

15. Where does Ed specify Democratic Underground

did the listener specify they got their info from DU?

[HughMoran]

21. I'm curious if the listener specifically mentioned DU also

:think:

[Rosco T.]

22. Neither metioned DU. Period.

just the Ed haters looking for something to hang on him.

[NoPasaran]

34. Sounds like kooks if you ask me.

[LittleClarkie]

37. We are kinda kookie

In our way.

[Peregrine Took]

17. Does he talk about anything other than fishing and airline travel????

[bigwillq]

18. I love my kooks!

:bounce:

[NoodleyAppendage]

23. Schultz is the Hillary Clinton of radio. He wags the finger in the air for his message.

He's not very informed...sadly.

J

[spanone]

25. Good, it would scare the shit out of me if he liked it.

[The Count]

26. Which is funny, because I heard about Ed Schultz on DU, from his admirers

yet another case of "Oh, no! Not ...(McCain, Powell, Ron Paul, Ralph nader etc)

[kikiek]

27. I heard that exchange. The caller said he read on a web site, not named, that protestors

could be included in the order. Ed did cut him off saying that it wasn't true and said he needed to quick reading kooky web sites. Ed did sound like he was familiar with the order. I am not a Ed fan, but don't believe your portrayl of the exchange is accurate. There wasn't any mention of DU or any other web site. The caller offered to name it, but never did.

[WA98296]

28. Ed is a phony. Sad but true. His job is to convince us to vote Hillary/Obama ticket.

[bdamomma]

30. that wasn't a good response at all, someone should have told

him to go on WH Website, it's there in black and white.

[still_one]

32. You want to know something, if someone did tell or email schultz that

he would go

He has admited and corrected mistakes he has made on his show without any problem

[nolabels]

31. Another drive by posting?

Is it important that i care what Ed thinks :shrug:

[LittleClarkie]

36. Not necessarily. But if you do, it's important to get what Ed thinks right

and not misrepresent it as this poster has done. Ed never even mentioned DU.

[nolabels]

39. That part i like best about the show is the callers and most talk shows have them.

They moved his show to the AM dial non-listening time 7 to 9 pm or something and it looks to be not a big loss and maybe a gain in some ways. He might be a good guy and everything but his imagined self-importance wears on person after a while. Not that everybody doesn't have a little bit of that narcissist trait in them but to wear it around your neck like it's jewelry just kind of seems wrong

[Jimdish25]

35. How about some accuracy.

You're making it look like DU is nuts when you misquote someone. The title of your post is misleading.

[proud2BlibKansan]

41. That's a misleading title

And it isn't true. I met Ed in Crawford 2 years ago. He interviewed me on his show. And we discussed DU. He said he reads it for news.

Lately, Ed has been pushing impeachment. So I don't think he is carrying water for bush.

[eridani]

42. He's not very well informed--

--but he's a pretty good listener overall.

[LibDemAlways]

43. I stopped listening to Ed when he put Howard Kurtz

on one day as an authority on the media. Howie immediately started in with the rightwing talking points and Ed just plain didn't get that he's a media whore. He (Ed) sounded very confused, not well informed at all.

[nadinbrzezinski]

44. Not for Bush, but the DLC

for them the base are a bunch of cooks

[LaPera]

45. Over 106K DUers can't be wrong. Ed would love another 100K listeners

So lighten up Ed!

I listen to the excellent Thom Hartmann on a Internet stream of Air America Radio, so what do I know...

www.airamericaradio.com

[Horse with no Name]

46. And I think he sucks ass as a Democratic imposter

so we're even.

[wryter2000]

47. I vote for unprepared and ignorant

With a huge dollop of arrogant on top.

Much to my surprise, I managed to listen to most of his show yesterday without screaming at him, but his response to that caller finally got to him.

If only my AAR affiliate with play Randi!

[Alexander]

48. If you think he's referring to DU, you could just be projecting.

After all, a website is only as kooky as the people who contribute to it.

[dkofos]

49. He is kind of correct. Not as many kooks as freeperland, but Du does have its share.