Phil Donahue has led a distinguished career on NBC where he helped invent and define the daytime talk show. When he returned to television as the host of a prime time news talk show on MSNBC, it was much like the return of a trusted friend. His show was intended to be a democratic counter the conservative O'Reilly on Fox News. Though his ratings were lower than O'Reilly's, his show was the highest rated on MSNBC, and higher than Chris Mathews. Donahue always treated his guests with respect, and he featured guests from a wide range of political views.
uncomfortable with their network's integrity.
Phil Donahue is one of the best and brightest voices in our media, and there is definately viewer demand for a show hosted by him. We think that NBC should bring back Donahue for at least a weekly hour show. We think that NBC should look to "NOW With Bill Moyers" on PBS as an example of quality current events programming that serves the public good. Now that a difficult time in our nation has passed, it's time for NBC to bring Phil Donahue back to our TV sets.
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I feel very strongly that dailykos along with like minded blogs could and should bring back debate that is rational and sane to the traditional media.
The only thing we have on the television are overt political hacks that have no interest in education the viewer with the exception of Keith Olberman.
If we all do our part in this petition drive, then maybe just maybe we can restore the civil debate in this nation regarding the vital issues that face us as Americans and our children.
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