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In reply to the discussion: Veteran journalist Ed Schultz returns to primetime on RT America [View all]appalachiablue
(41,103 posts)28. Thanks! Can't keep a good man down, Go Big Ed! Great Bio/Background & Video in the RT article.
Another Video for Ed's New Show, (ugh robot voice?), Show Carried on Dish, Direct TV; maybe online stream
Full Article, 'Veteran Journalist Ed Schultz Returns to Primetime on RT America', Jan. 14, 2016.
Progressive political journalist Ed Schultz is joining RT America as the host of a primetime news show. The News with Ed Schultz will explore the issues that most affect working Americans, particularly within the context of the upcoming US presidential election. The new journalistically based show, which will air at 8 pm ET on weeknights, will present the facts of the day, cutting through the issues the mainstream media seems to ignore. There is a fight for the heart and soul of our country right now. The effort to deliver healthcare to all Americans is a constant political fight I dont believe the country can afford to lose, Schultz said. The corporate effort to ship jobs overseas threatens the middle class in America and every American should be concerned about that. My show will focus on these crucial issues. The show will contain more information and straight news in more depth than his previous work, he added.
The veteran broadcaster, who was described by Politicususas Jason Easley as a much needed liberal voice in a sea of cable news conservatives, thinks RT America is the perfect spot for his new show.
Ed Schultz is one of the best-known and well-respected progressive commentators in America, Margarita Simonyan, RTs editor in chief, said in a statement. With Ed helming a show, we are continuing the tradition of collaborating with top international journalistic talent that engages our audience by providing in-depth coverage, analysis and commentary on important but underreported issues to millions of US viewers.
Schultz is a graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead, where as a football player he led the nation in passing and achieved All-American status as a quarterback. He began his broadcasting career more than two decades ago as a sportscaster in Fargo, North Dakota. In the 1990s, he expanded the focus of his radio show to include politics. The Ed Schultz Show became syndicated nationwide. As a broadcaster, Schultz has covered some of the biggest events in American history. He reported on the September 11, 2001 terror attacks from Capitol Hill, providing a unique perspective as the day unfolded by speaking with some of the biggest political names of the day on the spot and in the moment. He was on the ground in Gulfport, Mississippi in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and is one of the few broadcasters in the country ever to do a show from Cuba.
Until recently he hosted The Ed Show on MSNBC. The long-running program was a precious show that... meant a tremendous amount to an awful lot of working people and just an awful lot of Americans for whom there arent a lot of voices, there arent a lot of vehicles by which their concerns, their fears and their growth as human beings can be reflected in a show, journalist John Nichols said on the final episode. Schultz has won three Eric Sevareid Awards, managed a broadcast team that won two Marconi Radio Awards and a Peabody Award, and has been named one of the top 10 radio hosts in the country by Talkers Magazine for several years. He will work out of the RT Americas studios in Washington, DC starting January 25.
"A few days ago in a DC convenient store the clerk said Ed! Whereve you been? We need you back giving us the real news. Thats the best welcome one can ask for in Washington. Im thrilled to get started, Schultz said.
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They know they need to get on the progressive wave bandwagon. They know what's going on
litlbilly
Jan 2016
#2
I'm not a fan of Russia or Putin, but I am a fan of diversity in news and of Thom Hartmann and
JDPriestly
Jan 2016
#12
The mainstream media has just betrayed America. I can't stand to watch most of it.
JDPriestly
Jan 2016
#23
RT doesn't have to tell Hartmann what to say AT ALL on his show for their easy to accomplish purpose
cascadiance
Jan 2016
#72
pootie has some jobs, things like posting on websites and stuff...shit, after 5-6K posts
snooper2
Jan 2016
#111
VOA is "boring". Yeah that's a reason to be a cheerleader for a fascist's personal TV station
uhnope
Jan 2016
#95
RT America is carried by Dish and Direct TV, I don't know about Comcast. Their shows
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#35
I watch RT USA on Dish and thought Direct TV carried it like they do FSTV, Free Speech TV
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#59
RT News is very much like Fox News, only with less conflict over their objectives.
cheapdate
Jan 2016
#24
Yeah & marginal liberals who fail go to RT the way loser GOP politicians go to RW talk radio
uhnope
Jan 2016
#98
Thanks! Can't keep a good man down, Go Big Ed! Great Bio/Background & Video in the RT article.
appalachiablue
Jan 2016
#28
Given how many of them have revealed as defenders of Ted Cruze's honor I doubt they
betterdemsonly
Jan 2016
#62
LOL, your posts crack me up, she is doing just fine, oh, and tweeted about this OP!
snooper2
Jan 2016
#112
Truthdig: How Cold War-Hungry Neocons Stage Managed RT Anchor Liz Wahl’s Resignation
newthinking
Jan 2016
#115
Love Ed. He was reamed by the new owners of MSNBC. Dirtbags. Thank you for this good news. n/t
Judi Lynn
Jan 2016
#71
I have seen enough of Hartmann on Putin TV talking like a Democrat. Then he writes books
doc03
Jan 2016
#103