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Thom Hartmann: How stupid has the Democratic Party become? (Original Post)
jkbRN
Nov 2015
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ChairmanAgnostic
(28,017 posts)1. Oh come on. Is it so hard to give context in your
Damned post? Why waste my time on some vid that I know nothing about?
longship
(40,416 posts)2. I like Thom. By why the hell Russia Today? They are horrible.
It does not give Hartmann much credibility, no matter how much people like him. And I do... Mostly.
But RT loves some wacko conspiracy theories and fringe Bloggers. Not so sure how objective they are. I do not think that are, too much.
hedda_foil
(16,375 posts)3. It's also on Free Speech TV.
jkbRN
(850 posts)5. You should be aware that
Thom licenses the show to RT to run the show on their channel. Most importantly, they have zero editorial power, (and as another commenter points outs this program actually airs on free speech tv).
Over the next few years, more community TV stations and cable systems picked it up, and Hartmann moved to Washington, DC, taking both his radio show and The Big Picture with him. With that move, he expanded the show to an hour, and also licensed the show to RT, partially in exchange for use of their television studios and facilities. While the show carries the RT bug, it is entirely owned by Hartmann's company, which has contractual editorial control over the program. The editorial staff of the show are employees of Hartmann's company, while the TV production staff work for RT.
Further Reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Picture_with_Thom_Hartmann
longship
(40,416 posts)6. Thank you for that info.
That restores my faith. I will leave my post up so others are informed.
My regards to you.
beerandjesus
(1,301 posts)4. Couldn't agree more... and this is why I can't support Hillary.
No Democratic substance.