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lees1975

(5,942 posts)
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 02:49 PM 10 hrs ago

Among American media, Stephanie Miller is exhibiting rare courage.

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/11/stephanie-miller-exhibiting-rare.html

If it were not for three hours of sanity, from 8:00 to 11:00 a.m. Central time each morning, I do not know how I would be handling this election and its results. For me, it's on an AM radio station, WCPT in Chicago, which is the only radio station to which I now listen, since the music station I used to put on in the afternoon has CBS news on the hour. The steadfast beacon of reason and hope through what I see as impending disaster for this country has been the Stephanie Miller show.


Stephanie Miller stands to lose as much as anyone in the media on the left. People sometimes look at me driving in traffic like I'm an idiot because I'm fist pumping or applauding some pithy, insulting thing they've said about Trump. There have been mornings when I've laughed so hard, I've had to pull over and get out of traffic because I literally couldn't see or hold my composure well enough to drive. Who'd have ever thought that political reality could be so terrifying and yet so funny at the same time?

She is one of just a few media personalities whom I now trust to tell me the truth. She hasn't backed down. She's shared the same fears and feelings we all had when the election results were announced and the same sense of being lost, not knowing what to do, and wondering where we are headed. But she's remain steadfast in her convictions, and her approach, the manner in which she delivers her message, and the truth she tells, and nothing has changed in spite of her clear awareness of any and all possibilities as Trump's administration settles in.

When I tuned in and listened to her program the morning after the election, I cried. Not because I was disappointed in the results, though I had cried about that earlier, but because I was listening to some truly genuine people who thought like I thought, and who were expressing the same feelings, in public, on the air, as I was feeling at that very moment. I've been tuned in every morning since then. I work in an environment that would get pretty hostile and uncomfortable quickly if I had her show on the radio in my office. I have a hearing device and I can connect it to the live stream from my phone and listen that way, and no one else even knows.
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Among American media, Stephanie Miller is exhibiting rare courage. (Original Post) lees1975 10 hrs ago OP
🤜🤛 Traildogbob 10 hrs ago #1
I'd be lost without Stephanie and the crew. wryter2000 10 hrs ago #2
I would also be lost without Stephanie and Tom Hartman. rich7862 10 hrs ago #4
I wonder how long MSNBC will be trustworthy, or will keep their better commentators like lees1975 8 hrs ago #5
Same! I love her so much! LymphocyteLover 8 hrs ago #7
freespeechtv.org gab13by13 10 hrs ago #3
me also! rurallib 8 hrs ago #6
Steph, her Crew & fellow "Steph-heads" have been my sanity also! maspaha 8 hrs ago #8
99% of people will never hear her. onecaliberal 8 hrs ago #9
Me, too! ybbor 7 hrs ago #10
She has a deep grounding in clarity and political history bucolic_frolic 7 hrs ago #11
Love her and the mooks mountain grammy 7 hrs ago #12
She is/ has been a national treasure. rubbersole 7 hrs ago #13
We're all Family at least that's how Miss Miller and the Mooks proud patriot 7 hrs ago #14
I'm a proud Steph-head! Love Stephanie, Chris, Jodie and previous members of her crew over the years sueh 7 hrs ago #15
I listen to LPBBEAR 7 hrs ago #16
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wryter2000

(47,431 posts)
2. I'd be lost without Stephanie and the crew.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:13 PM
10 hrs ago

I always know, no matter what, they'll be on from 6 - 9 Pacific. Sometimes hysterically funny, but always telling the truth. The last hour on Friday features Frangela. They are the best part of the week.

rich7862

(194 posts)
4. I would also be lost without Stephanie and Tom Hartman.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:23 PM
10 hrs ago

Very few journalist tell the truth. There are a few. top of the list is Maddow, O’Donn Andre, Joy, Nicole, Cuomo and Ruhle

The fascist for sure are Collins, Jake, Bash, Katy Turk, Andrea Mitchell, almost all of CNN and NewsMax with the exception of Cuomo.

lees1975

(5,942 posts)
5. I wonder how long MSNBC will be trustworthy, or will keep their better commentators like
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 04:27 PM
8 hrs ago

Maddow, Reid, Wallace and O'Donnell.

I'm 100% in favor of some progressive leftists getting hold of a small television and radio network and making sure it stays on the air and stays liberal, like Fox stays conservative.

gab13by13

(25,221 posts)
3. freespeechtv.org
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 03:20 PM
10 hrs ago

is my source for accurate news.

I am worried they are watering down my one MSNBC source, Nicolle Wallace. I can't take motor mouth Heilmann.

ybbor

(1,605 posts)
10. Me, too!
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:29 PM
7 hrs ago

I have been a regular listener since the “W” years. I am even the official “fromagier” (a made-up profession from when I was a cheese monger, It just sounds fancier) of the Stephanie Miller Show. She and her crew, also make me laugh out loud while wearing earbuds, making me apologize to those unawares nearby. She wonders what the food will be like in the camps, as do I. I’m thinking pretty good, cuz all the foodies tend to be left-leaning. She has been calling out mourning joke for bending the knee to TSF, and she is willing to take their audience if need be. I don’t call in as much as in the past due to my work, but I can listen and stay extremely informed. I highly recommend her show to everyone. You can find her on WCPT, or streaming on FreeSpeech TV, and on Sirius XM Progress. She is a treasure, and Chris and Jodie, are awesome sidekicks.

bucolic_frolic

(46,970 posts)
11. She has a deep grounding in clarity and political history
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:34 PM
7 hrs ago

Obviously politics was in her family, her dad being a congressman and VP candidate alongside Barry Goldwater. Kind of breeds confidence, perspective, insight, smarts.

rubbersole

(8,501 posts)
13. She is/ has been a national treasure.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:38 PM
7 hrs ago

If you're not listening to her weekday program -I'm begging you to find it and please give it a try. She scours the news (so we don't have to) and dissects it and literally makes it funny when possible. She has helped me feel sane for 19 years. Beyond wonderful.

proud patriot

(101,134 posts)
14. We're all Family at least that's how Miss Miller and the Mooks
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:44 PM
7 hrs ago

and all her regular guests make me feel . Even when we dissagree .. CHRIS
just kidding . I have the deepest respect for Chris and his Friendships .

I love all of you Steph heads

Together we will get through this and come out Winners together


sueh

(1,870 posts)
15. I'm a proud Steph-head! Love Stephanie, Chris, Jodie and previous members of her crew over the years
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:50 PM
7 hrs ago

Stephanie Louise Miller and The Mooks have gotten me through hard times and good times. Glenn Kirchner, Malcolm Nance, Frangela, John Fugelsang, Bob Seska, Karl Frisch, Carlos (yikes I can't spell his last name at the moment), Jill Wine Banks to name of few of her regular guests who educate us and keep us up to date and laughing,too. Shout out to Jim Ward and love to Steph's dog's, Bonnie and Clyde.

LPBBEAR

(358 posts)
16. I listen to
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 06:04 PM
7 hrs ago

her show almost every morning. I generally agree with her but lately there have been a few things that have bothered me.

1. Her insistence that she is not "going to cede X(twitter) to Elon Musk".
She says this constantly. Sorry but that battle is over Stephanie. Musk now owns twitter and all she is doing by insisting that she is not going to leave is prolonging a lost battle that she'll never win. Time to move on Stephanie and use your influence to bring all of your fans to other more progressive social media platforms with hopefully better moderation than the now completely corrupted X has. Stop supporting Musk's ad revenue by insisting on staying with twitter.

2. Her unfair handling of callers who are not on her list of favorite callers.
Fans will call in and quite often she dumps them mid sentence after only a few seconds of time given to their call. This happens daily. On the other hand her favorite callers get amazing amounts of time. Additionally her and Chris will sometimes joke about the quality of the callers phone while the phone system used on her show is constantly failing.

3. The "circular firing squad"
A phrase she uses regularly. IMHO there were serious mistakes made by the Democrats. Those mistakes should be talked about openly and learned from. There is a tendency on her show to immediately shutdown well meant discussion of those mistakes with her launching into a rant about the "circular firing squad". She'll talk long enough and loud enough until eventually the subject gets changed and back on to the "happy clappy" refrain she is comfortable with. Unless we learn from our mistakes we'll never achieve our goals. That requires open discussion about the issues especially by those in our progressive media with a voice, audience, and a microphone. She is failing in this area.

Some of her regular guests also really turn me off.

Since we don't have much choice in the progressive media arena I'll keep listening to her show but I much prefer Thom Hartmann. Also a little tired of the"nip" type jokes and the childish sexual innuendo.

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