Talk:Michael Medved

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Michael Medved has a daily talk radio show on 770 AM KTTH based out of Seattle, Washington that is syndicated in various U.S. radio markets.  http://www.ktth.com/
Michael Medved recently authored a non-fiction book called Right Turns about his gradual conversion from a political liberal to a conservative.  http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1400051878/qid=1108833454/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/104-2736321-4503945--
This needs to be integrated into the text in accordance with approved style.
Ellsworth 18:01, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Medved recently published a self-bigraphical work called Right Turns (2005) explaining his gradual conversion from being a liberal-Democrat to conservative-Republican." I've changed self-bigraphical to autobiographical because a) it was spelt wrong and b) autobiographical is standard. Assuming, of course, that that is what the writer meant to say. -User:Jenmoa 23:06, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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message: The photograph of Medved is flipped left to right. Wedding ring is on his right hand?
: I suspect that it is not flipped, as it is a Jewish tradition to wear wedding rings on the right hand.  (See Wedding ring.)  dbtfztalk 23:57, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Photo flipped 

message: Medved is a neoconservative, not a conservative —The preceding unsigned comment was added by HowardJ87 (talk • contribs) 12:05, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neocon 

message: Vietnam No Show - What a suprise!
Dean, Mar10,2006
What's your point? He was a democrat back then and he disapproved of the war. Are you trying to use this as rhetoric against conservatives?
[Unregistered, 3/15/05)
A couple of comments.  First, this page is not a forum for political debate; it is for discussing how the article can be improved.  Second, messages on this and all talk pages should be signed by typing ~~~~.  dbtfztalk 01:36, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Very interesting -- the man didn't fight in Vietnam but has been very pro Iraq-war.  Sounds like a chickenhawk? Justforasecond 05:29, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

text: Worth mentioning in his bio his lack of any civil or military service.--68.6.210.169 18:58, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Any pro-Iraq war opinion leader (journalist, politician, celebrity) that escaped service in Vietnam should have this noted on his page.  Justforasecond 23:47, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

text: Any pro-Iraq war opinion leader (journalist, politician, celebrity) that escaped service in Vietnam should have this noted on his page.   Why?  Because in the broad scheme of things people aren't allowed to change their opinions over time?  Or must forever be silent about it?  Bat-puckey.  As it turns out, Medved admits to the whole thing in Right Turns.  In pages 112-116 he describes how while attending Yale Law School he got a job as an English and science teacher at the New Haven Hebrew Day School expressly because they could get him a IIA occupational draft deferment.  They also never paid him, so it wasn't for the money. He could have claimed he was teaching because of his concern for youth and education, but he chose the honest course and admitted to an act that he clearly now considers shameful. Mike 01:02, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vietnam 

message: "He is against gay rights and thinks homelessness should be made illegal."  This was added by an anonymous user.  Is there a source for where he says that "homelessness should be made illegal"?  What's he intend to do, arrest them all?  Execute them?  Also, I don't know exactly what position he takes on homosexuality (judging from the childish nature of his rhetoric, it's probably not a mature one) but it is slightly POV to say that his position is merely "against gay rights."  If nothing else, I doubt he would phrase it that way.  --Mr. Billion 07:59, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Most people who are against gay rights don't like admitting that that is their position.  They claim to be in favor of "family values" which makes no sense whatsoever as, different families have different values and hundreds of thousands of families have at their center, a gay couple.  Wikipedia would become ridiculous if the only descriptions we could give of anyone is what they would say about themselves.  Somehow I doubt the same people that apply that principle to Michael Medved would do the same for Michael Moore. 24.215.145.136 01:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Make this phrase neutral, if possible

message: I removed Mr. Medved's friendship mention in the article. Is that frienship notable? Also, should Medved ethnicity be mention as well in the intro. And his wife and children.Is he more famous for being Jewish or his support for the war?? Can we stick to a one line intro about WHAT makes him notable and then add his family, friends, ethnicity, polictics below in the article?? Thoughts? Thanks! --Tom 14:20, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: ps, I just removed some unsourced material. I am noticing that this is another bio that has ZERO references??? Any Medved fans or foes out there that can provide some footnotes?? I'll try as well, thanks! --Tom 14:25, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Friendship in intro

message: Can sources be cited per WP:CITE when adding material to this article. Am I asking to much?? Thanks...--Tom 21:38, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources??

message: Why is an article on a self proclaimed "conservative" commentator so sorely lacking in any material regarding his positions on controversial political issues?  Regardless of your POV, if a large part of a famous person's activities are political in nature how can an article descrbing them be of any use whatsoever without any information on their advocacy?
It seems to me that this article has been carefully cleansed of anything that may make Medved look bad and that apparently that eliminated most of his views on, well, everything.24.215.145.136 01:56, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Issues?

message: The sentence "He is an Orthodox Jew (although Medved claims to be an "observant Jew")" is clearly POV.   Shortened this to "Medved describes himself as an observant Jew."  If the Orthodox part can be sourced it should be added following that statement as in 'Medved describes himself an "observant Jew."  Time magazine noted he is an Orthodox Jew."==Pro– and anti–Judeo-Christian films==
The heading "Pro– and anti–Judeo-Christian films" is very unclear, especially since the next three paragraphs seem to deal with an entirely different set of issues. This really needs to be reworded.
Matt T. 69.254.107.214 04:22, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Religion

message: I believe that this video of Medved speaking adds to the value of the article and should be published in the external links section.  I would appreciate it if another editor would add it.  Thank you.
*Michael Medved discusses the contradictions that he says plague "liberal orthodoxy", March 12, 2007 (video)
--Uschris 19:28, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Link to video of Medved speaking at the Commonwealth Club of California 

message: Medved is well known for his beliefs in things for which there is not evidence including Bigfoot and God.
That doesn't sound very NPOV to me.
Jake Snicket 05:09, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed that. I read the source quickly but didn't see big foot/God. The section is out of place and POV as you pointed out. Thanks! --Tom 13:52, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I can say, as a sometime listener, that Medved does believe in both God and Bigfoot.  To say there is no evidence for either is POV, however.-- Gerkinstock 19:47, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was referring that I see no evidence HERE. If their are reliable sources, feel free to add that material. Thanks, --Tom 13:45, 22 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beliefs 

message: In the page Madeleine Albright is listed as being a concervative. I'm almost sure she is a liberal.
-AB
Albright has many so-called "conservative" beliefs . . . the truth is that labels such as "conservative" and "liberal" are largely meaningless leftovers from the nomenclature of "left-right" used during the French Revolution.  Recent books have been published about the "invention" of "conservatism" as a specific label in the US political sphere.  Sadly . . . I don't recall the titles.  Maybe someone else can help.
72.177.12.245 14:02, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Madeleine Albright 

message: Medved supposedly wrote a well-known essay about the "Three Lies" Hollywood promulgates?
What are they?  Are they any more or less dubious than his supposed belief in SasQuatch!  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.177.12.245 (talk) 13:49, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Three lies??? 

message: Maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems like nearly every Wiki article I read about a movie mentions Medved's review of it (particularly if the films had largely positive reviews and Medved was in the dissenting minority).  I'm a huge movie buff, and I certainly don't consider the opinions of a right-wing radio host to be representative of the film critic community at large, or even remotely encyclopedic.  A very small sampling of articles that mention Medved:
*Charlotte's Web
*All the King's Men
*The Pursuit of Happyness
*The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
*Hoot
*Little Miss Sunshine
*Million Dollar Baby
*Live Free or Die Hard
*Nacho Libre
*A Prairie Home Companion
*United 93
*Lady in the Water
*The Girl Next Door
*Bobby
*Borat
*Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
*The Cell
*Redacted
*Brokeback Mountain
*Deck the Halls
It just seems to me that the level of inclusion of Medved's criticisms at Wikipedia is not nearly proportional to his level of influence.  KyuzoGator (talk) 16:17, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why are Medved's reviews so prevalent in Wiki movie articles? 

message: In a discussion above, I insisted that a citation should be provided if the term "conservative" was used to describe Medved in the lead. The editor relucantly but quite adequately provided such a citation. In the citation (an interview with Medved) he specifically indicates in at least five different statements that he is conservative. That's more than good enough for me. Now  has begun edit warring, reverting the term "conservative" and describing Medved as liberal without providing a citation to that effect. My only purpose in creating this section on the talk page is so that  and any other editor can express an opinion without edit warring. Ward3001 (talk) 22:17, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Conservative redux

message: Is the Ben Cohen he of the ice-cream? If so can it be disambiguated? Thanks.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.130.122.126 (talk) 20:05, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Talk radio and political commentary 

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message: This should definitely be included in the article somewhere: http://politi.co/2fcT2nY | MK17b |   (talk)  19:59, 29 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Wow, what a glaring deficiency in the article.  I've started a paragraph, citing a few sources (including MK17b's).  Please add more!  DougHill (talk) 19:23, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I also added this page to the Stop Trump movement category), tho I'm not sure that commentators go there. DougHill (talk) 18:30, 4 January 2019 (UTC)
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message: Sorry, I seem to have inadvertently reran wp:citation bot, which only added Medved's name where it was not needed.  I'm reluctant to revert this again, so I'll wait a day before doing so. DougHill (talk) 20:49, 13 January 2020 (UTC)
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