As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he cant carry a movie. Theyll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they wont put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie. – George A. Romero
Whats different now is that while political leaders used to give talking points to talk radio, now talk-radio hosts are giving talking points to political leaders. Its all part of the suffocating spin cycle were in. In media, politics and publishing, the conventional wisdom is to play to this base. – John Avlon