I will agree that it was short-sighted of the person organizing the telethon not to have considered partisan balance in the lineup, but she is not a particularly politically oriented volunteer. Cherie, for instance, is one of TVTV’s founders. My guess (not confirmed) is that the others were invited because of their previous involvement with TVTV.

My “snarkiness” stems from your snarky generalizations from this instance of political incorrectness to making the erroneous assertion that TVTV wants to accomplish its laudable mission “with elected Demo politicos and no Repubs” and that “Their cast of performers features nary a single Republican…” You seemingly have little knowledge of who appears on TVTV.

If you intended those comments to refer only to the telethon’s guest, your writing did not make that clear. Perhaps you could use an editor to moderate the snarky tone of much of your “reporting.”

EDITOR NOTE– If you are offering your services, we would be glad to have you as a GUARDIAN contributing editor. Perhaps you would have better luck getting info from city hall than I have. Seriously, if you have any topics you wish to discuss, you are welcome to the space.

If Republicans and their ilk are not appearing on TVTV or producing their own programs, it because they’ve chosen not to, not because TVCTV has excluded them. People self-select; they are not “invited.”

TVTV has no affiliation with PBS or Idaho Public TV. It is given access to Cable One’s Channel 11 as a condition of its city franchise.

Looks like the “reporter” of this story could use a little journalistic training to learn how to check “facts” before wielding his hatchet. Have you, for instance, some special knowledge of the party affiliations of those who appear on TVTV to substantiate your statement that “Their cast of performers features nary a single Republican…”?

EDITOR NOTE–Gary, I didn’t deserve the snarky condemnation. I got the release from TVCTV and they did indeed INVITE only Dems to appear on the fundraiser. Alex was chagrined to learn they had not invited any Repubs for their “talent show.” The issue is not who appears, it is literally the “cast of performers” they ASKED to appear in their telethon. The mention of PBS and NPR was because the Republican controlled congress is trying to stiff those agencies…one Dem in Washington suggested they should stop spending any public funds at FOX NEWS–like Army recruiting ads, census announcements, social security notices, etc. FYI, management of TVCTV and the GUARDIAN are on cordial terms and probably of like mind.

EDITOR NOTE–Only Dems politicos were invited, but the TVCTV boss lady said they were working on getting some Repubs and noted there was one guy–not an elected official–who had views to the right. Doesn’t matter the party affiliation of Ms. Buckner-Webb as long as she sings!