Fox on Deutsch…
The New York Post’s Michael Starr notes that Michael J. Fox will be appearing on Donny Deutsch’s Big Idea program tonight to discuss the Parkinson’s/Rush Limbaugh controversy…
Michael J. Fox, whose TV spot advocating stem-cell research raised Rush Limbaugh’s hackles, tells CNBC’s Donny Deutsch tonight that he thought Limbaugh’s attack on him was “kind of a thoughtless thing to do.” Fox, who suffers from Parkinson’s, says his uncontrollable shaking (questioned by Limbaugh) is a sad reality. “Except how it relates to other people, the whole idea that it could be an affectation is crazy,” Fox says. “You want to be able to speak.” The interview airs tonight at 10.
I wish Michae J. Fox who I really like would do more TV The problem with going on Donnie”s show is that only about 12 people watch it.
Comment by jpc — November 2, 2006 @ 11:50 am
AC360 is also airing an interview with Michael J. Fox tonight.
Comment by Anon — November 2, 2006 @ 1:47 pm
I’m part of those 12 people that tends to watch DD on a semi-regular basis, and Donny is actually a pretty good interviewer, much more so than AC IMO. I’m not saying that DD is better than AC, period, but rather that interviewing is not really his forte (i.e. his droning interview with Angelina Jolie)
Comment by Anonymous — November 2, 2006 @ 2:19 pm
“…Fox…tells CNBC’s Donny Deutsch tonight that he thought Limbaugh’s attack on him was “kind of a thoughtless thing to do.””
Thoughtless? Wasn’t it pretty thoughtless of Fox to totally misstate Sen. Talent’s position in the commercial he did for Claire McCaskill?
Why no sympathy ANYWHERE for Talent? He is NOT for criminalizing stem-cell research; he is against the FEDERAL FUNDING of EMBRYONIC stem-cell research. Fox TOTALLY misstated Talent’s position, yet has not apologized to the Senator. At least Fox got an apology from Rush.
Comment by Missy — November 2, 2006 @ 2:49 pm
For all the fuss I think it was perfectly legitimate for Limbaugh to question why when Fox is making partisan political campaign ads extolling one candidate and criticizing another, he seems to be unable to control his Parkinson’s symptoms; while he seems to be able to do so while he’s earning his living on TV.
Comment by Chris — November 2, 2006 @ 3:40 pm
Missy, you know facts don’t matter. No one is supposed to ever criticize a sympathetic figure like Michael J. Fox. He can say anything he wants to and it is okay. Rush Limbaugh, on the other hand, gets hammered for things he didn’t say. Go figure! Of course, we are all too stupid to figure it out and blindly believe anything the nets tell us.
Comment by sophia — November 2, 2006 @ 3:53 pm
Poor Michael J. Fox. He’s become the Democrats’ Jersey Girls of the month. Thank goodness someone has said it. Thank you Missy. On “This Week” last Sunday, Fox admitted he hadn’t read the bill, nor had he seen a summary. And did anyone notice that he was not asked in any of the subsequent interviews about progress from the privately funded and state funded embryonic stem cell research? Is anyone afflicted with something immune from criticism?
Fox, who suffers from Parkinson’s, says his uncontrollable shaking (questioned by Limbaugh) is a sad reality.
Limbaugh never questioned Fox’s uncontrollable shaking. He said Fox was exagerating it. Limbaugh WAS wrong about that. But trying to further demonize him (Limbaugh) is all politics. It’s the Democrats using Fox once again. They’ve turned the issue into Michael J. Fox, instead of funding of embryonic stem cell and human cloning research.
Political correctness has gone way too far. Is anyone afflicted with something immune from criticism?
Comment by erljr — November 2, 2006 @ 6:34 pm