Liz West Pivots!

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Posted by Shorty Wave
July 26, 2025 7:37 am
#1

Yesterday (July 25),  I was listening to AM740 just before 6pm waiting to catch the news. Liz West was hosting their Friday Feel Good show and once it ended, Liz West kicked in and did the 6pm newscast. Angus Gillespie had been on earlier but not at 6pm, so Liz West filled in and she was great! All her years of broadcast experience sure came through and you can tell she was filling in as she ended the newscast with “have a good weekend and now the news”, which she had just completed! Way to pivot Liz!

 
Posted by paterson1
July 26, 2025 9:07 am
#2

Also I heard Scott Reid filling in yesterday on the Vassey Kopelos show.  I believe he also was a last minute replacement for the regular Friday fill in.  Scott was excellent.  Funny, smart, entertaining, serious when appropriate, great with guests and he sounded at ease and in control.

I hope that Bell uses him a lot more as a fill in host in the future.   

 
Posted by Shorty Wave
July 26, 2025 1:04 pm
#3

paterson1 wrote:

Also I heard Scott Reid filling in yesterday on the Vassey Kopelos show.  I believe he also was a last minute replacement for the regular Friday fill in.  Scott was excellent.  Funny, smart, entertaining, serious when appropriate, great with guests and he sounded at ease and in control.

I hope that Bell uses him a lot more as a fill in host in the future.   

 
I agree paterson1, he was good and yes, Bell should use him more as a fill in, or maybe even his own slot!

 
Posted by 67GreenRambler
July 26, 2025 2:43 pm
#4

The Scott Reid I know is an unhinged vulgar liar. Bell Media would fire anyone else for this but he is excused from all negative consequences. Why?

https://x.com/airquotesmedia/status/1913319425215812026


 
Posted by newsguy1
July 26, 2025 5:39 pm
#5

Anybody who would rake The Rebel and David Menzies over the coals is OK by me.
 

 
Posted by paterson1
July 26, 2025 5:55 pm
#6

newsguy1 wrote:

Anybody who would rake The Rebel and David Menzies over the coals is OK by me.
 

Agree 100%

 
Posted by Dial Twister
July 26, 2025 6:40 pm
#7

paterson1 wrote:

newsguy1 wrote:

Anybody who would rake The Rebel and David Menzies over the coals is OK by me.
 

Agree 100%

Gimme a high-five. ✋️

 
Posted by Listener
July 27, 2025 5:42 am
#8

paterson1 wrote:

Also I heard Scott Reid filling in yesterday on the Vassey Kopelos show.  I believe he also was a last minute replacement for the regular Friday fill in.  Scott was excellent.  Funny, smart, entertaining, serious when appropriate, great with guests and he sounded at ease and in control.

I hope that Bell uses him a lot more as a fill in host in the future.   

I really enjoy listening to Scott Reid! His own show, maybe??

 
Posted by g121
July 27, 2025 6:09 am
#9

Dial Twister wrote:

paterson1 wrote:

newsguy1 wrote:

Anybody who would rake The Rebel and David Menzies over the coals is OK by me.
 

Agree 100%

Gimme a high-five. ✋️

+10 : )) .. 

Listener wrote:

I really enjoy listening to Scott Reid! His own show, maybe??

+10 : )) .. 

67GreenRambler wrote:

The Scott Reid I know is an unhinged vulgar liar ..

Reality is indeed a hard pill to swallow for some.

This might be an enlightening watch .. 
"The Brainwashing of My Dad"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3771626/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1 

 

 
Posted by Dial Twister
July 27, 2025 12:06 pm
#10

g121 wrote:

Reality is indeed a hard pill to swallow for some.

This might be an enlightening watch .. 
"The Brainwashing of My Dad"
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3771626/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1 

Thanks for the link, g121. This IMDB-user review nails it on talk radio and Fox Lies...

IMDB-garlandhook wrote:

A very personal documentary for me. I fell under the spell of conservative talk radio when I was out of college and working as a delivery driver.

I was bitter and angry that the 4-year liberal arts degree I worked hard to obtain was seemingly worthless. As academia had failed to deliver success, I was eager to find an alternate worldview: looking for something to believe in, or, a purpose.

Neil boortz, Michael savage, and bill o'reilly were my guides on this fruitless journey. Their rhetoric was effective because they (1) created an enemy: either enemies to prosperity (lazy welfare dependents, illegal immigrants), or enemies to security (radical Muslims): basically, people I could feel superior to. (2) "real listeners" calling in to share their victimization from political correct "social engineering" (3) the hosts' unwavering confidence and focused message, which is amplified by talking over those people who call in with alternate viewpoints.

According to this documentary, these tactics are commonly employed by right-wing talk shows and foxnews (great collage of fox news "journalists" shouting over their guests to prevent them from expressing their ideas).

How did I manage to give this up? A combination of things: my parents always had fox news on in the house and I grew annoyed at the lack of critical thinking and one-sidedness. I found that my media choices were putting me in a category of people who deferred to their tribal mentality than think critically. I began to see these media hosts more as propagandists than informed critics (Michael Savage's assertion that Obama attended an "Islamic Madrassas" in Indonesia--a country I had some personal knowledge of--was laughable).

This documentary was enjoyable as it helped me understand how my political identity went on a certain path for a brief time.

 
Posted by 67GreenRambler
July 27, 2025 3:52 pm
#11

Reality? Whose? Scott Reid's?  He gave an inaccurate account of events. In my neighborhood that's called lying. And if you don't consider this outburst vulgar I question your grasp of reality.

The wonderful aspect to this video is that Reid got his info from fellow Liberal animal David Cochrane who wrote a florid tale of escaping from non laurentian infiltrators the night of the Montreal election debates. On CBC property even!

Of course complete video exists that acquitted the riff-raff and Reid never spoke of it again.

 


 
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