{"id":1110,"date":"2016-04-22T15:07:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-22T11:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=1110"},"modified":"2016-04-22T15:07:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-22T11:07:23","slug":"pad-echo-still-echoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=1110","title":{"rendered":"PAD echo still echoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The true King of All Media in 2016 is conservative radio host, editor, and author Mark Levin. As of last month Levin added \u201cTV\u201d host to his resume, with his new offering broadcast at <a title=\"levintv.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.levintv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.levintv.com<\/a>. What does one call a video podcast at one\u2019s own website?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTV.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>(Aside: we are now one step closer to your TV and your computer being the same thing.)<\/p>\n<p>In general I think Levin\u2019s \u201cTV\u201d show is good. The only trouble is I\u2019ve seen it before. Every Tuesday from 2004-2011. It was called <i>Politics After Dark<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Yup, Levin\u2019s show is a complete ripoff of the show I hosted for 318 episodes over seven years, right down to the stairs and fake fireplace.<\/p>\n<p>Commercial free? Comfortable armchairs? Long-form interviews?<\/p>\n<p>Check, check, and check.<\/p>\n<p>Levin lives just up the road from me, and a few years ago when I lived even closer I ran into him several times at a restaurant we both frequented. (I\u2019ll admit part of the appeal of going there was that one had about a 10% chance of running into Mark Levin.) We talked at length several times and I\u2019m sure I would have mentioned the show.<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019re welcome, Levin. You\u2019re welcome.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The true King of All Media in 2016 is conservative radio host, editor, and author Mark Levin. As of last month Levin added \u201cTV\u201d host to his resume, with his new offering broadcast at www.levintv.com. What does one call a &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/?p=1110\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1110"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1111,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1110\/revisions\/1111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mikeoconnelljr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}