![]() Hmm, maybe Atlanta’s WABE 90.1 FM? It’s an NPR station that is not part of GPB and not beholden to those radiophiles in the Georgia legislature. There will be a future for ‘Political Rewind.’” He said he couldn’t give details, but later, touched by the tributes from his interlocutors, he declared, “I’m not walking off into the sunset. When Nigut gave his farewell address on Monday, June 19, he hinted strongly that “Political Rewind” may bounce back. GPB’s longtime director was one of the show’s most enthusiastic supporters, but she recently retired and was replaced by a director who knows a warning shot when he feels the splash, and he decided it’s time for a “rededication” to GPB’s “core mission.” So Nigut is out, and “Rewind” is finished on GPB as of Friday, June 30.īut wait! Maybe not finished elsewhere. That didn’t really hurt “Political Rewind” because fundraising contributions covered its modest costs (all those experts worked for free), and it was one of the most popular shows on a financially healthy GPB.īut that cut must have come like a warning shot across the bow. So the Republicans in the legislature cut $1.4 million out of the GPB budget. That applies to a lot of people in the Georgia legislature, and, let’s face it: They’re Republicans, and they’re not the Republicans we used to be used to. If they were not honest, it would inevitably show in their work.īut, let’s be honest: Some people in politics aren’t, especially these days when so many people have staked their own careers on the Big Lie, and they see as enemies anybody who calls the Big Lie a big lie. They don’t do it because they’re liberal or conservative they do it because they’re honest. ![]() Professors and reporters and political insiders didn’t get where they are by fearing to face the truth. If politicians screwed up or were obviously lying, the “Political Rewind” gang called them on it. Bill knew and respected them all, and by example ensured that even when they disagreed, they carried on conversations that never, ever descended into rants.īut look: All those folks on “Political Rewind” were sharp observers of the political scene. ![]() Panelists were drawn from all over Georgia and were diversely experienced in Georgia politics. “Political Rewind” has been presided over since its inception by indefatigable former Atlanta television news reporter Bill Nigut, who made civil political discourse the hallmark of the show. Oconee County’s Charlie Hayslett, progenitor of the blog about Georgia “Trouble in God’s Country,” was on from time to time, and so was Athens Mayor Kelly Girtz. Regulars also included Athens native and Dekalb County CEO Mike Thurmond, and Athenian and Emory Law prof Fred Smith, Jr. Those included Charles Bullock, the venerable (since 1968) UGA political science professor his former student, the AJC’s intrepid political reporter Greg Bluestein, and his AJC stablemate Patricia Murphy, editor of that paper’s political column “The Jolt,” and Jim Galloway, the retired AJC political columnist. ![]() Highly regarded? Hell, “Political Rewind” was beloved because, although it covered local, state and national politics, it was scrupulously fair, always careful to include bona-fide Republicans among the 40 or so reporters, academics and political insiders who regularly participated in the show. “Political Rewind” is, until this Friday, the highly regarded political talk show carried for the last nine years by Georgia Public Broadcasting, including WUGA 91.7 FM here in Athens and surroundings. Walking is boring and hard to do, except for “Political Rewind.” I walk, trying to stay ahead of age and infirmity. Why are Republicans trying to kill me? I know they have reasons that go way back, but why now? Maybe I’m just collateral damage.
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