Wherefore Phil Donahue?

Remember Phil? Host of a popular NBC daytime talk show, the Oprah of his day? Then, suddenly, he was gone. Ratings, they said.
Every so often, Donahue himself pops up on some program about the Iraq War, contending his show was cancelled by a network incomfortable with the anti-war nature of his guests and approach in the midst of a media atmospher of war boosting and celebration.
This week, Amy Goodman reproduced part of the network memo.

"difficult public face for NBC in a time of war. He seems to delight in presenting guests who are anti-war, anti-Bush and skeptical of the administration's motives ... at the same time that our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity."

Nuff said.