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Von Sloneker posted:So after so many republicans admitted to being blindsided by the Romney loss last election, due in large part to the insular and self-reinforcing world they've created, their solution for the next time around is to make it more insular and more self-reinforcing -- and for the comedy option, more likely to allow the extreme fringes to flourish. Don't hate on the googly-eyed rock, that guy's a goddamn national hero!  
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Zwabu posted:Did Erickson make an election prediction? edit:VVV oh hey don't know how I missed that, thanks pangstrom fucked around with this message at 14:10 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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Aug 8, 2013 03:50
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Zwabu posted:Did Erickson make an election prediction? Ross Douthat is a boring scold, but yeah, he saw the writing on the wall. Prediction on 11/5/2012
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 Rumor that Megyn Kelly is to replace Sean Hannity in said timeslot, FOX doesn't deny story. If this turns out to be true, then God bless America. Devour fucked around with this message at 20:15 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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Aug 8, 2013 20:13
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Stay Out of FYAD posted:
Holy poo poo, that's hilarious on a million levels. God bless America indeed. What's Hannity (exclamation point) going to do?
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Aug 8, 2013 20:20
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BiggerBoat posted:Holy poo poo, that's hilarious on a million levels. God bless America indeed. What's Hannity (exclamation point) going to do? They must be giving him something else to do. Hannity, for all his bitchiness, always sucks up to Roger Ailes and is one of the network's top rainmakers.
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Aug 8, 2013 20:22
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Zeroisanumber posted:They must be giving him something else to do. Hannity, for all his bitchiness, always sucks up to Roger Ailes and is one of the network's top rainmakers. If she does replace him, it would be a smart move on the part of FOX. Everyone and their mother knows that Hannity is 100% an unapologetic hack for conservatives/republicans. He comes off as a loving drone that's programmed to never criticize any republican talking points/politicians. (He still maintains Bush never did anything wrong, despite Bush not receiving an invitation to the 2012 RNC.) That's why O'Reilly/Kelly are so much more well received critically, at least they pretend to be objective sometimes.
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Has this been posted in this thread? FOX News at its best and this dude just owns the poo poo out of her. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt1cOnNrY5s I know it's been in one of the threads in D&D but even if it's been posted here already it can go again and deserves a repost. BiggerBoat fucked around with this message at 20:58 on Aug 8, 2013 |
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Aug 8, 2013 20:51
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quote:That's why O'Reilly/Kelly are so much more well received critically, at least they pretend to be objective sometime It's not even "objectivity," it's just easier to believe that O'Reilly and Kelly actually believe what they're saying. Plus, if you're trying to get younger people to replace your dying, osteoporosic demographic, replacing Hannity with Kelly is an excellent move.
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Aug 8, 2013 21:05
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Stay Out of FYAD posted:
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BiggerBoat posted:Has this been posted in this thread? I think it was discussed, but I don't think the interview itself has been linked. And drat, if that wasn't the worst interview in the history of Fox News (as has been argued on places like Salon), then it has to rank pretty high up.
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Aug 8, 2013 21:31
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I caught a bit of Hannity on my way back from the gym just a little earlier, and he sounded surprisingly cagey about the issue of him being replaced in his slot, not his usual smug self.
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Aug 8, 2013 23:14
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ReidRansom posted:I caught a bit of Hannity on my way back from the gym just a little earlier, and he sounded surprisingly cagey about the issue of him being replaced in his slot, not his usual smug self.
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Aug 8, 2013 23:38
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Stay Out of FYAD posted:So I take it he didn't confirm nor deny the rumor just like Roger Ailes? I only caught the tail end of him talking about it, but I feel like his tone confirmed it, though he was sort of dancing around it verbally. Just not his usual smug self.
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For what it's worth, Megyn Kelly is "reportedly" taking over the 9PM slot on Fox News, as reported by... Fox News. http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/08/08/megyn-kelly-reportedly-taking-over-pm-slot-in-fox-news-primetime-lineup/
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ReidRansom posted:I only caught the tail end of him talking about it, but I feel like his tone confirmed it, though he was sort of dancing around it verbally. Just not his usual smug self. I want to call up and just be like 'free market, bitch! Woooooooooo!'
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Uh...if this isn't right-wing media, I don't know what is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kikyl7VXOr0 dun dun dun dun dun DA NA NA NANA NA ROUHANI!
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ReidRansom posted:I only caught the tail end of him talking about it, but I feel like his tone confirmed it, though he was sort of dancing around it verbally. Just not his usual smug self.
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SedanChair posted:Uh...if this isn't right-wing media, I don't know what is. I do appreciate the double-think that most of the right wing media has done with focusing on Ahmadinejad for 8 years, save for a few days during the 08 election, to suddenly say "the President of Iran doesn't matter".
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SedanChair posted:Uh...if this isn't right-wing media, I don't know what is. Is... is this literally banging the drums of war?
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Aug 9, 2013 01:23
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I like how they can't even scaremonger about Iran developing nuclear weapons anymore (especially since everyone knows Israel has them) It's just NUCLEAR PROGRAM Scum.
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Aug 9, 2013 01:28
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Stay Out of FYAD posted:Fox News still acknowledged that they still have a contract with Hannity. So instead of just completely shitcanning him from the Network altogether, they're probably just going to put him in an afternoon slot until his contract expires in 2016. Thing is, his radio show starts at the end of Rush's, and runs 3 hours. Moving his radio show up to overlap Limbaugh would be so stupid its a non-starter, 6pm is when his radio show ends, so no go there, 7pm would probably be pushing it time-wise what with prep and makeup and such, even assuming no travel time (no idea if the radio show is produced in the same building), they're not going to bump O'Reily, like I have no idea where they plan on putting him. Bump him to occasional special report status?
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ReidRansom posted:Thing is, his radio show starts at the end of Rush's, and runs 3 hours. Moving his radio show up to overlap Limbaugh would be so stupid its a non-starter, 6pm is when his radio show ends, so no go there, 7pm would probably be pushing it time-wise what with prep and makeup and such, even assuming no travel time (no idea if the radio show is produced in the same building), they're not going to bump O'Reily, like I have no idea where they plan on putting him. Bump him to occasional special report status? 
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SedanChair posted:Uh...if this isn't right-wing media, I don't know what is. They couldn't find 3 ominous quotes to use so they had to settle for "We are standing at the threshold" for one of them. That's seriously the best they could do. The other other quotes aren't great either. Obama has said more evil poo poo than that. It seems like the only time these hawks can show Iran leaders saying something crazy is when they translate it weird (like that Israel must be wiped off the map thing a while back). Ahmadinejad & co. say PLENTY of crazy poo poo in public, the problem is right wing types agree with a lot of it so they can't put that in a scary video.
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Modern Day Hercules posted:It seems like the only time these hawks can show Iran leaders saying something crazy is when they translate it weird (like that Israel must be wiped off the map thing a while back). Ahmadinejad & co. say PLENTY of crazy poo poo in public, the problem is right wing types agree with a lot of it so they can't put that in a scary video.
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Man I just can't get over how crushed Sean's ego is going to be if/when he's moved.Where the hell are the going to put him? Will it affect his radio show? I'm literally giddy with the idea of seeing the downfall of Sean Hannity, I know most people hate on Rush but for me Hannity is the worst of the worst, he's so loving smug and just self content. I really can not wait to see what happens. 
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Rush is a very talented broadcaster. Say what you want about his politics, his tone, whatever, his skills are very real and I understand why he became such a big deal. Hannity's appeal is completely lost on me, though; I can't imagine how even die-hard Freepers don't want to shotgun him in the face.
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poor nose posted:Man I just can't get over how crushed Sean's ego is going to be if/when he's moved.Where the hell are the going to put him? Will it affect his radio show? I'm literally giddy with the idea of seeing the downfall of Sean Hannity, I know most people hate on Rush but for me Hannity is the worst of the worst, he's so loving smug and just self content. I really can not wait to see what happens. Also, another possibility for is departure might be for the fact that Sean ALWAYS has the same guests on his show every week. He never gets anyone on whom he truly disagrees with/vice versa, it's just incredibly stale now. Megyn Kelly will definitely get interviews with high profile politicians the same way O'Reilly & Greta do.
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MisterBadIdea posted:Rush is a very talented broadcaster. Say what you want about his politics, his tone, whatever, his skills are very real and I understand why he became such a big deal. Hannity's appeal is completely lost on me, though; I can't imagine how even die-hard Freepers don't want to shotgun him in the face. He's the most shameless. That's really all it is. He will literally just start shouting unrelated conservative trigger words when upset and his radio intro calls his show the 'stop Obama express'.
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Stay Out of FYAD posted:Yeah, if this rumor goes through then it's definitely going to be some entertainment. He debuted with FOX in 1996. Getting the boot after 17 years on at 9PM will definitely be a huge blow to his ego. He should've learned his lesson from Glenn Beck, as in obviously FOX is trying to distance themselves from one-dimensional blowhard hacks while still maintaining a conservative narrative. Even O'Reilly has adapted on social issues like gay marriage over the years & even compliments President Obama sometimes. Ever hear about Sean doing anything like that? Nope. From what I understand the major problem that he's having is that he can't retain O'Reilly's audience anymore. FOX knows that they still have a solid building block for their weeknight line-up with everyone's condescending rear end in a top hat uncle anchoring things at 8pm, but Hannity just isn't performing up to the same level and blew his credibility with Election 2012 and Trayvon Martin. It looks like Ailes wants to fix his line-up and doesn't mind the idea of banishing Hannity to weekends to do it.
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How did he blow it with Martin? I thought every conservative was parroting the "George obviously defended himself since Trayvon HAD to be the aggressor for some reason we can't pinpoint."
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I'm shocked whenever a Right Wing media member fails. Surely, there is a billionaire out there somewhere willing to float him?
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redshirt posted:I'm shocked whenever a Right Wing media member fails. Surely, there is a billionaire out there somewhere willing to float him? "Using drones is JUST AS BAD as starting a war killing thousands on bullshit grounds JUST AS BAD BUSH 2.0!!!!"
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Zeroisanumber posted:From what I understand the major problem that he's having is that he can't retain O'Reilly's audience anymore. FOX knows that they still have a solid building block for their weeknight line-up with everyone's condescending rear end in a top hat uncle anchoring things at 8pm, but Hannity just isn't performing up to the same level and blew his credibility with Election 2012 and Trayvon Martin. It looks like Ailes wants to fix his line-up and doesn't mind the idea of banishing Hannity to weekends to do it.  ) & radio. She'll bring in younger viewers on top of the fact it's another female in primetime for FOX.I really thought she was going to replace Greta, but this just makes so much more sense now. Stewart, Colbert, and Maher are totally going to miss Sean though!
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Stay Out of FYAD posted:Stewart, Colbert, and Maher are totally going to miss Sean though! Eh, Stewart and Colbert haven't really focused on him for a long time. I think most of their humor was always reserved for Colmes for being some kind of liberal Stepin Fetchit. When Hannity ditched him and Glenn Beck and the rest of the tea party gang arrived, they almost never did any pieces involving Hannity. Which I guess mirrors everyone else pretty closely.
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Stay Out of FYAD posted:Stewart, Colbert, and Maher are totally going to miss Sean though!
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redshirt posted:I'm shocked whenever a Right Wing media member fails. Surely, there is a billionaire out there somewhere willing to float him? You have to be good for something to get floated. Served in Congress, or be a fake academic that says slavery was great, or be a useful minority willing to sell out your own people. Radio host? In hustling were ye formed, and to hustling shall ye return.
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Pixelboy posted:He won't go far. He's still on contract. Change the five to the six and seat him at a little table next to the big one.
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Pixelboy posted:He won't go far. He's still on contract. The word around the campfire is that he's going to end up going the same way as Ed Schultz and get booted to weekends.
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