Liberal "haters" are giving Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter fits. Good for them.
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Among the more entertaining political trends noted is the rise of the liberal-hate phenomenon. After a long, wearying stretch of demonization and evisceration by mad-dog conservatives such as Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter, the political left has at last unleashed its own breed of attack pundit. Angry, bile-spewing lefties like Michael Moore and Janeane Garofalo are working furiously to level the playing field, penning books and filling the airwaves with the kind of frothing rants that would make Rush Limbaugh proud.
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Poppycock. I for one happen to think this liberal-hate phenomenon is great news. Not, as conservatives would contend, because the mainstream media is awash with liberal bias and itching to see the likes of O'Reilly driven from our exalted ranks. But because what the O'Reillys and Coulters and Sean Hannitys do has never been about journalism or serious political commentary. It's always been about demagoguery and show business. Problem is, the lack of a countervailing pack of wingnut showmen on the left has, until now, allowed the O'Reillys and Hannitys to spend their days posing as the conservative equivalent of left-leaning journalists like Goodman, Margaret Carlson, Clarence Page, etc.--that is, media folk who may have a political bias, but who aren't primarily bomb-lobbers and whose on-air debating technique is constrained by the occasional concern for facts or balance or nuance.
lmao Bill O'Reilly is a crack-up. My grandfather has all of his books and watches his TV shows. I don't know how anyone can watch a whole episode. He's not as entertaining as Rush, though.
What are "liberal haters"? People who hate liberals? Or are they liberals who just hate everything? Or are they people who spread their hate liberally?
In any event, if you meet one, tell him or her to get a life.
Perhaps the only thing more helpful would be an actual mud-wrestling match between Ann Coulter and Janeane Garofalo--televised on Fox, naturally. Sure, it might add to the atmosphere of political incivility in this country. But at least it would be an honest portrayal of the brand of "political debate" that flame-throwing conservative showmen have been engaging in for years now.
He's not as entertaining as Rush, though.
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