I will push back on this *very hard*. Just to be absolutely sure I wasn't missing anything, I went to that hotbed of factual information, Wikipedia, and pulled up Hannity's career path. His *entire* career has been "be a blowhard". Am I saying Olbermann wasn't a blowhard sometimes? Hell no. But Olbermann earned his way up the path. At his best, he's a broadcaster. I will put his four years with Dan on The Big Show as Television Hall Of Fame, changed the way we look at sports level. At Sean Hannity's best, he's been a shill for whomever he can find to buy what he sells.
That sentence stands on *fact*. On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 10:12 AM Doug Fields <[email protected]> wrote: > With all due respect, a sentence like "whatever you think of Keith, he > does not belong in the same sentence as Hannity" is completely dependent on > your personal perspective and political leanings. I have several > conservative acquaintances who would say that exact same sentence, > reversing Olbermann's and Hannity's names, and they wouldn't be the least > bit sarcastic or ironic when they say it. > > Personally, I think they're bat-shit crazy, but that doesn't change the > level of sincerity of their beliefs. > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf > of PGage <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, May 15, 2020 8:33 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Stephanopoulos pushed to seek post-Alex > J! job > > I’m not really on a campaign to get KO the gig (in fact I recently > unfollowed him on Twitter because I just could not take another: “They’re > going to kill Bob tomorrow at dawn unless you adopt him” tweet). But come > on, whatever you think of Keith, he does not belong in the same sentence as > Hannity. There may be a reason or too why Olbermann won’t and maybe > shouldn’t get the job, but there are dozens of reasons Hannity won’t get > it, and being too smart and too brittle for the room are not in his top ten. > > Yes, both may alienate too big a portion of the opposite ideological > spectrum to make sense as the host of a show aiming for a universal > audience, but only one of them would actually be good at the job is that > were not a factor. > > On Thu, May 14, 2020 at 10:25 PM JW <[email protected]> wrote: > > This was Harry Friedman's last season. > https://www.jeopardy.com/jbuzz/news-events/jeopardy-look-back-harry-friedmans-legacy > > As far as the next host, it's not going to be Olbermann for the same > reason it's not going to be, say, Sean Hannity: too much baggage. I don't > know if there's the same sort of pool now of generic game show hosts that > there was when Merv chose Trebek for the syndicated version, but it would > be easy to imagine the producers wanting to go in that direction. The game > remains the star, so there's no reason to bring in a big name. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOHB3SvcMF%2BT_iTg8YfGyO-GSiNkY8PprZ69-88FFyMHCg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKSNnOHB3SvcMF%2BT_iTg8YfGyO-GSiNkY8PprZ69-88FFyMHCg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B8vuVzH6nbs3MTp8dOPwCFDYQ-eeLjU2zyOWbGN4xEBw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2B8vuVzH6nbs3MTp8dOPwCFDYQ-eeLjU2zyOWbGN4xEBw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN6PR14MB16190253AC181400EF8084CCC6BD0%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BN6PR14MB16190253AC181400EF8084CCC6BD0%40BN6PR14MB1619.namprd14.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BdLz6d83kxDMhVO%3DeK8W%2BMH8Gtjd1w1k2DLO6Ks2KFmJQ%40mail.gmail.com.
