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Talk Show Hosts Fighting to Get On O'Reilly/Hannity's "Lists"

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Anyone who hasn't seen Good Night, and Good Luck, the film chronicling Murrow's confrontation with Senator McCarthy as well as dealing with the corporate media of the 1950s really should go see it, if only to be amused with the ongoing truth that history repeats itself.

Bill O'Reilly announced this week he was compiling an enemies list of organizations, individuals, and websites, which he feels are un-American, are against our way of life, and are "dangerous." Sean Hannity has been indirectly right behind him with his world-famous Hannity "lists" coming up the rear.

Perhaps the major difference this time around is that O'Reilly's "enemies" are now literally clamoring and fighting to get themselves on his list. Stephanie Miller begged O'Reilly in yesterday's show. Atrios and Crooks and Liars, as well as half of the columnists on the Huffington Post are all adding "me too... I want on the list!"

Hannity has been waving paper at cameras and microphones, on which he claims contains the facts to back up some of the regular talking points he uses on his show. Finally, someone challenged him to show him the paper (Sean wouldn't) evoking memories of the list of 200+ Communists working at the State Department that McCarthy claimed to have. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, in his interview with Hannity, apparently started waving his own papers at the camera saying he had papers with the truth just like Sean.

Talk radio hosts continue to try and intimidate their guests by interrupting them, pointing fingers in their face, and waving around their version of the truth as it if were Gospel. While entertaining for some listeners and viewers, I still wonder why guests would waste their time going on such shows in the first place.
 
> Anyone who hasn't seen Good Night, and Good Luck, the film
> chronicling Murrow's confrontation with Senator McCarthy as
> well as dealing with the corporate media of the 1950s really
> should go see it, if only to be amused with the ongoing
> truth that history repeats itself.
>
> Bill O'Reilly announced this week he was compiling an
> enemies list of organizations, individuals, and websites,
> which he feels are un-American, are against our way of life,
> and are "dangerous." Sean Hannity has been indirectly right
> behind him with his world-famous Hannity "lists" coming up
> the rear.
>
> Perhaps the major difference this time around is that
> O'Reilly's "enemies" are now literally clamoring and
> fighting to get themselves on his list. Stephanie Miller
> begged O'Reilly in yesterday's show. Atrios and Crooks and
> Liars, as well as half of the columnists on the Huffington
> Post are all adding "me too... I want on the list!"
>
> Hannity has been waving paper at cameras and microphones, on
> which he claims contains the facts to back up some of the
> regular talking points he uses on his show. Finally,
> someone challenged him to show him the paper (Sean wouldn't)
> evoking memories of the list of 200+ Communists working at
> the State Department that McCarthy claimed to have. Rep.
> Dennis Kucinich, in his interview with Hannity, apparently
> started waving his own papers at the camera saying he had
> papers with the truth just like Sean.
>
> Talk radio hosts continue to try and intimidate their guests
> by interrupting them, pointing fingers in their face, and
> waving around their version of the truth as it if were
> Gospel. While entertaining for some listeners and viewers,
> I still wonder why guests would waste their time going on
> such shows in the first place.
>
The difference is that McCarthy (Not Charlie) was a US senitor, someone with power, a government official. The two individules you mention are....are...are... What are they anyway? Overpaid loudmouths? Anti union-union members? Blowhards? What are they? They aren't patriots. Patriots fight for this country. What have these two fought for? They will fight for your right to serve in the militart and for the right of your children to serve. As for them and theirs? I think that's a question which everyone knows the answer too. Their enemies list is more rediculous than Nixons. By the way, Good Night and Good Luck was an excellent film. He's out Murrowed, Murrow.
 
In the immortal words of Edward R., I can hear it now...

SCENE OPENS: Sean Hannity, world-renouned television and radio commontator is sitting at the breakfast table, working on his bacon and eggs. Across from him is a Fox executive.

SH: One day you've got me saying there are ninety Al Queida operatives in the Democratic Party...next day it's forty-four, next day it's one hundred and thirty-two...ya know, I think I'd feel better about all this paper-waving if people weren't making such a big deal out of the discrepancy...

FE: Let 'em bicker...as long as it keeps you in the papers, any publicity is good publicity.

SH: Well, couldn't we at least come up with one solid number?

FE: OK, if it'll make you feel better. Now let's see...

(Fox Exec gazes intently at the bottle of catsup on the table)

CUT TO: "The Hannity & Colmes Show." Hannity is waving a piece of paper in the air.

SH: "I have here in my hands CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that there are no less than FIFTY-SEVEN Al Queida operatives inside the Democratic Party..."

(Apologies to Richard Condon and John Frankenheimer)



> > Anyone who hasn't seen Good Night, and Good Luck, the film
>
> > chronicling Murrow's confrontation with Senator McCarthy
> as
> > well as dealing with the corporate media of the 1950s
> really
> > should go see it, if only to be amused with the ongoing
> > truth that history repeats itself.
> >
> > Bill O'Reilly announced this week he was compiling an
> > enemies list of organizations, individuals, and websites,
> > which he feels are un-American, are against our way of
> life,
> > and are "dangerous." Sean Hannity has been indirectly
> right
> > behind him with his world-famous Hannity "lists" coming up
>
> > the rear.
> >
> > Perhaps the major difference this time around is that
> > O'Reilly's "enemies" are now literally clamoring and
> > fighting to get themselves on his list. Stephanie Miller
> > begged O'Reilly in yesterday's show. Atrios and Crooks
> and
> > Liars, as well as half of the columnists on the Huffington
>
> > Post are all adding "me too... I want on the list!"
> >
> > Hannity has been waving paper at cameras and microphones,
> on
> > which he claims contains the facts to back up some of the
> > regular talking points he uses on his show. Finally,
> > someone challenged him to show him the paper (Sean
> wouldn't)
> > evoking memories of the list of 200+ Communists working at
>
> > the State Department that McCarthy claimed to have. Rep.
> > Dennis Kucinich, in his interview with Hannity, apparently
>
> > started waving his own papers at the camera saying he had
> > papers with the truth just like Sean.
> >
> > Talk radio hosts continue to try and intimidate their
> guests
> > by interrupting them, pointing fingers in their face, and
> > waving around their version of the truth as it if were
> > Gospel. While entertaining for some listeners and
> viewers,
> > I still wonder why guests would waste their time going on
> > such shows in the first place.
> >
> The difference is that McCarthy (Not Charlie) was a US
> senitor, someone with power, a government official. The two
> individules you mention are....are...are... What are they
> anyway? Overpaid loudmouths? Anti union-union members?
> Blowhards? What are they? They aren't patriots. Patriots
> fight for this country. What have these two fought for? They
> will fight for your right to serve in the militart and for
> the right of your children to serve. As for them and theirs?
> I think that's a question which everyone knows the answer
> too. Their enemies list is more rediculous than Nixons. By
> the way, Good Night and Good Luck was an excellent film.
> He's out Murrowed, Murrow.
>
 
> CUT TO: "The Hannity & Colmes Show." Hannity is waving a
> piece of paper in the air.

And Colmes dropped his on the floor and is under the desk looking for it.

> SH: "I have here in my hands CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE that there
> are no less than FIFTY-SEVEN Al Queida operatives inside the
> Democratic Party..."

AC: Uh Sean? Can I talk now? Please? ... Hello? Uh, oh, coming up after the break, new developments in the Natalee Holloway case! Have a pack of wild pigs working for Venezuelan sex slave rings kidnapped Natalee? We'll have Dr. Phil on to discuss that as well as Madame Bruschetta, world famous Italian psychic who will tell us that mysterious cell phone call was from the late Natalee's spirit, but some say it's just T Mobile sucking again. If Sean lets me, I'll get to light the seance candles!

(fading to break, AC still heard): Sean you never let me talk. I'm gonna tell Roger. You promised I would get to talk and all I ever get to do is change the stupid fax paper and read these prepared Democratic responses that the Washington Times edits for me... it's not fair!
 
> Funny stuff, but actually, Alan is passing the time playing
> a game of solitaire (see original movie reference)...
>

Can you writers of satire find roles for other toadies on Fox like the ever-beaten Juan Williams, the submissive Mort Kondrake, milquetoast Marla Elissan, and the not so sultry Susan Estrich......

Excellent satire folks....
 
> Funny stuff, but actually, Alan is passing the time playing
> a game of solitaire (see original movie reference)...

ROFL!
 
> Can you writers of satire find roles for other toadies on
> Fox like the ever-beaten Juan Williams

Well, Juan was mightily surprised when the human sharpei Brit Hume started lecturing HIM about race issues, but he shouldn't have been considering where he sold his soul.

> the submissive Mort Kondrake

I am still wondering why people keep saying this guy is a "liberal" on the panel. In a pig's eye.

> milquetoast Marla Elissan,

Mara Liasson is attention-starved. She, like Colmes, is fine and normal on her own turf, but apparently Fox has a zombie ray they use on them when they appear on Fox News Channel because suddenly she's all agree agree with Hume and the conservatives. She's another Vichy collaborator who doesn't have the fortitude to maintain consistency in her own opinions, which makes her a suitable guest for O'Reilly.

> and the not so sultry Susan Estrich......

The Carol Channing of pundits is just looking to stay relevant. Otherwise, she's just another Susan Powter. If she were to appear on Rita Cosby's show at the same time as Rita, America would surrender to anyone to make it stop.
 
I actually heard the host of NPR's "Wait, Wait, Don't tell me..." beg for the entire radio show to be added to the list this weekend.
 
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