Posted on 10/07/2009 10:11:22 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot
Here is video of Dennis Miller on "The O'Reilly Factor" talking about FOX News and taking a shot at Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck.
Dennis Miller talking about FOX News said "FOX I believe, is in the right lane but you still got rubber on the road, Hannity's gone off-road, and Beck, he's way down the road."
O'Reilly actually defended Hannity saying "I disagree with you...Hannity represents the Republican party, he's a Reagan Republican, so the Republicans are gonna watch Sean, and there's nothing wrong with having somebody on the air that represents the Republican Party, so he's not off the rails anywhere, he's a Republican.
O'Reilly also defended Beck saying "Beck is successful, fabulously successful, because he's just a guy, he's not a journalist, he's a guy, the first time we've ever had a guy that doesn't pretend to be anything other than a guy, who loves his country and says everyday I'm gonna tell you what I think....people want to watch people they identify with and they identify with Beck." (Video)
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“...and Beck, he’s way down the road.”
I didn’t see it, and I’m guessing Miller meant it in a bad way if O’Reilly thought he needed to defend Beck. I would look at it as “way down the road” as in out in front of everybody else, leading, seeing what lies ahead and warning the rest of us of the washed out bridge that we are racing towards.
I’ll be the first to admit that I have no idea what Miller was saying. Good grief I remember when he was just a kind of human interest story reporter for KDKA. Zounds, that was a long time ago!
I can’t disagree much with what he said. Hannity is pretty far to the right. There’s nothing Democrats do that he likes, there are few things the Republican party does that he dislikes.
Beck is off in his own country. Forget the road. I think he took off into the overgrowth, into the bramble and jungle, long ago, and he’s hacking his way through with a machete, blazing his own trail to who-knows-where.
I think I’d agree with Miller for the most part. MSNBC is off the road to the left, with a few exceptions. Fox is mostly center-right, with just a couple people who are far-right (Hannity) and far out (Beck).
If Miller is talking about Beck being a strange bird he’s right.... I just can’t watch him when he gets 6th grade silly
that said his views are pretty much straight on
He’s still pretty much the same Dennis. Mostly a centrist. He’s a September 12th former lib who saw the light on national security and the war on terror. I think he’s fairly squishy lib on most social issues, due perhaps to his Hollywood background, but social issues aren’t his main focus. I still listen to hime when traveling from time to time.
Could you educate me as to exactly what it is the Democrats do that I should like?
No. I never said there was anything to like. That’s simply what differentiates Hannity from other Fox pundits. Hannity has no pretenses about “objectivity.”
OK, I get it. Beck crazy, Choose Ye This Day smart. Keep telling yourself that.
I thought it was funny, remember that is Miller’s goal, and a little true. Beck, whom I love, just comes on really strong all the time. They nailed the hiring of smart, beautiful women!
I never once said that, but feel free to come to your own conclusions.
I'm missing something. If there's nothing to like, are you saying that Hannity should pretend otherwise in order to give the appearance of "objectivity."
You’re not missing anything. You’re trying to see something that isn’t there.
What would that be.
What’s ‘off road’ about the points Beck makes? Granted, his delivery is a bit melodramatic, but his positions are easily substantiated and entirely understandable.
What a Sore-Loserman!
Another has-been comes down with Beck Derangement Syndrome.
Dennis Miller isn’t that funny. That’s why nobody ever looks back and fondly remembers “The Dennis Miller Show” the way we will look back on Glenn Beck’s current golden age of classic TV.
I have no idea. You’re the one trying to read between lines for some hidden meaning that I never had. I was simply providing descriptions.
I’ll try it again: Hannity is pretty much a straight-party Republican. Period. Is that true or not?
I think that is obviously true. There’s nothing wrong with that, nor did I say, hint, imply nor even think that there was.
Beck is not a Republican. He has his own personal views and beliefs which defy traditional labels, as far as I have seen.
Other hosts, like O’Reilly and Greta and Cavuto, don’t really have a partisan approach. They are the ones who are trying to appear “objective” or independednt. I don’t know that they always succeed.
That’s what I have been trying to say. If you disagree, feel free to let me know why.
To clarify, if one attempted to put a label on Beck’s ideology, I think one would get a mishmash of independent/populist/Constitution-originalist. It defies traditional, convenient labeling.
I would look at it the same way you do...that being “way down the road” is being ahead of the curve. Using the “middle of the road”/moderate metaphor. You can be so far left or right so as to be “off the road”, but being way down the road it to be up ahead, but right on the road. Especially considering that Miller is a word guy and uses words very exactly usually. I didn’t see it, but taking that phrase alone sounds like a sort of compliment.
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