Remember when Fox News first hit it big and O’Reilly (followed by Hannity) were the flagships? I lived in Miami and repeatedly harassed my cable company because they wouldn’t run this great “conservative” channel.
Eventually, I visited my Mom, who got FNC and loved O’Reilly. I was so excited to finally watch this conservative phenomenon!
It took about 30 seconds to see that O’Reilly was a total phony and Hannity was ... well ... a nice guy.
FNC actually hurt conservatism. It (and the later homogenization of talk radio) dumbed down the movement which, long term, was destructive.
We used to love FNC and obaxter. I even ordered one of his signed books to give to my husband for Father’s Day.
Then he interviewed rosie odonut and changed his mind about homosexuals... he realized that they are just normal people who want to get married and raise children like everyone else.
That’s when we stopped watching.