Posted on 11/06/2004 1:49:32 AM PST by Solodeo
Which Fox News anchors/reporters/pundits/hosts do you think are really, sincerely right-leaning? (VANITY)
We probably all prefer Fox News over CNN, CNBC, the network news shows, etc.
But I was wandering as I was watching the election night coverage and Brit Hume seemed so giddy with excitement when Bush started to pull away - what are the true political leanings of the Fox News staff?
My take:
Bill O'Reilly - Basically a slightly left-leaning Libertarian redeemed by a belief in a vigorous American foreign policy and a sneering content for the MSM
Brit Hume - love the guy....with us 100%, I believe...I LOVED the way he interacted in such an over-the-top way with Susan Estritch on election night basically wiping her face with Kerry's loss....
Fred Barnes - same as Brit, 'red' to the core....but fair and honest in his analysis..
Shep Smith - seems to also take glee in Democratic pain but not so sure....his very patriotic stances make me think he's one of us, though...
Sean Hannity - no issues with Sean....
Morton Kondracke - middle of the road leftie but fair....
Greta Van Susteren - big time left winger if I had to guess...
Juan Williams - leftie....no doubt about it....
What do you all think???
We probably all prefer Fox News over CNN, CNBC, the network news shows, etc.
But I was wandering as I was watching the election night coverage and Brit Hume seemed so giddy with excitement when Bush started to pull away - what are the true political leanings of the Fox News staff?
My take:
Bill O'Reilly - Basically a slightly left-leaning Libertarian redeemed by a belief in a vigorous American foreign policy and a sneering content for the MSM
Brit Hume - love the guy....with us 100%, I believe...I LOVED the way he interacted in such an over-the-top way with Susan Estritch on election night basically wiping her face with Kerry's loss....
Fred Barnes - same as Brit, 'red' to the core....but fair and honest in his analysis..
Shep Smith - seems to also take glee in Democratic pain but not so sure....his very patriotic stances make me think he's one of us, though...
Sean Hannity - no issues with Sean....
Morton Kondracke - middle of the road leftie but fair....
Greta Van Susteren - big time left winger if I had to guess...
Juan Williams - leftie....no doubt about it....
What do you all think???
I hate Shepard Sminth...
How is gretta van susteren still on television. How anybody can go on national television and discuss Laci Peterson's dead fetus for an hour and live with themselves is beyond me.
Maybe we could trade her to MSNBC for Scarborough. We'll throw in Judge Napolitano to make it nice and even.
Chris Wallace is a 'chip off the old block'. He should be tossed out on the street right now.
Neal Cavuto: Right
John Gibson: Right
Brian Kilmeade: Right
Jim Anglin: Right
Neil Cavuto is a good guy and conservative. John Gibson seems to be pretty cool now. It's funny, 'cause I hated him when he was on another network. Bill O'Reilly wants the populist label so badly, he twists in the wind. But, some of his consistent viewpoints are pretty liberal. Examples: He admits Kyoto is a bad solution, but still seems to support it. He is, in any case, for strict environmental regulation. He wants the government to cap doctors' salaries.
I think that is the beauty of Fox News. they are fair and balanced. When you compare them to the dinosaur media, of course they are going to look right-leaning. One thing I did notice is that late in the campaign, when Kerry's campaign lodged complaints against Fox, the were giving Kerry a lot more air time.
Did anyone notice the disgust in the FoxNews room when the faulty exit polls were released. They looked like the school kid that just had his lunch stolen by the bully.
O'Reilly is a nut on the environment, but he's damn effective in social conservatism.
I still remember the time he said that abortionists were nazis.
He should wash the grease out of his hair. He's has to have a lifetime subscription to GQ Magazine. Really just another lame follower of fads and trends.
Shep has you fooled. Lefty; Big Time! So is Greta.
Steve Ducy, ED Hill, Jane Skinner, David Asman, Neil Cavuto, Linda Vester, John Gibson, Brit Hume - all right wing.
Lori Dhue is slightly left, but I'll forgive her since she is so babelicious.
I love watching Hannity...but ugh must I have to suffer through the idiocy of Colmes? ..i turn off the sound when its his turn, he makes me ill. If i had one wish for fox it would be that hannity had his own show without that other thing having to be there.
Bill Sammon's another great guy.
I agree with your assessment on Greta. She seems to ever so slightly wince when things are going bad for the dims. But then its hard to tell if her skin is just trying to pull back into place or not :)
And my favorite lefty on the show too is Mort. He has enough of a logic side that he doesn't sugar coat when the dims do something stupid. They worked him overtime on this campaign.
Juan always looks like he's going to cry...until someone tells him he looks like he's going to cry. Then he seems to snap out of dim robot mode and act like a human for a few seconds.
Colmes I just can't stand, but I have to watch because I like seeing Sean tear him a new you-know-what every night.
Brenda Butner!
Shep is great, refreshing in a world of deadpan reporting. Wry and sarcastic comments often renew my faith that there must be others like me out there.
Brit Hume, for sure.
He seemed wryer than usual and a little irritable on election night, which surprised me a bit. Maybe he was just tired.
He's smarmy.
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