Add to that the experienced liberal pundits on a talk show or a panel who know very well how to fillibuster and use up the conservatives' time with little interruption by the host.
For years, the crafty Colmes has ALWAYS talked over Ann Coulter's every sentence and she appears inarticulate and ineffective. If you've noticed, Hannity seldom interrupts and says, "Let her finish".
Off the TV subject slightly, I turned off my radio yeterday when even Hannity's substitute gave all the time in the world for Charles Rangle to spout his propaganda and one lie after another without coming up for air. The fill-in host could not have answered this onslaught even if he was qualified as a debater, which he's not.
Rangle is a regular on the Hannity radio show. Radio host, Michael Medved, also gives hours of air time to anti-Bush, anti-war, anti-American spouters of evil. Fortunately, he's an excellent debater which lessens my resentment slightly.
I've become convinced that this "fair and balanced" crappola is put out by amoral TV and radio operators (including Fox), producers and most TV and radio talk show hosts just for the conflict of it all. They have complete disregard for the damage it's doing to our country and to our central nerwous systems. They just don't care. It's all about THEM......their ratings, their incomes, their awards, their standing in the pecking-order of their peers in the industry, and their prestige and power.
Thank God for Free Republic, Rush and Laura Ingraham.
Leni
I'm glad to see Ailes taking a stand, to be honest. Compare that to Klein's (lack of) response over at CNN to their steady death-spiral in the ratings. There are dozens of reasons why FNC is the best cable news network out there, and foremost among those is efficient leadership.
I'm confident that Ailes knows what he's doing and will turn this around.