The Sean Hannitys of the world are not going to be taken seriously as journalists.
I'm not so sure the author has is right here; in fact his assertion may be counter productive. I'll submit that "news" from a conservative perspective is a bit prosaic and not something the average prole would get excited about reading or watching. In broadcast media FoxNews has done very well capturing conservatives who want to stay somewhat informed along with a few fence straddlers. Even so, 4 - 5 million viewers on a good night barely scratches the surface.
But conservatives who know how to report news, source information and present it in a timely fashion are already getting their chance, and will soon get it all the more so.
This may be where the rest of the story should go. I think people invariably would prefer to be entertained along with their ration of red meat. It's only been within the past year or so I have become a big fan of Glenn Beck. I would watch him if I was around the teevee and happened to think about him. Then I began to make mental notes to myself to try to watch. I now have an alarm set on my phone to alert me 15 minutes before he comes on so that if I'm not around a teevee, to find one since I don't have Tivo or a DVR - yet. It may come to that. Although I used to think he was a bit goofy, Glenn is as much an entertainer as he is a political commentator. He is just damn fun to watch!
So, the point(if there is one) is, it may serve even conservative pundits well to consider when the lights come on not so much as "it's news time", but "it's SHOWTIME"! Oddly enough I heard Glenn say as much on O'Reilly's show a few nights ago.
Remember that Hannity and O’reilly and Beck (and plenty of others) are not journalists and will freely admit that. They are opinion shows and they have on guests to help people form opinions. This format seems to be gaining in popularity while many of the “journalism” shows are struggling and failing.
People can often tell when they’re being told the truth and when they’re being lied to, even if they can’t clearly articulate what it is that makes them believe or doubt the veracity of what they hear. And once credibility is lost it’s very hard to regain. A bitter lesson for Dan Rather to learn.
Libtards are essentially spoiled brats that want to change the world to their liking, whereas conservatives generally are willing to take on the world as it comes. Conservatives therefore don’t have the same drive to push their “agenda” on others. This of course leaves conservatives at a distinct disadvantage in any war of words.
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This is a very salient point. We can no longer leave the town square - or the town halls (don’t we know) to the libtards.