The list of shows worth watching on FOX grows shorter by the day. Not really a list anymore. When I end up feeling that I am constantly disagreeing with the people on air, I tend to go elsewhere where I can be entertained, rather than upset.
I wonder how well a show would do if it was set up like a show years ago, where there was a moderator that knew about a topic, and ten or 15 people from government, industry, and academe would discuss a topic and give the pros and cons on an issue. I think it was a public television show, but don’t remember the name. It was truly a good show because no one interrupted, the moderator asked incisive questions, and the answers were allowed sufficient time to put a syllogism together and support it with an example or two from real life.
There is no room for intelligent discussion on anything anymore in the media, because if they did, they could not get by with what they want to do on most things.
The Fourth Estate is a Fifth Column.
The only thing I watch with any consistency anymore on that network is when they rebroadcast Stossel’s show from Fox Business. Everything else I pretty much know exactly what they’re gonna say about everything. Makes it not worth tuning in, aside from ideological differences. I can tune into MSNBC anytime for a good laugh. O’Reilly, Hannity, Huckleby, etc. don’t even live up to that standard. They either make my ears hurt or embarrass me.
Their ideal viewership, I’d guess, would be people like my grandmother. I can’t imagine what she had to sit through for decades on network news. Anything else must still seem like a breath of fresh air.