The thing is, you may not like his radio personality, but the fact that he's second only to Rush indicates that a great many people do like his radio personality and that he has talent.
I think it just shows a difference people: some people really like Glenn Beck's style. I don't really. I get his humor and it makes me laugh but it's not my cup of tea. I get tired of it pretty quickly and turn him off. But I realize he's one of the good guys and he's on our side and I would never question his intelligence or talent just because I don't like his style.
"Too many here sadly support Hannity over his politics not his radio talent (or lack thereof)."
I think you're assuming here. I support Hannity over both his politics and his talent. His success is evidence that many others do also, or they wouldn't be listening "three hours a day every day," plus watching him for another hour every night.
Of all the conservative talk show hosts, Hannity is one of my favorites if not my favorite. He and Rush have two different styles and I like them both. Rush analyzes things in a way that Sean doesn't, but Sean uses a variety of approaches in his show that keeps it interesting, and I really like the fact that he brings others onto the show for interviews, etc.
I also really appreciate the fact that his personal life reflects conservative values, and that his language is clean and that for the most part he keeps sleazy topics off his show. Sometimes Rush reports on things in the news that I'd not be comfortable having a child listen to, but rarely is that the case with Sean, and I really appreciate that a lot.
I could go on and on, but the point is that these guys are being themselves, and therefore are going to appeal to different groups of people. They all have talent or they wouldn't be as successful as they are.
think you're assuming here. I support Hannity over both his politics and his talent. His success is evidence that many others do also, or they wouldn't be listening "three hours a day every day," plus watching him for another hour every night.
Of all the conservative talk show hosts, Hannity is one of my favorites if not my favorite. He and Rush have two different styles and I like them both. Rush analyzes things in a way that Sean doesn't, but Sean uses a variety of approaches in his show that keeps it interesting, and I really like the fact that he brings others onto the show for interviews, etc.
Now STOP THAT! You're ruining a perfectly good rant thread for all of us.
B) Every other word from his mouth in 'unbelievable'
C) The rest of his words are 'buy my pretentious book' and 'Hanitization'.
D) He is a horrible interviewer.
E) He is not knowledgable about things and he reads from a list of talking points.
G) Ok so his politics are correct - but his radio talent sucks.
Audience does not necessarily equal greatness. Ergo, Al Franken and his network is growing instead of going away. Anything great there? Look at some of the trash on tv. Even at his worst, Rathers ratings slay Sean's tv ratings. Jerry Springer has one of the most popular tv shows. Howard Stern likewise with radio in 3rd place. So ratings success does not always equal greatness of show or quality of content.
I beg to differ.
Hannity is the famous person he is on the radio because of his time slot, nothign more.
Place that same man on a local station saying the same things, and he is blown away.