But but but all the talking heads on FNC thought the ‘speech’ was just wonderful. Even Hume piled on the praise.
Tells me all I want to know about the talking heads on FNC.
You know, the timing of the “change of attitude” among the more “conservative” members of the Fox team was a bit curious.
Over the weekend, a bunch of us here on FR complained to Roger Ailes about the snotty crap being served up about the right by Geraldo and Shep Smith.
On Monday, I believe, Ailes released a report to the media that he had spoken to his crew and had told them to “tone it down.”
It seems like the only ones who actually “toned down” anything were Hume & co. who toned down their conservatism considerably.
Tells me all I want to know about the talking heads on FNC.<<<
Beck and Covuto (sp?) that’s all for me
They probably formulated their responses immediately after reading the printed text, before the Big Ø actually delivered it. And I've gotta say that as a written document, taken out of the immediate context, it was a decent -- even a pretty good -- speech.
(Note: Hours before any Presidential speech-making event, the POTUS's text is normally given to accredited journalists in written form, on an "embargoed" basis. So the reporters typically prepare at least the first drafts of their stories before they hear the words in oral form.)
But the written text that so mesmerized the Fox panelists simply isn't the complete story. And that's where the Fox panel appears to have fallen down on the job:
When one considers the actual real-time event, with Ø's raised chin, his condescending tone of voice, the awkward applause lines, the tasteless T-shirts and the general pep rally atmosphere, Ø's hypocrisy was glaring. In the printed version of the speech, he was basically sweetness and light, whereas in the real world he was as blatantly partisan and arrogant as ever.
But I'll cut the Fox panelists some slack on this one if they're like me, because I simply can't stand to watch the Big Ø on TV or even to listen to his dulcet tones over the radio. My TV was on the Weather Channel during the whole Tucson pep rally! So I can't blame the Fox people if they also didn't really watch the speech!