[JohnG45]

Over the years I've run across some notable conservative media folks whose names everyone on this site would recognize, and I'm still amazed at how mediocre they were intellectually.

So how about listing the names of these intellectually mediocre, notable, conservative media folks?

I'll await your response.

[Alberta's Child]

I won't snipe here on FR because they were all genuinely nice people, but I'll give you a hint:

I once worked in the same building as a major radio company in a large U.S. market, and shared many an elevator ride with their most notable "conservative" on-air personalities. I even got to know a couple of them well enough that I could call the radio station at the end of a show and speak with them off the air.

Sit down and figure it out. Freep-mail me with any further questions.

[Steely Tom]

Over the years I've run across some notable conservative media folks whose names everyone on this site would recognize, and I'm still amazed at how mediocre they were intellectually.

So how about listing the names of these intellectually mediocre, notable, conservative media folks?

I'll await your response.

You know JG45, I understand your desire to defend conservatives in the media, but I have to say that I don't doubt Alberta's Child in this. With just a few exceptions, I think that the people in the media are a very un-exceptional lot, except perhaps for their ability to play the big media's internal political games. The only one - on the conservative side - I can think of offhand that is actually exceptional by any objective measure is Rush Limbaugh. Most of the rest are either blowhards, wannabees, or borderline psychos. Limbaugh is the only one who really has something to say, at least sometimes (no one can be brilliant every day).

Of course, the liberal media figures are hopeless. Not a single one has a thing to say that's interesting, even on their best day. In fact, the only ones I ever heard in my life that were worth even a moment's time were Lynn Samuels of WABC and Andy Rooney, who's best days were over 25 years before he passed away. Those two were, on good days, capable of intellectual honesty as well as a (very occasional) worthwhile insight.

I'm inclined to allow Albert's Child to protect confidences to which he/she may be a party and take his/her words at face value.

[jjotto]

Mike Gallagher comes immediately to mind, followed by Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly. Mediocre intellect does not necessarily prohibit one from being successful.

“No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.” - H. L. Mencken