At least at Fox News, I have seen their mics cut three times in the last year. Sean did it just recently. The guy would NOT shut up and never answered a single question.
plus, I've noticed the technique of taking a breath in mid-sentence...that way, they can continually run one sentence into another, instead of pausing to breathe at the end of their statement like a normal person would do, and giving an opportunity for a civilized non-interrupting person to respond...
I personally can't abide these filibuster types, but considering the alternative, suppose it's time to be as rude as they are...afraid the "talk shows" tend to be viewed as "reality TV"!!
They started the same thing -- rapid fire about 20 different points, and then when I tried to respond, they cut me off, interrupted, and so on, over and over.
I patiently explained to them that complex issues can't always be reduced to 10 second sound bites, and that if they wished to debate, if they really did want to talk, then they would have to follow some sort of rules that we can all agree on -- I explained that "you have the floor" for example, means that they can talk, without interruption to address the issue at hand, and I would have the same courtesy in turn.
"Liberals" today will not stand for reasoned debate, just censorship, and failing that, shouting down, ad hominem attacks or other juvenile behavior. That anyone takes them seriously today is frankly scary and a reflection of how far our values as a society have slipped.
That's one beef I have with the talk shows -- they let the guests yell and scream and interrupt. Sickening.