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whatever on 13 July 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:
whatever said:
I guess the biggest problem I have with Oreilly and Faux news in general is that, unlike Zen, a lot of people don't take them for entertainment and actually think it is news. I've experienced it myself.

If you want political entertainment, why not watch Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. They are FAR more entertaining than Oreilly and don't pretend to be something else.

Actually, lol, and I know this cause I've seen O'Reilly a lot, Bill says that he's not news and his show isn't news either. His show, as he describes it, is "political commentary and debate," which is exactly what those other two shows are, but instead of comedy, Bill uses his personality to draw in viewers.

That said, I do watch the Colbert report, but not Stewart. He's funny, but just not as funny, imho, and I tend to watch very little TV.

See, I think Stewart is the best.  His crossfire performance was both funny and informative.

 



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The_vagabond7 on 13 July 2008
ZenfoldorVGI said:

Sorry there are some typos, I've been drinking.

 

Nice post, I actually pretty much agree with it despite the fact that I am happily part of the problem.

Unrepentantly being part of the problem doesn't bother me half as much as those that ignorantly are part of the problem. I can hardly blame your utilitarian approach to cynicism. Why not be entertained if it's so fucked up already?

 

 



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The_vagabond7 on 13 July 2008
whatever said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
whatever said:
I guess the biggest problem I have with Oreilly and Faux news in general is that, unlike Zen, a lot of people don't take them for entertainment and actually think it is news. I've experienced it myself.

If you want political entertainment, why not watch Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert. They are FAR more entertaining than Oreilly and don't pretend to be something else.

Actually, lol, and I know this cause I've seen O'Reilly a lot, Bill says that he's not news and his show isn't news either. His show, as he describes it, is "political commentary and debate," which is exactly what those other two shows are, but instead of comedy, Bill uses his personality to draw in viewers.

That said, I do watch the Colbert report, but not Stewart. He's funny, but just not as funny, imho, and I tend to watch very little TV.

See, I think Stewart is the best. His crossfire performance was both funny and informative.

 

 

I find his crossfire performance hard to watch it's so good. It's incredibly awkward and uncomfortable because it's so real. He was very right though.

 

 



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Kasz216 on 13 July 2008

Daily show has some problems... mostly in that now that Obama is in the race and making a lot of miscues and backtracking on stuff the audience doesn't laugh nearly as hard.

It'll be interesting to see if they keep going fairly balanced or they shift away from the more agregious Obama gaffs for fear of losing viewers.