OPINION

Those Political Talk Show Pundits

Written by Patfish
Published May 16, 2005
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Bill O'Reilly. O'Reilly is the host of a self-named Fox Network show.

The reality of O'Reilly, Kaitlyn, is that he would not be half bad as host of a political punditry show in terms of format, control and presentation of guests.

Grandmother's beef with O'Reilly is his opportunistic nature that reminds her of the lame stream media. For Bill will, given a chance to display his own grand imperiousness, wipe aside entire segments of the population with brisk dismissal. An example would be one evening when he declared the entire Blogosphere to be too noisy and not worth our time. Implicating, Katlyn, that only he, mighty Bill O'Reilly, is worth the attention.

Another thing that really annoys me about Bill O'Reilly is his constant fawning over his liberal guests. It's almost as if O'Reilly wants the likes of Rosie O'Donnell, Michael Moore, yada, yada, to really, really like him. He will come on as this friendly sort of pundit, not at all like those other meanies on Fox who would put these folks through the wringer.

Grandmother considers O'Reilly as not to be trusted. He's sell his soul in a minute to improve his own ratings. O'Reilly is a sprite with no conviction and I will always change the channel just as soon as his show is introduced.

Okay, these two are tied. George Stephanapolous and Paula Zahn. Stephie hosts a Sunday talk show on the lame stream media network. What's most notable about Stephie is his former life as an avowed apologist for Clinton.

Stephie tries, I really think he tries, to be a fair and impartial host. Grandmother's prejudice is so clouded by the man's former shenanigans in shutting up Clinton's "bimbo brigade" that he has forever lost my trust and holds no credibility for Grandmother.

Paula Zahn hosts a nightly show on CNN. All I can say about this twit is that she is pretty without a brain. Totally undeserving of her own show and not worth even the most casual tune in.

Finally....the WORST!

Chris Matthews. Chris Matthews hosts a pundit show on cable's MSNBC called "Hardball".

By Grandmother, Kaitlyn, Matthews is a former funky peacecorpnick and his silly liberal bias is so ostentatiously on display as to make him a joke.

What's the pity, Matthews really could be a top rate pundit in that he was once part of the inside the beltway scene and the guy does really know his politics.

He makes too many bargains with the devil, such as selling his soul for liberal causes. Once, during this election season, Matthews had John Kerry on the show and it was such a love fest they should have re-named the show "Softball". Chris also has some kind of inside deal with Ron Reagan, former President Reagan's liberal son. The very gay son of the greatest president of our time has an inside line to the Kerry campaign which is why I think Chris held that softball interview with John Kerry.

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Image hosted by Photobucket.comPat Fish is a pop culture and political pundit. When she’s not working on her own blog she contributes regularly right here on Blogcritics.

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Those Political Talk Show Pundits
Published: May 16, 2005
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Section: Politics
Filed Under: Books: Politics and Affairs, Video: Television
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#1 — May 16, 2005 @ 18:39PM — Eric Berlin [URL]

Brit Hume has liberals at his table?

I love Matthews. If he has a liberal bias, he hides it really well.

I'm switching this over the politics section as that seems most appropriate for the subject matter.

#2 — May 16, 2005 @ 19:58PM — sydney

I agree with ERic. From where I stand, politicaly, MAthews is way right.

If he is indeed a visable and biased representative of the left in America, than I feel feel awfully depressed about America's prospects for the future.

PErsonally I think Mathews is an idiot as are most pundits on TV. They arn't hired for thier intelligence or their objective journalism, they are hired because they are entertaining and intriguing.

Anyone who watches fox news has given up on watching objective journalism anyway. They are simply tuning in to have someone re-confirm what they already beleive. its lame.

#3 — May 16, 2005 @ 20:05PM — Joe [URL]

Chris Matthews spent his formative years as a speechwriter for President Carter and was a senior aide to Tip O'Neill. Just sayin', you know?

#4 — May 16, 2005 @ 20:09PM — sydney

Do you think its possible that he wrote lefty speeches without neccesarily without believing much of what he wrote?

I mean, if I were hired by GWB to write speeches I would take the gig despite my hatred of the man. It's a career opportunity.

Perhaps its unlikely? I dont know...

#5 — May 16, 2005 @ 22:50PM — RealCon

In the imperfect world of punditry, Chris Matthews is the least imperfect. I say that because he doesn't let guests evade questions by answering something else. I find it frustrating when a question is asked and a guest is allowed to evade the issue and talk about something else -- thinking that no one will notice. It's his show and Matthews controls it.

#6 — May 16, 2005 @ 22:52PM — Eric Berlin [URL]

I agree -- it's that quality and his passion for pure politics that keeps me watching.

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