Ted Koppel tell Hannity to his face: You're bad for America

I can't stand Hannity but I would not label him as bad for the country. He is just an annoying ******* IMHO. As far as Koppel goes, he was probably one of the better members of the mainstream media.

 

The thing is, he can make all the points he makes and come across great if he would just stop criticizing the left for the exact same type of thing the right does. He goes on and on about the snowflakes, yet cries about people insulting Trump, Christmas, etc. He has no idea what he is talking about regarding unemployment. None. Ultimately, he chooses to be a dolt.

 

Exactly. Rush Limbaugh is popular b/c he's quite convincing in his arguments against the Left. Doesn't mean he's right- but if you didn't know any better, with the way he presents his arguments, you'd be easily persuaded that the Left is the #1 reason for any bad thing that has happened to this country. Many of his listeners take whatever he says as Gospel- it's what they don't hear that renders them ignorant.

 

Haha Ted Koppel insults Hannity and he becomes a liberal HACK...wtf people some of you guys need to get off clutchfans every once in a while and experience the real world.

 

If only you had presented in your OP something balanced, it would have been a good topic. Instead, you presented a topic bashing Hannity using a video that decries our division because of exactly what Hannity does...AND what you did here. It doesn't get much more ironic.

I asked a simple question...WHY was Rush so popular from the very start? You respond with "Don't care why Limbaugh, or BOR or Levin or Hannity or Fox became popular."

Of course you aren't. We all might learn something from that.

But you were never about having a productive conversation here with those of an opposing viewpoint. You were never about examining those on the left who are also just as biased. You were simply interested in more mudslinging. Just admit you were all about bashing low hanging fruit like Hannity and we can all move on.

 

Is he REALLY butt hurt though? Or is this just faux outrage designed to get him more attention (i.e. more listeners)?

Personally I don't think Hannity believes half of what he says. He's not a stupid man. He's simply playing a character on the radio and giving his listeners (and detractors, for that matter) exactly what they want....and laughing all the way to the bank.

 

I used to listen to Limbaugh's radio show (and it certainly is/was a "show") starting back around the first Gulf War. Why? My philosophy is something like, "Know thy enemy." I want to know what's being said about all sides of an issue from all sides, pro, con, and indifferent. Rush used to be a very amusing source for hearing what one of the other side's had to say. He could be genuinely funny, laugh out loud funny, even as I was shaking my head at how wrong he was. Now? He's lost his sense of humor. He has become mean. Bitter and mean, and he's being as dishonest as Trump, his minions, and the people of Fox, some from Fox being worse than others. Hannity being an example of the worst, a talking absurdity that any honest news outlet would have fired long ago for blatant partisanship and outright lying.