RE: WOTW Nashua NH Sold

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Al Franken? He's a blowhard. He a liberal that happens to try comedy. Now of
you find a comedian (comedy first) that happens to be liberal, yes that
could be entertaining, perhaps.

I can't even watch the Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart pseudo-news on Comedy
Central anymore because it has deteriorated into a left-wing anti-Bush rant
by Stewart. It used to be plain funny. Not anymore.

Frankly, any comic that relies on Politics for their humor loses 50% of the
potential audience anyways. Rare these days is the political comedian that
can poke fun equally on both sides.

PS: Hannity does a fine job AFAIC.

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com


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> To: Sid Schweiger
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> Subject: Re: WOTW Nashua NH Sold
>
>
> Are you trying to say that Hannity is entertaining? Puh-leez. All
> he is is
> strident and venomous.
>
> And are you trying to say that there aren't liberals who could be
> entertaining
> as talk hosts? There must be a dozen comedians who are
> politically liberal and
> could become entertaining talk hosts. One is Al Franken.
> Another--probably--is
> Moe Rocca--although I don't really know where he stands
> politically. In fact,
> most any of the regular panelits on NPR's wait, Wait... Don't
> Tell Me could
> probably become enteratining talk hosts. Most of the WW...DTM
> panelists seem to
> have a liberal bent.
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> > >>With the name of the group and with Shaheen involved, it
> sounds to me like
> > they plan for the station to have a different political point of view to
> > provide "balance" to what is on the radio.<<
> >
> > ...and if that's true, in doing so they will completely miss the point.
> >
> > Conservatives do well on talk radio because they're for the most part
> > entertaining.  Liberals don't do well, because they're not.
> It's as simple as
> > that.  Just putting liberals on the air won't do it.
> >
> > Sid Schweiger
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