This week we have featured an alternative side. Many of my other blog entries have focused on Democrats saying dumb things or twisting this irrationally. This time however it is different on two fronts. The first is that this one isn't so much a demonstration of dumb things. Instead it is similar to what we talked about in class today. Also, despite being Fox News, the point is from the Democratic side where the Republics (Sean Hannity) is serving as the ass by making it difficult for the Democratic representative to make his point.
The video is at the bottom of the article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/17/michele-bachmann-anthony-weiner_n_836967.html
The video is entertaining and comical at parts as you watch it, but at the beginning you can already tell how the conversation will go. Similar to Mr. Bashir in class today, Sean Hannity made it difficult for Rep. Weiner to state his point. Instead of waiting for Rep. Weiner to finish his statement and then providing his rebuttal, he takes the immature stance. Every time that Rep. Weiner says something, Sean Hannity instantly interrupted and then began to state in someway how he disagreed or how Weiner was wrong and views contorted.
Then the things got even more bizarre, but more entertaining as the two representatives began to get off topic and instead of talking about the topic at hand, they began to spar over personal issues. While this is entertaining and as the verbal boxing takes places, viewers are able to pick sides the debated becomes more entertaining. That being said, this isn't the good kind of political conversation that helps pass bills and build a nation. For that reason, I think that this is very good entertainment, but a sort of poor political show. A lot of shows that are supposed to be political are not really political, but instead an entertainment circus.
I agree that this is a quite entertaining. It does, however, fail to really get the point across. It doesn't help viewers better understand the issue at hand, which is really the point of any new show. Even though news shows claim to be unbiased, this is never actually the case, and I think this is a prime example.
ReplyDeleteKeith, I credit you for rising to the challenge, and it helps us to realize that no matter what side you're on, there is a responsibility to act with professionalism. That was pretty painful to watch, but it is the kind of banter that goes on from both sides. Hosts of these shows will bring on members of the other party for the sole purpose of embarassing them on live television. Something really must be done about this because some of our government representatives and government news anchors tend to act like children.
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