Reply #8: I think the author's point is that the angry white male on tv has been in existence for a while [View All]

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but whereas before they had to at least be informed on the issues, now it is a bunch of ranting and raving that is completely devoid of fact and anything resembling news. I don't ever remember a time when someone actually used their television show to rail against "liberal" causes ie the way that Bill O'Reilly railed against the abortion doctor who was eventually killed. This type of thing USED to be unheard of in America.

I was the only kid I knew that loved Phil Donahue back in the day. In my mind, Phil was the grand-daddy of all of this stuff and he never conducted himself the way these people do now.

The fact that Sean Hannity is allowed to get away with the stuff that he gets away with blows my mind. And I know that Keith Olbermann is a hero to many here, but I find him exceedingly annoying and for many of the same reasons that the author of this piece does. Luckily, I live in a country that does not carry MSNBC so I don't have to watch Olbermann, or Rachel Maddow for that matter though I do find her to be extraordinarily knowledgeable about issues. Just don't like the snarky, high school way she presents her information.