What the fuck is Hannity's head really tiny or is Gorka's head really huge? Or both?
Seriously. It's hurting my brain in so many different ways.
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Politico: Hannity Calls for Staff Meeting
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What the fuck is Hannity's head really tiny or is Gorka's head really huge? Or both?
Seriously. It's hurting my brain in so many different ways.
EdibleKnife
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Their stubborn elderly bigoted base would have to put in effort to find them though when they can just stick to TV and keep it turned to Fox
You think some liberal grandson Is going to teach his grandmother how to access this trash? Good luck there.
MagnaderAlpha
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More like the first incarnation of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. Will we get a second incarnation?
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No way, he's got a four-hour primetime block all to himself now!
Walter White Walker
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Sean Hannity leaving the air?
sugarhigh4242
Banned
I'll celebrate with everybody if Hannity goes, but so far there's no reason to think Fox is getting better. Ditching O'Reilly for Tucker Carlson is not a political win. It's just swapping out an old part for a new one.
If somebody like Ben Shapiro or SE Cupp takes over for Hannity, what difference does it make?
If somebody like Ben Shapiro or SE Cupp takes over for Hannity, what difference does it make?
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Look at the size of that head. Jesus. His poor mother.
sugarhigh4242
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lol seriously. I prefer old out of touch O'Reilly with his irrelevant geriatric audience to Tucker Carlson giving voice to a new generation of millennial GamerGate-aggrieved males.
But it's not about preference. I'm mainly arguing it's a lateral move.
BlastProcessing
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Yeah, I didn't know anybody took Carlson seriously, until threads cheering him on started showing up on the_donald. And then his AMA. Fox is shifting in the guy popular with the younger generation.
HyperZone<3
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how has Hannity never been hit with a libel suit by now I just don't know.
also, during the Cliven Bundy debacle, he came dangerously close to inciting violence. Ted Koppel wasn't wrong, he is bad for America. Whoever replaces him would have to work hard to be as destructive as that jerk is.
also, during the Cliven Bundy debacle, he came dangerously close to inciting violence. Ted Koppel wasn't wrong, he is bad for America. Whoever replaces him would have to work hard to be as destructive as that jerk is.
SenorArdilla
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Fox is dying fast.
sugarhigh4242
Banned
Yeah, and Carlson is more attuned to the actual left than O'Reilly, which can be dangerous. A major undercurrent of Fox News is to associate the Democratic party's centrist bullshit with socialism and "the left". It gives the false impression that only the insane white nationalists have anything to say to working class people.
rbanke
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wouldn't 'move the swamp somewhere else' be the more likely outcome to all the Fox News happenings? A shit show by any other name still stinks. There is a demand for their trash, so I wouldn't expect it to be gone for long.
Swass
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I've heard him referred to as a human sized thumb..
God, I was so pissed when I saw Carlson's confused expression on Fox with his new time slot. If you want a laugh go look up why he stopped wearing a bow tie.
Yea like I sort of expect o'Reilly and Hannity to end up doing the same shit just on a different network or in a different format.
Wasn't their already rumors around o'Reilly doing some podcast thing.
fredrancour
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It's harder to make a living telling people that the sky is falling when they feel like they won.
The old white people I know turn to One America News, when Fox ain't giving them their fix.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_America_News_Network
The actual news is not as blatantly biased as Fox, but it still has plenty of over-the-top conservative editorial shows masquerading as news - plenty to get 'em riled up again.
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Someone I know in her twenties posted an anti-feminist video by a OANN host to her Facebook. I didn't know what it was at the time, but it looks like her brain's being rotted.
Yep, and Clinton would have made them all rich beyond their wildest dreams. One of the little ironies of life.
Rest
All these years later I still chuckle at what a fucking moron that guy is.
Why is Sean Hannity posing next to a dummy that has a face painted on a balloon for a head?
Does anyone else think Gorka looks like a less hairy, right wing Hagrid?
"You're a racist Hannity"
firehawk12
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Are we going to get a Patreon funded Fox News spinoff now?
For this purpose call him Hanny
Ninja Scooter
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There is still a massive audience for someone like Hannity. With the way the business model is shifting he can probably move over to streaming/podcasting, own all his shit and make more money than he ever did while still maintaining a massive audience. Not sure this is a big win just yet, as he and his toxic rhetoric will still be around and still have a reach, but it will be interesting to see if Fox News pivots more to the center now (as crazy as it is to even say that).
It's like old Harry Potter with contact lenses signing a business deal with now-turned-CEO Hagrid.
Flying Toaster
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From what I gather it is just a tantrum.
Fox being a parent is not putting up with it and now spoiled Hannity wants to take it all the way.
Oh, you can use the original line, pretty much. Just need to add the word 'Grand'.
ElRenoRaven
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They'd better be careful. Hannity might pull out his gun on them all.
Widdle Puppy
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Where else can he go where he will have as large an audience? All other stations are left of fox and I can't see him getting his own program. Is he going to go the route of glen?
That won't have near the reach that Fox News has. It has to be something an old person can access without it being something with the word "pod" or "cast" in it or requiring internet access and an internet consumption device to access.
My stepdad won't even cordcut because of Fox News. Not having the ability to just tune in without having to select what show to watch is not good enough for him.
BoogieWoogie
Banned
Gorka aka Nosferatu Zodd.
Fox News is hurting because of behind the scenes scandals they could no longer ignore. It has nothing to do with declining popularity or a less appealing message or anything like that. I'm pretty sure their ratings are as good as ever (although I'm sure they've taken a bit with O'Reilly gone).
Also took Fox something like 20 years to build themselves up into the position they have on TV and the internet. That's not something that's easy to replicate.
I H8 Memes
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The average age of their viewers is 68 I think. No matter how loyal your viewers are they cant turn on their tv from the grave. This might be a move to bring in younger people to appeal to the new right wing republicans.
A Black Falcon
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You'd think that... but... nope.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/andy-lack-msnbc-donald-trump_us_5907422de4b0bb2d086fb7a8
This is a good article. It would be unfortunate if Lack succeeds, but as the article details his moves towards centricism and away from minority hosts hurt ratings, so maybe at some point he will have to answer for that?