Thursday, August 31, 2006

Neal Boortz on TV

The always wonderful MsUnderestimated has up two exquisite posts this morning that provide detail on the brainless dribble of some folks on cable news. Tucker Carlson’s latest pathetic attempt at a news show has a segment called “three on three.” I wish we had video like so many other blogs.

I just happened to see this part of his show on Wednesday afternoon when Tucker was “interviewing” his three guests: Jerry Springer, the always hateful and creepy Jennie Backus, and libertarian Neal Boortz. There is little wonder why Tucker Carlson is a failure. He is one of two or three faux conservatives who provide a slight veneer on the otherwise liberal façade at MSNBC. Both Tucker and Joe Scarborough are huge disappointments as anchors and as conservatives. These two gentlemen don’t even do a good job posing as anchormen or conservatives any longer.

Anyway, as MsUnderestimated demonstrates in her commentary and video, that the “three on three” segment was completely ridiculous. Tucker has no concept of balancing the time between his guests, and he seems to be compelled to argue with every conservative as he tries to prove his independence to the authorities at NBC. Tucker joined in on shouting down Neal with Jennie and Jerry. When given his few seconds to talk, Neal made some excellent points.

Jenny and Jerry are obviously both accustomed to and enjoy shout fests, and Jerry showed why his syndicated spectacle is always a frenzied mess without any useful purpose to an intellectual pursuit of living. It is amazing that in our free society that anyone would consider having Jerry Springer on as a guest commentator for any political or international affairs topic. It would seem that Mr. Springer would have forfeited any credibility by hosting that trash talking, tabloid sickening circus for the last ten years.

MSNBC and the low rated, disgraceful performance of Tucker Carlson are barely worth a comment. At least Ms U. was able to make the entire episode entertaining. Stop by and check her out-she’s got a great news site with precious commentary and useful insight.

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