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Originally Posted by pan6467
Let me get this straight.... A far left winged Olberman goes after a far right winged Hannity and that is something special and great. Never mind Hannity sets no policies.
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Apologies for nit-picking but Olberman is hardly left wing, let alone far left wing. At best he is a centrist. If anything this, once again, shows why using left and right is an antiquated discourse.
I do agree though that Olberman's style is just as annoying as Hannity's (even if I largely agree with him). The best I can say is that Olberman has filled a void in the marketplace of the mediascape. There have been blowhards on the Conservative side of the equation for years but there has been no voice of opposition. Olberman helps in this regard. He offers some (some) balance to the noise coming from the Conservative mouth pieces (and there are many in the mainstream media).
That said, I agree in principle that this form of commentary is not all that helpful. Television news in general, regardless of the political stripe is part of the problem.