Worst (/Favorite) Fox News Programming Host

[speakhandsforme]

Discuss.

I'll take Glenn Beck on the basis of laughable facial expressions and sheer ignorance.

[Midget Pirates]

hating Bill O'Reilly was so yesterday. hating Beck is so much more in these days.

[jwicklun]

Before I thought Hannity was the dumbest of the bunch, but along came Glenn Beck.

[joeag1985]

MI_0Kt_e3Go

Um...yeah...he's like...bad...and stuff.

Although, he did say on true thing... "I don't know what it is". He couldn't have said it better. What a vermin.

[nfgrocker16]

2 things.

1. I have a theory that FOX News is one giant parody, a satire of epic proportions. And if you watch its programming as such, most of what happens makes total and hilarious sense.

2. It scares me knowing that it most likely isn't a farce. And what frightens me the most is knowing that FOX News fills lies into the heads of people who might take dangerous action on others, and sometimes even PROMOTES these actions. Their programming is totally irresponsible.

[wendjiqn]

glenn beck hands down

[jwicklun]

2 things.

1. I have a theory that FOX News is one giant parody, a satire of epic proportions. And if you watch its programming as such, most of what happens makes total and hilarious sense.

2. It scares me knowing that it most likely isn't a farce. And what frightens me the most is knowing that FOX News fills lies into the heads of people who might take dangerous action on others, and sometimes even PROMOTES these actions. Their programming is totally irresponsible.
I was hoping the whole network was played out just like the Colbert Report. Actually I think Stephen Colbert's character has more logic than any of the Fox hosts.

[FueledByRock]

Right now I have to say Glenn Beck. It's gotten to the point where just seeing his face makes me angry. O'Reilly would've easily gotten my vote a few months ago, but Glenn Beck says the most outrageous shit all the time.

[thursday727]

Glenn Beck's show can be hilarious if you don't take anything he says seriously. Hannity on the other hand is a racist idiot.

[wendjiqn]

it almost seems like glenn beck tries to be stupid

[J.C.]

I will say, I love Shep Smith.

[MyNameIsRoss]

Hmm, they are all such wonderful specimens..

[thatwasamoment]

No question, Glenn Beck. Shep Smith is my favorite anchor at his timeslot.

[jwicklun]

Shep Smith is the voice of reason on Fox
"This is America! We don't fucking torture!"

[Sic Transit Zeb]

Beck, what a moron. O'Reilly, just an angry, senile old man. Hannity is Beck Jr, just with less balls.

[writeacliche]

If this poll doesn't end in an eight way tie...

[Sic Transit Zeb]

If this poll doesn't end in an eight way tie...


hahahaha

[The Revisionist]

This is my favorite channel on the television, everything here is so funny! Megyn Kelly gets my vote as the sexiest woman on television, but since that doesn't seem to be what you're asking, I'm an old school Hannity fan.

[ericsounds41]

This is my favorite channel on the television, everything here is so funny! Megyn Kelly gets my vote as the sexiest woman on television, but since that doesn't seem to be what you're asking, I'm an old school Hannity fan.

She is pretty awesome.

[SLOWPOKE LOPEZ]

are we counting fox news radio? if so, i actually agree with pretty much everything jerry doyle says.

[speakhandsforme]

I was expecting more O'Reilly hate but am presently surprised that I'm not the only one who realizes that Glenn Beck is the worst.

To be honest, I kind of like Bill O'Reilly on a strange level.

[sayyes]

When Beck was irrelevant he was a lot better.

[AMackChuck]

Beck is a fucktard. Bill O'reilly is a belligerent, cuntnapkin. It's a hard choice.

[God damner]

Glen Beck's the Craziest, Bill O'Reilly is the dumbest and Sean Hannity is the biggest prick. If you like these people your retarded.

[Praetor]

Hannity. He is never original (at least Beck is) and completely lacks intelligence (at least O'Reilly is smart). Shep Smith is also a contender because of his inability to speak the English language.

[Justin_stacy]

Hannity. He is never original (at least Beck is) and completely lacks intelligence (at least O'Reilly is smart). Shep Smith is also a contender because of his inability to speak the English language.

You're nuts Smith and Dylan Ratigan are the only two anchors left on cable news worth watching.

[Kammy]

I honestly think Glenn Beck needs help. He's actually crazy, and if I remember correctly, there's been a history of mental illness in his family (his mother and one of his brothers committed suicide).

[Burn That Shit]

The female version of Bill o'reily, don't remember her name or if she's even on Fox, but she sucks.

Edit: Nancy Grace!

[capnshindig]

Does Mike Huckabee not count? Because him and O'Reily together may be the bane of my existence.

[TheFaceOfZach]

Bill O'Reilly is a good guy. 100% of all proceeds on his website go to charity, and that's generous. He's not dumb either, he might be a bit out of touch (like the time when he had that culture warriors segment about Heidi Klum's Guitar Hero: World Tour commercial), but he's not dumb.

Sean Hannity is by far the worst person on Fox News. He is always a smug idiot. I liked him better when Colmes was on and they would debate. But Hannity's ratings are low I think.

Greta is incredibly intelligent and a great interviewer.

I don't see what's wrong with Glenn Beck either. But I think he sound almost overly alienated by Barack when he shouldn't. I think most people here hold against Glenn that he was able to actually get Van Jones to resign (well technically, he will actually still be working in the White House for some other jobs last time I checked). Whether it was true or not that Van Jones is a self-avowed communist. I don't care, I only wanted to see improvement in America. And if he could do that. Then good, but if he couldn't then he should have never been hired.

Neil Cavuto works everyday and has MS, nuff said.

[TheFaceOfZach]

Does Mike Huckabee not count? Because him and O'Reily together may be the bane of my existence.

What? Have you seen Huckabee? He's been EXTREMELY fair to people off all parties and has been generous.

[nfgrocker16]

Glenn Beck's show can be hilarious if you don't take anything he says seriously. Hannity on the other hand is a racist idiot.

Anyone with any sort of brain knows Hannity's full of shit. Obama stated in his speech that he didn't believe the exec's of the health insurance companies were bad people, that they were just trying to make a profit. Hannity turned it around into "Obama thinks health insurance execs are bad people!"

He's an idiot. He's a liar. He has a raging hard on for Sarah Palin.

[nfgrocker16]

My old roomate tried arguing that Olbermann and O'Reilly were pretty much the same person, just with opposite ideologies. gaaahhhhhhhhhhh.

[Midget Pirates]

My old roomate tried arguing that Olbermann and O'Reilly were pretty much the same person, just with opposite ideologies. gaaahhhhhhhhhhh.


gahhhhh indeed. O'Reilly is far less partisan.

[nfgrocker16]

gahhhhh indeed. O'Reilly is far less partisan.

It isn't a question of partisanship seeing as one side has truth and facts on their side (i'll give you a hint; its democrats.)

Its the fact that O'Reilly is irresponsible in his journalism and presentation, has no willingness to actually listen to his guests if their opinion differs from his, and has promoted dangerous actions towards those he disagrees with.

On the factual side, Olbermann has far more credibility in his journalistic integrity and his use of facts to form a point. O'Reilly primarily uses ideology and opinion based on either nothing or based on falsehoods.

And when O'Reilly reasoned that it was a rape victims fault for getting raped because of "the way she was dressed" he loses all credibility and integrity and should be considered a dangerous influence.

[Robototron]

I haven't really watched all of them enough to know, but most of the anchors are just kind of ignorant (or effectively portray themselves as such to pander to their audience). Glenn Beck, on the other hand, actually just seems really, really crazy.

[chris07007]

Had to give Hannity my vote, I don't think I despise any one person more than Hannity.

[Midget Pirates]

It isn't a question of partisanship seeing as one side has truth and facts on their side (i'll give you a hint; its democrats.)

no the democrats are the liars, and the republicans have the facts. see how stupid that argument sounds. The "well our side is right and yours is wrong so our partisanship is ok" is so childish

Its the fact that O'Reilly is irresponsible in his journalism and presentation, has no willingness to actually listen to his guests if their opinion differs from his

he actually listens quite a bit to people with differing opinions on his show. I doubt you'd know that because you probably don't watch. Yes, he can be a blowhard. Yes, he does talk over his guests when they are talking sometimes. However, at least he has the guts to talk to people with differing opinions. He invites people who disagree with him to come on and hear their side. Unlike that coward Keith who just throws attacks at people and never lets them come on to defend themselves.

On the factual side, Olbermann has far more credibility in his journalistic integrity

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/6/777880/-Send-Me-Everything-You-Can-Find-About-Glenn-Beck

yep such journalistic integrity

[nfgrocker16]

no the democrats are the liars, and the republicans have the facts. see how stupid that argument sounds. The "well our side is right and yours is wrong so our partisanship is ok" is so childish



he actually listens quite a bit to people with differing opinions on his show. I doubt you'd know that because you probably don't watch. Yes, he can be a blowhard. Yes, he does talk over his guests when they are talking sometimes. However, at least he has the guts to talk to people with differing opinions. He invites people who disagree with him to come on and hear their side. Unlike that coward Keith who just throws attacks at people and never lets them come on to defend themselves.



http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/9/6/777880/-Send-Me-Everything-You-Can-Find-About-Glenn-Beck

yep such journalistic integrity

1. It would sound stupid if it wasn't true. The fact of the matter is that the Republican party has been distorting facts and flat out lying, especially on health care as of late, to achieve political gain and delegitimizing the office of the president. I'd like to see your factual evidence that Republicans and Democrats lie alike or that Dems lie more than the GOP.

2. Just having opposing views on your show doesn't mean you're more bipartisan, especially when the opposing views aren't allowed to talk or are attacked on every single issue without time to respond. That's just yelling and saying "I'm RIGHT!" without allowing for rebuttal. Its comparable to shouting at town hall meetings to drown out any sort of real discussion.

3. His "find everything you can on Glenn Beck" was in response to Glenn Beck's tweet "Find out everything you can on Cass Sunstein, Mark Lloyd and Carol Browner." And since they aren't media figures and Glenn Beck is, Olbermann deemed it necessary to prove the cliche's of goose and gander, as he so nicely put it. In other words, Glenn Beck is fair game. He's an influential media entitity and therefore is allowed to be scrutinized for things he's done or said.

[Midget Pirates]

1. It would sound stupid if it wasn't true. The fact of the matter is that the Republican party has been distorting facts and flat out lying, especially on health care as of late, to achieve political gain and delegitimizing the office of the president. I'd like to see your factual evidence that Republicans and Democrats lie alike or that Dems lie more than the GOP.

2. Just having opposing views on your show doesn't mean you're more bipartisan, especially when the opposing views aren't allowed to talk or are attacked on every single issue without time to respond. That's just yelling and saying "I'm RIGHT!" without allowing for rebuttal. Its comparable to shouting at town hall meetings to drown out any sort of real discussion.

3. His "find everything you can on Glenn Beck" was in response to Glenn Beck's tweet "Find out everything you can on Cass Sunstein, Mark Lloyd and Carol Browner." And since they aren't media figures and Glenn Beck is, Olbermann deemed it necessary to prove the cliche's of goose and gander, as he so nicely put it. In other words, Glenn Beck is fair game. He's an influential media entitity and therefore is allowed to be scrutinized for things he's done or said.

1. again number 1 is just childish opinions. I believe that there are occasions where democrats are more misleading on health care. Your argument still remains childish. We could argue all day about it, but basically it goes down to our own biases and views of the direction we want health care to go in. Simply saying our side is right and yours is wrong is stupid.

2. you obviously don't watch the show. he lets his guests speak all the time. it's also obvious that all you know of O'reilly is what you hear and of the youtube clips you cherry pick. I admitted that there are times he does indeed talk over guests, however for anyone who actually watches the show from time to time, you would know he can be very fair.

3. so he's resorting to Beck's level. What does that say about him? I like Glenn Beck a lot of the time. other times I dislike his chicken little rants. I would never call him a journalist with integrity. He is a partisan entertainer. A partisan news host. I wouldn't call him a journalist. I would expect a journalist to do their own research anyways and not to rely on his minions from a partisan website. In Beck's case, he went after someone like Van Jones, who was a radical, who he didn't want to have influence on economic policies. Olbermann's is just a vendetta against a rival media personality.

[nfgrocker16]

1. again number 1 is just childish opinions. I believe that there are occasions where democrats are more misleading on health care. Your argument still remains childish. We could argue all day about it, but basically it goes down to our own biases and views of the direction we want health care to go in. Simply saying our side is right and yours is wrong is stupid.

2. you obviously don't watch the show. he lets his guests speak all the time. it's also obvious that all you know of O'reilly is what you hear and of the youtube clips you cherry pick. I admitted that there are times he does indeed talk over guests, however for anyone who actually watches the show from time to time, you would know he can be very fair.

3. so he's resorting to Beck's level. What does that say about him? I like Glenn Beck a lot of the time. other times I dislike his chicken little rants. I would never call him a journalist with integrity. He is a partisan entertainer. A partisan news host. I wouldn't call him a journalist. I would expect a journalist to do their own research anyways and not to rely on his minions from a partisan website. In Beck's case, he went after someone like Van Jones, who was a radical, who he didn't want to have influence on economic policies. Olbermann's is just a vendetta against a rival media personality.

I would agree in comparing the fact that Beck's show and Olbermann's show are both means of entertainment. Olbermann's brand of satirical comedy is usually why I watch. I get most of my facts from news articles, not his show. I'm simply speaking of factual correctness, i don't think you can compare Olbermann to either Beck or O'Reilly, and yes, there is a difference between just "having an opinion" and basing opinions on facts, which I believe for the most part Olbermann does and the "journalists" at FOX do not.

He isn't resorting to Beck's level. Beck was asking people to find dirt on people who aren't in the media, who don't have access to daily platform to defend themselves like he does. Therefore basically Olbermann is saying Beck is fair game, which he is, which Olbermann is as well. The difference is Olbermann usually stays away from personal or family attacks while Beck and O'Reilly as well as the rest of the idiots at FOX do not.

Its a difference of morality and of integrity. One side has made dangerous accusations a la "Obama is Hitler" while the other has tried to factually debunk the nonsense on the right.

[Midget Pirates]

fair enough

[nfgrocker16]

Just to explain myself, I would love this debate to go into how democrats have "distorted" their position on health care as much as republicans have. Lets take the debate in that direction because its useless to argue why Glenn Beck and Bill O'Reilly are terrible.

[Midget Pirates]

sure thing, i'll move into the health care thread later and we can discuss tort reform. YES!!

[Uwe Blab]

He's not on the list because he only does radio now, but John Gibson is probably the worst person alive.

[saysmydoctor]

Megyn Kelly.

[jwicklun]

W3J_QLtYqlkI haven't really watched all of them enough to know, but most of the anchors are just kind of ignorant (or effectively portray themselves as such to pander to their audience). Glenn Beck, on the other hand, actually just seems really, really crazy.
you will all enjoy this

[wendjiqn]

today, my friend called me "gay" for saying glenn beck was an idiot.

that is all.

[kazuma_ootaro28]

I'm still disgusted that CNN/Headline News gave Glenn Beck his own show at one point.

[circasurviver]

2 things.

1. I have a theory that FOX News is one giant parody, a satire of epic proportions. And if you watch its programming as such, most of what happens makes total and hilarious sense.

2. It scares me knowing that it most likely isn't a farce. And what frightens me the most is knowing that FOX News fills lies into the heads of people who might take dangerous action on others, and sometimes even PROMOTES these actions. Their programming is totally irresponsible.

How do they promote dangerous actions?

My vote is for Sean, he's a closed minded dick head.

[thursday727]

my favorite O'Reilly interviews
owned by a 16 year old.
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Vs. UFC
the fact that he says Ali has Parkinsons from getting hit too much is fucking laughable.
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[QuikTrig]

the fact that he says Ali has Parkinsons from getting hit too much is fucking laughable.


....what is so "fucking laughable" about it?

[thursday727]

....what is so "fucking laughable" about it?
because Parkinsons is a genetic disorder.

[QuikTrig]

he was diagnosed with parkinson symptoms, but i thought it was generally agreed upon that head trauma and concussions worsened and, perhaps caused, many of his symptoms.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia_pugilistica

i would find more legit articles about it, and his case in particular, but i have to go run an errand

[ghostyouare]

Ya, so, Ali boxed over 4 decades, if he didnt end up with any trauma it would have been a miracle.

[Machu505]

Don't you guys ever get tired of hating on Fox?

[QuikTrig]

Ya, so, Ali boxed over 40 decades, if he didnt end up with any trauma it would have been a miracle.

ok. so do you do agree with me that it is nowhere near "fucking laughable" for o'reilly to attribute parkinsons to boxing. i mean, i personally don't like him that much, but i don't think that's the right remark to really call him out on. i'd probably suggest the same thing.

[Josh Weinstein]

Don't you guys ever get tired of hating on Fox?

Why hello there, Fox News intern.

[caveBEAR]

Why hello there, Fox News intern.

Fox News hating is so 2000 and late.

[Josh Weinstein]

Fox News hating is so 2000 and late.

Let me guess... when you travel across Europe, you tell people you're from Canada. poser!

[thursday727]

ok. so do you do agree with me that it is nowhere near "fucking laughable" for o'reilly to attribute parkinsons to boxing. i mean, i personally don't like him that much, but i don't think that's the right remark to really call him out on. i'd probably suggest the same thing.
I stand corrected then. Wrong choice of words.

[Machu505]

Why hello there, Fox News intern.
I'm sure Fox is pretty keen on hiring socialists as interns haha.

[perceptrons]

It's really a toss-up between Hannity and Beck. Two different brands of crazy.

[crackedthesky]

Average Glenn Beck argument:

"(preposterous theory x) is entirely true! You should be afraid for your life! Now, I'm not saying (preposterous theory x) is true or that you should fear for your life, but isn't (preposterous theory x) true? Shouldn't we fear for our lives? I don't know."

[erccentea]

it almost seems like glenn beck tries to be stupid

In the immortal words of Dave Chappelle, "Cocaine is a hell of a drug"