PEOPLE WHO SHOULD BE BANISHED FROM CABLE TV
Sick of all the squawking heads on cable news?Same here.
Cable news networks have stumbled on a cheap way to suck in viewers - by stocking their shows with screaming spin-meisters.
The hosts who pull in ratings aren't going anywhere, even though their ratings are puny compared with the least-watched sitcoms on network TV.
But what about their favorite pundits, the ones who have discovered that the more outlandish they are, the more airtime they get - truth be damned?
Perhaps it's time for a timeout, for some civil discourse at a critical time in our history - just as Americans prepare to select a new leader.
Here's hoping that cable executives ring in the new year by banishing the Worst Pundits on Cable TV News.
1. Ann Coulter
'I'm here. I'm not queer. And I'm not going away.'
Day job: syndicated columnist
Face time: on Fox, CNN and MSNBC
Her shtick: Verbal bomb-thrower
On 9/11 widows, "I've never seen people enjoying their husbands' death so much."
To a wounded Vietnam veteran, "People like you caused us to lose that war."
About the supremacy of Christians, "Jews need to be perfected."
On the planet, "God said, 'Earth is yours. Take it. Rape it. It's yours.' "
Coulter, who owns a home in Palm Beach, is a verbal arsonist and it's made her rich. She knows what TV hosts want and she happily gives it to them. Even liberals such as MSNBC's Chris Matthews can't resist putting her on the air. It serves her pocketbook, but not her country, or her party.
If you don't feel like reading the whole thing, here is the list of the talking heads mentioned:
1. Ann Coulter
2. William Donohue
3. Michael Musto
4. Al Sharpton
5. Juan Williams
6. Bernie Goldberg
7. Karl Rove
8. Dennis Miller
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