On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 4:59 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hannity vows to attack Kimmel until ABC comic apologizes >> >> NEW YORK (AP) - Fox News Channel host Sean Hannity is vowing to continue >> his attacks on ABC late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel until Kimmel apologizes >> for a segment in which he joked about the accent of first lady Melania >> Trump, who was born in Slovenia. >> The dispute between the television personalities is unusually vitriolic, >> with Hannity calling Kimmel a "sick, twisted, creepy, perverted weirdo" >> during his Fox show on Friday. >> Kimmel returned fire on Twitter, often in off-color fashion. He says it's >> sad that anyone who is "slobbering over" President Donald Trump would call >> him a pervert. When Trump was the Republican presidential nominee he was >> heard on tape bragging about fame enabling him to grope women, and he later >> apologized. >> Hannity ran several clips of Kimmel routines he said exposed the comic's >> "creepy" past. >> > > Can anybody figure out an end game here? Hannity isn't asking ABC to fire > Kimmel and Kimmel isn't moved to call for any action. The action is Hannity > calls Kimmel names and Kimmel shows the attacks in his monologue and throws > back some insults. Hannity isn't facing any consequences from FNC for his > attacks so he can continue indefinitely. Kimmel is only responding so he > can continue until Hannity drops the attacks. > > When Fred Allen and Jack Benny had their "feud" on radio it was mutual > promotion for their radio shows. This "feud" would serve the same purpose > except neither seems to want to promote the other's program. And neither is > going to take the other off the air. There is zero news value and the feud > cannot heat up because it has no heat to start with. >
Free publicity for both men/shows. It will end when the next idiot says something stupid or posts something stupid on social media. And a year from now, if not sooner, one of the guys will go on the other guy’s show and they will shake hands and laugh. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
