On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 8:57 PM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 7, 2018 at 8:59 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would put some virtual money down on a bet against Kevin’s prediction >> of them ending up on each other’s show, at least in the form he suggests >> (shaking hands and laughing). I could see Hannity daring Kimmel to have him >> on so he (Hanitty) can confront the liberal monster to his face - and I >> could see Kimmel maybe being happy to do that - but that would strictly be >> a laughing *at*, not with you situation. >> > >> If Hannity really will only stop when Kimmel apologies, then he will >> never stop. If, more likely, they stop when a critical mass of people stop >> caring, then I suspect they already have. >> > 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. >>> >> > > What Kevin proposes is the equivalent of the Allen/Benny feud. The feud > exists to promote both shows and at the end they will get together and wink > at us about the feud. That doesn't seem what is happening to me. Hannity > certainly isn't trying to build up Kimmel's viewers among the FNC faithful > and Kimmel isn't trying to get people to watch Hannity. Hannity, in his > attacks, is trying to drive viewers away from Kimmel's show, not towards > it. Colbert had O'Reilly on both of his shows - on the Colbert Report it > was to show that both his and O'Reilly's shows were entertainment and not > news. Colbert had O'Reilly on the Late Show to show that he (Colbert) did > not see the rivalry as genuine. > > Hannity is attacking Kimmel out of the blue. Kimmel said nothing about > Hannity; he did a bit based on a video clip of Melania Trump and Hannity > attacked him as a way to ride to her rescue. By striking back at Hannity > Kimmel makes it entertaining. Unless Hannity finds something truly > transgressive about Kimmel, and if he didn't have it before the first > attack he doesn't have it now, it's school yard name calling. In that case, > it's no-lose for Kimmel. He can continue counterpunching and making Hannity > look foolish until Hannity runs out of steam. And I predict that is the end > game. Hannity goes nowhere and gives up the attacks before he suffers too > much damage. But there is no scenario where they get together and pretend > it was all for show. > > I’m not saying it is manufactured by the two hosts. I’m saying both hosts like ratings and attention, so when both saw this getting traction in the press and on social media, they both (independently of each other) made it into a bigger deal. And just as Jon Stewart had Dick Cheney on the Daily Show and just as Colbert has every member of the Trump cult on his show where they make nice, eventually Kimmel and Hannity will do the same.
Harlan Ellison was (and despite a near-crippling stroke, by all accounts he still is) a force of nature. On one installment of Tom Snyder's CBS show, Ellison was loudly mocking all the liberals who were saying nice things about Richard Nixon, who had recently passed away. He lamented that the real problem with America is we do not hold grudges long enough. We let people up off the mat. Hannity has harmed the quality of media, and he should not be let out of the penalty box. But he will be, by Kimmel and others. Because liberals love to forgive and forget, then they wonder why history repeats itself. -- 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.
