Anyone else watched this CNN special?
I started following news (world, national, political) in college, but kinda dropped out of the loop during the late 80's (fantastic job, working on master's degree, ladies, I guess). During that period I completely missed the Morton Downey Jr phenomenon; I recognize his name but not much else other than he was supposedly a loudmouth. Had never seen his show.
Article about this show in Time last week, and in the newspaper yesterday, talked about how he gave rise to folks like Hannity, Beck, et al, and decided to devote 2 hours to watch the program. Damn fascinating, and I could see why he had trouble getting meaningful guests on his show towards the end.
The connection to Faux venom-spewers is obvious, but I couldn't help seeing a direct connection to how popular "The Donald" is right now. Wondering if anyone else sees that....? :doh:
I started following news (world, national, political) in college, but kinda dropped out of the loop during the late 80's (fantastic job, working on master's degree, ladies, I guess). During that period I completely missed the Morton Downey Jr phenomenon; I recognize his name but not much else other than he was supposedly a loudmouth. Had never seen his show.
Article about this show in Time last week, and in the newspaper yesterday, talked about how he gave rise to folks like Hannity, Beck, et al, and decided to devote 2 hours to watch the program. Damn fascinating, and I could see why he had trouble getting meaningful guests on his show towards the end.
The connection to Faux venom-spewers is obvious, but I couldn't help seeing a direct connection to how popular "The Donald" is right now. Wondering if anyone else sees that....? :doh: