You know it's all a game, right?

[MrScorpio]

Assholes like Limbaugh, Hannity, Beck and the rest them probably don't even believe half the shit that they're saying.

They only promote their bullshit because they're paid to be controversial.

Yep, they don't care about the country, the truth or the well being of their listeners.

All they care about is MONEY.

All they are are a bunch of lying, hypocritical, sociopathic attention whores.

[geardaddy]

1. Spot on, Monsieur Scorpio

[BootinUp]

2. and when you confont "fans" with that little bit of reasoning

they claim all the other tv personalities are the same way so its ok.

[MrScorpio]

4. A lot of fans are just plain crazy people

and should be treated as such.

[JitterbugPerfume]

3. It's a game

but it is a dangerous game

[MrScorpio]

6. Damn Skippy

Lives are at stake

And they way that they're willing to play with lives for the sake of profit makes them even more detestable

[gateley]

5. Limbaugh came right out and said it was for the ratings, that ratings = money.

And Stephanie Miller said she met Ann Coulter on a show they were both doing, and off the set she was very gracious and nice.

I think they believe the essence of what they're saying, but whip it up into a controversial frenzy to get their audiences in a lather and tune in for more.

It's easy to play on peoples' fears and hatreds and these assholes have it down to a science.

[unpossibles]

7. but the problem is most of their listeners don't

some will claim "it's just a joke/entertainment" when they get exposed for some hypocrisy, but far too many people take that crap seriously.

As an old for instance, the meme that "the media is liberal," originally started by the Nixon camp as a campaign attack tool, was pushed hard by Limbaugh, partially to help set up the also ridiculous idea that FOX was the only "fair and balanced" alternative - which gets people to distrust other sources of information, of course. But this was a huge selling point of Limbaugh and FOX, and it's become so pervasive that I've heard Liberals say it, or refer to a media company which is conservative (NBC comes to mind) as being the Liberal alternative to FOX.

As for whether Beck, Rush, et al believe their garbage - I agree Beck doesn't for a lot of it, but I am not so sure about Limbaugh, especially when it comes to economics, women's rights, etc.

[MrScorpio]

8. I pretty much blame our underperforming educational system

Smarter and educated see through their BS

There are far too many rubes in this country for them to scam

[unpossibles]

14. true. And it becomes a feedback loop in their benefit

They get people to mistrust education, teachers, scientists, and other sources of information first, then their jobs just get easier with each generation.

[JBoy]

9. Facts are a low-margin business.

[Newest Reality]

10. I have been saying that for a while, too.

To me, they are corporate propaganda ministers spewing whatever confuses, divides, enrages, etc., etc.

[jotsy]

11. Damned well and succinctly said.

[redqueen]

12. I knew Beck was just a failed shock DJ moving to the next paycheck.

But the other two, I thought they were sincere about their stupid hatefulness.

[MrScorpio]

13. Just look at how they're all willing to talk out their ass at any given moment

They all have known to even contradict themselves at times.

All of them try to rewrite history at any given moment.

All their messages are tailored to attack any of their current targets of convenience, just to make a buck.

[redqueen]

19. Yeah but ALL rw idiots are like that.

They have to be, because their ideas are so consistently vulnerable to attack by simple logic. So they have to contradict themselves and rewrite history quite regularly.

Yet they all seem to sincerely believe in the dumbassery they swallow & spew, so... :shrug:

[Nite Owl]

15. A few months back

Keith talked about this, how it was just about the revenue, that they would say anything. As I recall one of them (don't remember who) even said this to him.

[The Damned]

16. Especially HERE, apparently!

I am truly sorry, but I thought that this website allowed for differences of opinion!

Silly me!

[MrScorpio]

18. You can have any opinion that you want

But, just as an aside (Not talking about you of course), I think that the opinions of trolls are like onions.

You can peel them down to nothing and they pretty much stink.

Honest debates and differences of opinion are always welcome.

[Lerkfish]

20. welcome to reality

if you're a dittohead, you're probably not going to find it comfortable here.

[nichomachus]

21. You can have any opinion that you want

As long as you can back it up with facts and sound argument. If you can't, then other people are free to call it bullshit.

[grantcart]

17. Your right about Limbaugh and Beck. Hannity is completely dillusional.