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Originally Posted by Lurch
You miss the point. I doubt many lefties use Al Franken as a source of credible research into forming their opinions. He is entertaining, passes on glib one-liners about current events, and can occasionally be quite informative. O'Reilly is similar. However, neither of the two, IMO, do much more than pass along info to people who already have an opinion and want to feel like they are smart and those who disagree are dumb. Much as it seems to bother you, syndicated talk show hosts are for entertainments purposes, not for getting to the truth of a matter.
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I don't see the comparison between Franken and O'Rielly.
Franken to me is hard left-wing, while O'Rielly has often been critical of the Bush adminstration, especially with the situation in Iraq.
It doesn't bother me, but I doubt that more people listen to Chomsky, then do to the syndicated talk-show hosts.