I am convinced that Fox News has lefties, like Yawn Williams, Tubby Beckel, ALoser Colmes, Whorealdo Rivera, on the air is so they can reveal the vivid contrasts between liberals and conservatives more easily.
Williams always seems perplexed with a permanent furrowed brow on his forehead, seemingly not being able to fathom or understand the conservatives opinion or point of view. He appears simple-minded at times. Beckel is a slug who barely stays up with the conversation on The Five, but when he does wake up, he goes apoplectic with his unintelligible rants and anger. I expect to see him go into cardiac arrest sometime soon on the air, as he chokes on his own liberal drivel. The rest of the group patronize him and treat him dismissively as they would the oddball, wacky uncle sitting in the far corner of the room at family gatherings. O’Really? manages to slap Colmes down every time he has him on, dismissing him as someone who’s opinions nobody wants to listen to. And Rivera is just so much BS that he self-caractures himself as the guy who is always on the wrong side of the argument. He noticeably strains to twist himself into a pretzel to defend the liberal arguments.
So I think Roger Ailes has a method to his madness by having these loser lefties on the air. They just show how idiotic and moronic being a liberal is, in contrast to conservatives. It highlights their weaknesses and wrongness without having to explain it to folks watching. They are there for the whole viewing audience to mock and call names to as foils for the straight conservatives players that surround them. It makes for great theater. And of course, it allows them to say they’re “Fair and Balanced” by having the token liberals on. Ailes knows how to stage these shows so they increase their audience share, even if it means having the dimwits that you can throw tomatoes at or your shoe at the TV screen. I believe he knows what he is doing, rather than the opposite.
I may not have made my point as well as I should have. I'm not objecting to Williams' views...FOX doesn't want to be MSNBC...it's just that Juan, well..Gertrude Stein put it best.."there's no there, there.."
I'd rather see a Van Jones in Juan's spot..
>> So I think Roger Ailes has a method to his madness by having these loser lefties on the air. <<
Absolutely. Couldn’t agree more. Also, the leftwing chicks on FNC are usually not so “easy on the eyes” as the gorgeious rightwing babes. In fact, many of the former are downright homely. Just another manifestation of Ailes’ genius for TV?