I tagged him as a Democrat sympathizer a long time ago.
During Katrina Noory absolutely excoriated Michael Brown. I was wondering if he would do the same for Democrats who have colossal screw ups. I am still waiting. There have been any number of foul ups and Noory is still silent.
When President Bush was in office there would be any number of calls bashing him. After Bammo got into office someone said something unkind about him and Noory gently chided him about how we needed to respect the President.
It seemed to me that bad news about Democrats was routinely ignored, and good news about Republicans would likewise be ignored. Sure enough, when Scott Brown won in Massachusetts there was no mention about it in his lead off monologue. Seriously now, this was a transfixing election, one that still has Democrats stunned. Kind of like a mouse staring into the eyes of a Cobra. But to Noory, it was not noteworthy.
Now, I enjoy all the alien stuff, the Annanaki chronicles and the conspiracy theories. It's great listening, but there are tremendous issues facing us, and we have a Presidential Administration which has put the whole country into a state of fear and angst. A lot of this should have been fodder for Noory. But ole go along, get along Noory can't be bothered. In the old days of Art Bell, he would have callers square off to debate Democrat vs Republican issues. If chicken George had the kind of guts Art had, he might not be facing cancellations. I pretty much don't listen to the show anymore, and I wish Noory well. I'm sure he will eventually land some other gig that he can screw up.
I agree with you. Good comments.
RE: "In the old days of Art Bell, he would have callers . . ".
Of course Art did not have a screener. I am not a talker I've been caller on local shows no more than three times.
I have had Noory respond to two of the few Fast Blasts, though.
One prompted him to ask his guest about Democrats helping the Nazis - - Prescott Bush was not the only American doing it. The guest not only confirmed it but named some Democrats. Noory was surprised (and likely promptly forgot it.)
I'm ten years older than Noory and I figure he's a FDR Democrat, patriotic and good American but he hates Republicans.
Art Bell lost my respect when he went nuts over that global warming stuff and we had to do something about it right now! He even had abductees of aliens claiming that the aliens lectured them about the problem. He jumped the shark IMO.
I don't have much to add to your thoughts, except to say that Coast to Coast AM isn't centered around politics, but the otherworldly.
That being said, if the host crosses the line into current events of a socio-political nature, then they're opening themselves up to questions of partisanship, and they make themselves fair game for the listeners, at that point.
Back in the early days of GWB's term in office, Art was a die-hard patriotic supporter of the administration, and made no bones about it. Unlike Noory, he came down hard on the side of America, and was entirely overt about it. I heard him debate with callers many times about his feelings on the WOT.
Noory, on the other hand, has been a squish about politics. I've heard him express strong support for the 2nd Amendment, but he's waffley on the Socialist agenda. Frankly, I don't think he's the brightest bulb in the ceiling. He's easily swayed by liberal guests and callers.
He's like that on lots of things. Go along, get along George.
Shoot..... I remember hearing Art throw a guest off the show once, when he figured out that the guy was full of crap. Noory would never have the guts to do that.