I wanted to see if he would either shut-up or make a point. Since he did neither,I decided it was time to finally delete the channel for good.

Yet countless pointless rants by Hannity and O'Reilly don't motivate you to delete Fox"News" from your remote. Why?

I’d rather see them move Ellen DeGeneres into prime time. At least she’s funny.

See there are a lot more crazy people out there than you thought - what else could explain anyone thinking Ellen Degeneres is funny?

The Left and the Right in this country are asymmetrical. Among conservatives, there are social conservatives, fiscal conservatives, neo-cons, and paleo-cons.

Among the Left (as opposed to merely liberal), there are economic Leftists (who would like to see confiscatory tax levels and greater redistribution), libertarian Leftists (many of whom are opposed to drug laws), social Leftists (anti-gun, pro-gay marriage), pacifist Leftists (either opposing all use of force or American use of force) to name but a few. This is aside from the anti-Bush/anti-Republican types.

Rosie O'Donnell and Olbermann will probably have difficulties in a Democratic administration, b/c they fall primarily into that last category.

But a frankly economic Leftist perspective might well find a home---especially ironic given CNBC's programming. Imagine Robert Reich hosting a program, or whoever has inherited the mantle of Michael Harrington.

Similarly, it would be interesting to try airing a television equivalent of Pacifica Radio.

Of course, as Dave Schuler implies, they'd have to be hard-core Left, and not merely liberal, lest they cannibalize among the non-Fox network numbers....

You mean, the way FoxNews crashed and burned after Bush became president in 2001?

With the exception of O'Reilly, Fox has never been about angry rants but rather an anti-elite media populism. That was a very distinct niche with no competition that appealed to a broad swathe of middle America.

Hm. You mean, the way FoxNews crashed and burned after Bush became president in 2001?