Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Go to the Beck of the line
Glenn Beck is a radio guy expanding into a TV guy. This has happened before. Big-buck broadcast voices try to make the trip from behind the mic to behind the camera. None of it translates.
Now, Glenn Beck has a television show. I've seen it. It's typical, it's run of the mill. Beck is a DJ-turned political voice, which is the lowest form of radio personality. Next up on that list is stand-up comedian-turned sitcom star, but that is a whole 'nother bag of crayons.
The world, no less the broadcasting world, does not need one more evangelist. Glenn, a recovered addict of sorts, now preaches to his choir. Beck, Humphries, Limbaugh, Medved, Drudge, Hannity and O'Reilly (and all the local talk hosts jumping on the conservative-engined bandwagon) are one-trick ponies serving an audience with one-track minds.
It's not that I or any listener craves liberal views or even moderate views. It is that all of these fellows (and the women, like Ingraham and Colter) refuse to entertain, lighten up and back off from their agendas. Empty suits, empty dresses and, moreover, extremely untalented, would-be entertainers.
