Who the hell is Ponch McPhee?
Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2017 7:04 pm
A friend is talking about this guy in private emails. He's a "political pundit" from northern Virginia who lies like a rug about his "career". And is an idiot, but what the hell.
My comments:
http://www.vfrw.org/news/Oct.%202016%20 ... 0Color.pdf
> He has enough ego, narcissism, and overinflated opinion of his own talents to qualify as a host....it is impossible to convince him of anything that doesn't fit his worldview and/or comfort zone. The latter's envelope is entirely neurotic in origin.
My comments:
A slot on a campus station doesn't qualify as "syndication". But hey, he's getting away with it.
This is a major issue with our so-called "civilization". A pathological liar goes around promoting himself aggressively and twisting the truth; if he finds enough supporters, at some point he becomes an "actual expert". Political punditry would be totally different if a degree in pol-sci or journalism or a related area was an absolute requirement--which it was at one time. Remember the old TV network Sunday political talk shows like Face The Nation? In the 1970s they would not have DREAMED of giving airtime to the likes of Tomi Lahren or Sean Hannity or Ann Coulter. Or Keith Olbermann or Cenk Uygur for that matter.
Just remember, the change occurred when Ronald Reagan got to the White House. He removed the FCC's "Fairness Doctrine" and otherwise "liberalized" media regulation, paving the way for shrieking anti-liberal media outlets, plus Christian extremism and the like. And the general veneration of ignorance and idiocy in America today. "Gosh darn those durned experts and their fancy college degrees" etc.
Fox News is full of people who pulled it off, Limbaugh and Alex Jones built corporate empires on it, Jimbo Wales did it, etc. etc.
PS, the other day John Oliver did a segment on Alex Jones. And people are "surprised". Hah.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGq6cjcc3Q
It's all vaudeville. That's all it is. It might destroy our country, but too bad. Idiots love it.