Posted by Walt on October 28, 2009 at 07:59:03:
In Reply to: Re: Scott Shannon's Announcements for Sean Hannity posted by FrankTRC on October 27, 2009 at 21:09:47:
The problem isn't the alignment of the announcer with a politically opinionated host, IMO, it's using the announcer to reinforce the hosts points. Johnny Donovan introduces Rush -- Rush gives his opinions -- no problem. If JD were asked to make the kinds of outrageous statements as Scott Shannon, he might well feel queasy about it.
Shannon is like the proverbial frog in a pot of hot water. Originally he just introduced the host -- now he's intoning a bunch of nonsense about the country being under siege and calling for the ouster of our sitting President! Where's the line?
That said, if I were Scott Shannon and I thought the copy was garbage, would I hold my nose and keep the gig? Yeah, probably.