Alan Colmes has died. \u00a0Alan was part of Hannity and Colmes, an early breakout show on the fledgling FOX News network. \u00a0FOX emerged in the mid 90s, when even Democrats I knew were a little worried the press wasn\u2019t being on the up and up. \u00a0The idea of a press not being honest, even if it was beneficial for a time, wasn\u2019t appealing to people. \u00a0Back then at least.<\/p>\n
FOX seemed, at the time, to provide an alternative. \u00a0Often having interviews with two people, pro and con, FOX established its \u2018fair and balanced\u2019 slogan when many networks were increasingly relegating non-liberals to token status.<\/p>\n
For instance, during a two week period in the heat of the Lewinsky scandal, I took it upon myself to trace NBC\u2019s TODAY show. \u00a0Each day the show had an opening segment at the top of the hour dedicated to the latest in the impeachment trial. \u00a0In each segment, the hosts interviewed a politician about the recent developments. \u00a0In a two week period, every politician interviewed in that slot\u00a0was a Democrat except twice, and one exception was John McCain.<\/p>\n
Against such slanted coverage, FOX\u2019s one to one format as played out on Hannity and Colmes certainly sniffed of fairness. \u00a0Of course FOX turned out to be as partisan as the others, albeit from the opposite side of the tracks. \u00a0Sure Colmes was, in some ways, the token liberal. \u00a0Compared to Hannity though, he was the good guy.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ll admit, I always like him better. \u00a0Not to be mean, but Hannity makes me itch. \u00a0Between the two, I usually found myself rooting for Colmes, even if I disagreed with him. \u00a0Hannity had a knack for getting me to disagree with him even though, on some level, I should have agreed.<\/p>\n
But Colmes appeared to be a genuinely nice guy. \u00a0At least to me. \u00a0And to hear of his sudden death at such a young age is all the more shocking. So rest in peace Mr. Colmes. \u00a0God\u2019s peace and strength be on\u00a0your loved ones in the wake of your sudden passing. \u00a0And thanks for being a kinder voice, if not in substance then\u00a0at least in delivery, in these troubled times.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alan Colmes has died. \u00a0Alan was part of Hannity and Colmes, an early breakout show on the fledgling FOX News network. \u00a0FOX emerged in the mid 90s, when even Democrats I knew were a little worried the press wasn\u2019t being on the up and up. \u00a0The idea of a press not being honest, even if […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,10,33,83],"tags":[11,88],"class_list":["post-8761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-memorial","category-prayers","category-the-media","category-tributes","tag-prayers","tag-the-media"],"yoast_head":"\n