So word has come down that Jerry Rivers, aka Geraldo Rivera, will be departing ‘Fox News’ as a member of the network’s, ‘The Five,’ but he will apparently remain on as a ‘Correspondent at Large,’ whatever the Hell that is. Now I will admit that there was once a time when there is nothing that would have made me happier than this moron’s departure from what was once upon a time my favorite news network. But since I haven’t watched a minute of Fox News in over two and half years now, it’s all rather anti-climactic to hear news of Jerry’s demotion. Because it’s not like it’s going to cause me to start watching the network again. Because it most certainly isn’t.
It was this past Wednesday that the 79-year-old Jerry
took to Twitter to share the news of his departure with those who might
actually care, saying, “Morning, it’s official, I’m off @TheFive. My last
scheduled show appearances are Thursday and Friday June 29th and 30th. It’s
been a great run and I appreciate having had the opportunity. Being odd man out
isn’t always easy. For the time being, I’m still Correspondent at Large.” The
most entertaining aspect of this show were the frequent clashes that place
between Jerry and his fellow host Greg Gutfeld. I suppose in that regard Jerry
may actually be missed by those who were regular viewers.
Jerry is the template now in use for the direction
of programming at Fox News. However, more than likely, they want a younger face
with a bit less baggage than Jerry. But make no mistake, that new face will most
certainly do nothing to alter the network’s continuing journey to the far left,
and will likely bring with a very enthusiastic, boldness to the effort. Jerry
has always been a legend in his own mind, but few agreed with his high opinion
of himself. Often, he would be given airtime during which he would only babble
nonsense cliches attempting to sound smart. He never made a lick of sense, he’s
always been more of a carnival barker than a journalist.
And Jerry had the peculiar habit of constantly
insulting and threatening those of his fellow Fox contributors who dared point
out what a pathetic fraud he was. He likes to play the tough guy when he is
fact nothing more than a smug jerk who someday is going to get in the face of
the wrong person and end up getting his raggedy old 79-year-old ass flattened. His
ego is ten times bigger than his IQ. I’ve never understood why it is that he
was held in such high regard by those in the ‘news’ media. More often than not
he always sounded like he was simply making things up as he went along and yet
those to whom he was speaking would all just nod in agreement.
I never could stand Jerry, but the same can be said
about every other Democrat. What’s interesting, though, is that now that Fox is
under the control of Democrats that they are doing this. It makes you wonder what
their motive might be. Fox’s new leadership has shown that they are so arrogant
as to think that they can manipulate their viewers. Maybe firing Jerry was just
a childish attempt to make it look like they haven’t gone full leftwing. A
small handful of conservatives do remain, most likely due to
contract stipulations, but the number is dwindling. But that matters not to me
because, as I’ve said, I haven’t watched in over two and a half years and will
never watch again.
Frankly, I’m rather surprised that there is much of
anyone who watches. Although I believe I read somewhere that Fox recently came
in in second place to MSDNC, which is quite an accomplishment in itself. But
with O’Reilly gone, Dobbs gone and Tucker gone and left with a cast of sleazy characters
like Cavuto, Baier and Roberts, to name just a few, is it any wonder? Now on
the odd chance that this was an attempt on the part of Fox, after letting go of
their most popular and informative on-air talent, to recover alienated viewers
by using Jerry, perhaps, as a sacrificial lamb? Someone needs to tell them that
that just ain’t going to work. It’s all too little, too late.
Let’s face it, Jerry has never been capable of being
anything more than an annoyance. His not being seen, nor heard, going forward won’t
be noticed by anyone. Jerry never quite managed to achieve the level of
competence required to be a bona fide journalist. Jerry, like every other
delicate leftist, believes that if he can’t somehow control the narrative then
he’s somehow a victim. Jerry is anti-gun, pro LGBTQ, pro liberal, pro-open
border and anti-America. He’s a creep and a good example of why today’s ‘news’
is not really ‘news’ at all. It’s all phony propaganda from start to finish,
the purpose of which is to mislead or to sway public opinion.
And so, Juan Williams’ replacement didn’t fail to
live up to the standard set by his predecessor. Just as dumb, and instead of
being only a person who spews nothing more than Democrat Party talking point,
as Williams constantly did, Rivera would throw in some self-promotion of his less
that illustrious history. He is a legend in his own small mind. His tough guy
act, is a joke, as was most of his “career.” May he succeed when he decides to
be more than second degree, self-absorbed progressive in sheep’s clothing. His
career high point was the pushing of the unopened Al Capone vault as some sort
of an epic event. It’s been all downhill ever since. Big surprise.
Personally, I stopped caring
about what goes on at Fox News some time ago. At this point in time there’s
nothing that can be done that would entice me back as a regular viewer. It’s
all theater anyway. You have a bunch of trained monkeys, disguised as
journalists, reading off a teleprompter. And I can’t help but wonder how those
involved in network news can be so oblivious to their viewers. Steadily, their
ratings keep dropping, month after month, year after year. And not a single one
of them does anything about it. It has to be intentional. There is no way they
could care about viewers and revenue. They have to be getting compensated some
other way.
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