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Given the choice between watching Letterman or Leno, I choose Leno and have for years. Leno lines up much better politically and I think his humor is much stronger than Letterman. I also think Letterman is shallow. Not much between the ears. He pans to those who really aren’t well informed because he isn’t well informed. He can give you a headline but no content. When I have seen or heard his “Top Ten,” it’s most often just dumb and not worth the energy to even smile. He’s a book with no pages. During an exchange with Bill O’Reilly I caught on Fox this week, I was reminded why Letterman’s a dweeb. Letterman wanted to talk about Rush Limbaugh, “He’s too smart to believe what he’s saying. You (O’Reilly) are too smart to believe what you say.” HUH? I don’t know about you, but when someone says that to me, I get a little hot under the collar. How do you say “thought police?”
Letterman is a voice for the far left who doesn’t even listen to Limbaugh. Most of them never have. In my career as a radio programmer I was always amazed at how people would criticize Limbaugh and other conservative voices and then when questioned it became obvious they had never listened to them. They couldn’t even tell you when they were on the air. Because these personalities were conservative they were automatically bad people. These empty suits simply repeated the party line. They are intolerant robots for the left.
One of the tenets of the left is to repeat their mantra until it becomes truth. Say it often enough and people will eventually believe it. They also want to re-program our thoughts so when we speak it’s what they want to hear. Letterman’s comment is an example of just that. For him to suggest Limbaugh and O’Reilly are too smart to believe what they say is condescending and insulting. How can Letterman believe what he says?
As one who has coached hundreds of talk radio personalities, I can tell you that unless a host believes what he says, he will never gain an audience and ratings. Listeners will see through them. Limbaugh isn’t phony. His ratings are at an all time high. O’Reilly isn’t phony. His ratings have topped #1 for 100 months in a row. This takes hard work and authenticity. Letterman’s shallow criticism is another example of how the left just won’t engage in a meaningful exchange because there’s nothing between their ears.
Letterman also stated he wants Limbaugh to be the “new head of the Republican party.” When asked by O’Reilly why, he responded: “He’s tubby.” Really funny, Dave. Really funny.
-Brian Jennings is author of “Censorship: The Threat to Silence Talk Radio.” The book will be published by Simon & Schuster May 5th, and is available now on Amazon.