Is Wright Wrong for Hannity-Rocky Bout?
Doug Wright, a "good friend" to every guest on his eponymous KSL Newsradio show, has asserted himself into the Hannity-Rocky smackdown.
The host is considering moderating the debate between his "friends" -- right-wing commentator Sean Hannity and left-wing Mayor Rocky Anderson -- now that Hannity has challenged and Anderson has accepted the chance for a live debate in Salt Lake City about the Iraq war and Anderson's call for President Bush's impeachment.
But Anderson has reservations about Wright's impartiality. The radio personality, after all, called Anderson "embarrassing" for protesting the president last summer. And the mayor, who was on Wright's show Friday, called him on it, suggesting he may not be the best moderator for the job.
The show became a sort of preview of the future debate.
Wright chastised the mayor for not calling Bush "our president." Anderson scolded Wright for interrupting him, saying, "You're getting to be like Hannity now."
Retorted Wright later in the program: "You just compared me with Hannity and that really, really troubles me. See I didn't think that was funny."
And so on.
Hannity had called Wright's show to lay out his conditions for a debate -- and talk a little smack.
"I didn't know it was the duty of the mayor to go around in this self-aggrandizing fashion and try and assert himself in political debate to prop himself up," Hannity said. "I would think that, if the mayor really cared about the troops, that he would help us achieve victory so we can bring the kids home."
Said Anderson: "Hannity lives off of nastiness and hatefulness. It's time that he come into a forum where he is going to have to face the facts and try to justify the incredible and illegal abuses of power that's resulted in, I think, one of our nation's greatest tragedies."
The national radio and TV personality wants 20-minute opening statements, a chance to question each other and take questions from the audience. The tickets to the show would be about the price of a movie ticket. Anderson could have the first and last word.
Proceeds would go to the charity of the "winner," as determined by the audience.
The mayor said it sounded "roughly fine," though he would rather leave the questions to the audience and a moderator, whomever that may be.
-- Heather May
The host is considering moderating the debate between his "friends" -- right-wing commentator Sean Hannity and left-wing Mayor Rocky Anderson -- now that Hannity has challenged and Anderson has accepted the chance for a live debate in Salt Lake City about the Iraq war and Anderson's call for President Bush's impeachment.
But Anderson has reservations about Wright's impartiality. The radio personality, after all, called Anderson "embarrassing" for protesting the president last summer. And the mayor, who was on Wright's show Friday, called him on it, suggesting he may not be the best moderator for the job.
The show became a sort of preview of the future debate.
Wright chastised the mayor for not calling Bush "our president." Anderson scolded Wright for interrupting him, saying, "You're getting to be like Hannity now."
Retorted Wright later in the program: "You just compared me with Hannity and that really, really troubles me. See I didn't think that was funny."
And so on.
Hannity had called Wright's show to lay out his conditions for a debate -- and talk a little smack.
"I didn't know it was the duty of the mayor to go around in this self-aggrandizing fashion and try and assert himself in political debate to prop himself up," Hannity said. "I would think that, if the mayor really cared about the troops, that he would help us achieve victory so we can bring the kids home."
Said Anderson: "Hannity lives off of nastiness and hatefulness. It's time that he come into a forum where he is going to have to face the facts and try to justify the incredible and illegal abuses of power that's resulted in, I think, one of our nation's greatest tragedies."
The national radio and TV personality wants 20-minute opening statements, a chance to question each other and take questions from the audience. The tickets to the show would be about the price of a movie ticket. Anderson could have the first and last word.
Proceeds would go to the charity of the "winner," as determined by the audience.
The mayor said it sounded "roughly fine," though he would rather leave the questions to the audience and a moderator, whomever that may be.
-- Heather May
6:36 PM
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3 Comments:
What they need is someone who is schooled in the rules of a true debate & is not afraid to enforce them. A referee in a brawl comes to mind, otherwise, BRING IT ON! It's time the truth was told.
I agree with Kingbrook. Get a debate coach from one of the universities. Wright will get rolled between these two.
How about Doug Fabrizio, from Kuer? Of course, we would have to give him a mute button that would shut off the microphones for whichever participant was trying to talk past their time limit, or interupt the other.
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