“Welcome to this struggle,” Andrew Napolitano said triumphantly as he wrapped up the first television episode last weekend of his libertarian talk show, “Freedom Watch.” He saluted the camera and concluded, “From New York, defending freedom, so long America.” He will be back next week, a commercial said, with a special guest, Glenn Beck.
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Now, the upstart Fox Business is making room for libertarian talk, too. An aggressive pro-civil liberties, anti-government streak is evident on both “Freedom Watch” and “Stossel,” a weekly Fox Business show hosted by the former ABC News anchor John Stossel that was added last fall.
As any libertarian will tell you, there are sharp differences in opinions between conservatives and libertarians, and now Fox has programs for both.
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With its emphasis on out-of-control government and with Mr. Napolitano’s warning last weekend that the United States was “halfway to socialism,” “Freedom Watch” could be seen as a reaction to the policies of President Obama and a Congress controlled by Democrats.
Special guests Glenn Beck and Michelle Bachmann, anti-government rhetoric, and cries of socialism? How very original. Good thing they gave this its own show. You can't find shit like this on any other Fox network, that's for sure. As the article states, there are serious differences between conservative and glibertarian opinions.
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