Former CNN bigwig Reese Schonfeld on why Fox News is kicking ratings ass: "The economy is scaring the hell out of viewers, and they're turning to FoxNews for comfort."And that scares the hell out of Reese Schonfeld...
Monday, April 27, 2009
Fox: The Most Trusted Name In Comfort News
Former CNN bigwig Reese Schonfeld on why Fox News is kicking ratings ass: "The economy is scaring the hell out of viewers, and they're turning to FoxNews for comfort."And that scares the hell out of Reese Schonfeld...
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It was only after surfing through cable news channels a few months that I realized how angry, frightened, and irrational so many of us really are. Fox and MSNBC didn't create that. They merely react to it. This country is only a few crises away, economic or otherwise, from finding real appeal in a man on a white horse. Fortunately, cable news only offers a few varieties of half a horse.
ReplyDeleteRight on, Jim!
ReplyDeleteGlen reminds me of a "Blue Meany" when he gets going. The substance gets lost in the style. Politically we're on similar ground. I just don't like all the yelling, kvetching and crying. Butch up!
ReplyDeleteGlen as a comfort food? Sort of like red hot tacos. You still have that warm feeling several hours later. Valium anyone?
ReplyDeleteComfort fool?
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