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2010-02-08 Home Front: Culture Wars

Hugh Hewitt: Memo to Arianna: Stop being silly

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Posted by Fred 2010-02-08 11:15|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 The way I see the cable news problem is as if someone went out and did a survey of people. They discover that 51% of the people are Democrats (this us just to get the point across the numbers aren't right, but just to illustrate there are more Rs than Ds). So every single one of them starts news operations that pander to people left of center.

Now imagine someone doing a survey and found that 51% of the people prefer chicken to burgers and so 25 chicken joints open in your town. Also imagine that they all have exactly the same menu provided by Associated Chicken.

Now imagine some wise individual opens a burger joint. You have 25 chicken joints competing for 51% and one burger joint that has 49% all to itself.

CNN doesn't really compete with Fox, they compete for MSNBC and the network news audiences. Fox's market share don't like CNN and MSNBC's product. It insults them, it alienates them, calls them stupid.

Ailes is a smart man. Arianna comes across as patronizing, condescending, self-promoting, and too clever by half.

Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-08 11:48|| 2010-02-08 11:48|| Front Page Top

#2 Meant more "D"s than "R"s

Posted by crosspatch 2010-02-08 11:49|| 2010-02-08 11:49|| Front Page Top

#3 But what I really enjoyed saying the most was the obvious: The Beltway-Manhattan media elite still cannot figure out Fox for the same reason they can't figure out Rush or Sarah Palin.

If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle. - Sun Tzu

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-02-08 12:07|| 2010-02-08 12:07|| Front Page Top

#4 Im just saying this article is chicken soup for my soul.

Posted by GirlThursday 2010-02-08 21:58|| 2010-02-08 21:58|| Front Page Top

#5 Arianna Huffington == Twit
Why does anybody on the planet take her in any seriousness....
Hell, ARNOLD, wiped her right out of a special election in the LEFT COAST!
She's a TWIT! End of Story!!

Posted by 3dc 2010-02-08 23:04|| 2010-02-08 23:04|| Front Page Top

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