Posted on 04/11/2005 1:01:57 PM PDT by rightalien
CNN has another new network president, its fifth in four years. Jonathan Klein's mission: take back the million-plus viewers CNN has lost to Fox News Channel in fewer than four years.
Take ever-important prime-time numbers (7 to 11 p.m.), as examined by Nielsen Media Research -- CNN: 775,000 viewers (Anderson Cooper, Larry King, Paula Zahn, Aaron Brown); Fox: 2 million viewers (Shephard Smith, Sean Hannity & Alan Colmes, Bill O'Reilly).
Mr. Klein's assessment of his competition?
"They've tapped into an outrage that's lurking among a certain small segment of the population, mostly angry white men, and those men tend to be rabid," the new CNN chief tells Charlie Rose of PBS. "They tend to be habitual. They tend to like to have their points of view reinforced."
And CNN?
"And a, quote-unquote, 'progressive' or 'liberal' network probably couldn't reach the same sort of an audience, because liberals tend to like to sample a lot of opinions," Mr. Klein continues. "They pride themselves on that. And you know, they don't get too worked up about anything. And they're pretty morally relativistic. And so, you know, they allow for a lot of that stuff. You know, Fox is very appealing to people who like to get worked up over things."
(Excerpt) Read more at insider.washingtontimes.com ...
Ooh... That makes me so angry...
It ain't just a river in egypt...
They've tapped into an outrage that's lurking among a certain small segment of the population.
Riiiiiiiiight
I thought FR was the place to be for us angry, rabid white men!
Actually I like Matthews and Scarborough much better than either.
And folks watching CNN aren't habitual or worked up? Why else would someone watch someone like that angry white man, Carville?
Well, then, there should be no problem. Right?
"They've tapped into an outrage that's lurking among a certain small segment of the population, mostly angry white men, and those men tend to be rabid," the new CNN chief tells Charlie Rose of PBS. "They tend to be habitual. They tend to like to have their points of view reinforced."
And CNN wonders why it loses to FNC.
oh man... they still don't get it...
I predict another 4 years of second place or even third place for CNN.
Is there a word that begins with "C" that also means "Infinite capacity for self-delusion" ??
The difference is that Fox tells the truth (sometimes), CNN doesn`t or slants it and people don`t like to be BS-ed. (See Dan RaTHer)
That really works me up!!!!
mostly angry white men,mostly angry white women,mostly angry black men,mostly angry black women,mostly angry Hispanic men,mostly angry Hispanic women,mostly angry Asian men,mostly angry Asian women......
Well, for it being such a small segment, it sure seems like a lot of people to me. Without fail, whenever you see GOP victory on a mass scale, the TV robots trot out stories about "Angry White Men" and the "Religious Right". This is 1994 Redux.
I'm glad we have liberals to tell us that conservatives as simple-minded, knuckle-dragging morons -- too dumb to handle the nuances of liberals.
LOL!
With an attitude like that, I'm sure he'll win back hundreds of thousands of the people he hates so much to his network.
Brilliant and incisive . Haven't I heard the same tripe repeated about a million times? Who writes this crud?
liberals tend to like to sample a lot of opinions
Maybe that's why they gave up on CNN, you get the same opinions out of every mouth that speaks.
And they're pretty morally relativistic.
Well, he got one right.
That attitude is sure to turn your ratings around.
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