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'Rabid' Fox
The Washington Times ^ | April 11, 2005 | John McCaslin

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."

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To: rightalien
"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.

This guy has it back-asswards.

A FOX News viewer will see an Alan Colmes or a Juan Williams championing the Liberal viewpoint of an issue while a CNN viewer will never hear the Conservative side of an issue at all.

That it why CNN is sinking in the ratings. Even Liberals like to hear both sides of an issue.

Liberals claim to be open-minded but they go into apoplectic fits whenever they can't have complete control over the content of the debate.

61 posted on 04/11/2005 2:22:09 PM PDT by Polybius
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To: rightalien

This condesending bastard is probably making a few

million/yr.- just for being stupid.


62 posted on 04/11/2005 2:23:15 PM PDT by Finalapproach29er (America is gradually becoming the Godless,out-of-control golden-calf scene,in "The Ten Commandments")
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To: SilentServiceCPOWife
Yeah funny isn't it. That's his simplistic marketing pitch: FoxNews watchers are angry, unthinking and stubborn. CNN watchers are eclectic and open minded.

If you don't convert back we didn't want you anyway....(but please convert.)

Have you ever been shamed or embarassed away from using an information source? He's banking his job on it. Newflash for the newsman: in general educated folks stop falling for the "the cooool people are into..." tactic about they leave high school.

63 posted on 04/11/2005 2:24:17 PM PDT by Sax
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To: rightalien
"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,"

I didn't know Howard Dean loved Fox!

64 posted on 04/11/2005 2:28:26 PM PDT by houeto ("Mr. President , close our borders now!")
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To: rightalien

The funny part is that those at the top of CNN believe this well enough to hire him.

I don't need or want CNN to be conservative any more than I need or want FNC to be conservative. What I need and want is an opportunity to learn something new when I watch the 'news', and to have both sides of political discussions be given a fair opportunity to win my trust.


65 posted on 04/11/2005 2:35:09 PM PDT by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: rightalien

At least we now know why CNN will continue to lose market share.


66 posted on 04/11/2005 2:38:47 PM PDT by Natural Law
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To: rightalien
will someone please help me? What's a CNN? It sounds like something that could make you sick.
67 posted on 04/11/2005 2:42:39 PM PDT by Bar-Face
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To: rightalien

It's time for another episode of Down the Tubes, the continuing saga of smug, elistist liberals trying to figure out why the customers are fleeing in droves from what surely is a superior, liberal offering.

Tonight's episode, The Customers Are the Enemy, stars recently-appointed CEO Joel Klein and old-line liberal warhorse Charlie Rose.

Will Joel figure it out? Will Larry King get cancer of the suspenders? Will Charlie Rose get higher ratings than Paula Zahn? Stay tuned to find out.


68 posted on 04/11/2005 3:01:17 PM PDT by Nick Danger (You can stick a fork in the Mullahs... they're done)
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To: rightalien

FOX BABE BREAK


69 posted on 04/11/2005 3:11:27 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: BlueNgold

Exactly....thats why I love FNC. THey provide a look perspective of the major (and even not major) news stories that aren't being provided by other networks. I'm thankful for FNC...I just couldn't deal with CNN anymore.


70 posted on 04/11/2005 3:13:35 PM PDT by Politics4Fun
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To: rightalien

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CNN has another new network president, its fifth in four years. . . .

"They've tapped into an outrage that's lurking among a certain small segment of the population, mostly angry white men . . ."
<<

Sounds like six in four years.


72 posted on 04/11/2005 6:19:49 PM PDT by noblejones
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To: rightalien
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."

CNN just switched occupants in the Titanic deck chair that's the CNN Presidency.

It's that closed minded stereotype that had both CBS and CNN believed, which caused both to slide towards the media seabed.

I thought Rick Kaplan had no chance at MSNBC, but he's got a real opportunity here to get out off the basement, if he doesn't mind having to climb over CNN's corpse.

73 posted on 04/11/2005 6:58:18 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Support Our Troops, Spit On A Reporter)
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To: rightalien

It really us amazing...

CNN and the rest of the leftist media outlets see themselves as "balanced," touting only the leftist line, and discounting, if not attacking, any other point of view.

And they view Fox viewers as "Rabid," and the type who only want their point of view reinforced. As usual, it's the typical leftist projection.

Fox's new shows (and theit opinion shows as well) are some of the most balanced I've ever seen. They take great pains to bring really annoying, leftist guests in to babble on, in order to balance out the intelligent and well thought out viewpoints of their conservative guests.

Mark


74 posted on 04/11/2005 7:02:04 PM PDT by MarkL (I've got a fever, and the only prescription is MORE COWBELL!!!)
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To: 68skylark
The dictionary definition of "nuance" shows it comes from a French word meaning to "cloud" or "shade".

For the "nuanced" liberals to believe that they understand things more clearly than conservatives is laughable. They don't even understand the meaning of their own claim to fame.

75 posted on 04/11/2005 7:02:56 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Support Our Troops, Spit On A Reporter)
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To: Reaganesque

Who was selling the Delay shirt?


76 posted on 04/11/2005 7:04:46 PM PDT by Doctor Raoul (Support Our Troops, Spit On A Reporter)
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To: AZ_Cowboy
I was 2 in 1984. I'll take your word for it.

Does your mother know you're on the Internet? And why aren't you in bed? Kids should be in bed this time of night!

Oh! I feel old.
77 posted on 04/11/2005 7:07:51 PM PDT by Bear_Slayer (If you're gonna be a Knight act like a Knight.)
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To: 68skylark

Yes, insult your lost viewers...that'll get them back.


78 posted on 04/11/2005 7:21:18 PM PDT by des
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To: Doctor Raoul
Cafe Press was carrying it. Drudge has a link to it. Click Here.

Some "artist" has his collection on this site. If you click on the image, it will now tell you that it is not available. Check out the caption below the picture. Pure tolerance.

79 posted on 04/11/2005 8:04:16 PM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: StarFan; Dutchy; Timesink; VPMWife78; cgk; Gracey; Alamo-Girl; RottiBiz; FoxGirl; Mr. Bob; ...
FoxFan ping!

Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my FoxFan list. *Warning: This can be a high-volume ping list at times.

80 posted on 04/11/2005 10:38:45 PM PDT by nutmeg
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