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A Tortoise Savors the Lead (CBS/Moonves/Dinosaur Media DeathWatchâ„¢
The New York Times ^ | September 12, 2006 | GERALDINE FABRIKANT and BILL CARTER

Posted on 09/12/2006 4:52:46 AM PDT by abb

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To: abb

She has a voice that can be classified as "dippy". How can you take news seriously from someone who sounds like that? Of course I want serious news and would never expect to get it from CBS.


21 posted on 09/12/2006 6:47:08 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: abb

The New York Times tempers its enthusiasm over Katie, has already seen the ratings slide, acts like it hasn't happened ("wildly successful so far") even though an intern could have found the info, and pretends to be a trend reader by suggesting that the ratings may slide due to no fault by the great MSM.

A small but typical example of how truth doesn't matter at the NYT.


22 posted on 09/12/2006 6:47:09 AM PDT by soloNYer
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To: OldFriend; abb
Pride goeth before the fall...

My own pride seems invested in watching Crazy Katie sink. Since her debut on Sep 5 Crazy Katie's ratings sank faster than an anchor on the Titanic falling 30% in 3 short days.. At that point Crazy Katie fans stepped in to start whining about the unfairness of using Nielsen ratings as a daily metric of Crazy Katie's progress in our network news horserace. So after proudly trumpeting Crazy Katie's ratings during the first few days MSM apparently changed gears after Crazy Katie's downward trend became apparent. Now an MSM embargo seems to exist on Crazy Katie's ratings which may indicate less than stellar results that SeeBS really wants to ignore. Either that or Crazy Katie suddenly became unnewsworthy after all these years.

23 posted on 09/12/2006 6:50:12 AM PDT by Milhous (Twixt truth and madness lies but a sliver of a stream.)
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Thanks for posting that link, which confirms my suspicions that MSM suddenly stopped trumpeting Crazy Katie's ratings after a dramatic downward trend became apparent.
24 posted on 09/12/2006 6:57:14 AM PDT by Milhous (Twixt truth and madness lies but a sliver of a stream.)
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which confirms my suspicions that MSM suddenly stopped trumpeting Crazy Katie's ratings after a dramatic downward trend became apparent.

kinda like the dixie chicks, huh? bwahahahahaha

I saw a PBS promo for a video concert.... I love when the MSM and the Libs get b#tch slapped by the people NOT supporting their "great" ideas or spokespeople.....

Like they say "Life Ain't Always Beautiful"....

25 posted on 09/12/2006 7:14:00 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck......... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.)
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To: Milhous
She reminds me of the same boorish temperament of Little Tommy Cruise.
26 posted on 09/12/2006 9:24:19 AM PDT by OKIEDOC (Kalifornia now a certified socialist state reporting to Mexico City for further instructions)
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To: soloNYer

After ONE week, it's already desperation time. Oh, the schadenfreude.

I'm waiting for them to start trotting out the excuses they used when Phil Donohue's ratings sank to oblivion..."Well, his target audience are still on their month-long vacations in Europe. When they get back, man, you just wait!"


27 posted on 09/12/2006 3:33:44 PM PDT by CaliGirlGodHelpMe
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Leslie Moonves, the chief executive of the CBS Corporation

In what language is 'bat' spelled V-E-S?

28 posted on 09/12/2006 3:43:44 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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