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Vanity Fair Columnist and MSNBC Guest: Fox News 'Not Very Popular in this Country'
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| October 27, 2009
| Jeff Poor
Posted on 10/27/2009 6:05:25 AM PDT by Rufus2007
Let's say, hypothetically, someone was to make a disparaging statement about Fox News and conclude as a news outlet it is way outside of mainstream political thought. Well, then the follow-up appropriate question could be where does that put Fox News' competitors who get just a fraction of the cable news juggernaut's ratings?
Michael Wolff, a contributing editor and columnist Vanity Fair and CNBC regular, told MSNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews on his Oct. 26 program the White House strategy was to marginalize Fox News the same way conservatives once did to liberals, making "liberal" a word with negative connotations. However, he also made the bizarre conclusion that Fox News, which dominates cable news on a regular basis, is "not very popular."
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To: Rufus2007
However, he also made the bizarre conclusion that Fox News, which dominates cable news on a regular basis, is "not very popular." I bet he confirmed this by asking all of his friends what they thought.
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:29:34 AM PDT
by
Kenton
To: holden
To: Rufus2007
“Yes Fox News isn’t very popular in my home country of Ublechistan but it is sure kicking YOUR ass here in the states”.
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:33:00 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Rufus2007
“Absurd.”
You can say that again. If Fox News isn’t very popular in this country why is it first and CNN last?
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:33:04 AM PDT
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
To: Rufus2007
The comment is most likely correct, at least that’s what I see, and here’s why:
America is populated by the product of a public, socialist school system. As my tagline says: The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.
So most Americans don’t even watch cable news. Those that are interested, and want to be informed, rather than indoctrinated, watch Fox. The lemmings who want talking points to try to talk to informed people who watch Fox, watch CNNABCNBCCBSMSNBC.
If you are in a casual conversation, and bring up something came from Fox, many people will shoot you a look like you just quoted Weekly World News.
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:34:54 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
To: Rufus2007
Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes the ‘truth’. Isn’t that right, Michael?
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:35:41 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(Hope....Change...Bullsh*t)
To: Rufus2007
This is reminiscent of the reported quote from Pauline Kael, former film critic of The New Yorker, regarding Nixon's election when she sniffed, "Nobody I know voted for him!"
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:35:45 AM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Buy Gold and Guns Now!)
To: LottieDah
Wolff may soon be looking for a new outlet. Vanity Fair is barely hanging-on, and cannot survive another year like this last one.
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:37:28 AM PDT
by
Melchior
To: Rufus2007
Not Very Popular in this Country' Give the guy a break. He was CLEARLY referring to that part of the country that doesn't have TV's or don't have access to FOX News....
To: ozark hilljilly
“Fox is not very popular in this country.”...
Most of us don't live in NYLAGO......
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:40:05 AM PDT
by
litehaus
(A memory tooooo long)
To: Rufus2007
They have finally been reduced to the “stimulating” practice of Daisy-chain reporting.
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:44:15 AM PDT
by
Steamburg
( Your wallet speaks the only language most politicians understand.)
To: Rufus2007
What country is this loon talking about? Zimbabwe? Inner Mongolia?
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:44:50 AM PDT
by
OpusatFR
(Tagline not State Approved.)
To: DouglasKC
NO NO its a typo.
He meant to say COUNTY not COUNTRY.
Fox News is not very popular in this COUNTY.
Yeah thats it.
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:48:07 AM PDT
by
envisio
To: Rufus2007
I am sick of the “Denial is not a river in Egypt” line, but in this case...
To: Rufus2007
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:53:22 AM PDT
by
Sender
(It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
To: Rufus2007
Not very popular with the inside the beltway brie and wine tasting crowd perhaps.
I’m surprised it’s not even more popular because IMO FOX is moderate - not conservative enough. They should seriously think about running nightly news on OTA FOX. Katie et al wouldn’t know what hit them.
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posted on
10/27/2009 6:59:52 AM PDT
by
Let's Roll
(Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
To: Rufus2007
Michael Wolff, a contributing editor and columnist Vanity Fair and CNBC regular, told MSNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews on his Oct. 26 program the White House strategy was to marginalize Fox News the same way conservatives once did to liberals, making "liberal" a word with negative connotations. However, he also made the bizarre conclusion that Fox News, which dominates cable news on a regular basis, is "not very popular."Is Michael Wolff a comedian? He is hilarious! What you need to do, Mike, is qualify your statements. It is true that Fox is not very popular among Democrats and Marxists, but the fact of the matter is that Fox is the number one news organization in the nation, if not the world.
But we have folks with disordered minds talking to one another. Reminds me of the tea party in Alice in Wonderland. What a laugh!
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posted on
10/27/2009 7:03:22 AM PDT
by
olezip
To: brownsfan
You are right. You have Fox News watchers, then you have everybody else, divided among all other news sources. That’s the only reason their individual numbers are smaller than Fox’s. There are more of them.
To: Rufus2007
Michael Wolff, a contributing editor and columnist Vanity Fair and CNBC regular, told MSNBC's "Hardball" host Chris Matthews on his Oct. 26 program the White House strategy was to marginalize Fox News the same way conservatives once did to liberals, making "liberal" a word with negative connotations. However, he also made the bizarre conclusion that Fox News, which dominates cable news on a regular basis, is "not very popular."
So Wolff took time off from cheating on his wife by boinking his 28-year-old employee to appear on MSNBC? Good for him. It was clearly a love match since Wolff is so danged handsome:
To: envisio
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