Can the Dems Ape FOX?

Section of newsletter from opinionjournal.com ^ | 1/2/03 | James Taranto

[bmwcyle]

It is all about ratings not feelings. They just don't get it. As reality TV grows and dies, Rush lives on and on. The Dems will never see the light.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The reason conservative radio and cable news is on the upswing is simple: conservatives are actively concerned about politics and where the country is heading.

Democrat radio and cable news will never go anywhere because Democrats are slugs who don't care about anything except getting free stuff from the goobermint.

[My2Cents]

The reason that Fox has risen to the top in the cable ratings isn't because it's "conservative," but because networks with a liberal bias do not represent the mainstream of thought and attitude in the nation.

[moneyrunner]

Outstanding.

[My2Cents]

...put another way, even if they start a "liberal Fox" or find a "liberal Rush," these will fail, because liberalism is out of step with the mainstream of America.

[HamiltonJay]

A LIBERAL CABLE CHANNEL! I LOVE IT! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DO IT! Once you do this, there will be no more pretending you stand for american values! Once you start that ball rolling every socialist and radical is going to push to espouse even wackier and wackier crap. Please DNC, do this! I beg you! Please!

[EllaMinnow]

Great find - excellent article.
Thanks for posting it.

[Mr. Jeeves]

What, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and MSNBC aren't enough for them?

[YOMO]

One group of well-heeled Democrats "is toying with the idea of starting a liberal cable network."...........

Hey, are they now called NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, etc.??????

[BunnySlippers]

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[Lee'sGhost]

"They say their concerns have taken on a new urgency because of the rise to the top of the cable news ratings by the Fox News Channel, considered by many to have a conservative slant,"

They won't be able to bec they STILL DON'T GET IT. FOX is mostly middle of the road. Which, of course, IS to the right of what libs want to see, and is much more to the right than what conservatives are used to seeing -- but their news is mostly in the middle. It is true that conservatives LOVE FOX, but that's because in desert of liberal news, a middle of the road FOX is an oais.

[AlaskaErik]

It doesn't matter who the messenger is, or how pretty he/she is, It's The Message, Stupid! The liberals have no message. They act on emotion, not rationalization. Where is the audience for that?

[Constitutional Patriot]

"One group of well-heeled Democrats "is toying with the idea of starting a liberal cable network." "

"yes...and it shall be lead by Ted Turner and we shall call it CNN...what a wonderful idea..."

It is laughable.

[HassanBenSobar]

Yes, please! Waste all that RAT money on failed networks! Maybe the RATS look dumber than ever (and totally incapable of running a business...) Gotta love it.

And to think they're always accusing conservatives of being dumb.../irony

[Constitutional Patriot]

Seriously, it will be funny to notice the profound similarity of a liberal news network and the existing mainstream networks. What will they say when America notices that there is no difference between LNN and CNN!?!?!

[Constitutional Patriot]

I think the perfect term for their attitude is "arrogant ignorance". They consider themselves elite because they have been told they are elite by their marxist mentors. They are ignorant because they refuse to seek the truth. They are in denial of reality because it conflicts with their ideology.

Have you ever noticed the reaction you get from one of these left wingers when you confront them with indisputable facts that refute their arguments? They go deeper into denial, attack your character, attempt to ridicule you as being a "right wing extremist" or worse, but whatever they do, they always get extremely irrational.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

The liberal media is crashing and burning because they have no message. They're the great defenders of the status quo. The principal message that they put across is how terrible, racist, and evil the opposition is. They offer freebies, scare people into thinking that the opposition is only interested in taking away their benefits, and package their socialist agenda to look appealing.

[Kay Soze]

Investors first question:

How will starting yet another liberal media cable outlet be successful when the current ones are not?

( he he he he ! :) )

[HamiltonJay]

No, actually if you let unwashed liberals have their own network, CNN WOULD LOOK CONSERVATIVE! Everyone with eyes knows the mainstream media is tilted left for the most part... but you see that tilt is always guised in the black wool of being "unbiased"... So they rarely go all out, because they know if they push too far, they can't make that claim.

Let an openly Liberal channel on TV and you are going to see every freak and fruitcake cause paraded around like it was the end of the world. With not even a token attempt to pull back, or at least wear the wool, america will see the left naked as a jay bird and you'll see people voting democratic go down to 20% or less. Because the left in america today is not about "Liberty" its about lunacy. Transgender right, radical animal rights, radical vegitarianism, NAMBLA, etc etc etc.... The left today is made up of not a large group of people with a common cause (well other than hating america for the most part)... it is made up of a coalition of lots of little groups with radical causes. They have no real unifying argument other than they know the mainstream will never accept them, so they congregate tolerating each other in attempts to collectively silence or bully the main stream.. This sometimes works in the short run, but can never work in the long run... but that's what the Left is today. If they have a network, these small factions will fight for airtime and to get their messages out, so the wool if you will, won't stay on for long...

Democrats are no longer the party of Jefferson, in fact Jefferson would be spinning in his grave if he knew his party has fallen so far. But regardless, the left cannot ever show its true face... because america will NEVER buy it. If the mask comes off, even for a second, people bolt... Wellstone's "memorial" was a perfect example of this.