Phil Donahue strikes back at MSNBC (Liberals Blame Others for their failings????)

Associated Press ^ | Wed, Feb. 26, 2003 | DAVID BAUDER

[cody32127]

"a tired, left-wing liberal out of touch with the current marketplace."

How true!!!!

[PGalt]

A propagandist out of touch with truth.

[JohnHuang2]

ROFLOL!!!!

[Diogenesis]

THIS JUST IN: "Phil Donahue is considering filing lawsuits against millions of Americans
to force them to watch his loser show."

[Feckless]

On the bright side, now he's free to pursue a new career.....human shield maybe?

[Semper Paratus]

Phil was getting less viewers than the test pattern on the estrogen channel.

[cody32127]

THIS JUST IN: "Phil Donahue is considering filing lawsuits against millions of Americans
to force them to watch his loser show."

That could be coming

[SMEDLEYBUTLER]

Donahue strikes back

[Future Snake Eater]

Or he could take Krusty The Klown's cue:

Krusty: Hey, kids! If you watch my show, I'll send you a check for $40!

Announcer: Checks will not be entered.

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Prediction. The Dems are cordial to him now by praising his failure but they are going to start eating him alive. They will minimalize his importance at every turn, making him soley responsible for their failure to watch his show. His crash proved us right and the libs won't forget it.

[cody32127]

No they will say its because he's too old looking, just watch. (Not the message, no, not the message!)

[TomGuy]

The strategist who recommended hiring Phil and resurrecting his career is probably jobhunting as well.

It didn't take much intelligence to know Phil would fail:

During his heyday, Phil attracted a mostly middle-aged female audience. When he did have a political program (even in the 80's), the daily ratings fell drastically. Middle-aged females are not typically very politically vocal.

Whoever came up with the idea of bringing Phil back to talkTV failed to do the homework and realize Phil couldn't attact the demograpic MSNBC wanted in the 80's, much less in 2002-2003.

[laredo44]

suggesting the network was too quick to pull the trigger

Loser lefty. Still yammering about how we need to wait for the next five-year plan to kick in.

[ClearCase_guy]

(Not the message, no, not the message!)

Of course! it CAN'T be that the message is wrong! It's very clear to the arrogant, smug Liberals that their message is The Truth. They have to find something else to blame. No need to re-examine their basic philosophy.

[Calvin Locke]

...an internal NBC study that described Donahue as "a tired, left-wing liberal out of touch with the current marketplace."

I agree. They just found this out recently????

I'd like to know what the intended purpose of "Donahue" was: To pontificate? To mimic an insulting standup comic? To persuade? To attract the FNC audience? What?

Any chance of Donahue competing with O'Reilly went right down the tubes with his nasty treatment of Ann Coulter who went on to promote her book. And when was that, his first week?

[BJR]

All the bad things Freepers say about Donahue are true, but he does deserve some credit too. As I have said before, I find it truly amazing that after all these years since his daytime show, he still has the same dress size.

[freekitty]

He is such a twerp.

[GOPJ]

I vote with you. Democrats never think it's the message, always the messenger. What fools they are:

No they will say its because he's too old looking, just watch. (Not the message, no, not the message!)

[GOPJ]

It wasn't him, it was the message. No one wants to hear the liberal lies anymore. Think about it:

During his heyday, Phil attracted a mostly middle-aged female audience. When he did have a political program (even in the 80's), the daily ratings fell drastically. Middle-aged females are not typically very politically vocal.

[wayoverontheright]

." The report allegedly said Donahue presented a difficult face for NBC at a time of war, saying a nightmare scenario would be one in which his show becomes "a home for the liberal anti-war agenda at the same time our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity."

As to becoming the home for anti-war lefties, he already had too much competition from the networks and CNN, no?