tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post110491554906986609..comments2023-11-29T12:25:25.631-08:00Comments on Dumpster Bust: Online Media Cultist: Media Shakedown: Al Gore Goes INd Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post-1105033050740080122005-01-06T09:37:00.000-08:002005-01-06T09:37:00.000-08:00Al,
I'll paraphrase Bill Lumburgh from Office Spa...Al,<br /><br />I'll paraphrase Bill Lumburgh from <I>Office Space</I> fame:<br /><br />"I'm gonna have to go ahead... and disagree with you there. Yeah."<br /><br />Can you give me one equivalent of O'Reilley or Hannity on CNN? The truth is that Fox brilliantly tapped into a right-leaning audience. CNN and, to an extent MSNBC (who is adding conservative hosts left and right these days) are trying to "stay the course" and are losing ratings in an increasingly fractured media marketplace. Therefore, I think it makes sense for a left-leaning cable station to lay cards on the table and become the Fox of the Left.<br /><br />But the overall truth is that the conservative media dominates the news process and had a level of impact on the 2004 election. <br /><br />Conservative think tanks have been weaned over the past generation. They float up the philosophy, such as neo-conservatism, that is latched onto by young politiks, especially those who grew up or came of age during the Reagan 80s.<br /><br />Today, websites like Drudge Report, newspapers like The Washington Times and The Wall Street Journal, and especially Fox News television, have the ability to shape and spin rumors and legit news stories alike to please and titillate a conservative-leaning or receptive audience.<br /><br />The Left, for lack of a better term, needs to equally arm itself in some fashion. There's just no other way to compete. More on this later.Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204239335140313863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post-1104996853103941002005-01-05T23:34:00.000-08:002005-01-05T23:34:00.000-08:00Really, how much more counter-balancing from the l...Really, how much more counter-balancing from the left does Fox News need on cable? How about the cheese eaters that Fox came to tackle, CNN in particular.<br /><br />It's not that the left doesn't have voices, it's that they're largely being rejected by the public. The dominance of Fox News is not the result of some secret Karl Rove plan.<br /><br />The bottom line VOTE by remote control is that Fox News is in fact a far better and more fair and balanced news source. <br /><br />Well, that's democracy for ya.Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08940553284067503671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9157958.post-1104957700785529722005-01-05T12:41:00.000-08:002005-01-05T12:41:00.000-08:00It will probably end up as required viewing in Mid...It will probably end up as required viewing in Middle Schools for bored-to-tears eighth graders.<br /><br />Now, if Al Gore himself were to host a game show or something... then we'd be talking <I>action</I>!Staffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00204239335140313863noreply@blogger.com