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"I will answer you next week"

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Kucinich's 'Fairness Doctrine' Threat To O'Reilly

During George W.'s administration, liberals loved to wail over the supposed--but never demonstrated--suppression of free speech.  

But now we have the spectacle of a member of the Dem majority warning a leading representative of Fox News to stop celebrating his network's success--under threat of reinstitution of the so-called "Fairness Doctrine." On last evening's Factor, Rep. Dennis Kucinich, invoking the possibility of the return of the 'Fairness Doctrine,' warned O'Reilly to stop "crowing" about Fox's success.

O'Reilly had been questioning Kucinich about the collapse of the liberal media as reflected in the demise of Air America and Fox's crushing of CNN and MSNBC during this past Tuesday's election night coverage by margins of five and six-to-one.

Read more: http://www.newsbusters.org/#ixzz0dRgTGmHp

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

Fox news smokes them in the ratings. Why?, because the right needs to be constantly reminded that they are right.

The left just believes and moves on.

I am speaking of the populace, not the politicians

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

Fox News averaged 2.25 million total viewers in prime time for the third quarter, up 2% over the previous year. That's more than CNN (946,000, down 30%) and MSNBC (788,000, down 10%) combined.
"The O'Reilly Factor" led all cable news programs with an average of 3.295 million total viewers for the quarter, up 12% over the previous year. "Hannity" (2.603 million, up 9%), "Glenn Beck" (2.403 million, up 89%), "On the Record with Greta van Susteren" (2.150 million, up 16%), and "Special Report with Bret Baier" (1.997 million, up 20%) rounded out the top five.
Meanwhile, flagship programs at MSNBC and CNN did not sustain their growth from 3Q 2008: At MSNBC, "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" averaged 1.087 million total viewers, down 12% from the previous year and "The Rachel Maddow Show" averaged 996,000 total viewers (Maddow began the program in September 2008, so a comparison for the quarter would be inaccurate; compared to September 2008, though, Maddow's September 2009 total viewer average is down 40%). At CNN's "Anderson Cooper 360" averaged 1.005 million viewers, down 17% from the previous year and "Lou Dobbs" averaged 658,000 total viewers, down 24%. Larry King and Campbell Brown were both down just slightly in total viewers.
CNN in particular had a rough quarter in the primetime Adults 25-54 demo: the network dropped 39% compared to 3Q 2008, averaging 287,000 viewers.



It may be a crock of shit to you. the ratings make the point.

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And music, both damned sides bend reality. If you've no wish to hear such in voices, I suggest you simply quit listening to every one.

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Left or right, I've no interest in any "voice" that exists to bend reality to its wish.

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I can't find my percentage facts for tax dollars supporting NPR. I do have a question though. If they are getting only 2% of their operating budget from the federal government, why do they go ballistic when attempts to cut funding are brought up? Follow the money...

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ORIGINAL: Jeffff

If failed because many on the left do not need their opinions fed to them by often poorly informed  and often ignorant pundits.

The left does not need to be catered too as the right seems to be.

The left, as you will notice by the presidents falling numbers, are not slaves to dogma or doctrine.



Jeff

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Dude.. despite what you might think, the overwhelming majority of Americans are Indies. The fringe exists at the fringe.

Tell me, if you believe, as I do, that it is your right to both carry a gun and have an abortion, are you a Democrat?, or a Republican?

The Teabaggers and the WTO demonstrators are the fringe. They get the most press because  of their extreme views, not in spite of it.

Jeff