PJM Political 11/13/10: NYT Down; Women, Children, Olbermann Hardest Hit
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- Ed Driscoll interviews veteran journalist (whose career began at the NYT) William McGowan about his new book, Gray Lady Down: What the Decline and Fall of The New York Times Means for America. (Watch for this space for the unedited version of this interview.)
- Host Steve Green’s weekly Five Questions for James Lileks.
- Glenn Reynolds interviews pollster Scott Rasmussen on the midterms.
- From their weekly PJTV Poliwood show, Roger L. Simon and Lionel Chetwynd discuss two very different independent films, one set in the heartlands of America, the other on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, and handicap their Oscar chances.
- From PJTV’s Weekly Trifecta show, Steve Green, Scott Ott and Stephen Kruiser debate the merits of the strange, brief time-out MSNBC gave to Keith Olbermann last week.
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I hope the New York Times dies a slow, painful, death. It’s about time that rag disappeared. Within a few years, there may only be an online version of the paper. Printing and distribution costs are going to kill the print version, especially with the falling number of ads and deteriorating ad revenue for the paper. Few people will shed any tears after that biased publication closes its doors for good.
I’m a frequent visitor to the NYT editorial pages. What is ironic is the commentary by readers. It is overwhelmingly biased toward a radically liberal mindset-which is their right. But if you are only reading one very slanted outlet, how can you believe that the rest of the nation might have other opinions that are just as qualified. Staff writers in columns have repeatedly denigrated those outside of New York City as uninformed, ignorant and racist. In the Internet Age, folks in places like Tulsa and Boise can read the same outlets as the most jaded SoHo resident. To dismiss us as boobs, as one comment did, is to ignore that no matter how large New York City may grow, the rest of the nation will always outvote them. Maybe it’s time to ask why the rest of the nation voted that way rather than libeling them because they failed to see the wisdom of pursuing Obama’s failed liberalism.
. . . no matter how large New York City may grow, the rest of the nation will always outvote them.
Reminds me of the NYC dilettante who in 1972 couldn’t figure out how McGovern could possibly have lost. “I voted for him, and everyone I know voted for him too,” the bemused lady whined.
Keith has the contagious virus going around MSNBC called the “O’Donnell Syndrome.” Keith’s so called “show” routine never included a smidgeon of intelligence but now it’s even worse, he now sounds like a cross between Mel Gibson and Ed Schultz. As the syndrome progresses it will cause Keith to fall into the “Chris Matthews phase.” This will lead Keith to start spitting when he pronounces certain words, it’s similar to Sylvester the Cat’s lisp. Sylvester’s lisp of course was much worse but at least the people he talked to stayed dry. The next phase is the Dylan Rattigan phase and he will find himself starting to spend time in Hugh Hefner’s grotto and believing the women when they tell him “you were great” or he will start believing the info coming out of MSNBC. The last stage of the syndrome is called the Lawrence O’Donnell psycho phase. This phase will start with an eye “tremor” or eye itch, similar to the one that Inspector Dryfus had (Inspector Clouseau’s enemy) in the Pink Panther movies. The angrier you get, the more it twitches. The more it twitches the angrier you get. And of course with this last phase, he will start believing the notes the Progressives have him reading.
While CNN continues to decline in prime time (as detailed today in the New York Times) and MSNBC’s signature programs fall off as well (post coming), Fox News remains unaffected. In fact, with health care passing, there’s no reason to doubt the second quarter of 2011 will be any different. With the midterm elections finished, Fox News could conceivably be headed for another year of stronger ratings than the one before.
The biggest news in cable news of 2010 is the remarkable rise of Glenn Beck at Fox. His Friday night special drew huge numbers and leapfrogged his show above long-time #2 Sean Hannity. What was CNN thinking when the let this guy get away? As for the rest of the cable news pack, some were up a little, some were down a little. And Larry King continues to be CNN’s last man standing. Not now. So who does MSNBC have?
I would argue that any enterprise ‘running off the rails’ has more to do with the ‘operators’ than the vehicle itself. Barring catastrophic failure of the machinery, it is the lack of care, purposeful neglect or inbred political correctness by the owners/operators/staff that sets up its demise.
Clarity of truth is the only mind meld that will turn printed and televised media back into a trusted source of transparency, critical analysis and reporting of the events of any day.
They will GET IT or they will be GONE, but only because of the people.
On to the Major Election Event = VICTORY
The only way ‘We the People’ are going to restore the Republic to ‘original intent’ is to vote every incumbent out at every election until ‘they’ fear US greatly and at every moment, whether they are talking, voting, town halling or campaigning.
Once they get used to the fact that their time is always limited, more time may be spent on the things that strengthen the Constitution, the Republic and ‘We the People’
REPEAL the 17th Ammendment, End the Fed, Abolish the IRS, TSA, EPA, NEA and the Public Sector Unions. For starters.
GOD BLESS AMERICA ! !