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mandyky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:25 AM
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Cenk Uygur: 'Olbermann proves the obvious'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/olbermann-proves-the-obvi_b_18083.html

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Keith Olbermann just made everyone's job easier. From now on, it will be easier to criticize the administration on television. It will be easier for liberals to get hired in the media. It will be easier for television executives to make programming decisions. And, most importantly, it will be easier to get the truth to the American people.

For some time now, I have been saying that TV execs are crazy not to put counter-programming on cable news by putting a liberal alternative to the countless conservative talk shows on television. This is especially true when most of the country can't stand this Republican President.

It doesn't take a genius to figure out that if the President has approval ratings in the 30's, that perhaps people would watch a show that takes the opposite side as the President. Fox News created an empire by opposing a president, and Clinton was a much more popular leader.

It might not take a genius to figure this out, and thank God because TV programmers are no geniuses. But one thing they do exceedingly well is - copy what works.

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RevCheesehead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-29-06 10:51 AM
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1. Thank you for sharing this, mandy!
An article with snark, about a snarky newsman! :)
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