Do you apply that same logic to Fox News? I mean folks keep voting for them with the use of the remote...

Of course, FOX news is the most entertaining of the news shows, with the hottest news babes and the cheeriest version of what happened. Not really news so much as entertainment, but it's what FOX viewers prefer.
Which is why FOX news viewers are the most misinformed people in the country.

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I do agree that Fox News does do a good job at retaining viewers through making news entertaining which does make it the best at the business it is in. However, if we where to talk about providing information then I would say it doesn't do a very good job but no worse than the other cable news programs. I haven't watched any of them in years but lately I have been going to a gym that has either CNN or Fox News on at various times and they both rarely show anything that I see other than segments about kidnapped kids, entertainment/gossip, feel good fluff segments, or partisan soap box drivel. Some times they cover things I care about during the day time hours but a small portion of the time. Nobody keeps MSNBC on there but from what I have seen elsewhere it is pretty much the same.

My bias probably plays a role, but IMO MSNBC is far and away the worst cable news program out there. In reality it's probably on par with FOX and CNN in terms of political bias - But Kieth Olbermann, oh my fucking god.

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See, we were talking about ratings alone but you couldn't handle that so you had to try denegrate those who do watch Fox...its a typical "voice of the people" theory, but only when it suits you.

No, he's conceding that fox is popular and informing us in his opinion why.

I bet all that CGI, noise and 'red alerts' etc is done for reason, namely to entertain.

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Guess who?

not crying just saying that the media and the left are fucked up

seems you took offense to that do you need a tissue???

He didn't "inform" us of anything Choco, he just gave us his opinion on why he thinks it works. He thinks a plurality of folks that watch cable news are misinformed.

you wanted to me to say it so i took the bait.............

You know he has to be the biggest idiot on the tv networks(olberman) i tune in during commercials and damn if he isnt the most pontificating idiot out there

listened to rush in the 90's on the radio when i drove , mostly for laughs., olberman is just like him

No, I took no offense, thanks. It was more akin to being amused at how butt-hurt you are over the success of Fey.

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No, Ive heard Bill Oreilly, a clear winner there.

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Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if Labor had not first existed. Labor is superior to capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.

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Listening to Olbermann is like fingernails on a chalkboard for me, I literally have to change the station after 2-3 minutes of watching to him. Olbermann is definatly as ridiculous as Rush, but at least Rush has a sense of humor

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Liberty is a well armed lamb willing to contest the majority decision!" ~ Benjamin Franklin
"Diplomacy is the art of saying Nice Doggie! while you're looking for a rock. ~ Wynn Catlin
"There are no innocent civilians." - Gerneral Curtis Lemay. A.K.A Bombs away Lemay

butt hurt??? wtf who says that wow that is the weakest retort i have ever read

fucking thanks man now i am amused , butt hurt....... must be a west coast thing or something man cause that is some freaky shit

wow we are talking about peoples butts on the board the board has changed a lot i guess

BTW i could give two shits about tina fey i think she is a ugly bitch and never thought she was funny on SNL Fallon carried that segment IMO and when he left i Fast forwarded through the stupidity of her and the other chick for awhile and now the two new idiots doing that stretch

i was remarking that because she makes fun of a candidate that shouldnt make her the entertainer of the year and if she was dogging say clinton i am sure this thread would be twisted and started by one of the koolaide drinkers of the board on how the right wing conspiracy is once again ruling the world

olberman wins hands down of course that is for objective people

those that drink the blue koolaide still cant see it , for he sings to their soul