Dem’s Vilification of Tea Party Identical to ’09 War Against FoxNews


Posted by racebannon (Diary)

Tuesday, March 30th at 2:44PM EST

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I just couldn’t help but notice the Democrats’ current “offensive” (hey, I’m offended) against the Tea Party participants painting them as extreme, right-wing fringe outsiders is nearly identical to the playbook used by the Obama Administration against Fox News during much of 2009. In fact, if you take any Tea Party talking point being marshaled by the Democrats right now and substitute “Fox News” for “Tea Party” it’s pretty apparent that this is the same, “demonize the competition rather than debate them” strategy.

How did that turn out, by the way?

Because as I recall, during that storied stroke of strategic genius, Fox News’ ratings steadily increased while the ratings of more sympathetic outlets (CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, Air America) continued to decline.

As if shouting how evil those people who don’t think like me will make them go away in shame and chagrinned fear. Maybe on college campuses, but not here in the real world.

So, yeah – bring it on.



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Fox News Channel continues rapid growth …

izoneguy (Diary) Tuesday, March 30th at 3:21PM EST (link)

http://hotair.com/archives/2010/03/30/fox-news-channel-continues-rapid-growth/

That’s not to say that CNN is the worst in class, either. CNN picked up Erick Erickson of Red State as an analyst, and they do better at balancing points of view in prime time than MS-NBC, which has become a lunatic asylum after about 11 am ET. But Fox has done a better job over a longer, consistent period of incorporating serious left-of-center analysts like Juan Williams, Mara Liasson, Kirsten Powers, and more in both its talking-heads shows and its news analysis than any of the other cablers. Being better than MS-NBC is, in any case, damning with extremely faint praise.

Juan Williams, Mara Liasson, Kirsten Powers – anytime these folks show up the IQ of the show they are on drops about 30%….
Kirsten really does live up to that “dumb blonde” stereotype.
They forgot to mention Bob Beckel – I DVR Hannity and always click past Beckel – I just hope Beckel makes over 200K so they can give me my wealth re-distribution form his fat arse.

The point cannot be made often enough: Modern liberalism, as embodied in the Obama presidency, is the defender of the status quo. And the status quo is a road to economic ruin. Political forces cannot redistribute the wealth that the economic system does not produce.

 

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