Fareed Zakaria: Fox Viewers Don't Watch CNN - Our Competition is NPR and NYT
CNN's Fareed Zakaria made a bit of a Kinsley gaffe Friday.
On NPR's "Morning Edition," Zakaria said, "The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN...Our competitors should properly be The New York Times, the BBC, NPR" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
DAVID FOLKENFLIK, NPR: Jon Klein, the former president of CNN's American network, tried to mint new stars - primetime hosts Piers Morgan and Eliot Spitzer among them. [CNN Executive Vice President Mark] Whitaker says he's high on them but when he looks at the cable news landscape, at the glut of political talk, and he sees CNN, he says unlike its competitors, it need not be largely defined by the ideology of its hosts or by its treatment of politics.
MARK WHITAKER WHITAKER, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CNN: I think perhaps there have been times in the past when CNN would have people who represented extreme views, let them go at it in a food fight, and then sit there neutrally in the middle and then toss to commercial. Well, we're not going to do that anymore.
FOLKENFLIK: Instead, Whitaker is pushing for scoops, for more in-depth reporting, and for crisper interviews that yield more insight.
So, according to Whitaker, CNN "need not be largely defined by the ideology of its hosts or by its treatment of politics."
Enter Zakaria stage far-left:
FOLKENFLIK: Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN's "GPS" and a former colleague at Newsweek, says Whitaker has already had a profound effect.
FAREED ZAKARIA (Host, "GPS"): CNN is getting smarter, and you can feel it in the stories, you can feel it in the depth with which they're covered, the kinds of people in terms of guests who are brought on air, the way in which issues are discussed.
FOLKENFLIK: And Zakaria argues the channel should ignore Fox and MSNBC.
Mr. ZAKARIA: The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest. Our competitors should properly be The New York Times, the BBC, NPR.
For those unfamiliar with the term "Kinsley gaffe" - named after former CNN contributor Michael Kinsley - is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.
In Zakaria's case, the idea that he sees CNN's competition as being the far-left outlets the New York Times and NPR is really all you need to know about the ideology the so-called "Most trusted name in news" is largely defined by.
Thanks, Fareed. We couldn't have said it any better.
(H/T TVNewser)
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Hmm, Fareed, if that's really
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:02pm.
your name?
You're supposed to be employed by a television network. And because you know you can't compete with Fox News, you claim your competition is National Public Radio and a newspaper? Really?
And Whitaker says they "used to invite" on people with extreme views? He's right, they don't invite them on any longer, they hired them! So, yeah, CNN IS defined by the ideology of it's hosts.
We surrender
Submitted by nkviking75 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:04pm.
Zakaria's comments could also be interpreted in two words: "We surrender." They have abandoned any effort to appeal to people who refuse to swallow the party line of the MSM.
“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.
That's like a sixth-place
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:10pm.
That's like a sixth-place baseball team bragging about the other celler-dwellers that they play against...............
Although I see that Nancy Grace has some kind of ratings............but I don't have the slightest idea of what kind of show she has. Hell, I can barely look at her when I'm checking out what's on the various channels!!!
Killa Nancy Grace is
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:44pm.
Killa
Nancy Grace is following the trial in Florida..once it's over she is too.
Dr.Drew though is something i cannot figure out.
You're right. She has had
Submitted by ricklail on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:37pm.
You're right. She has had some good ratings but as you say when the trial is over she hit bottom again. HLN did beat Fox for total daytime viewers one day. Fox still eats their lunch at nights.
rick
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:40pm.
When Megyn Kelly returns from maternity leave the 1 to 3 p.m. slot will be FNC's again. I know guys like her for her looks. I think she's whip smart.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh........Megyn
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:14pm.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh........Megyn Kelly!!! She's the real deal...................eleven on a scale of ten in all departments!!!
There is no scale high enough ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:21pm.
. to rate Megyn Kelly. She is truly a babe!
Do you remember the amplifier
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:42pm.
Do you remember the amplifier in 'Spinal Tap' that went to eleven??? And I'd love to see Mah-vell-us Megyn 'interview' Boy Blah-Blah!!! Wouldn't that be something???
Killa, that's one appearance of
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:48pm.
Obysmal I wouldn't miss. S0, we all know that it'll never happen.
I mean, what would Jay Carney do, who would he call, after Megyn made Obysmal cry?
Megyn doesn't interview.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 8:27pm.
She interrogates! She would chew Bambi up and spit his skinny ass out like a tiger.
That would be one show to watch, and I guarantee it will never happen. She scares the hell out of wimps like the Bambino.
Be nice,
Submitted by Boudin on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 8:35pm.
But I would rather see Greta interview Obama,
Really??? Well, Greta does
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 11:50pm.
Really??? Well, Greta does allright...........and she has been getting more and more conservative sense in the past couple of years...........but there is NO WAY that Boy Blithering Babbling Blah-Blah is going to let EITHER of these gals interview him!!! Plus.....they're WHITE and they're on FOX!!!!! Maybe Oprah or Whoop-si-do..................
Yeah, I know.........he went on Fox with Babble O'Reilly...........big deal. The only person who thought it was 'heavy' was BOR himself..........and he's as much of a condascending egomaniac as Boy Blunder.
Double-barrel effect
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:15pm.
THIS guy thinks Megyn Kelly is hot due to a double barrel effect. She is clearly physically attractive. Now when that is paired with brains and the willingness to USE them...
:o)
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
a verdict may be reached by
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 6:42pm.
a verdict may be reached by tomorrow, so soon we will know if she has any lasting power.
Nancy Grace ratings?
Submitted by woburn828 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:19pm.
I think she attracts the Jerry Springer crowd when their is a sensational murder trial. I'm with you. I find her disturbing to watch. Too weird looking.
When I need a good dose of
Submitted by jkwtrading on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 6:46pm.
When I need a good dose of just what liberalism does I turn on Maury Povich. Two to three days and one just knows the real condition they are in.
What do you expect?
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:09pm.
Liberals don't let their kids keep score when they play soccer games either. All it tells you is whether you are a winner or a loser.
Born Fareed and the whole liberal news establishment are losers and just don't want to face it.
Bubba, I coached youth soccer
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:13pm.
Bubba, I coached youth soccer for many years - boys and girls - and I can tell you that, by a certain age - they KNEW who won and lost the damn game.................as that one football player/coach/analyst said - 'that's why we play the damn game'!!!!! And we won some great games, and lost some heartbreakers.............it was a little slice of life for the kids.
So true, Killa.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:33pm.
I also coached for many years, and our league ALWAYS kept score. Like you said, even if we hadn't, the kids knew who won.
I used to tell my kids each game that winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is (thanks to Vince Lombardi). I also told them that when you win, celebrate just a little, and start getting ready for the next game because it starts all over again. Same is true if you get beat. Forget it, learn from it and move on. I also taught them that there is a difference between getting beat and losing. Getting beat happens, and it means that the other guys were better today than you were. Losing is unacceptable because it means that you let the other guys win when you could have beat them.
That will to win, and wanting to win has to be taught to kids, or they grow up to be a bunch of whiny, loser, liberal crybabies who think everything should be fair. Well, it ain't so get over it and learn to be a winner or you can go through life kissing other people's rings.
Now if only we can find a presidential contender who wants to kick some serious ass, and not apologize for it!
Well, not only has Boy Barry
Submitted by killa37 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:17pm.
Well, not only has Boy Barry NOT 'leveled the playing field', but he's dug a bunch of trenchs and potholes for OUR team!!!!
I coached soccer for many years as well...
Submitted by TalkoftheToon on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 10:47pm.
our club did not keep score for comp games below U10, and did not keep score for rec games at all. This was a directive from the state soccer organization. Something that I notice now is that you could not even question this mandate; the state officials had a whole list of talking points (less pressure for the players, more of an opportunity to learn from mistakes in game situations, coaches would be more likely to play all players in all positions and equal game time) and by golly, they knew more than you. If you so much as questioned any aspect of this policy, you were put in your place and shunned. They would not even certify your roster if you wanted to go to an out of state tournament that did keep score.
Sound familiar?
All the kids did know who won and who lost. And if I could relate a war story; I remember one game against an arch rival, they beat us by one goal. Later that day, I learned that the other coach did not play her two worst players at all for fear of losing. One of those players never played soccer again. Counter productive policy? You decide.
Well, we HAD to play all of
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 12:06am.
Well, we HAD to play all of the players for two quarters, so that wouldn't have happened here. But if a player missed practice all week, and didn't have a valid reason, I wouldn't let them play.........and believe me, that got me into some hot water with the power-masters at the top!!! But I never gave in, and I was very straightforward with my reasons............it's not fair to the other kids who DID put in the practice to have to sacrifice some game fime for some slacker who didn't come to practice but figured he'd get half a game. Needless to say,that cured the slackers!!!
When I was coaching teenage girls (jeeeeez, that's a WHOLE 'nother story!!!), I used to buy them matching 'bumble-bee' socks and scrunchies for their hair. Of course, this was 'out of uniform' to the league........although I had the most stylish team on the island!!! Once again, the powers that be penalized us with 'sportsmanship points', or something like that. The girls didn't care, because, as you know, girls just wanna have fun and look good...............plus, we played some pretty good ball too!!!
Of course, I was also the head referee of the whole island at the time...........and when I told the league they could fire me whenever they felt like it...............well, they just did their little reprimendations and their high-school back-stabbing, but never followed up with any of their threats. And we continued to have a lot of fun!!! I actually quit the board one night during a meeting, because I couldn't take the BS anymore............and a few people followed me!!! But I stayed with the coaching and reffing for quite a few more years - on my own terms. Needless to say, the powermasters weren't happy, but I had the support of the kids and the parents and my communtiy.
All four of my children played team sports.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 12:08pm.
In San Antonio, the league officials always kept score as appropriate. The kids knew who won or lost so they could work with coaches to improve the performance of the team and individual players. There were no rules stating that everyone gets a trophy just for being part of the team. All of the leagues and teams that my sons and daughters were involved in did a great job of teaching life-long lessons of sportsmanship, true achievement and camaraderie.
A decade or so later, self-esteem poisoning has risen to endemic levels in the public schools and recreational programs to the point where children are not being prepared for life. They will not receive a trophy just for showing up for work that day. They will be sent to jail and not let off with a "don't let it happen again" if they commit serious crimes. They will not be promoted at work just for social reasons. The most basic lesson of any decision leading to consequence has been lost in the foam-padded, unrealistic world of publicly funded education.
Sorry to get on my soap box here, but last night I was on call and had a teenager overdosing on crystal meth tell me he should not be held responsible for running his parents car into a tree because he felt they did not like him. He also unloaded on all of the other things he did not consider "fair". This is just another of the dozens of cases I have treated in the past ten years where I see this pattern of irresponsibility and victimization emanating from the public school indoctrination.
Of course it's no accident
Submitted by deadeyedan on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:18pm.
Fareed is just trying to take Fox out of the mix because of its superior audience ratings. When compared to the NYT, BBC and PBS/NPR, CNN's ratings look only horrible, not anemic.
Liberalism - government of the people, by the people and for the ideologists - deadeyedan
CNN's competitors should be
Submitted by well99 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:35pm.
CNN's competitors should be the Bugtussle Gazette and Air America.I do think the Bugtussle Gazette has more followers.
Fareed is such a buffoon
Submitted by SueDi on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 3:47pm.
I watched CNN this morning. Drives me crazy when I see supposedly objective journalists steering the argument towards the Left, but it's good to view the Liberal Derangement Syndrome occasionally. So, Fareed, if you guys were more objective and not opinionated, if you could stick to facts instead of your own slanted views, you might see a jump in viewers.
With any luck, NPR will be
Submitted by jdhawk on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:01pm.
With any luck, NPR will be defunded in the future. If for no other reason than, as a nation, we simply can no longer afford such daliances of pure liberal propaganda. We're broke.
Meanwhile, the NYT just sold half their interest in the Boston Red Sox. It is rumored that they will sell the remainder in the near future. If your business is a healthy vibrant one, you don't sell a profitable subsidiary even if it is not related to your "core" business. You do so because you want to save that "core" business. In other words, the NYT is doing whatever it can to raise cash to save its mullet wrapper business.
CNN isn't doing much better. They invented the 24/7 news business and at one time you could count on getting the "scoop" from them whenever you cared to do so. No longer is that the case. They, like their liberal counterparts, are losing market share to more conservative or at least balanced news providers. Their every liberal lies, shading of the truth, or simply spiked stories that don't align with their viewpoint is chronicled by this web site and many others.
You even have to wonder what CNN was thinking in hiring Zakaria. After all, he is the author of, "The Post-American World"
Why didn't Skeletor mention Newsweek as his competition?
Submitted by OxyCon on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:05pm.
Could it be because once Newsweek adopted his far-left contempt for America while he was a Newsweek editor, the rag crashed and burned?
Guess what, raghead?
Submitted by johnsonl on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:08pm.
Fox viewers don't listen to NPR or read the NYT, either. Your niche is secure.
Since MSNBC set the precident:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:09pm.
Everytime I see this Dick Zakaria on TV, I need to let everyone know who he really is and what he is about:
http://www.crisisgroup.org/en/support/event-calendar/award-dinner-2010-s...
"Show me your Freinds and I will Show you your future".
Hope/Sanity 2012
Fez says
Submitted by HockeyKid on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:10pm.
"We can't even dream of bringing in Fox numbers."
Spot on, Fez.
"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me
That's not how it works, Achmed.
Submitted by jon_torlin on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:10pm.
Of course it might be his way of thinking due to his upbringing, but you don't ignore your competition for the same of your fellow libs. CNN's competition *IS* MSNBC and Fox News as well as ABC News, and CBS News(for non-cable broadcast). That's how you define how to change your product to meet the desires of the public consumer by seeing what the other guys are doing and try to improve. Except CNN went bass-ackwards on that and look where they are today.
Those libs and the commies and the muslims really hate capitalism which is the prevailing force in decision making of what to watch. The more people watch Fox News, the more ratings they get, that's how you determine how well a product is doing. Not because you want to tell them what to do or show your desire to destroy the very thing that makes this country work, which is Free Speech, part of the US Constitution.
Just go back to where you came from, I'm sure you'll get some followers there.
-Jon
His competition is the other two imported Muslim commies...
Submitted by Dave. on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:17pm.
...that nobody watches, either.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Memo to Fareed
Submitted by Bourbeau on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:20pm.
Suck it up, it doesn't matter who your competition is, you and MSNBC are last - period. Why, you ask? Simple, because hosts like you can't be tolerated, not even during channel surfing - you add nothing to the conversation, you're self-centered thinking you have more importance then God, and quite frankly, no one gives a crap what you think. Go count your viewers now; get back to us in the morning.
You got me
Submitted by StarAZ on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:22pm.
I never watch CNN.
Remember those good ol' days...
Submitted by Indie Dude on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:28pm.
Remember those good ol' days when we use to call crazy people "Crazy" and not mentally disturbed, Here's another, People who work for CNN are Stupid! Plain and simple.
Fareed Zakaria cry baby
Submitted by woburn828 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 4:27pm.
Why do all these cable losers cry about ratings? Have they not figured out the old adage- give the people what they want. You can combine all of the cable nets at prime time and they get killed by Fox.
I will say this though- for a conversation about this nitwit on a Saturday speaks volumes about why they get no ratings. No one is defending his show. Tells you all you need to know.
Im a Fox viewer, so,,
Submitted by NJRightWinger12 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:07pm.
I'd have no idea who this fruitcake was unless I see articles about this dick. Being a Fox viewer, I can safely say that they are NOT the competition-I reject the challenge, cause there AINT no challenge, if I may quote the great Clubber Lang of Rocky III. If Fox is the Yankees, these clowns are the Pirates! Who the HELL watches CNN nowadays, anyways? And Headline News isnt even in HD on my cable system-nice going, numbnuts! They truly ARE the Clinton News Network, cause their relevancy seemed to go out with the Clinton Era-a true 90's dinosaur!
Birds of a Feather...
Submitted by RMR on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:16pm.
Hi Fareed, don't forget Al Jazeera and Fidel's Cuba Socialista.
AND staff!
Submitted by okiehawk44 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:32pm.
both on-air talent and the entire staffs of programs on cnn etc are chock-a-block full of brainless leftist twits? i'm shocked i tell you -- SHOCKED!
Don Lemon
Submitted by Radical1979 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:38pm.
Isn't this the gay guy who "came out" recently and isn't he on CNN? From what I've seen on NB, this guy sure has an agenda and some ideology to promote.
MSM lying once again.
Keep that great logic coming liberals!
Submitted by gmaniac1 on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:45pm.
I'm actually not amazed at boneheaded commentary from these lefties anymore. In fact I expect it. If anything civilized or intelligently thought out came from their mouths it would catch me utterly off guard at this point.
Ya left out MS-NBC, NBC, CBS and ABC, Fareed
Submitted by krendler on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 5:57pm.
Even without explicitly mentioning those, it's a very damning admission by this ultra-partisan who shouts from the rooftops that he's "right down the middle." A laughable claim.
Yeah, he's right down the middle...
Submitted by falcon on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 6:05pm.
...of the left lane.
“I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership, that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose.” – Ronald Reagan, July 17, 1980.
And an interesting ommission by Fareed...
Submitted by krendler on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 6:05pm.
FOLKENFLIK: And Zakaria argues the channel should ignore Fox and MSNBC.
Mr. ZAKARIA: The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest. Our competitors should properly be The New York Times, the BBC, NPR.
Wait a second. I thought the set up was: CNN should ignore 1) Fox and 2) MS-NBC.
How come Fareed dropped the second part? Why didn't he say "The people who watch Fox and MS-NBC....".
LOL. Couldn't bring himself to say it. The left-wing zealots are flat-out consumed by their hatred of Fox News. F--- 'em.
CNN, Say Hi to the NYT on Your Way Down the Bowl
Submitted by Tenebrous on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 6:24pm.
Keep screaming that everything's fine on the board of the Titanic, Fareed. Maybe if you yell it a little bit louder, you'll eventually make it so. Of course, that will contradict thousands of years of human history and common sense, but liberals need something to believe in, after all.
Visions and Principles blog
Fareed the Hayseed
Submitted by SaguaroJack on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:03pm.
It's true, CNN competes for first place in a number of categories:
1. Least-interesting topics
2. Most boring presenters
3. Strangest names
4. Oddest-looking talk show hosts
.
Poppy?????
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 8:18pm.
Your point #3 reminds me:
There IS a CNN reporterette named Poppy Harlow.
Poppy?
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Wolf Blitzed
Submitted by UpNorth on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 8:19pm.
er, Blitzer?
LET'S SEE NOW..................................................
Submitted by Herbster on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:20pm.
Hmmmm. Decisions. Decisions. Is it a rerun of Bob the Buuilder or the phony Fareed? I'll take Bob in a heartbeat. To watch Fareed the Freeloader is sheer torture. Arrogant in his ignorance. A true dweeb. Are his ratings anywhere above basement level? Take CNN, NPR and MSNBC - add their viewership together for any hour, day or night, and I assure you Fox beats them in the ratings - hands down.
I think Fareed missed his calling.......he should be a punching bag for Chrissy Matthews when Chrissy loses it. A beautiful vision.
Have a PATRIOTIC 4th!
Go Home arab!
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 7:34pm.
Go Home ARABBADABBADO
Fareed's A Carion
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 8:15pm.
His real competition are CNN and PBS?
Doth Satan cast out Satan?
Isn't CNN the most fair and balanced nonpartisan network
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 8:33pm.
on television? Why would a network not beholden to any political party not have the support of everyone, including Fox viewers? Is it fair that CNN is labeled liberal? It appears that CNN is getting a bum rap from those on the right.
Take for example the fair and balanced interview that CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield had with Minnesota Republican State Rep. Kurt Zellers regarding Minnesota's shutdown. Here are a sample of Whitfield's nonpartisan questions to Zeller:
WHITFIELD: So first off, Representative Zellers, any signs of a compromise or an agreement in the work so that people can get to work, maybe in a matter of hours if not days?
WHITFIELD: So that taxes was a really big obstacle, was it not? The governor wants to raise taxes on the wealthiest 1.9 percent of Minnesotans. What is the alternative to not imposing greater taxes on those who can afford it?
WHITFIELD: So representative, let's listen to what the Governor Mark Dayton had to say after the talks broke down.
WHITFIELD: So that sentiment is echoed by the Chairman Ken Martin. His statement reads the following, quote, "Republicans put millionaires over Minnesotans and drove our state government to shut down in order to protect a handful of our state's richest residents." So your response to that? Is it that simple?
WHITFIELD: You mention that had the major sticking point, particularly for the Republicans, including yourself is that correct it is about spending. There was a significant proposal on behalf of the Republicans who say Planned Parenthood, abortion services, that should be among those things cut. Is it really about finances? Is it about the economy, or is it more about certain social issues that you and others are fighting for?
WHITFIELD: Representative Kurt Zellers, I appreciate it. Thank you so much. And people who are public servants, public state employees want to get back to work soon so hopefully there will be some sort of resolution for their sake.
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Please be honest. Isn't that one of the most fair and balanced interviews you ever read? You say what? You say I must be crazy to believe that Whitfield's interview was fair and balanced? Okay then. Nevermind.
Victoria Jackson: "There's A Communist Living in the White House!!"
That is soooooooooooo
Submitted by buddyc on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:19pm.
That is soooooooooooo classic. We see the same thing where I live. No agenda here or there right? Just quality journalism!
No Fareed your competition is
Submitted by buddyc on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:16pm.
No Fareed your competition is our local KESQ channel 3 (ABC) or the Desert Sun (circulation 4,200). They are comparable to the qualitify, expertise, competence and intelligence CNN brings to news
Actually, I do listen to NPR
Submitted by generalbroccoli on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:32pm.
occasionally just to keep up with the leftist p.o.v. But then, I live in The People's Republic of Madison Wisconsin, so that's like listening to the nightly news around here.
I have never listened to NPR. The only radio station that...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:07am.
my radios are tuned to is the one (KTMS 990) that has Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Dennis Miller and Roger Hedgecock on it. (But mostly I listen to Laura, Rush, Sean and Mark Levin on my computer.)
Well, Jim, I have to tell you
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:38am.
Well, Jim, I have to tell you that you sound like a real right-wing, intolerant, bigoted, homophobic, racist HATER - if that is all you listen too!!! Of course.................I'm in the same boat - although I will admit to having listened to Airhead America (when it was still on - living off of teen club money, DNC donations, and anything else they could scam), Sgt. Shutlz, Stephanie Miller,and a couple other lib shows that make their way onto the airwave - via replay - over here on an outer island of Hawaii. But I've only done that to keep my little pea-brain tuned in to the opposition.......although I have conservative buddies who claim that I am a masochist!!!!
My brother, who lives in Honolulu, is a hopeless lib..........and he listens to NPR all the time........actually, so does my ex-wife!!
(Did I mention 'ex'????). But my brother will call me and tell me about various music shows to try and catch - since he knows that I am a rock and roll historian..............he knows better than to discuss politics with me..............especially these days, when his boy Obama has NOT delivered quite what all of his supporters THOUGHT that he was going to deliver!!!!
CNN sold out
Submitted by redherkey on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 9:44pm.
Strange how close yet far away he is... a Midwestern tea party participant who travels internationally extensively for business in global finance, I'm a Fox News regular, listen to BBC and Deutsche Welle daily. Al Jazeera several times a week, and I attempt to monitor La Monde though my French is absolutely pathetic. WSJ and the Financial Times (in UK and German editions), plus I wouldn't miss my monthly fix on the German edition of Architectural Digest.
But I completely lost interest in CNN during the Gore/Lieberman election when it was painful to watch a once-rising star network sell out (and for so little). What's the expression radio business talk show Bruce Williams used to say -- there's very little more pathetic than a nickle prostitute? That's CNN today, eager to please even the most pathetic losers on the political left. No longer a credible news entity, mocked and scorned as "unserious" by many internationally. And don't get me started on the ambulance chasing CNNHN... what a total disaster. I'd swear that it's become the "Missing White Female" network.
As such, it's not surprising to see that its "talent" (my is it difficult to use that word in this context) is so unaware of the demographic and news consumption habits of the professionals that watch Fox News and consume information from other legitimate news entities.
Question for redherkey
Submitted by Unsane on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 10:11pm.
red - what do you consider the best German-language news sources to be? I can get by in German fairly well when reading.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Wrong
Submitted by GregE on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 10:24pm.
I watch mostly Fox News, by a large margin, BUT I'm a channel flipper, and will watch CNN if the topic of discussion and/or information is of interest to me.
Align to the left and to the prime money losers
Submitted by gmonsen on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 11:36pm.
In addition to Fareed aligning CNN with the two most leftist and elitist news organizations, its also telling that the Times and NPR are losing as much money and viewership/readership as CNN is...
In other words, CNN only wants sinking ratings.
Submitted by drsamherman on Sat, 07/02/2011 - 11:39pm.
Considering the circulation of the NYT and the audience of NPR are both declining faster and faster every day, is this really something CNN wants to associate to themselves? Have at it....at this rate Fareed can whine all he wants as he tries desperately for another contract. After the dolt whined like this, he won't stand a chance at MSNBC.
Based in a city of 8 million+ people...
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 12:10pm.
... the NYT's sells under a million papers a day. But more people read the NYTs than watch any CNN program. CNN's highest rated shows only can draw an audience the size of Las Vegas.
Actually, he may be right in his assertion. I watch Fox...
Submitted by jawebster1 on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:12am.
News and I almost never watch CNN except for little snippets here and there. Usually a few seconds of CNN is all I need for my daily dose. (And I watch MSNBC even less than I do CNN...mostly because Fox is on channel 25 in Santa Barbara and CNN is close by at 22. MSNBC is way up in 40's somewhere.)
You know, and I know you.
Submitted by Boudin on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:22am.
We are celibrating our 4th for the first time, policly. Sad, maybe not. Lord knows we have been making freinds. Please folks, help your freshman feel at home. Support them, get in their in-box. Lord let us not let up now, please!
A Classic Loser
Submitted by Chris Norman on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 1:33am.
Zakaria is so full of himself (and other stuff) he actually thinks that he's impressing people by putting CNN "up there" with two other media outlets that only other liberals think are the most "sophisticated" and "superior". He's like some creepy loser guy who gets turned down by all the girls he asks to dance and then comforts himself by saying they're not good enough for him.
That's like 200 people
Submitted by jessieH on Sun, 07/03/2011 - 10:45am.
That's like 200 people watching all three. Too bad all the real journalists died two decades ago.