An Obama victory could boost conservative talk show hosts according to CNBC's "Squawk Box" this election day. The show was more skeptical over the future of left-wing talk. Always with the rhetorical questions, Joe Kernen got things started:
Who is going to win in terms of the cable wars? ... Are we going to become totally nonpartisan now? Do you think that we will be able to bury all of our divisions and there won't be any incendiary cable shows anymore? Who wins if Obama wins? What happens to Olbermann? What's Olbermann going to do, or Maddow?
Co-host Carl Quintanilla suggested "television feeds on conflict" and co-host Rebecca Quick followed up by adding that syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh "has done better" when there are Democrats in power.
Kernen said that Limbaugh and Fox News Channel and syndicated radio host Sean Hannity both signed new deals and an Obama win would be "great for them."
The Hollywood Reporter had the same idea Oct. 30:
An election that lifts either the left or right to power will provide a boost to the network imbued with the ideology of the other side. Given Obama's lead at the polls, an MSNBC comeback - Olbermann's ratings continue to be strong and Maddow's upstart show is an unlikely second-place challenger to CNN's Larry King - could stall if the Illinois senator ascends to the Oval Office.
—Paul Detrick is a research analyst at the Business & Media Institute.
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Yeah, the so-called
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 13:43 ET by NewsbusterbrownYeah, the so-called "Fairness Doctrine" is going to be great for Rush and Hannity.
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Absolute Nonesense
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 13:47 ET by exLibFox News, Hannity and Colmes, O'reilly, et al, have ALL done gangbusters during 8 years of Republican rule in the WH.
Still ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN all still bring in enough viewers to influence an election and from the people I talk to, they have done their job.
Yeah, with a lot fewer
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 13:52 ET by Chris NormanYeah, with a lot fewer Republicans for Olbermann to call "nazis", his show will become a one hour romantic comedy...
McNotObama '08
New J-oh-B
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:00 ET by MightyMouthOlberman will probably become the Messiahs "Minister of Propaganda" Meanwhile, Chris Matthspews will become a White House Intern (and we all know what interns do in Democratic administrations!)
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
Very Short Sighted
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 13:55 ET by JDWConsidering the terrorists, taxes, judges, fuel sources, economy... we have quite a bit to be concerned about. It will be difficult to hide
JDW
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Is the Community Reinvestment Act part of free enterprise
Obama added a work requirement to his proposal
All I have to say about
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:09 ET by bigtimerAll I have to say about this whole blog post with my summation is...
OH Please....give me a break here!
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
I'm pretty sure it's good
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:11 ET by AeroSpearI'm pretty sure it's good either way, just more so with Obama because he will stumble so bad.
Silly questions...
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:15 ET by geokster"What happens to Olbermann? What's Olbermann going to do, or Maddow?"
Obama will still need someone to "spread the blame" to every conservative and/or republican they see for all the currently existing problems/crises. Then there is the pressing need to slime every critic of Obama's programs and assign the blame for their inevitable failure to the few conservatives who remain untarnished. Then, who will point out all the conservative voices that the "Fairness Doctrine" does not eliminate?
Don't fear the unemployment of Olbermann.
I've been waiting. Every
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:18 ET by HockeyKidI've been waiting. Every election cycle, the libs talk about how the outcome is going to be the end of Rush. They just can't make up their minds which outcome is finally going to do the trick.
Too bad, libs. Rush has your number, and he's not going anywhere. The Bionic Radio Host is going to be around for a looooooong time to come.
Stupid people in the media
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:27 ET by bpjamStupid people in the media should refrain from making up 'facts' no matter how plausible they may appear to somebody already drinking the liberal KoolAid.
Limbaugh has done better under EVERY President and not just Clinton. Hannity has done better under Bush than Clinton. It's only liberals who do well hating on people in power. Personalities with talent actually succeed based ON talent and not on elections.
But why would people who don't even know their own ratings understand how successful people in the media operate? CNBC doesn't even have to bother to ask for ratings since it wouldn't matter either way. They wouldn't change anything
Yep, and Boortz will
Tue, 11/04/2008 - 14:40 ET by R D HelmYep, and Boortz will probably benefit as well, right up until the Obamafuhrer's FCC Gestapo shows up and shuts them all down.
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