Tim Graham at National Review Online makes an interesting point in the wake of MSNBC "Countdown" anchor Keith Olbermann's latest publicity ploy (naming Fox News chief Roger Ailes one of his "Worst People in the World" for the offense of, according to Broadcasting & Cable, being a strong leader who demands excellence from his troops. It makes sense that this would arouse Olby's ire: people hate what they don't understand, after all.) Graham writes:
Brad Wilmouth and Rich Noyes at MRC have counted up all the “Worst Person in the World” awards from Olbermann in the last year. Unsurprisingly, almost nine out of ten political targets was conservative. It’s comical that Olbermann named Bill O’Reilly as a world-class jerk 42 times, but Saddam Hussein only twice....
Comical, yes. But not surprising. After all, Saddam Hussein doesn't whip Olbermann in the ratings night after night after night. A poster at Olbermann Watch sums up that pathetic situation:
Good thing Abrams is basing his entire vision for the future of MSLSD on this failed propagandist.
Friday 6/23/06
8PM total viewers:
1. OReilly 1,826,000
2. Zahn 617,000
3. Grace 514,000
4. Meltdown 326,000
HALF of Paula Zahn's number. Absolutely horrendous.
8PM "DEMO" viewers
1. OReilly 254,000 (almost = to Olby's Total Viewers!)
2. Zahn 190,000
3. Meltdown 152,000
4. Grace 150,000
Can you feel the progress? Can you see why the MSLSD management loves this HIT SHOW!
Why don't people tune in to Olby? Why oh why? Is everybody dumb? Or is everybody too smart?
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