James Poniewozik is no doubt in the doghouse with his colleagues. He works at Time magazine, which means that he is also a colleague--if that's the right word to describe anybody who works in that vipers' nest--with all their fellow corporate conglomerators at CNN.
And so when Poniewozik writes a piece that concedes the enormous impact of FNC on CNN and the world--which concedes that FNC has clobbered CNN--that can't make him popular within the Time-Warner empire.
And when that piece proves to be lyrical in its treatment of Fox, well, the Time-man must really be in the doghouse--or maybe some other sort of house. Here's the money graf:
"In the end, that wink—that is, the Fox gestalt of insouciance, attitude, and even playfulness—has had a bigger effect on the news media than any Bill O'Reilly rant. Fox taught TV news that voice, provocation and fun are not things to be afraid of. And for better or worse, probably every TV news program outside of PBS has been Foxified by now. The explosive graphics on your newscast: that's Fox. The 'Free Speech' opinion segments on the new CBS Evening News: that's Fox, too. Anderson Cooper yelling at a FEMA official or crusading in Africa: that's Fox. Keith Olbermann ranting at George W. Bush and O'Reilly on MSNBC's Countdown: that's Fox through and through, whether Olbermann would like to admit it or not."
