[lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Sat Jul 2 12:12:30 PDT 2005


Carrol Cox wrote:


> The only reason I can see for
>paying attention to Fox news is egotism or vanity in exulting over how
>much smarter or more decent the viewer is than the news caster.

Not at all. There are some very smart people around Fox. Rupert Murdoch is a genius. Roger Ailes isn't in Murdoch's class, but he's obviously very talented. Brit Hume seems a lot smarter than any CNN or BIg 3 anchor. O'Reilly is very good at what he does - compare him to the retreads on MSNBC. Fox is very well done, much more compelling and fun than CNN. Its politics are noxious, but that's another reason to watch it - don't you want to know and understand what a large chunk of the US pop is being told, and which is apparently believes? Don't you take your political opponents seriously? Don't you get any pleasure out of politics?

Doug



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