[lbo-talk] The Bradich 10 Point Plan

[Michael Perelman]

What makes Murdoch a genius?  If he is then I am.  Give me enough money.  I will 
curry favor with the most powerful forces & cater to the lowest popular tastes.  I 
thought that it was Diller that made the Fox network & Ailes made a PR network.  What 
am I missing? 

 Doug Henwood wrote:

 
> > 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?
> 

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu