[lbo-talk] NYT on French unions

[Josh Narins]

> >Kos himself says:
> >The blog world is tiny compared to talk radio. Rush Limbaugh reaches
> >nearly 20 million people every week. The Daily Kos reaches maybe a million.
> 
> But that's Rush Limbaugh who like Howard Stern remains a bit of an 
> entertainment phenomenon unto themselves.  Buying a radio station doesn't 
> get you their ratings.
> 
> In Los Angeles, to speak of the relevant market, Stern was reaching 277,000 
> listeners at any time, while his successor David Lee Roth was getting only 
> 32,000.
> 
> So owning the media doesn't automatically deliver listeners.

O'Reilly is quick on his feet, if for only that, he deserves credit.

As quick as Rush on Oxycontin? Hard to say.