Media Curmudgeon

I have a different reading.

What sounds like a letter to slackers is, in reality, directed to true believers who are seriously bummed out. They were already taken aback by the undeniable flop of the Fox Business Channel. Now they were looking down the tunnel of an election campaign without Rudy or Fred. McCain as their candidate? Not for them. No wonder they were bummed.

The joke is that the grunts drank the Kool-Aid --- the master chef who brewed that potion didn't. But he's such a great mixmaster that even the insiders chugged it down.

Can Ailes rally the troops now that McCain stands (almost) alone? Maybe. But if we could see into what passes for his hear, I bet we'd find him on his knees, praying that Hillary gets the Democrats' nomination. Now there's an anti-Christ who can motivate even the most objective Fox telecaster!!!

Thanks for the comment, Bill. It's always good to get new readers. Don't be too hard on commenters. I always try to post comments of people who disagree with anything I've written because I believe what is unique and compelling about the Web is that you can get immediate feedback on what you write and give voices to everyone with a different view. Blogs are best when they are conversation, and, like all good conversations, are best when there is disagreement.

In fact, I try to write in a way that will stir the pot and create a conversation -- a heated conversation, because I believe that from heat comes light.

Acutally, the commenter, Neil Derrough, is a dear friend, a former high-ranking CBS Television executive, and an avowed conservative, which make his comments worthwhile posting because they can create a lively discussion.

My first time here. A general comment about the blog. ||

I'm very pleased to find you. I happened upon you when I independently thought up the URL name, and typed it in to see whether it existed. ||

For many years / decades I've been critical of the media I look to for information and insight (to say the least), and last week I found myself thinking aloud that I should start a blog about my media complaints etc, someplace where I'd finally get what I say and think written down. ||

With the site comicscurmudgeon.com in mind this morning, I thought of your URL. And after my initial disappointment that you had the name already, I'm pleased to see what I've read so far. You're clearly much more than a rant and complain site - something my idea for a blog would aspire to but probably wouldn't attain for years. Thanks for doing this. ||

Meanwhile, I can't help but respond to the previous comment here by side-stepping it. It's one of those remarks I'm trying to learn to avoid: Yet another antagonistic remark intended more to hook one in to argue against it than to have anything like a useful discourse about it. I'll just point out the obvious: The people he compares Rove to are compared falsely. And the people in the audience who make that kind of remark, folks, is why we get the media we have. ||

Thanks again for the blog, CW. ||

Bill

Neil Derrough writes:

"I'm surprised that in your outrage about Karl Rove going on Fox that you can overlook that CNN has had James Carville and Paul Balgala on for years. Please, fair and balanced."

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