If NY-23 is a victory for conservatives, I hope they have lots more victories like that in the years to come.

(CONT)

* "It's working. Their rating, their ratings are going through the roof." [PBS host Tavis Smiley, on NBC's Meet the Press; 10/25/09.]

* "[A]ttacking Fox just drives the 'fair and balanced' news network's ratings through the roof." [The Washington Examiner's Mark Tapscott]

* "It serves to help Fox, not punish it, by driving up ratings." [Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus]

* "By raising the network's profile, Obama has all but guaranteed higher ratings for his nemesis." [Arizona Republic editorial]

* "And the [Fox News] ratings will increase, and the White House will look petty in the short term." [CBN's David Brody]

* "The more Obama goes after Fox, the better the ratings." [Denver Post columnist Mike Littwin]

* "Fox will use this White House move to boost their ratings." [New York magazine's Daily Intel blog]

* "It's going to spike Fox's ratings." [Pundit David Gergen]

* "And the White House's public attack will no doubt give Fox 'stature' and boost its ratings." [Providence Journal's Edward Achorn]

This is what happens when claustrophobic uniformity takes over among the Beltway chattering class. This is what happened when the media elites agreed that it was nuts for the White House to fact-check Fox News, and they were sure that the administration's carping sent the cable channel's ratings "through the roof." With so little original thought involved in the robotic repetition of the anointed Beltway truth, nobody bothered to checks the facts.

The chattering class wanted to claim Fox News' ratings were going up, up, up. They wanted to suggest that the White House critique had massively backfired. But now we know that's fiction. So when are the pundits going to start posting their retractions?

We'll wait.

*For the record, the Nielsen ratings company never issued any findings regarding Fox News ratings in the wake of the White House dispute, according to company spokeswoman Alana Johnson, who responded to my email inquiry. Lots of third parties subscribe to the Nielsen data and can put together their own interpretations of the ratings and attribute that analysis to Nielsen numbers, which is what happened in this case. But in terms of Fox News, Nielsen itself never made any kind of official finding about the cable channel's recent ratings in regards to the public controversy.

*Michael Wolff writes from Newser, not TV Newser, as originally stated. I regret the error.

See link for nielson chart.

(CONT)

And by the way, in the world of cable news, a tiny 2 percent bump in viewership over a relatively short span of two weeks is utterly irrelevant and signifies nothing more than the normal up-and-down viewing patterns that are part of the business. For instance, on October 15, Fox News averaged 1.5 million viewers for the day. The next day, the total audience slipped to 1.3 million, a drop of more than 10 percent. Did that mean Fox News' ratings "plunged"? Hardly, which is why the channel's 2 percent gain in the two weeks following its battle with the White House didn't signify much of anything.

The same was true of the relatively modest 7 percent gain among the more targeted 25-54 demo. Because that audience group is much smaller (roughly 330,000 viewers each day as compared to the larger pool of 1.2 million), a 7 percent increase or decrease is unexceptional. Again, between October 1 and October 2, Fox News' total day 25-54 demo decreased from 415,000 to 320,000 viewers -- a drop of almost 25 percent. The smaller 25-54 demo often fluctuates like that.

And besides, if you listened to media elite pundits, Fox News ratings weren't inching up incrementally thanks to the White House. Pundits didn't cautiously claim that because of the White House critique, Fox News' ratings among the niche 25-54 demo were going to increase modestly.

Nope. The media chorus was unequivocal: Fox News' ratings were soaring [emphasis added]:

* "I sent Barack Obama, President Obama a fruit basket for all that comments because our ratings are up 20% since he made it." [Fox News' Bill O'Reilly]

* "[R]atings at Fox are through the roof." [Politico's Mike Allen]

* "Every time the president or one of his spokespeople mentions [Glenn] Beck or [Rush] Limbaugh, the latter two enjoy increased ratings and bucks." [Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker]

* "Beck and O'Reilly were nearly orgiastic. Every presidential harrumph sends their ratings through the roof." [*Newser's Michael Wolff]

You're aware that it was a mutt militant bombing, right?

Dearest Adnan,
Life is tough, but it's even tougher when you're stupid.
Like you for example. How can you live in a country filled with ignorant 3rd world religious fanatics and ask a stupid question such as "Why would anyone do this to them?".
You're surrounded by filth, religious fanatics, poverty, and mutts. It's a recipe for disaster.
My advice to you would be to move to a place that knows what soap, electricity, school, and lysol are all about.
-101

Hey, you can't make a Mohammelette without breaking a few eggs.

Doc, look at the calendar today. Now, look at last year's November calendar, and notice the spot that's soaked in drool and manjuice. THAT was when Bush was voted out of office. Your obsession with him has lasted a little too long, dontcha think? If aroma therapy can remove that stench of fear and pee pee, you should go for it.

So a bunch of old Jews, queers, and fence-sitting stoners like Kantread need to take swimming lessons. Didn't OhDamna provide for this in his 'job-creating' stimulus?

Good job.

#193 | Posted by Jak_Se_Mao at 2009-11-03 01:13 AM | Reply | Flag: Fag

It never was--Rousseau be damned.
Posted by Jak_Se_Mao

Holy shit! Rousseau is in the House!

Fucking pretentious little texan educated douchebags think they know their ass from a hole in the ground. lol

There is no indication whatsoever in the article that the teacher is straight-and, even if he was, it was entirely inappropriate to assign such an article to underage English class students.

As far as personally attacking me for spelling out the disgusting acts that homosexuals engage in and the agenda they pursue, you are nothing but a coward and you sure as hell don't have the guts to say this in my presence.

There have been more obnoxious cunts, pelosi and makulsky and finestein come to mind...but not many

All Zatoichi can do is denigrate others - and, at best, cuntpaste the work of REAL scientists, in "support" of his point...

If you were ever a significant figure in science, you're a has-been, Zat.

Why not try to back up your cuntpastings with some reasonable argumentation? Are you THAT much of a fraud, that you cannot go beyond paraphrasing the findings of others? Please, do try...I'm sure at least a few of us mendicants will understand a modicum of your position!

By the way, as soon as you can tell me what Donald Davidson or W.V. Quine or even Alfred Tarski had to say about philosophy of language, THEN you might be in a position to label me as "not even a philosophy minor".

Until then, go fuck yourself - smug jackass!

Uh oh. Hannity is going to be jealous to find out the retard currently known as Cocosamvile is man-crushing/obsessing over somebody else.

Has anyone told you that you're a fucking retard yet today?

Amnesty wouldn't be so bad if immigrants didn't smell so fucking bad and talk so fucking loud.

Oh wait, amnesty is fucking stupid. Rewarding people for breaking the law is not the way to go. There should be consequences.

If it's inevitable, I could see perhaps taxing the ever living shit out of them and any of their offspring for at least 10 generations.

He is like a Buffallo Bob with body odor.

#14 | Posted by dxlingr at 2009-10-27 08:16 PM | Reply | Flag: so fucking what?

I knew people who were there.
You sir, are shit.

These perverted pussies actually cry real tears when some cocksucking CEO gets his pay cut from 50 MILLION dollars to only 20 MILLION dollars a year.

And they get the idiot Teabagger scrotum affectionados to buy into their insanity by playing on their racist tendencies.

This is why the Republicans will never hold a majority anywhere other than KKK conventions or Texas gay bath houses.

America's #1 Loser,

Why don't you fucking move to Uganda, asshole!!!

That is what you constipated conservatives use to tell the liberals when they whined that Jeff Gannon's idiot girlfriend was bankrupting the nation. OH wait.... He actually DID bankrupt the nation.

Just like you have links to 'prove' Bush's pedophilia from conspiracy.com, farleftwackjob.com, etc. LOL

As I said, it must suck being so gullible.

How many big bridges have you bought in your lifetime, anyway?

#43 | Posted by Punk Boy at 2009-10-26 07:18 PM | Reply | Flag

Actually, It is several books written.

But bio fuels MAY be good, maybe not?

Biofuel is when you choose to rape your sister yourself, rather than let the neighbors do it.

People this one is easy, it's called road head. He was getting some paki-po-noni to blow him and instead of getting her stoned to death he hid her in his vehicle until the embassy could allow them safe passage away.

LM

p.s. why is it more "tragic" when a homo dies? Just wondering.

Things can get worse.

#92 | Posted by BillJohnson

This guy's a regular Mother Teresa. Suffering is good for you and besides you'll see Jeebus soon enough.

jawab nah deh to kyaa - apni rassi say khud ko latka diya hai.

Aisa hi lagta hai. Aik aur amreekan jahil. Kiya pata yea indian bhi niklay.

Reaction kuch zara ziada show karidya tha, no? LOL

teen dafa pochah chariye say.

jawab nah deh to kyaa - apni rassi say khud ko latka diya hai.

He can't answer that. LOL

YS.. yea bhi khali nikla. hahahahahahahahahaha

Hey Duck, I don't research just like you and most others don't. So sue me.

Or something like that.

Lockstepper? Ok, Danni's Dyke girlfriend.

BWAHAHAHAHA.

"The choice was between "Republicans who say Congress should be focusing on long-term policies that create jobs, like small business and family tax relief, and controlling federal spending to get our economy moving again,"

Hey dumb ass, that's exactly what we tried for the past 30 fucking years. You do understand that...right????
What? You don't??
Then why if the fuck are you pretending to know anyting about economics????
Go read a book. Come back when you know something.

You're problem, that you are too fucking stupid to comprehend is that the pay cuts are still not formally announced, much less finalized by the President.
In this tread you mistakenly jumped the gun by 8 days.
So shut up, quit crying and take you're defeat like a grown man. Or I'll moce the goalposts 12" inside your dumb ass.

I guess you're telling EVERYONE HERE that you've just spent the 8 years of Bush (and I quote) "on all fours... spread(ing) your cheeks when confronted by a strong aggressive male."

Just for Dick.

So to speak.

I see someone left the lid off the garbage can again.

#13 | Posted by prozacboi

Nobody wants to see your wife suffocate.

Go ahead and dump these, Not a Normal Cunt:

I find it disgusting that Jeff Gannon's idiot girlfriend threatened to veto this legislation. That sick fag had Secret Service protection for life so he sucked up to the bible thumping assholes on this one.

Yet another reason that the Republicans will never hold a majority anywhere outside of a KKK meeting or a gay bathhouse.

"Then, mexico should hand over 35 billion dollars worth of oil every year, to offset the American taxpayers loss of supporting the illegal parasites that are coming"

You evil POS, I'm not in favor of illegal immigration but those people earn every penny you cheap SOBs give them for mowing your lawns, cleaning your houses, taking care of your children, building your homes, building your roads....ets.....Mexicans are anyting but parasites....you on the other hand.....I'm not so sure.

Fuck pay cuts. How about throat cuts?

Oh lordy! my achin' back!

by 101 itchymancunt

By contrast, testosterone levels among men who voted for Obama remained stable. Taking into account the fact that polls shut and results were announced at night -- a time when men's testosterone levels usually decline -- the study said the level was equivalent to a rise.

OK so if men's testosterone levels USUALLY DECLINE at night - that means the McCain voters testosterone behavior was normal and is expected to happen every night. It had nothing to do with the election.

What is of note is that men who voted for Obama got a testosterone rise over the Chosen One.

And people wonder why we call you OBAMA BALL LICKERS

"a gash on its back"

Mrs. 101 is working the west coast?

"women who have actually been abused by Larry"

This type of conduct denigrates the suffering of women who have actually been abused by Larry.

"#7 | Posted by furio at 2009-10-21 01:57 PM | Reply | Flag: Too bad Dahlmer never got you

#8 | Posted by boojiboy"

Find some new jerk off material, shit stabber.

"I don't think so."

Shocker. Ejaculate denies another reality. Even though it was all over the news just yesterday. Same shit as with Mushie and the dropout right in your schools. You're wrong and too small to admit it.

Iranians lie so much even God can't resist having a poke at them. LOL

I hate JACKASS. We all know he takes it up his vagina with a BHO bobble head.

As much as I despise the fucker called Jackass, he has a point. Give us 'relaxed Friday.'

Is this how long it took you to come up with some random stereotype?

| Posted by YS_1

There's nothing random about it.

"Pakistan
Islamic law in Pakistan still allows stoning as a form of punishment, and it is used as a punishment for adultery."

Pretty late.

#348 | Posted by Tosser

Still light enough for a stoning or to dark to hit the woman?

A pakistani with a hairlip?

#328 | Posted by eberly

He ends up with that after every meal. They're too lazy to skin the dogs before cooking them.

-Yeah right chowderboy, I hear that's the same line you use about giving blowjobs.

That's just not true. I can' believe you would even say such a thing!

They were handjobs.

"I've only been to an Applebee's once in my life, and I will NEVER go back.

#29 | Posted by 101Chairborne "

Yeah right chowderboy, I hear that's the same line you use about giving blowjobs.

They ought to put the same pressure on gay males, who notoriously bring on disease! Fair for smokers is fair for gays.

#42 | Posted by Diablo at 2009-10-17 10:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

#42 | Posted by Diablo - HUSH YO FACE! gays can't help that they're gay...that will be their defense. DAYAM I wish I'd have followed up on my dreams to become a seedy lawyer like moder8.

#43 | Posted by nanc at 2009-10-17 10:55 PM | Reply | Flag:

Perhaps if the faggots were forced to wear a pink triangle we would know who they were and so avoid them and their pestilence.

Rogers has a good thing going for Jr. web site land.
......#10 | Posted by The_Chapel

......so why don't you fuck off and play with the big boys ?.....

Most righties are closet fags. They are jealous that Monica's blue gress got stained, they wish it was their blue shirt.

"The sad thing is, the more you insult these Christian types, the more they go into their martyr-mode.

They like being insulted. They love to point out how they are being "persecuted" LOL.

Honest.

#178 | Posted by Tosser"

Tosser,

You come from a country where the height of respectability is fucking your sister in the ass to save her virginity on her wedding night.

"Whatever whatever.

All I know is, a Christian Fundo has to be talked down to... never given the time of day or respected in any way.

Dirty people.

#172 | Posted by Tosser"

as spoken by someone from a culture where the words "goat" and "sister" are interchangeable.

I hear Pakis are such nasty fuckers they can't tell their left hands from their right. Shit even the Libyans have that one down.

Farmers have been told over and over again to keep their illegal Mexican workers and pigs separated, but do they ever listen?

In a mad maxx world these right wing denier faggots will be toast..ignorant,spineless, chickenshits.

#21 | Posted by Legio at 2009-10-16 09:18 PM | Reply | Flag:

you forgot to say 'cocksucker'

Or, were you saving that for Shawn?

Fuck off, corporate teabagger.

Another classic from Frank...

I am sure the sheep in Paki would be upset to hear that...

Flagged!

#123 | Posted by Tosser at 2009-10-16 03:47 PM

Would you prefer goats???

"I dislike people of his sexual persuasion..."

I am sure the sheep in Paki would be upset to hear that...