So, I was hunting around for Jack Shafer's recent idiocy equating Sean Hannity with Joe Conason, when I came across this article about Donahue. It's amazing one can write an entire article about why Phil Donahue was doomed to failure on MSNBC without mentioning one key fact... PHIL DONAHUE WAS THEIR HIGHEST RATED GODDAMNED show.
One of Shafer's brilliant observations is that cable news audiences skew right... MAYBE THAT'S BECAUSE CABLE NEWS SKEWS RIGHT.
And, since MSNBC'S RATINGS have FALLEN ACROSS THE BOARD since FIRING DONAHUE, maybe there's a lesson there, eh Jackie boy? Maybe MSNBC's little marketing plan ain't so hot? Maybe if they'd stuck 2 more liberals alongside Donahue, in addition to not forcing him to put on so many D-list conservatives on, their ratings would have gone up.
Where's Shafer's column about what a mistake it was to continue to emloy Chris Matthews, or their strategic blunder in hiring Joe Scarborough now that their ratings have dropped?
Sorry for the caps, you know what it takes to get through to idiots.
And I don't even like Phil Donahue.
Jeebus. Someone get me a Slate column, so I can get paid for being this stupid.
