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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/01/19/opinion/main667866.shtmlJan. 19, 2005
(National Review Online) This column from National Review Online was written by Jim Geraghty.
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Reading the reaction of Patrick Ruffini and blogger Ginny to David von Drehle's excursion to The Red Sea -- red states -- in The Washington Post, I began to wonder whether many of the mainstream media's problems stem from having too many outlets competing for the same readers/viewers.
Look over at Mickey Kaus, who is mocking CNN's Jonathan Klein for what Kaus finds to be lame ideas about how to catch up with Fox News. (Klein is ditching the debate show Crossfire and pledging more "roll-up-your-sleeves storytelling.")
It's interesting that CNN has lagged behind Fox for a couple of years now, and tried a variety of approaches (remember the ads touting Paula Zahn as "a little sexy"?). There's one approach that CNN hasn't tried, as far as I know. Nor has CNBC tried it, or MSNBC: Emulating Fox by trying to attract the right-of-center audience.
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