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David Brooks: ‘More people own ferrets than watch Fox News’
The Daily Caller ^ | 2/26/11 | Jeff Poor

Posted on 02/27/2011 11:26:15 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts

What happens when you get a few “intellectuals” together? You get a few critical shots at things with mass appeal.

Over the last two weeks, Bloomberg Television has been airing the “Intelligence Squared” debate held in New York City earlier this month with thought leaders like Arianna Huffington, Zev Chafets, P.J. O’Rourke and New York Times columnist David Brooks.

During this debate, at issue was whether the “conflict” in political discourse was creating highly polarized political parties. Brooks linked this “conflict” to Fox News and host Glenn Beck.

“I believe in conflict, I’m a columnist, conflict is fine with me,” Brooks said. “And I’m fine with that as long as it’s constructive. The problem is we have parties that don’t represent the country. We now have — here’s a fact from Morris Fiorina, Stanford political scientist: More people own ferrets than watch Fox News.”

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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; All

Which means 10 times as many people own ferrets than read David Brooks.


21 posted on 02/27/2011 11:36:46 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: Patrick1

LOL to both post and tagline.


22 posted on 02/27/2011 11:36:46 AM PST by agere_contra (Historically every time the Left has 'expanded its moral imagination' the results have been horrific)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
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Not bloody likely.

Mr. niteowl77

23 posted on 02/27/2011 11:38:47 AM PST by niteowl77 (I don't mind them stewing in their own juices, but I do mind them stewing me in their own juices.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I don't know who David Rooks but If more people have Ferrets than then follows that there are more Ferrets than liberals, More ferrets than watchers of CNNNBCCNSABC....
24 posted on 02/27/2011 11:40:12 AM PST by mountainlion (The government is not my god no matter how much they preach.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
i want to amend my earlier post. been thinking, ferrets don't strike me as particularly “liberal”.

so its probable most people who own a ferret watch fox news. therefore i think it unlikely that more people own ferrets than watch fox news since that implies that most of the non fox watching public is disproportionately ferret owning.

plus ferret owning is regional, and in those high ferret ownership (also right to work right to ferret states) fox watching is higher than the non ferret NY media market.

statistically speaking of course.

25 posted on 02/27/2011 11:42:16 AM PST by beebuster2000
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To: LibFreeOrDie
This thing is better looking than brooks.


26 posted on 02/27/2011 11:42:31 AM PST by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, in honor of Standing Wolf.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

More people have been to the moon...than who know who David Brooks is.


27 posted on 02/27/2011 11:43:30 AM PST by BookmanTheJanitor
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
"thought leaders" my dog
28 posted on 02/27/2011 11:44:20 AM PST by chickadee
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To: Patrick1

Now that’s funny!


29 posted on 02/27/2011 11:45:41 AM PST by TheWriterTX (Buy Ammo Often)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

LOL! Given FNC’s ratings, that would mean a whole lot of people own ferrets.

Prhaps he was talking about brain dead liberals that watch it between airings of American Idol, and whatever gay shows are on.


30 posted on 02/27/2011 11:47:09 AM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Reagan Man

Precisely.


31 posted on 02/27/2011 11:47:34 AM PST by sauropod (The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
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To: rlmorel

Oh, my! This thread has all the makings of a classic! TOO FUNNY!


32 posted on 02/27/2011 11:48:18 AM PST by TheWriterTX (Buy Ammo Often)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Were these people having a contest to see who could say the stupidest thing? Any time you have PJ O’Rourke on a panel show, the cheap jokes are going to overwhelm the real subject. PJ was funny back in his National Lampoon days,but he’s degenerated into a comedian in search of approval. I remember him sucking up to Ball Maher by bashing Rush.


33 posted on 02/27/2011 11:48:29 AM PST by ozzymandus
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To: CaliforniaCon

LOL...glad I could bring a smile to someone’s face today. Ridicule is the preferred weapon of Leftists. We should use it against them and see how they like it...:)


34 posted on 02/27/2011 11:48:31 AM PST by rlmorel (How to relate to Liberals? Take a Conservative, remove all responsibility...logic...)
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To: mountainlion

This thread just keeps getting funnier! Thanks for the laugh!


35 posted on 02/27/2011 11:49:35 AM PST by TheWriterTX (Buy Ammo Often)
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To: rlmorel

LOL!

Come to think of it, he resembles a Ferret more and more every day...


36 posted on 02/27/2011 11:49:51 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (DeMint/Ryan 2012!!!!!)
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To: Reagan Man

bttt


37 posted on 02/27/2011 11:54:48 AM PST by Stepan12 (Palin & Bolton in 2012)
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To: mountainlion

38 posted on 02/27/2011 11:55:00 AM PST by rlmorel (How to relate to Liberals? Take a Conservative, remove all responsibility...logic...)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

“I believe in conflict, I’m a columnist, conflict is fine with me,” Brooks said.

And therein lies the problem The MSM, in its lust for profits and look-at-me attitudes, has created most of these conflicts. Biased “reporting” racial pandering “showing both sides” (typically liberal) has created controversy and anger.

Brooks, you and your ilk need to understand. Most people are too busy running normal lives to have to constantly deal with your selfish, self-made “conflicts” Leave them alone, they don’t want your BS in their neighborhoods, on their TVs, in their schools. Get out of their faces, no wonder they’re angry and have had enough. And the nerve of you then to childishly point your finger at them like they’re to blame.

Grow up.


39 posted on 02/27/2011 12:01:34 PM PST by A_Former_Democrat ("Ball of Confusion: That's what the world is today . . Hey Hey")
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Glad you could ferret that out for us dave. Somebody’s not getting any invites onto FOX!

Pray for America


40 posted on 02/27/2011 12:01:34 PM PST by bray (Sarah Palin can see the White House from her Blackberry)
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