O'Reilly

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by dissention

Not true. Go look at ratings statistics and polls, his audience is almost always 60% Republican, 25-30% Democrats, and 5-10% independent/swing.

I tried to find some numbers on his show and came up with he gets about 2 to 2.5 million viewers a night in Aug. 2004 - Comparativly, I found that in August 2004, Hannity and Colms got about 1.7 million, Greta VS got about 1.5, Larry King got about 1.4, etc. These numbers fluctuate and have been higher and lower, but that is the general idea. So, The Factor is huge by comparison. And - even if those demographics are an accurate representation of the political leanins of The Factor's audience, if Kerry could swing some of that population of swing voters and maybe one of two R's (hey I can wish ) likely to vote that watch The Factor, I say it is worth it. It also is a safe bet O'Reilly will not be rabid as he can be because he has never been with Kerry in the past. So, I say Kerry appearing on The Factor cannot hurt him in any way because I think no one who is set on voting for Kerry is going to change their vote because they hate O'Reilly and Kerry went on his show (again, Kerry has been there bfeore and more than once) - So, I think it can only help him.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

And - even if those demographics are an accurate representation of the political leanins of The Factor's audience, if Kerry could swing some of that population of swing voters and maybe one of two R's (hey I can wish ) likely to vote that watch The Factor, I say it is worth it. It also is a safe bet O'Reilly will not be rabid as he can be because he has never been with Kerry in the past. So, I say Kerry appearing on The Factor cannot hurt him in any way because I think no one who is set on voting for Kerry is going to change their vote because they hate O'Reilly and Kerry went on his show (again, Kerry has been there bfeore and more than once) - So, I think it can only help him.

I think it would be a stretch to say that his appearance on O'Lielly could help him in any significant way. 5-10% of a 2 million audience, spread out across the country? Nah, it would make no difference for John Kerry.

So, his appearance would really do nothing for him and, as Cliffdweller said, I'd lose even more respect for him if he went on that show. It's tabloid trash and serves no journalistic purpose, it's akin to going onto Entertainment Tongiht, only this time it would be for a majorly Republican audience. His appearance on it could not hurt, but it could not help enough to make any difference. So stay off of it, I say.

[amber]

Originally Posted by strandinthewind

Like him or not (and let's PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE not go there ) -
Again, I am not commenting on the intergrity of O'Reilly or asking for a gratuitous and off topic bash on Fox News - Lord knows that horse has been beaten to death I am asking solely from a strategic pint of view is you think Kerry should do the interview and reach these possible swing votes.

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Looks like this didn't work out for you
amber

[strandinthewind]

Originally Posted by amber

Looks like this didn't work out for you
amber

well, its been civil if not pleasant - so why ask for the moon when we've got the stars!!!