A hack goes cherry-picking
By According to Glenn Reynolds, citing an article in the NY Post, the 60 Minutes scandal has had the salutary effect of destroying Dan Rather’s ratings. “No wonder Big Media folks aren’t overjoyed with the blogosphere this week.” Heh! Advantage blogosphere!
Odd thing, though–the story discusses only the New York market. I wonder why? Well, once you consider the sources that produced and linked to the story, the most likely reason is that Rather’s overall ratings are up significantly since the 60 Minutes story. (Go here and click on the Multimedia chart, conveniently titled “Rather is Reeling, but not Ratings.”) Not only are his ratings up in absolute terms, but the gap between CBS’s news ratings and the other networks has actually narrowed, despite a long-term decline in CBS’s ratings prior to the scandal.
Hmm, I think I can see why Reynolds spent so long as a JohnMary LottRosh apologist…