Deal :-)

We can revisit the issue next year and compare notes.. :D

Michale

Forecasting? Wishcasting? I get your point, but I have to tell you it's forecasting. Limbaugh's numbers are terrible.....in part because radio is finally starting to adopt more accurate measures of listenership and relying less on guesswork. Another factor is that many advertisers are beginning to realize their bulk buys of airtime actually include Rush time. Now that he's provoking boycotts, or bad publicity from talk of boycotts, they are paying attention. Many are bailing . Advertisers typically hate controversy. The Rush brand is worth less by objective measures, and that will be reflected in the advertising market place.

Limbaugh's contract is up next year. His bargaining position is much weaker. Iheart is a business. They aren't likely to give him a 50 million per year pension. Few would doubt Rush has a huge ego, and his age is 64. If he retires from the big leagues now, he goes out at the top of his game. I think he'll choose to retire, but not exactly go away. There is always the internet.

A bit of digging confirms Hypothesis one is true.

It maybe "true" insofar as your truth...

But it is not factual....

"If it's 'truth' you are after, Professor Tyree's Philosophy class is right down the hall.."
-Indiana Jones

:D

Michale

Prediction??

Or Wishcasting?? :D

Michale

Could you provide one example, just ONE, of a Fox News *news* segment "just making things up"??

Just one...

Once you do that, I can provide dozens of examples of NBC, ABC, CBS, MSNBC etc etc news "making things up"...

Michale

I don't entirely discount the possibility that the younger Murdochs are traitors to their class, but I do think their political-economic self interests may point to restructuring FNews to 1) regain control of the message and 2) attract a younger, more diverse demographic with more swing voters who can be persuaded to go RED. The hard core Fox deme is gonna be dead in a decade, brain or literally. Prune the dead wood, move on with practical politics. All white all obstruction all the time is a losing strategy in the long run. Acknowledge the tide and start coping with it. Ailes won't do it, so throw him overboard. Cable is fragmented and dying. The internet is fragmented and small players can't make money unless they grow. The Murdoch sons have mass media in their blood. A really smart plutocrat would be thinking about building mass internet audiences to replace newspapers and broadcast TV with functional internet substitutes. A new mass media to build mass movements. Mass marketing is the game that needs to be played to gain and retain power in a two party winner take all political system. For good or ill, we are stuck with two parties. It's easier to change our communications than to change our basic system of government. I hope the Dems are thinking along these lines.

I have heard that the Trumpasuarus Rex is a real killer.

One of those perks is the continued ownership of the lion's share of our country's wealth, which is why it will not come to pass.

Fox may gradually morph into a "fox-lite" sort of network, with a similar tendency for political spin but a slightly lower incidence of outright making things up (such as MSNBC for example). but there is way too much invested to just casually wave goodbye to all those older white male partisan... dollars.

JL

Yeah, the easy answer is FTP [25], but I kinda suspect there were some side bets in the comments that predated this.

After all, it says:

" All betting will be in quatloos, this column's favorite standard fictional currency."

This seems to imply that there were previous quatloo occasions which made it the favorite. But my search function on the site doesn't cover comments, so for now it'll have to do as the marker of the first official quatloo bet challenge.

-CW

Prediction: Rush's contract is not renewed, or he declines a much less lucrative deal and hangs up his mic as a regularly scheduled syndicated host. The private jet is grounded. He does speaking gigs for a respectable fee. The age of Rush is over.

The rest is admittedly much, much more speculative. Eons later, he is cloned using paleo DNA (what else) and some bullfrog DNA to fill in genetic gaps. He is featured attraction at a theme park (Jurassic Branson), which he savages. Four times!!! Other reincarnated features include a Rachaelmaddasaus : )

Put another way...

I can't see why HBO would pay child rapist pedophile Lena Dunham a wooden nickel for what she does.. Or who she does it to....

I can't see why Vanity Fair would pay Bruce Jenner one red cent to go in Lauren Becall drag...

I can't see why the Seattle NAACP would pay whatserface a penny for what she does...

Yet, apparently those with the checkbooks at the various locations feel differently...

It's all about perspective, my friend....

I allow the others their perspective even though I think it's totally whacked... :D

Lena Dunham... Bruce Jenner... Whatserface... Rush Limbaugh..

They all have their niche in life...

K sara sara....

Michale

In YOUR opinion... :D

Apparently, those with the checkbooks feel differently...

Dick Corchoran(R), 2016 (logo TBD)

Who????

:D

Michale

Not 50 million dollars per year popular.

But, forget that. Much bigger news.

The Republican primary is about to heat up with the entrance of another wealthy candidate from the business world, this time from the vibrant, relevant new media of online streaming video WITH COMMERCIALS, Crackle. Trump like, only more so.

Dick Corchoran(R), 2016 (logo TBD)

Slogan: Giddy Up America!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv9XmP_9hNE

OR...

He is still extremely popular..

"We can't discount the possibility just because we don't happen to like it."
-Martin Sheen, THE FINAL COUNTDOWN

:D

Michale

It's not like there haven't been harbingers, and I'm not talking about that cheesy prophesy novel by a certain fake rabbi. I'm talking about the fall of Rush in major demographics. He's reduced to stations with the wattage of light bulb. An LED bulb, not the old incandescents. Pity the poor traveling salesman, who can no longer home in on Rush, like Japanese bombers on Radio Honolulu. You can see their abandoned cars on rural roads. Rush is still pulling in 50 megabucks a year. This suggests Rush has 1) an ironclad contract or 2) some seriously good dirt on the network formerly known as Clear Channel.

The Murdoch sons may be offended by their FNews inheritance, but that may be as much about potential return on investment vs opportunity costs as by quality of news content. After all, they're Murdochs.

I thought Democrats were all about "diversity"...??

:D

Michale

And 24/7 coverage of the 112 or so Republican candidates for president.

Wait ... why would the "liberal" media spend so much time covering Republican candidates?

-David

10,000 quatloos on Clinton being forced out between 25-30 April. If I am wrong, I will shave my head, don a black robe and change my name to Galt. I would have my wife die her hair silver and get into that nifty glittery jumpsuit, but I don't think she would go for that.. :D

Remember that, CW?? :D heh

Michale

Michale

A few days ago, Stig asked when was the first mention of "quatloos" in chrisweigant.com

http://www.chrisweigant.com/2008/03/28/friday-talking-points-25-place-your-bets-on-the-democratic-race/

After 'exhaustive' research (the first 2 pages of an ADVANCED Google search :D) 28 Mar 2008, the 25th FTP, was the first reference I could find...

If I could figure out how to sort GOOGLE results by date, I might have a better answer... :D

Michale

You mean, like MSNBC???

{{gag}} {{gag}}

I always have to smile when I hear the Left rail against Fox News..

For many reasons..

The foremost being that it's all jealousy.. The Left has tried to imitate the success of Fox News but they have always failed.

SPECTACULARLY failed..

So, the Left just tries to tear Fox News down...

Michale