Word of “Up w/Chris Hayes” has spread beyond a few hundred punk fans. In less than a year on television (and with a chirpy voice, a weakness for gesticulation and a tendency to drop honors-thesis words like “signifier” into casual conversation), Mr. Hayes has established himself as Generation Y’s wonk prince of the morning political talk-show circuit....
... Mr. Hayes has attracted a cult following, particularly among frustrated hyper-educated members of the Occupy Wall Street generation who are seemingly fed up with the partisan bickering that prevails in Washington and passes as political discourse on the airwaves.... ... Like Deadheads or Trekkies, fans of the program cluster under a common nickname: Uppers. [ALSO A NICKNAME FOR AMPHETAMINES]
... “I like the fact that it’s dialogic, small-d ‘democratic,’ ” Mr. Hayes said of his show. “We’re all sitting at the same table, we’re creating the public sphere in miniature. I was going to say, ‘We’re going to model Habermasian communicative action,’ but that’s excessively pretentious.”
While MSNBC’s overall ratings dipped in May along with those of other news channels, Mr. Hayes’s program was one of the few to surge, rising about 15 percent in total viewers over MSNBC’s programming in the time slot from the previous year. Since Dec. 26, it has been No. 1 on average in its Sunday time slot on cable news channels among viewers ages 18 to 34, according to Nielsen figures provided by the network. Despite much of the country being in bed when it is on, “Up” has occasionally flirted with the ratings of prime-time programs like “The Rachel Maddow Show” (hosted by Mr. Hayes’s mentor) among those 18-to-34 viewers.... [ER, UM... COMPARED TO FOX, NOBODY IS WATCHING MADDOW OR HAYES OR MSNBC]
... His influence goes beyond ratings. Rolling Stone listed him in a recent Hot issue. On Esquire’s Web site, Charles P. Pierce called him “the fastest rising star in your cable teevee firmament.”
... His professional life has been a sprint since he vaulted from a staff job at In These Times, a socialist-leaning newspaper in Chicago, to the Nation [ALSO SOCIALIST AND VIRULENTLY ANTIZIONIST AND CHOMSKY-ZINNISH], where was named Washington bureau chief at 28. From that perch, he became a regular guest on Ms. Maddow’s program and eventually started substituting for her as a guest host. Phil Griffin, the MSNBC president, offered him his own program in the spring of 2011.HIS RATINGS APPROACH MADDOW'S - WHICH SUCK.
MSNBC'S RATINGS RE SO LOW, THAT WHEN THEY LOOK UP THEY'RE STILL LOOKING DOWN.
WHY? SIMPLE:
MSNBC IS SO FAR LEFT, THAT WHEN THEY LOOK RIGHT THEY'RE STILL LOOKING LEFT.
DITTO IN THESE TIMES, THE NATION, AND THE NYTIMES.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER.
WHY IS NBC REACHING OUT TO THE LEFT?
IS IT JUST AN EXERCISE IN "COUNTER-PROGRAMMING"?
NOPE. IT'S PARTISAN.
ANYONE WHO WATCHES FOX NEWS - DOMINATED BY FORMER ABC, AND CBS AND CNN REPORTERS - KNOWS THAT THEY ARE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD... IOW: FAIR AND BALANCED, AND NOT RIGHT-WING.
MSNBC AND THE NYTIMES - LIKE THE NATION - ARE HARD LEFT.
JUST LIKE OBAMA'S DEMOCRAT PARTY.
VOTE ACCORDINGLY.
VOTE ROMNEY.
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