The GOP eats its own

[kentonio]

Yep, HuffPo really drives the media in this country. This ain't Britain. No one follows the "really liberal press" aside from liberals.

Ah so we've gone from the liberal press not reporting it, to nobody following the liberal press? Any more changes of direction you'd like to make, or is it time for you to tell me I don't know what the **** I'm talking about again?

[Imran Siddiqui]

Or look at the NYTimes top stories:

http://www.nytimes.com/

It's about what does Cantor's loss mean for the GOP. Brat's bio is below the fold (so to speak) in the Politics subfolder. Heck, an article on Brat's Democratic opponent is one of the top headlines!

[Imran Siddiqui]

Ah so we've gone from the liberal press not reporting it

How convenient of you to shift goal posts so blatantly.

[Dinner]

I don't believe you remember how that primary ran. About a half dozen candidates took the lead, then rendered themselves unelectable. He was, almost literally, the last man standing.

I remember there were lots of "not Romney" candidates none of which were even remotely ready for prime time. My point is you claimed no one in the tea party voted for Romney when in fact Romney got the single best right wing turn out in history, they all turned out in mass for him in the end, but it just wasn't enough. Romney got a higher percentage of the white male vote than anyone in recent history and it just wasn't enough because there are now that many non-white, non-male voters nearly all of whom want nothing to do with the disgusting and laughable parody which the Republican Party has become. So, yes, the Republicans are either going to modify their positions to better match what voters want or magically convince the voters to want only what the extreme right wing wants (which, let's be honest, isn't ever going to happen) or they're not going to win too many Presidential election in the future.

[kentonio]

How convenient of you to shift goal posts so blatantly.

Ok Ben.

If you think the man who just toppled Cantor is going to be ignored by the media you're smoking crack. The liberal part of the press will be watching him like a hawk waiting for the inevitable gaffe.

"This post is what happens when people in foreign countries try to predict US politics."

They have more important things to cover, like actual interesting Senate races.

[Imran Siddiqui]

It's akin to saying Obama's gaffe is no big deal and the media is going to forget about it and then linking to townhall saying "SEE, they are still talking about it!"

If you think HuffPo is the mainstream media, or has impact on it, you are far more ignorant of this country than I thought.
Also, I checked out HuffPo, a profile on Brat is a bit down site - not nearly top news now is it? It isn't even that interesting to HuffPo!

[kentonio]

It's akin to saying Obama's gaffe is no big deal and the media is going to forget about it and then linking to townhall saying "SEE, they are still talking about it!"

If you think HuffPo is the mainstream media, or has impact on it, you are far more ignorant of this country than I thought.
Also, I checked out HuffPo, a profile on Brat is a bit down site - not nearly top news now is it? It isn't even that interesting to HuffPo!

Yes obviously it's just some niche little site that has no impact on anyone.

eBizMBA Rank | 110,000,000 - Estimated Unique Monthly Visitors

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/political-websites

[kentonio]

Or perhaps filter by News Websites instead of Political Website..

That puts it at number 2 most visited ahead of CNN, FOX, New York Times, Washington Post, NBC and the rest.

http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/news-websites

Maybe you need to open your eyes to the sources people are increasingly turning to for their news these days.

[Imran Siddiqui]

[Imran Siddiqui]

I seriously think it is beyond hilarious that you think HuffPo drives the media narrative in this country.

You just keep digging this hole and you don't even realize it.

(You also seem to ignore that Brat's story isn't in Top News on HuffPo anymore... you have scroll to find anything on Brat in particular rather than a focus on Cantor's loss)

[kentonio]

I don't give a flying **** about the 'media narrative', I'm talking about the actual sites that people visit to get their news. People are increasingly turning away from paper and TV news towards internet news. If you think tens of millions of people seeing these headlines and articles doesn't have an effect, then I really don't know what to say to you.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Some headlines on HuffPo's top page, btw:

Why D*ck Jokes Are Relevant - by Bob Saget (no really)
The Importance of Being Fluent in the Language of Texting - Dr. Peggy Drexler
The Most Overrated Movies From The Last 15 Years
Louis C.K. Slams TMZ For Insensitive Tracy Morgan Video
Gilbert Gottfried: Bowe Bergdahl Is A Modern Day Nancy Kerrigan

Btw, I actually scan/read Huffington Post a few times a week. Most of the headlines are Buzzfeed quality. It drives the media narrative slightly more than the Daily Kos, probably less than TPM. Partisan sites that people choose to visit to validate their beliefs doesn't have any impact on things actually happening in society. Heck, their top story resembles the top of the Drudge Report (it looks like it does so on purpose). People will have less respect for a partisan site that looks like a tabloid than they would for the NYTimes, CNN, etc.

[Sava]

Huffpo isn't a partisan site. AOL/Huffpo is partners with FOXNews. The only thing they drive is outrage, vitriol, and stupidity.

Those things make money. They care about money.

[kentonio]

Some headlines on HuffPo's top page, btw:

Why D*ck Jokes Are Relevant - by Bob Saget (no really)
The Importance of Being Fluent in the Language of Texting - Dr. Peggy Drexler
The Most Overrated Movies From The Last 15 Years
Louis C.K. Slams TMZ For Insensitive Tracy Morgan Video
Gilbert Gottfried: Bowe Bergdahl Is A Modern Day Nancy Kerrigan

Btw, I actually scan/read Huffington Post a few times a week. Most of the headlines are Buzzfeed quality. It drives the media narrative slightly more than the Daily Kos, probably less than TPM. Partisan sites that people choose to visit to validate their beliefs doesn't have any impact on things actually happening in society. Heck, their top story resembles the top of the Drudge Report (it looks like it does so on purpose). People will have less respect for a partisan site that looks like a tabloid than they would for the NYTimes, CNN, etc.

That's good to know. In the meantime they get a hundred million odd unique visitors a month while everyone sneers about them being trashy and not 'driving the media narrative'.

There's a newspaper in the UK called The Sun (don't know if you've heard of it). Its a totally trashy piece of ****, with a topless woman on page 3 every day and stories about celebrities love lives etc etc etc. Until recently it was also one of the most important media drivers steering public opinion about politics. Every election cycle the political classes would sneer about how the effect was overblown and then the party leaders would go creeping to the paper trying to get their backing.

You underestimate the power of this kind of thing at your peril. The majority of people are the ones who want to read trash and who will have their political opinions influenced by a loud headline or a strident article.

[The Mad Monk]

How many of thse 100 mil are actually American?