The Blackboard Bungle

Could David Carr's article about Glenn Beck's swan dive in the ratings be a hardball move by Fox News ahead of contract negotiations? Much like advertising a ballplayer's declining states in the lead-up to contract talks to set a price ceiling? Interesting that the column came out on the Monday of a work week in which Beck is on vacation, sticking his head out the passenger window to air it out as he watches America's decline whiz by, and thus unavailable to get right back on the air and draw a chalk line on the blackboard connecting Carr with Trotsky's assassination and the cancellation of Firefly.

Unfortunately, I didn't learn that Beck was off for the week (when the face of this guy as guest host appeared in his stead) until I had already suffered through a slobbering interview with Donald Trump by Neil Cavuto that was sirened on screen with a "ALERT...ALERT...ALERT..." about some dumb-ass poll having Trump topping Romney and Pawlenty in the Republican race. Polls would probably put Charlie Sheen ahead of the Republican field at this point; means nothing. Though of course in the light of this latest data Cavuto conducted himself with the solemn sycophancy that is his trademark whenever a Jack Welch or similar big daddy is around. Had Trump been in the studio he might have left his shoes on Cavuto's desk for him to shine, which he would have done gladly, with cat-like licks.

Source: http://www.vanityfair.com/online/wolcott/2011/03/could-david-carrs-article-about.html

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