Comments on: Kristol, Palin and the NYT: a tale of intrigue and punditry http://blogs.crikey.com.au/trevorcook/2008/11/09/kristol-palin-and-the-nyt/ Trevor Cook on public relations, social media and politics Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:16:29 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: punditfight.com http://blogs.crikey.com.au/trevorcook/2008/11/09/kristol-palin-and-the-nyt/comment-page-1/#comment-2777 punditfight.com Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:58:43 +0000 http://blogs.crikey.com.au/trevorcook/?p=4981#comment-2777 William Kristol is not unlike Australia's own Andrew Bolt in this respect - He enjoys playing the villain and needling the liberals. He is like a (Heel) Villain wrestler in that respect. Regardless of how wrong and complicit Kristol has been, punditry is measured by the audience numbers you can attract not how accurate or prescient you've been. I present to you Exhibit A: William Kristol in conversation with the late, great Dean Barnett. http://punditfight.blogspot.com/2007/08/william-bill-kristol-top-heel.html William Kristol is not unlike Australia’s own Andrew Bolt in this respect – He enjoys playing the villain and needling the liberals. He is like a (Heel) Villain wrestler in that respect.
Regardless of how wrong and complicit Kristol has been, punditry is measured by the audience numbers you can attract not how accurate or prescient you’ve been.

I present to you Exhibit A: William Kristol in conversation with the late, great Dean Barnett.
http://punditfight.blogspot.com/2007/08/william-bill-kristol-top-heel.html

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