How much does the political cycle, the decline in Bush’s popularity, affect Fox News’ ratings?
Probably not as much as people think. There is a core political audience, and maybe they’re a little burned out right now. But what tends to really drive the ratings of these things are sort of non-political stories, human-interest stories, whether it’s Katrina or Natalee Holloway in Aruba. How do you feel about the weak start of MyNetworkTV? I see it pretty straightforwardly. We’re in the game. We’ve gotten these shows up. We’ve got an audience, probably a smaller audience than we’d like right now but not necessarily a smaller audience than we would’ve expected. If the concept is appealing and we do a good job on these shows, we have a base to grow from. And if we don’t do a good job, we’ll stagnate here, and we’ll have a problem. What are your thoughts about DirecTV right now? It was such a big priority for you all for a lot of years, and now you’re talking about selling it to Liberty Media’s John Malone. I certainly don’t want to talk about any potential transactions or deals. But D
