I don't know Bill Press of the Bill Press Show. Never listened to his talk show on Sirius radio. Never read his columns. Don't care about his politics. But I know one thing about Bill Press ... he's hot! So says a growing majority of voters on the fishbowldc.com web contest in its current search for "Hottest Media Type, Male On Air."
And even though he is handily beating 'yours truly' ... along with 10 other nominees for this great honor ... the real reason Bill Press is hot is this. In one fell swoop he created a massive wave of voting and snatched the lead (most likely the pending title) from a certain NPR employee. Again ... I have no knowledge of ... and have never met ... that certain media type from NPR. But the guy was running away with it! Like Secretariat, the rest of us, including Bill Press, were getting manhandled in the polls. If it were American Idol, I was Chris Sligh .. and America wasn't feeling the witty guy when they could lay their eyes and votes on Sanjaya Malakar. Who knew we could garner 60 ... 70 ... 110 votes ... while clearly the fishbowldc.com visitors were overwhelmingly enamored with NPR Malakar. First 200 ... then 400 ... now at last count 686 adoring fans.
But like a Tour de France rider fresh from a blood transfusion, a steaming steroid smacked baseball from Barry Bonds, a technical foul from Tim Donaghy ... Bill Press comes from voting obscurity to run away winner! Nationally syndicated help from the computer savvy public? Who cares! Everybody loves an underdog ... and NPR Malakar met his match!
You can vote at the link below. Polls close Monday. I'd love not to come in last. But as you've learned by now ... I pull for the underdogs!
http://mediabistro.com/articles/poll/000407/>
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