Bitter Professor Eric Alterman : ' the real secret to Fox’s success has been its ability to get the rest of the journalism and political world to take it seriously.'

The Nation has a new column from leftist Eric Alterman:

the real secret to Fox’s success has been its ability to get the rest of the journalism and political world to take it seriously

No word yet on whether Eric Alterman thinks MSNBC's lack of success is that not enough people are tenured professors who live in college towns (that demographic MSNBC holds so dear).