The article says:

"Through it all, the Dixie Chicks latest album, Home, has sold more than 6 million copies.

The disc, which has been near the top of the album chart for 30 weeks, slid three spots to No. 7 in the week after the controversy began — dropping from 123,000 copies to 71,000."

Yeah--71,000 in weekly sales is a real indication that no one is buying your records. By April 4th, and again on the 19th, "Home" was back at #1 on the Country Music album charts. Faith Hill and Vince Gill both came out in defence of the Chicks. As several people have noted, their US tour that is scheduled to begin in the next week or so will be a sell out at every stop. All this without their music being played by right wing macho asshole DJs on Clear Channel country stations.

So what does this tell you about the relevance of the Fox/Clear Channel war mongering media hype, and the conservative country music establishment's view of "patriotism"? Answer: that the country music listening audience doesn't reflect the demographic the fascists claim it does, and the so-called "overwhelming majority of Americans" don't agree with the Fox/Clear Channel media blitzkrieg of right wing faux patriotism.