What's the difference between Phil Robertson's situation and the Dixie Chicks situation?

[Bryce]

The difference was that the Dixie Chicks being pulled from radios was driven by the marketplaced. The DCs alienated their fan base, and they reacted. Pulling the DCs from the radio was a decision based outrage of country music fans. Those who supported the message were outraged as well, but since only a small fraction of those who supported the DC's statement were actual country music fans, it was ignored by the country music industry.

With Phil Robertson, the reverse is happening. He has outraged those outside his fan base and his fan base is supporting him.

Those country stations that pulled the DCs music were making a market based decision.

A&E is too. Unlike a country station, their consumer base is larger and more diverse.