fox news ratings tank

[Truthmatters]

maybe you need to watch more msnbc

 

[Foxfyre]

To Pogo with love:

I have already debunked the "Fox News is less well informed" propaganda put out by the liberal left segment that is not all that interested in telling the truth but interested in getting the gullible to believe the assigned lie of the moment.

And as for those ratings yes, Fox does attract a larger audience of 'geezers' than the other cable news channels, perhaps because geezers are more interested in the news than they are in just being entertained or hyped.

But the dirty little secret that those trying to discredit Fox News don't want reported is that they also attract a much higher percentage of the younger group than do their cable competition. And all the the cable news outlets also attract more geezers than they do younger viewers.

Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for Friday, February 22, 2013

Total Day P2+ (000s). . . 25-54 (000s). . 35-64 (000s)

FNC. . . . . . . . . 1,094. . . . . . . .209 . . . . . . . . . .424
CNN. . . . . . . . . . .355 . . . . . . . 100. . . . . . . . . . .160
MSNBC. . . . . . . . .453. . . . . . . . 137. . . . . . . . . . 203
CNBC . . . . . . . . . 164 . . . . . . . . .38 . . . . . . . . . . 81
FBN . . . . . . . . . . . 56. . . . . . . . . 10. . . . . . . . . . . 30
HLN . . . . . . . . . . .266. . . . . . . . 107. . . . . . . . . . 154
Cable News Ratings for Friday, February 22, 2013 - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers

And when is the last time you saw the mainstream media gleefully reporting that CNN or MSNBC has lost market share? Doesn't happen much does it? And yet it happens all the time, just as Fox will be pre-empted by something else more interesting in the news in any given day or week.

Fox Busines Network is still fairly new and isn't carried by a lot of cable services yet, but it is slowly but surely gaining market share. I expect it to catch and pass CNBC within the next year or two because they really are doing some good work.

 

[Flopper]

maybe you need to watch more msnbc

MSNBC is fun to watch, but I prefer PBS and the BBC.

 

[Staidhup]

For those that get their news off a TV I guess this is somehow important. Possibly this is the fundamental reason why the current administration was reelected in the first place.

 

[whitehall]

The sad truth for libs is that even "tanked" Fox ratings are ten times better than CNN or the rest of the knee jerk drooling media.

 

[Pogo]

The sad truth for libs is that even "tanked" Fox ratings are ten times better than CNN or the rest of the knee jerk drooling media.

uh- why would that be "sad"?

You don't have the vaguest clue what ratings mean, do you? Kinda like math?

 

[whitehall]

The sad truth for libs is that even "tanked" Fox ratings are ten times better than CNN or the rest of the knee jerk drooling media.

uh- why would that be "sad"?

You don't have the vaguest clue what ratings mean, do you? Kinda like math?

The real truth is always uncomfortable and usually sad to liberals. I wonder how the comedy channel is doing? Isn't that where libs get all their news analysis?

 

[blastoff]

Drudge Cable News ratings update...

MON FEB 25 2013

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,174,000
FOXNEWS THE FIVE 2,006,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,002,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 1,863,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,849,000
CMDY DAILY SHOW 1,610,000
CMDY COLBERT 1,310,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 1,271,000
MSNBC MADDOW 921,000
MSNBC SCHULTZ 853,000
CNN COOPER 788,000
MSNBC SHARPTON 708,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 706,000
CNNHN NANCY GRACE 657,000
CNN PIERS 637,000

 

[GHook93]

Fox News Ratings Hit 12-Year Demo Lows In January Cable News Figures

Hey, buttmunch....

P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
Total Day
FNC 1,212 248 491
CNN 362 117 154
MSNBC 489 146 231
CNBC 167 50 88
FBN 44 9 19
HLN 220 77 114

Primetime P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC 2,149 411 800
CNN 569 178 264
MSNBC 918 224 430
CNBC 270 102 145
FBN 46 13 21
HLN 385 139 166

Net Morning programs (6-9 AM) P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FOX & Friends 1,171 265 545
CNN Early Start/Starting Point 231 93 90
MSNBC Morning Joe 443 202 244
CNBC Squawk Box 126 38 70
HLN Morning Express w/ Meade 169 96 109

Net 5PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FIVE, THE 2,054 339 801
CNN Situation Room 410 131 188
MSNBC HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 896 163 368
CNBC FAST MONEY 187 35 105
HLN EVENING EXPRESS 216 59 95

Net 6PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER 2,120 332 751
CNN Situation Room 399 171 197
MSNBC POLITICS NATION 814 203 345
CNBC Mad Money 155 46 84
HLN EVENING EXPRESS 296 85 153

Net 7PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC The Fox Report W/S.SMITH 1,769 366 715
CNN ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT 420 150 180
MSNBC HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 817 250 391
CNBC Kudlow Report 112 35 55
HLN JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL 455 120 224


Net 8PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 2,926 462 938
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 539 188 235
MSNBC Ed Show 940 210 412
CNBC MEXICOS DRUG WAR 136 75 86
HLN Nancy Grace 500 140 240

Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC Hannity 2,059 425 808
CNN Piers Morgan Tonight 693 205 338
MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show 975 246 494
CNBC DEATH: ITS A LIVING 394 116 187
HLN WHAT WOULD YOU DO 313 121 114

Net 10PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC ON THE RECORD W/GRETA 1,450 346 652
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 475 141 219
MSNBC Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL 836 215 383
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 280 115 161
HLN WHAT WOULD YOU DO 342 158 146

Net 11PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 1,083 285 470
CNN ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT 345 134 166
MSNBC Ed Show 411 126 245
CNBC Mad Money 124 48 71
HLN SHOWBIZ TONIGHT 196 78 115

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For other days cable news ratings click here.

P2+ = viewers over the age of 2

(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing

(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing

Prime Time = 8-11pm

LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast. For more information see Numbers 101.

Scratch = when a show's audience fails to meet minimum Nielsen reporting levels. For more information go here.

Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of July, 2012)

CNN/HLN: 99.727 million HHs

CNBC: 97.497 million HHs

FNC: 97.981 million HHs

MSNBC: 95.526 million HHs

Fox Business: 68.407 million HHs

LOL, FOX beats CNN, MSNBC and CNBC combined!

 

[Pogo]

Fox News Ratings Hit 12-Year Demo Lows In January Cable News Figures

Hey, buttmunch....

P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
Total Day
FNC 1,212 248 491
CNN 362 117 154
MSNBC 489 146 231
CNBC 167 50 88
FBN 44 9 19
HLN 220 77 114

Primetime P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC 2,149 411 800
CNN 569 178 264
MSNBC 918 224 430
CNBC 270 102 145
FBN 46 13 21
HLN 385 139 166

Net Morning programs (6-9 AM) P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FOX & Friends 1,171 265 545
CNN Early Start/Starting Point 231 93 90
MSNBC Morning Joe 443 202 244
CNBC Squawk Box 126 38 70
HLN Morning Express w/ Meade 169 96 109

Net 5PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FIVE, THE 2,054 339 801
CNN Situation Room 410 131 188
MSNBC HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 896 163 368
CNBC FAST MONEY 187 35 105
HLN EVENING EXPRESS 216 59 95

Net 6PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER 2,120 332 751
CNN Situation Room 399 171 197
MSNBC POLITICS NATION 814 203 345
CNBC Mad Money 155 46 84
HLN EVENING EXPRESS 296 85 153

Net 7PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC The Fox Report W/S.SMITH 1,769 366 715
CNN ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT 420 150 180
MSNBC HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 817 250 391
CNBC Kudlow Report 112 35 55
HLN JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL 455 120 224


Net 8PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 2,926 462 938
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 539 188 235
MSNBC Ed Show 940 210 412
CNBC MEXICOS DRUG WAR 136 75 86
HLN Nancy Grace 500 140 240

Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC Hannity 2,059 425 808
CNN Piers Morgan Tonight 693 205 338
MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show 975 246 494
CNBC DEATH: ITS A LIVING 394 116 187
HLN WHAT WOULD YOU DO 313 121 114

Net 10PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC ON THE RECORD W/GRETA 1,450 346 652
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 475 141 219
MSNBC Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL 836 215 383
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 280 115 161
HLN WHAT WOULD YOU DO 342 158 146

Net 11PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 1,083 285 470
CNN ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT 345 134 166
MSNBC Ed Show 411 126 245
CNBC Mad Money 124 48 71
HLN SHOWBIZ TONIGHT 196 78 115

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For other days cable news ratings click here.

P2+ = viewers over the age of 2

(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing

(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing

Prime Time = 8-11pm

LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast. For more information see Numbers 101.

Scratch = when a show's audience fails to meet minimum Nielsen reporting levels. For more information go here.

Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of July, 2012)

CNN/HLN: 99.727 million HHs

CNBC: 97.497 million HHs

FNC: 97.981 million HHs

MSNBC: 95.526 million HHs

Fox Business: 68.407 million HHs

LOL, FOX beats CNN, MSNBC and CNBC combined!

I'm at a loss to understand why people keep posting these numbers --- are we all buying ad time on TV? Because that's the only use these numbers have...?

I'm sure not buying it.

 

[Foxfyre]

Hey, buttmunch....

P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
Total Day
FNC 1,212 248 491
CNN 362 117 154
MSNBC 489 146 231
CNBC 167 50 88
FBN 44 9 19
HLN 220 77 114

Primetime P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC 2,149 411 800
CNN 569 178 264
MSNBC 918 224 430
CNBC 270 102 145
FBN 46 13 21
HLN 385 139 166

Net Morning programs (6-9 AM) P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FOX & Friends 1,171 265 545
CNN Early Start/Starting Point 231 93 90
MSNBC Morning Joe 443 202 244
CNBC Squawk Box 126 38 70
HLN Morning Express w/ Meade 169 96 109

Net 5PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC FIVE, THE 2,054 339 801
CNN Situation Room 410 131 188
MSNBC HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 896 163 368
CNBC FAST MONEY 187 35 105
HLN EVENING EXPRESS 216 59 95

Net 6PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER 2,120 332 751
CNN Situation Room 399 171 197
MSNBC POLITICS NATION 814 203 345
CNBC Mad Money 155 46 84
HLN EVENING EXPRESS 296 85 153

Net 7PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC The Fox Report W/S.SMITH 1,769 366 715
CNN ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT 420 150 180
MSNBC HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS 817 250 391
CNBC Kudlow Report 112 35 55
HLN JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL 455 120 224


Net 8PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 2,926 462 938
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 539 188 235
MSNBC Ed Show 940 210 412
CNBC MEXICOS DRUG WAR 136 75 86
HLN Nancy Grace 500 140 240

Net 9PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC Hannity 2,059 425 808
CNN Piers Morgan Tonight 693 205 338
MSNBC Rachel Maddow Show 975 246 494
CNBC DEATH: ITS A LIVING 394 116 187
HLN WHAT WOULD YOU DO 313 121 114

Net 10PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC ON THE RECORD W/GRETA 1,450 346 652
CNN Anderson Cooper 360 475 141 219
MSNBC Last Word W/ L. ODONNELL 836 215 383
CNBC AMERICAN GREED 280 115 161
HLN WHAT WOULD YOU DO 342 158 146

Net 11PM P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FNC THE OREILLY FACTOR 1,083 285 470
CNN ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT 345 134 166
MSNBC Ed Show 411 126 245
CNBC Mad Money 124 48 71
HLN SHOWBIZ TONIGHT 196 78 115

-
For other days cable news ratings click here.

P2+ = viewers over the age of 2

(25-54) = Adults 25-54 viewing

(35-64) = Adults 35-64 viewing

Prime Time = 8-11pm

LIVE+SD: The number that watched a program either while it was broadcast OR watched via DVR on the same day [through 3AM the next day] the program was broadcast. For more information see Numbers 101.

Scratch = when a show's audience fails to meet minimum Nielsen reporting levels. For more information go here.

Nielsen Cable Network Coverage Estimates (as of July, 2012)

CNN/HLN: 99.727 million HHs

CNBC: 97.497 million HHs

FNC: 97.981 million HHs

MSNBC: 95.526 million HHs

Fox Business: 68.407 million HHs

LOL, FOX beats CNN, MSNBC and CNBC combined!

I'm at a loss to understand why people keep posting these numbers --- are we all buying ad time on TV? Because that's the only use these numbers have...?

I'm sure not buying it.

Of coruse you're not buying it. You're well educated, bright, and perceptive, but you are a liberal and it is therefore mandatory to declare even Nielsen unreliable if it reports numbers you don't want to accept. And yet everybody knows--including you way down deep where you keep your concepts of reality and honesty--know that if the numbers showed Fox News to be way behind the others, you and other liberals would post them gleefully as FACT!!!

The FACT is that Fox News does a better and more reliable job of reporting the news and providing reliable analysis of the news than does any other cable network. And THAT is why they beat the pants off ALL the others, more often than not, all the others combined.

You have two choices. 1) Admit that Fox draws the larger audiences on merit, or 2) Admit that liberals aren't much interested in being informed anywhere.

 

[Pogo]

The sad truth for libs is that even "tanked" Fox ratings are ten times better than CNN or the rest of the knee jerk drooling media.

uh- why would that be "sad"?

You don't have the vaguest clue what ratings mean, do you? Kinda like math?

The real truth is always uncomfortable and usually sad to liberals. I wonder how the comedy channel is doing? Isn't that where libs get all their news analysis?

So........... couldn't think of an answer huh?

I get the impression that some of you wags believe that ratings represent some kind of ideological "vote". I dunno, it's just the endless comparisons to other political channels. Well they don't. They measure attention, which is in no way the same thing. Attention is derived from emotion, which is triggered by emotional candy, especially fear (hence "if it bleeds it leads").

Attention is gained by fake wrestling, soap opera, monster killer storms that could happen tomorrow, Maury Povich paternity tests and people on an island forced to eat bugs. So if that's what you find analogous to Fox Noise, well then you've just figured out the psychology of manipulation. It always pays to remember where Rupert Murdoch made his fortune: sleazy tabloid rags. Whatever his ethics, he does understand the psychology of Attention and the exploitation of human weakness.

Attention is the psychological tool TV uses for its prime directive, which is advertising. So the more attention you gather, the more you can charge for advertising time. And the data used to measure that attention is, all together now-- ratings. And that's why the Vast Wasteland panders to the lowest common denominator. and always has.

That's it.

 

[theHawk]

Its amazing to see how far CNN has dropped off. I mean even MSNBC is kicking their ass.

Never thought I'd see the day CNN would be the bottom feeders in the news industry.

 

[Foxfyre]

Its amazing to see how far CNN has dropped off. I mean even MSNBC is kicking their ass.

Never thought I'd see the day CNN would be the bottom feeders in the news industry.

I've wondered about that too, and I have drawn an entirely unscientific conclusion. In my opinion, as a former member of the media and a looooooooong time media watcher and analyst, of all the liberal news outlets, probably PBS and CNN do the best job of reporting. But. . . . because both are left leaning, neither can quite bring themselves to report ALL the extenuating factors of a news story in a consistent matter--something Fox does very well--and therefore serious news hounds gravitate more toward Fox.

AND. . . .the liberals who WANT a steady diet of Republican and conservative bashing, who want their point of view elevated and validated, and don't care whether it is honest or fair or not, gravitate to MSNBC.

And, there must be more of the latter than the former?

 

[American_Jihad]

Cable News Ratings - TV Ratings, Nielsen Ratings, Television Show Ratings | TVbytheNumbers.com

Cable News Ratings for Monday, February 25, 2013 - Ratings | TVbytheNumbers


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[Pogo]

Its amazing to see how far CNN has dropped off. I mean even MSNBC is kicking their ass.

Never thought I'd see the day CNN would be the bottom feeders in the news industry.

I've wondered about that too, and I have drawn an entirely unscientific conclusion. In my opinion, as a former member of the media and a looooooooong time media watcher and analyst, of all the liberal news outlets, probably PBS and CNN do the best job of reporting. But. . . . because both are left leaning, neither can quite bring themselves to report ALL the extenuating factors of a news story in a consistent matter--something Fox does very well--and therefore serious news hounds gravitate more toward Fox.

AND. . . .the liberals who WANT a steady diet of Republican and conservative bashing, who want their point of view elevated and validated, and don't care whether it is honest or fair or not, gravitate to MSNBC.

And, there must be more of the latter than the former?

Cute spin Foxy. Strangely enough I was just reading a come-on piece of junk mail from a car dealer that read very similar...

Of course you know what I'm going to say: you start with a false and/or unproven premise, to wit: "because both are left leaning". Needles to say that's entirely subjective, highly debatable, and has little tangible support (none of which is offered). Equally needles to say, Fox, just by virtue of being a television medium alone, never mind bias, does not by any stretch report all the extenuating circumstances of any story, let alone consistently, because television just cannot do that.

Technically it could, but that would be a channel without an audience (or public TV). The tube hates nuance but loves drama and action and especially above all, conflict. Television's appeal is strictly to the senses, rather than the intellect -- as would be the case with, say, a book or newspaper.

Comprehensive (balanced) news is mutually exclusive with conflict; if you tell the whole story and shun taking sides, you have good journalism but bad television ("bad" in the sense of ratings, not ethics). Therefore it's in a TV station's interest, if it wants ratings, to avoid telling the full story, and on the contrary nudge the viewer to take sides, because at that point the box becomes a cheerleader. And has created a loyal fan to follow the outcome of the "game". THAT is what Fox does very well ("well" in the sense of "efficiently"). Every issue is set up as some us/them contest with heroes and villains. Contrasted with, say, PBS.

The very myth of "liberal media" is itself a product of this polarization mentality. "Us" and "them"; psychological manipulation.

As a former media person and lifelong student of it, I'd say it's probably not possible for any of these media to address a story without some sort of lean, but Fox's is by far the most flagrant. So while your observation of MSNBC is no doubt true for some of its viewers, it's certainly even more true for Fox, which after all invented that mindset within cable "news". To their endless discredit, the CNNs and MSNBCs have been copying these sensationalist methods. They've done that because -- that's where the money is.

A major part of why it works is that the unwashed masses with lives full of other distractions really have no time for complexities and extenuations and nuance; we want simple, bite-size morsels, preferably ones we can ingest with the senses (emotions) rather than with the synapses, because processing intellectually just takes too much time and effort. So we outsource all that to those who will make the news into sausage for us.

Pretty much the same reason McDonald's outsells nutritionally superior food establishments (and of course with analogous results).

 

[Trajan]

this lame hypcrasy is delectable,

there's a thread in this forum with commmnets lauding Chris Wallace of FOX news Sunday for smacking around the NRA CEO from the very same folks who have posted here in this one.

Actually that was me. I started that thread all by myself. Pretty impressive huh?

So -- what's yer point? Other than your spell checker doesn't work?

woooow the ole spelling mistake one oneupmanship. man, you're on it bro...

 

[Trajan]

The fallacy comes when people come in toting ratings for this channel or that radio show as if they're some kind of "vote" for the perceived political slant of that channel. That's simply not what audience ratings represent. It never has been. Ratings represent attention. There are all sorts of ways to gather attention, and none of the effective ones have to do with veracity or integrity. In fact those principles tend to work against it. What sells is not integrity; it's fear and loathing, sensationalism and scare tactics. And that's how you build ratings.

At the same time, it is amusing to see one particular set of voices first fly in insisting that FNC really is fair and balanced and it's everybody else that's skewed..... and then the same wags come in with the ratings crowing about how their right-wing channel is "approved" by more people --- the same right wing channel they just got done insisting was not right wing, but in fact fair and balanced.

Also known as wanting it both ways.

whomever on earth are you talking too

are you.... free versing? burning the midnight strawman?

Um-- see your name in the quote? I start there, then I riff on for anyone reading. And it's sunny afternoon here, so it's not me who's at the midnight hour... ergo we may be forced to file this post under 'non sequitur'

thats becasue instead of asking, you assume, or it certainly appears you have...am I wrong? .


in the event of the former, let me help you, I never ever have denied fox is slanted. ever.

so, as long as you apply same to cbs abc nbc et al I have no qualms with your post in this quote. my experience tells me they don't.

I think bernie ( goldberg) has it exactly right- he ( and I ) don't think there is a grand conspiracy amongst the truth ministry ( ) they just all have the same world view, so they all see things basically the same way, fox is no different in that context, thats why they are slanted.

but , when you ask them, or have this argument with folks of that mindset ( it appears to me) , they think that fox is slanted yet, they are not. they shoot from some special high ground wherein they really are the middle of the road folks ( see: dan rather) and tell the news straight up, while fox is slanted.

when you compare the population at fox vis a vis cons to libs, you'll find the same skew, a preponderance of cons ergo their slant is con...well no shit, BUT- see, at cbs abc et al, even though their skew leans just as heavy the other way? no not them, they are not slanted......just becasue 8 or 9 of 10 of their team is lib ( like fox is con) they don't slant, but fox does.Its a hypocrisy I find especially galling.

 

[Mad Scientist]

I have a serious question for TM:

If FoxNews were to go off the air tomorrow (TV and Radio) to whom would you switch all your hatred and venom?

Or would you just have no reason to live anymore?

Serious question.

 

[Dot Com]

uh- why would that be "sad"?

You don't have the vaguest clue what ratings mean, do you? Kinda like math?

The real truth is always uncomfortable and usually sad to liberals. I wonder how the comedy channel is doing? Isn't that where libs get all their news analysis?

So........... couldn't think of an answer huh?

I get the impression that some of you wags believe that ratings represent some kind of ideological "vote". I dunno, it's just the endless comparisons to other political channels. Well they don't. They measure attention, which is in no way the same thing. Attention is derived from emotion, which is triggered by emotional candy, especially fear (hence "if it bleeds it leads").

Attention is gained by fake wrestling, soap opera, monster killer storms that could happen tomorrow, Maury Povich paternity tests and people on an island forced to eat bugs. So if that's what you find analogous to Fox Noise, well then you've just figured out the psychology of manipulation. It always pays to remember where Rupert Murdoch made his fortune: sleazy tabloid rags. Whatever his ethics, he does understand the psychology of Attention and the exploitation of human weakness.

Attention is the psychological tool TV uses for its prime directive, which is advertising. So the more attention you gather, the more you can charge for advertising time. And the data used to measure that attention is, all together now-- ratings. And that's why the Vast Wasteland panders to the lowest common denominator. and always has.

That's it.

exactly. "TeeVee"is all about "ratings" to sell ad time. "controversy"= ratings and if we know one thing about Murdoch TeeVee is that its good at getting its tinfoil hat wearing, non election winning audience frothing at the mouth over the controversy of the day.

Needless to say, I stopped watching teevee years ago.