MaggieMae
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- Apr 3, 2009
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Sigh...the numbers below really don't mean anything, when you combine the totals of all the other news channels which someone is apparently watching at the same time.
It doesn't matter how fiercely you defend Fox, Fox--the channel is biased to the right, not "slightly," but totally. And everyone knows that.
It doesn't matter how fiercely you defend Fox, Fox--the channel is biased to the right, not "slightly," but totally. And everyone knows that.
Most viewers watch mainstream news on either ABC, NBC, CBS news. Fox News is the only right wing TV news channel so naturally it will have the highest ratings because it has no competition.This is where you libs run into a road block.
You claim the people of the US reject conservatism and that your side is the popular side. Your side in your opinion is deserving of the majority on Capitol Hill because you believe your way is better. You also claim the conservative movement is dying.
That said, how do you explain the high ratings of Fox news is our side is in such a minority?
If anything Fox News swings away from the typical liberal drivel we get from the alphabets.
Fox News is most watched because that news organization is getting it right.
I see that you are another one in a long line of liberals who are incensed over the very existence of a competing news organization that refuses to tow the typical liberal line of the main stream media.
Your problem and that of the political Left is you believe Fox News has no right to exist.
As far your side is concerned Fox News takes the "real story" and pulls it away from the rightful presenters( those with your point of view) and presents it in a way that makes the viewer decide his or her opinion on the events of the day. This is difficult for your side to deal with and if you had your druthers ,you'd just rather not deal with it.
So your side goes on it's daily crusade to impugn Fox News.
News Flash. It's not working. FNC's ratings keep rising while the MSM evening national news casts, their news magazine shows and their Sunday AM political shows keep losing viewers.
The bottom line is the country has had it with Obama's attempt to push the country too far to the left. That is why FNC counts many people who label themselves as "independent" as loyal viewers.
Like it or not, believe it or not, The USA is basically a conservative country.
We are socially moderate and fiscally conservative. Always have been. Always will be.
There is no room for radical liberalism or radical conservatism.
Before you react to that last sentence....Ask yourself why just before every mid term and presidential election Evangelical Conservatives and Bible Thumping rightists are always threatening to sit out elections. Answer. These people are unwelcome in the mainstream conservative movement. Reason.....They frighten people.
The problemis that ABC, NBC, and CBS all have their own biases and will more often tilt left. But you're right that Fox News is the only news source that tilts right editorially but that doesn't stop those who want ONLY left wing bias demonstrated to be unrelenting in their attacks and criticisms of it.
Fox and ABC are the two most centrist news sources overall--ABC veers slightly left; Fox veers slightly right--but Fox does as good or better job in ANYBODY in being fair and balanced in their news reportintg no matter how much the leftwingers wish to deny that.
But re the competition--when you add ALL the other cable news sources together, Fox still beats all the others combined in almost every hour of every day. And even though I deplore the 30 to 60-second sound bite means of dispensing the news, Fox offers a lot of substance and they must be offering something the American people are hungry for.
And because whether they know it or not, the fact that most Americans are ideologically right of center means the other cable news outlets are having to abandon some of their uglier leftwing dogma in order to compete at all.
Nielsen ratings for this past Saturday:
Live + Same Day Cable News Daily Ratings for June 11, 2009
P2+ Total Day
FNC 1,231,000 viewers
CNN 552,000 viewers
MSNBC 372,000 viewers
CNBC 233,000 viewers
HLN 307,000 viewers
P2+ Prime Time
FNC 2,699,000 viewers
CNN824,000 viewers
MSNBC 947,000 viewers
CNBC 241,000 viewers
HLN 578,000 viewers
25-54 Total Day
FNC 316,000 viewers
CNN 147,000 viewers
MSNBC 107,000 viewers
CNBC 89,000 viewers
HLN- 135,000 viewers
25-54 Prime Time
FNC 696,000 viewers
CNN 199,000 viewers
MSNBC 259,000 viewers
CNBC 121,000 viewers
HLN 219,000 viewers
35-64 Total Day
FNC 586,000 viewers
CNN 233,000 viewers
MSNBC 185,000 viewers
CNBC 112,000 viewers
HLN- 178,000 viewers
35-64 Prime Time
FNC 1,197,000 viewers
CNN 334,000 viewers
MSNBC 452,000 viewers
CNBC 117,000 viewers
HLN 301,000 viewers
Morning programs (6:00AM-9:00AM) P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
FOX & Friends 938,000 viewers (287,000) (529,000)
American Morning- 391,000 viewers (138,000) (189,000)
Morning Joe-335,000 viewers (126,000) (205,000)
Squawk Box-175,000 viewers (73,000) (102,000)
Morning Express w/ Meade- 225,000 viewers (138,000) (161,000)
5PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Glenn Beck 1,902,000 viewers (420,000) (890,000)
Situation Room703,000 viewers (135,000) (244,000)
Hardball w/ Chris Matthews 530,000 viewers (117,000) (220,000)
Fast Money230,000 viewers (76,000) (105,000)
Prime News160,000 viewers (71,000) (76,000)
6PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Special Report w/Bret Baier 1,901,000 viewers (447,000) (900,000)
Situation Room640,000 viewers (156,000) (265,000)
Ed Show 502,000 viewers (114,000) (222,000)
Mad Money175,000 viewers (56,000) (93,000)
Prime News202,000 viewers (57,000) (80,000)
7PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Fox Report w/Shepard Smith 1,713,000 viewers (458,000) (885,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight648,000 viewers (167,000) (303,000)
Hardball w/Chris Matthews624,000 viewers (156,000) (275,000)
Kudlow Report 178,000 viewers (50,000) (96,000)
Issues 369,000 viewers (153,000) (192,000)
8PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The OReilly Factor3,438,000 viewers (816,000) (1,492,000)
Campbell Brown747,000 viewers (211,000) (359,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann 1,193,000 viewers (348,000) (568,000)
CNBC Reports148,000 viewers (57,000) (84,000)
Nancy Grace 985,000 viewers (351,000) (508,000)
9 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity2,597,000 viewers (708,000) (1,165,000)
Larry King Live826,000 viewers (168,000) (308,000)
Rachel Maddow Show 1,013,000 viewers (257,000) (451,000)
Marijuana Inc 357,000 viewers (197,000) (168,000)
Lou Dobbs- 358,000 viewers (117,000) (175,000)
10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On The Record w/Greta2,044,000 viewers (565,000) (919,000)
Anderson Cooper 360899,000 viewers (218,000) (335,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann636,000 viewers (171,000) (338,000)
Money Chase: Inside HBS217,000 viewers (109,000) (100,000)
Nancy Grace 421,000 viewers (203,000) (236,000)
11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The OReilly Factor 1,352,000 viewers (471,000) (700,000)
Anderson Cooper 360 527,000 viewers (151,000) (229,000)
Rachel Maddow Show 350,000 viewers (100,000) (216,000)
Mad Money- 129,000 viewers (95,000) (70,000)
Showbiz Tonight 503,000 viewers (226,000) (294,000)
http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2009/06/12/cable-news-ratings-for-june-11-2009/20561/
And because most Americans aren't watching any news but taking their cues from ideologically biased and often incorrect internet sources, etc., you have idiots like you see on those Youtube videos.