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MSNBC and CNNs primetime news programs have suffered an incredible nosedive in ratings since Barack Obama was elected president, Newsmax has learned.
Ratings for Countdown With Keith Olbermann on MSNBC at 8 p.m. have plunged a dizzying 42 percent since October, shortly before the election. CNNs 8 p.m. show, now being hosted by Roland Martin, has seen a 49 percent plunge over that time period, while The OReilly Factor on Fox News has dipped only 15 percent, according to Nielsen Media Research.
Bill OReillys 8 p.m. show remains the top-rated cable news program, averaging 2,650,000 million households per night in April, more than the combined totals for Olbermanns program (938,000) and CNNs 8 p.m. offering (613,000) with more than a million households to spare.
In the key demographic of viewers 25 to 54 years old, Olbermann has lost 53 percent of his average nightly audience, a precipitous plunge. Rachel Maddow, who follows him at 9 p.m. on MSNBC, has lost an astounding 65 percent of her 25-to-54 audience since October, and her 819,000 households in April compare poorly to Sean Hannitys 1,953,000 households on Fox.
OReilly has also trounced Olbermann among viewers aged 35 to 64 in April, with 1,724,000 viewers, down 19 percent since October. Olbermann suffered a 49 percent drop in that demographic and had 1,151,000 viewers.
The solid showing of The OReilly Factor and the plunging numbers for Keith Olbermann further belie Olbermann and MSNBCs occasional claim that he is winning the ratings war in his time slot.
MSNBC took out a full-page ad in The New York Times last November proclaiming A Sweeping Victory for its ratings and declaring Countdown With Keith Olbermann the No. 1 cable news program.
But fine print at the bottom of the ad acknowledged that the victory referred only to the 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. time slot for the dates Oct. 27 through Oct. 31, for viewers between 25 and 54 years of age.
Overall, however, OReillys show averaged twice as many viewers as Olbermanns.
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Newsmax.com - MSNBC, CNN Ratings Plunge as O'Reilly Reigns
Most people watch things that they agree with. The handwriting is on the wall.
It will be interesting to see how soon Janeane Garofalo will be invited back.
Remember this class act? Calling Teabaggers "Racist Rednecks."
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