FOX News Ratings Take a Nosedive - Huffington Post

[applegrove]

FOX News Ratings Take a Nosedive
Alex Koppelman
August 29, 2006
Huffington Post


"Somewhere, Keith Olbermann is sticking pins in a Bill O'Reilly voodoo doll: Fox News' ratings, TVNewser reports, are down since August of last year. Like, way down. Like down 28 percent in primetime among all viewers, down 20 percent in primetime in the "money demo" (viewers aged 25-54) and down 7 percent in daytime viewership overall. In fact, the only place Fox is up is during the day, when they managed a ratings increase of just 2 percent, and even then only in the money demo.

And lest you think this is an industry-wide trend, consider this: over the same time period, CNN and MSNBC are up. CNN's up 35 percent during the day -- 46 percent in the money demo -- and up 21 percent in primetime overall, 25 percent in the money demo. MSNBC's ratings increases aren't quite as impressive -- up 6 percent in primetime overall, 8 percent in the money demo, and up 36 percent in the money demo during the day, 26 percent overall.

We, of course, are Fair and Balanced here, so there won't be any celebrating later tonight. Certainly we will not be opening any champagne. That would be wrong."


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eat-the-press/2006/08/29/fox-news-ratings-take-a-_e_28292.html

[marmar]

1. It's that damn reality-based community...

tired of all the bullshit.

[panader0]

3. Amen!! Haven't had TV in 6 months and the only real dowm side

is listening to the kids bitch. That's starting to fade now...

[salinen]

2. During Hannitys show

at the news break, a climate scientist stated that the release of carbon due to the tundra melting is like lighting a fuse to a bomb. 500 gigatons of carbon.

Now how does this square with the Fox format of lying about global warming?

Fox doesn't even believe Fox is fair and balanced.

[Monkeyman]

4. I smell a replug bail out hear LOL