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On the Thursday Nov, 9th Factor, O'Reilly said The L.A. Times used a misleading headline to claim CNN had a ratings victory in their election coverage. He called this policing the press, yet he is a liar, and the only Press who should be policed is Bill O'Reilly. The truth is not even close to what O'Reilly reported, this is a perfect example of how O'Reilly spins things to make papers like the L.A. Times look like far left liars.
Here is what O'Reilly said:
O'REILLY: "Policing the Press" segment tonight: The ratings are in -- FOX News Channel once again the cable news champion on election night, CNN second, nobody else close.
On the network side, ABC News won, NBC second, CBS third.
Now, "The Los Angeles Times" reported today -- quote -- "CNN enjoyed a rare ratings victory." Of course, that isn't true.
"The L.A. Times" went on to cite a demographic category to cover its misleading headline. That kind of stuff happens all the time.
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And now the truth, as in the facts:
The headline on the L.A. Times article was "Stars help ABC glide to top of election ratings" and not "CNN enjoyed a rare ratings victory" as O'Reilly claims.
Dont just believe me, go read the article for yourself.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-tv9nov09,1,4467198.story?coll=la-news-politics-national
And here is the full quote from the actual article. Notice that the article clearly states CNN enjoyed a ratings victory in the 25 to 54 year old demographic, and that they never claim CNN was #1 in total viewers. In fact, they also clearly state that FOX News maintained an edge in total viewers, on top of that they also report the actual numbers showing FOX to be #1 in total viewers.
Among the cable news channels, CNN enjoyed a rare ratings victory, drawing the largest number of 25- to 54-year-old viewers — the key demographic advertisers seek on news programs — throughout the day and during prime time. Top-ranked Fox News maintained an edge among total viewers, but just barely, with an average prime-time audience of 3.06 million to CNN's 2.97 million.
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