>> And just for the record, Fox News ratings have fallen in the last two years.
Just to set the record straight.
"All three major U.S. cable-news networks -- Fox News, CNN and MSNBC -- saw a dip in total viewers for the month of July compared to the same period last year, according to Nielsen Media Research. For Fox News, a subsidiary of 21st Century Fox (NASDAQ:FOXA) and the most-watched cable news network for more than a decade, the dip was negligible: Viewership was down 3 percent to just over 1 million total viewers for July.
But for CNN and MSNBC, the falloff was particularly steep. CNN, a division of the Turner Broadcasting part of Time Warner Inc. (NYSE:TWX), saw its audience plunge 23 percent to 402,000 average daily viewers, while MSNBC, a unit of Comcast (NASDAQ:CMCSA), was down 16 percent to 318,000 average daily viewers. In the key 25-54 demographic, the declines are even more striking, with both CNN and MSNBC seeing their audiences drop by more than a third." |
