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To: i-node who wrote (522712)	10/22/2009 1:03:31 PM
From: bentway	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1579807

Fox News attracts 2 million eyes in a country of 305 million.

To: i-node who wrote (522712)	10/22/2009 1:05:50 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1579807

She trails Olbermann by less than a 100K viewers. She's been on MSNBC just a little over a year. How long has he been on? But they ALL trail the worst shows on FNC. Are you mathematically challenged? There is one channel for Rs, wingers and neos. There are numerous channels for the rest of us. And most 'normal' people are not nearly as ideological as you all. Prior to Bush getting elected, I never ever watched a news show.....and even now, I only watch AC 360. Fox News is the winger playpen. Its the only place where wingers think they rule. Its not surprising they congregate there. Don't make me pull out that Blue/Red map again.

To: i-node who wrote (522712)	10/22/2009 1:14:29 PM
From: bentway	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579807

Fox News attracts 1 million+ eyes in a country of 305 million. Big friggin' whoop! ajc.com "Fox News captured a daily average of 1.06 million viewers, compared to CNN, which averaged 695,000 viewers, according to Nielsen data supplied by the network. MSNBC averaged 468,000 viewers." The others do worse, although lately Fox has been losing eyes precipitously... dailykos.com "As we all know, the media is rampant with sycophantic, corporate shills and can't be trusted to deliver a pizza. But an intersting trend is developing that ought to shake their confidence in the suck-up school of journalism. The just released February ratings (pdf) for cable news networks tell a tale that is decidedly downbeat for Fox News, the leader in propaganda programming. In a comparison with February 2005, the numbers for every network are up except for Fox. Details follow....."