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To: bentway who wrote (522742)	10/22/2009 1:25:03 PM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579893

Fox is the only network that is fair and balanced. The others are just a wing of the democrat party

To: bentway who wrote (522742)	10/22/2009 1:27:36 PM
From: longnshort	Respond to of 1579893

October 20, 2009 Fox News Ratings Increasing "Tremendously" News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch said on Friday that White House criticism of commentators on his Fox News television channel had served to "tremendously" increase their ratings. "There were some strong remarks coming out of the White House about one or two of the commentators on Fox News," Murdoch told the annual meeting of News Corp. shareholders here. "And all I can tell you is that it's tremendously increased their ratings," he said. (Breitbart, hat tip R.J. Godlewski) Muddoch went on to say, "There is a public perception, certainly, that this government is anti-business," he said. "I'm not saying it's a correct perception but there is a perception and I think this perception is hurting the economy. As for the ratings, see for yourself: Fox dominates third quarter 2009 cable news ratings: Fox News has pulled off another dominant quarter, claiming the top 10 cable news programs in 3Q 2009 and growing against 3Q 2008, while CNN and MSNBC lost substantial portions of their election-boom audience. Fox News averaged 2.25 million total viewers in prime time for the third quarter, up 2% over the previous year. That's more than CNN (946,000, down 30%) and MSNBC (788,000, down 10%) combined. "The O'Reilly Factor" led all cable news programs with an average of 3.295 million total viewers for the quarter, up 12% over the previous year. "Hannity" (2.603 million, up 9%), "Glenn Beck" (2.403 million, up 89%), "On the Record with Greta van Susteren" (2.150 million, up 16%), and "Special Report with Bret Baier" (1.997 million, up 20%) rounded out the top five. Meanwhile, flagship programs at MSNBC and CNN did not sustain their growth from 3Q 2008: At MSNBC, "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" averaged 1.087 million total viewers, down 12% from the previous year and "The Rachel Maddow Show" averaged 996,000 total viewers ... (continue reading at Huffington Post) Full 3Q program rankings below, embedded via DocStoc: (click FULL SCREEN to enlarge)