The question is why would anyone go to CNN or MSNBC for news anymore? Anyone not know what the talking heads are going to say before they’ve opened their mouths?
The biggest story right now is the uprising of middle America along with all points north, south, east and west over Obamacare. There is genuine rage over the shabby way Obama and the Democratically (laughable term don’t you think?) controlled Congress has tried to ram rod this piece of junk legislation through.
And while thousands of voters across the country have jammed themselves into Town Hall meetings to hear their elected officials try to justify a massive overhaul of our current health care system (however imperfect) what was MSNBC reporting on? Governor Stanford (wasn’t that over three weeks ago?), water boarding, birthers, and all the purported racists (53% of the country?) that are against “reform” because Obama is “black”… ya right!
In case you missed this, MSNBC and CNN have done such a good job of driving viewers away this year that one wonders how many left leaning radicals are left that have time to put their wine glasses down to turn on the day’s latest propagana.
This is from Media Bistro:
July Ratings: Fox News Beats MSNBC & CNN Combined in Total Day and Prime
Fox News Channel continued its cable news dominance in July not only beating CNN and MSNBC combined, but showing the most growth in the younger demo. In A25-54 viewers, FNC is up 48% in total day, and up 70% in primetime, compared to July ’08.
FNC had 9 of the top 10 shows in cable news in Total Viewers and ranks as the third most-watched basic cable channel behind USA and TNT.
Cable news’ #1 show for 104 consecutive months, “The O’Reilly Factor”, is up 37% over July ’08. “Glenn Beck Program” is up the most, up 120% over last year’s 5pmET show. “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” is up 60% and “Hannity” is up 41%.
More info on FNC’s July, after the jump…
– FNC’s audience expanded in all categories during July 2009, besting CNN and MSNBC combined in viewership (for both Total Day and Prime) according to Nielsen Media Research.
– In the key 25-54 demographic, FNC posted the largest gains among all cable news networks in both Total Day and Prime Time increasing an extraordinary 48% and 70% respectively when compared to July 2008.
– Among basic cable networks, FNC ranked third for the month in prime time viewership behind only USA Network and TNT, with CNN and MSNBC lagging behind at 15th and 26th, respectively, while continuing to battle each other for third place in cable news.
– FNC also secured nine out of the top 10 rated programs in cable news for the month based on total viewership. The O’Reilly Factor marked #1 for 104 consecutive months in July and led all programs with 3,075,000 viewers, ending the month up 37% over July 2008. Hannity was second, up 41%. Other notables include: On the Record with Greta Van Susteren (up 60%); Glenn Beck (up 120%); The FOX Report with Shepard Smith (up 36%)
– In the key 25-54 demographic, FNC expanded upon an already dominant lead in Prime Time averaging 530,000 viewers surging 70% compared with CNN’s 377,000 (up 40%) and MSNBC’s 252,000 (flat). In total day, FNC averaged 301,000 (up 48%) compared to CNN 231,000 (up 39%) and MSNBC’s 143,000 (down 7%). Meanwhile, CNN’s latest failure in Prime Time, Campbell Brown, finished in fourth place (boo hoo can you say Paula Zahn?) in 25-54 behind FNC, HLN and MSNBC at 8:00pm ET.
I’d say I can’t wait for both networks to go bankrupt, but I’m afraid they might go to Obama Administration and ask for bail out money! You know how that goes … their are too big to fail!
