Fox News Ratings Fall Off A Cliff In 2011

[kpete]

In another example of the declining fortunes of the right-wing extremism propagated by conservative media and displayed so prominently by the GOP family of clowns competing for the Republican nomination for president, Nielsen has reported that the ratings for Fox News have taken a steep dive in 2011.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/cnn-2011-a-year-of-big-news-events-drives-rebound_b104218
Of the three main cable news networks, Fox News is the only one that went down compared to their ratings in 2010. And a double-digit decline at that. FoxPods will, as usual, point out that Fox is still the top cable news network, but that is beside the point. Its audience is peeling away at a rapid rate and over time they will be unable to sustain their leading position. It is also important to put those numbers in context. While Fox is the #1 cable news network, they lag far behind the broadcast nets. In fact, the highest rated program on Fox (O'Reilly Factor) has about half the viewers of the lowest rated broadcast news program (CBS Evening news).

All three cable networks were impacted by extraordinary events that affected their ratings performance. CNN was helped by breaking news stories like the death of Osama Bin Laden and the Japanese earthquake/tsunami/nuclear crisis. Because CNN has the best developed network of international bureaus, viewers frequently turn to CNN for major breaking news events.

MSNBC was hurt by the loss of Keith Olbermann and numerous schedule shakeups, but still managed to land in positive territory. Fox, of course, lost a notorious personality in Glenn Beck, but that likely kept Fox from declining even more than they did. Beck's ratings were in free fall and dropped 37% between January and his sign-off in June. His replacement, "The Five," has held pretty steady since its debut.

The fall of Fox News is striking evidence of the shift in the nation's attitudes toward the ultra-conservative philosophy advanced by Fox and their brazenly biased facilitators. For Fox to be alone in decline in a year that includes a Republican-only primary campaign is a devastating indictment of the network and the propaganda tactics they employ.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/12/29/1049781/-Fox-News-Ratings-Fall-Off-A-Cliff-In-2011?via=siderec

[Scuba]

1. Moving to CNN is not a big step up....

... nobody is going to get in depth issue analysis on the TeeVee.

[BlueToTheBone]

2. at least it's not total lies.nt

[tabasco]

30. Wow, there's a ringing endorsement!

CNN is worse than lies. They are more deceptive than Fox in their propaganda catapulting.

[BlueToTheBone]

37. I won't argue...I never watch them

can't stand a single person they have on that network.

[emilyg]

11. When they let Brown go - I

left them.

[Gman]

3. It's little things like this that make me optimistic about reelecting Obama next year

as people see the clown circus in the GOP primary and a bankrupt political philosophy. They may not be happy with Democrats and Obama, but the other side scares them.

[catabryna]

4. Meh... nt

[onehandle]

5. Reality shows are beating fiction. Thus Fox News drops in ratings. nt

[FreakinDJ]

6. Fuck FOX News, Fuck FOX News, Fuck FOX News,

Fuck FOX News,

Love it when protesters chant that at the FOX News cameras

[Initech]

7. What you said.

[workinclasszero]

15. My thoughts too

The Goebbels news channel can go to hell...

[socialist_n_TN]

40. I love the chants of "Fox lies"....

More accurate than "Fuck Fox News". Although both are accurate , "Fox lies" is MORE accurate.

[FreakinDJ]

42. A bit more acceptable then dropping the 'F' Bomb as some call it

[emilyg]

8. from AJC

CNN ratings in 2011 show improvement; Fox remains the leader
10:04 am December 29, 2011, by Rodney Ho

For each of the three major news networks in 2011, there was good news and bad news, depending on how you spin it.

Fox News could take comfort that it remains the dominant ratings leader, drawing more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined both during the entire day and prime time

[sakabatou]

9. What about Current?

[slay]

10. I was just going to ask that

i bet Current's ratings have DOUBLED since adding Keith and Cenk - but i could be wrong. let me know if you find any details.

[rurallib]

12. They were pretty miniscule a year ago

wait til next year.

[B Calm]

19. I look for them to add more shows.

Current is turning out to be a damn good channel. I wish more people could get it.

[rurallib]

23. jennifer Granholm is slated for one for sure.

[madrchsod]

13. a 16% decline will be a huge loss in advertising dollars for fox

when advertisers renew their contracts with fox news they will demand much lower rates.

[socialist_n_TN]

41. That doesn't really matter for Faux Noise....

They weren't created to make money for investors. They were created to be a mouthpiece for the 1% and their toadies. They could lose money from now on and they would stay in business.

[pacalo]

14. Take away all those tv's at various businesses serving the public that are tuned into Fixed News

& I wonder how much more FN's ratings would fall. I suspect that these businesses are given something by Fixed News in return for keeping their tv's tuned in to their crap. Perhaps FN pays their monthly cable bills, is my guess.

While at my husband's doctor's office a few months ago, we were the only people sitting in the waiting room. I turned the tv channel from Fixed News & the nurse who had been standing behind the glass partition came through the door in a huff, seemingly trying to control her anger by loudly straightening the magazines on each side table.

I then told my husband in front of her, "I'm not about to sit here listening to that garbage."

Why would she be bent out of shape if she wasn't able to hear the tv from behind that glass parition & my husband & I were the only people sitting in the waiting room?

[lonestarnot]

16. Or just pour water down the back of it while you're there.

Just kidding. mmmeh maybe.

[madokie]

18. In some cases I think that fox noise is saying what the proprietor want to say themselves

but really can't because if they did they loose all of their business

[ProfessorGAC]

21. I Ask To Change The Channel

I've done it several times. I tell the people there that it insults me and can we at least put on CNN. It's not great, but it's not insulting.

[madokie]

25. Depends on the place but I often ask to change the channel also

If its a business that I'm going to spend a buck or two with and I ask them to change the channel and they don't I leave and go somewhere else.

[proud2BlibKansan]

26. We were at a hotel in St. Louis eating breakfast about a year ago and Fox News was on

The desk clerk came in to make a new pot of coffee and I asked if we could change the channel. One of the other guests said "You got a problem with the truth?" And another guest said "No, we don't. That's why we are asking him to turn the channel"

Fox fan stood up, picked up his food and left the room.

[madokie]

39. You done good

Happy New Year

[jimlup]

17. I still get disgusted when I walk into a typical restraunt or buisness and they have Faux on /nt

[Skittles]

31. I see that in Texas all the time

I ask them to change the channel

[lovemydog]

20. yay!

That's good news. Fox 'News' blows chunks.

[Mr Dixon]

22. OH Joy

People are waking up I C

[Betty Karlson]

24. Hmm... What about the mother company?

News Inc. (Murdoch family) are in deep trouble for phone hacking at various news outlets of theirs. Layer after layer of this rotting onion is peeling away.

[TheOther95Percent]

27. I thought the same thing about the hacking scandal impact.

Casual Fox viewers (Read: Less than hard core conservatives) may have been put off by a media company that hacked a child murder victim's phone in pursuit of a story. That one and all the other distasteful revelations about Fox's "news" gathering methods was sure to drive off a few people.

[Johnny2X2X]

28. Don't watch it

I have Conservative friends who will not watch FOX News any more, they always knew it was biased, but they no longer tolerate the blatant lying. It's one thing to have a slant on the news, it's another thing to make up facts and present them as the news. Even some Cons are questioning the legitimacy of FOX as a News organization.

I think we owe a debt of gratitude to Media Matters and other watchdogs who every day expose more FOX News lies. I consider it my duty as a citizen to let as many people know about every single FOX News lie I hear about. Eventually it gets through to some people.

[barbtries]

29. my bumper sticker

is making a difference.

[valerief]

32. CNN is almost just as bad as Fox. nt

[Surya Gayatri]

33. May their decline and fall

accelerate exponentially in 2012! SG

[Tsiyu]

34. Americans are sick of the hate for one thing

Radio is seeing a decline in the popularity of hate talk as well. Americans seem to be increasingly looking for solutions rather than blame.

It probably didn't help that a recent study proved FOX watchers were more ignorant about current events than those who watch no news at all! Who wants to watch a network that MAKES you stupid?

Add to that the fact that one in every two of us lives in poverty, and that sense of being some potential rich person some day is gone. People are getting the disconnect between what the snake oil salesjerks on FOX say and what Congress is actually doing to help them.

I hope FOX loses tons of revenue. I wish the whole Rupert Murdoch Evil Propaganda Empire could just be flushed down the toilet.

And I'm glad Americans are waking up to the truth and rejecting FOX's stupidity and lies.

And BTW, F**K the FCC for letting FOX continually spew lies and propaganda on our public-owned media like radio. The FCC are tools of the 1%, not watchdogs for the American people.

[sabrina 1]

35. Good news, but it took way too long. The harm they have done will take at least a generation

to repair.

[div class=excerpt"]FoxPods will, as usual, point out that Fox is still the top cable news network, but that is beside the point. Its audience is peeling away at a rapid rate and over time they will be unable to sustain their leading position. It is also important to put those numbers in context. While Fox is the #1 cable news network, they lag far behind the broadcast nets. In fact, the highest rated program on Fox (O'Reilly Factor) has about half the viewers of the lowest rated broadcast news program (CBS Evening news).

That is interesting and has not been pointed out often enough when they claim they are #1.

[Rozlee]

36. They do have the oldest viewers

They might be dying off. Or at least, getting tired of having FOX commentators calling their Medicare an entitlement and suggesting it should be done away with or voucherized. Not only that, but maybe it gets old after a while to listen to a constant stream of pro-wealthy rants when you're barely getting by on Social Security.

[Scurrilous]

38. Heh.