Fox News Viewership Plunges 21% While MSNBC Grows

[babylonsister]

Edit to add: FB would benefit from this! :D


Fox News Viewership Plunges 21% While MSNBC Grows
Posted on September 29, 2010 by Jason Easley
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The cable news ratings for the third quarter of 2010 were released today, and Fox News is showing signs of decline as their viewership has decreased by 21%, and their top shows all posted double digit losses, while MSNBC’s shows, grew and the network attracted more younger viewers.

Fox News is still dominating the cable news ratings. The network has the top 11 programs in cable news, but there are ominous signs that the empire is starting to crack. Compared to the third quarter of 2009, Fox has lost 21% of their total viewers, and 26% of their younger viewers. The biggest loser on the network was Bill O’Reilly who saw his program The O’Reilly Factor lost 12% of its total viewers and 21% of its young viewers. Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, Bret Baier, and Greta Van Susteren rounded out the top five cable news shows, and they each posted double digit declines.

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http://www.politicususa.com/en/fox-msnbc-ratings

[doc03]

1. There audience is the GOP (grumpy old peoples) party they

will gradually die off. When you think about it they don't have a very good business model, everyone knows the TV networks key audience are younger viewers. So their most loyal viewers are dieing off and the younger ones are to smart to be attracted to their BS.

[virgogal]

12. Gee thanks for the "grumpy old people" insult. Jeesh,ageism on DU.

[madrchsod]

17. what`s the line....."i`m older and have more insurance"

[ejpoeta]

123. i loved that!

[doc03]

20. Old is the state of mind. I am 62 myself but not

a grumpy, selfish, Republican bigot.

[krabigirl]

42. +1000

[classof56]

88. I got ten years on ya--and I'm not any of those things either!

:toast:

[DFW]

100. Same here

Well, a mere 58, but was scheduled to give the local undertaker some business over 6 years ago,
and have been Beating the Reaper ever since. Proud grumpy old Democrat here, along with two
older and grumpier Democrats, in case I'm not old enough:



We old and grumpy Democrats still have a thing or two to say, believe it or not...............

*on edit--the pic is not photoshopped, either! LOL

[Amaril]

103. What an awesome picture!

:thumbsup:

[DFW]

140. Except for the guy in the middle, maybe!

My two friends might not be in "high places" these days, but I hold them in high regard,
which counts for more, as far as I am concerned.

[Hekate]

122. That is a great pic. I hope you have it framed and on your wall.

And keep on staying a few steps ahead of the Grim Reaper, you young thing you.

Hekate

[DFW]

136. Oh, right--me young? I WAS young once....

Dinosaurs roamed the earth once, too.

As for the Grim Reaper, he has been busy felling friends and relatives, so maybe my survival has only
been a mixed blessing at best (or, if you ask a few Republicans I know, an outright disaster! LOL).

Maybe I'll get it printed and framed one day, but I could fill the National Archives with pics of me and
Helen--we've known each other for decades, and I see Howard regularly, too.

The ones one my wall are a photo of FDR personally dedicated to "his friend," my grandfather, and one
of JFK that my dad got Pierre Salinger (friend and neighbor 1961-1963) to get JFK to dedicate to me for
my eleventh birthday, one of Bobby Kennedy, Sr., dedicated "with high regard" to my father, etc.

[poverlay]

108. Well said... Me neither... n/t

[Hekate]

115. Yes indeedy. My 63rd b'day this week didn't change that at all...

:fistbump:

[qnr]

120. Whereas I'm both old and grumpy, but a lifelong progressive Democrat. n/t

[LynneSin]

21. So you are saying you are grumpy?

:shrug:

[krkaufman]

56. Kinda seems it. n/t

[TlalocW]

22. It's not ageism

Not all old people are grumpy. And Fox News, like its main beneficiary, the GOP is following a model that if they don't reverse it will eventually drive them to extinction or near-extinction - being the news channel/political party for white, older Americans.

TlalocW

[Roland99]

38. It's not ageism. It's the freakin' facts

sheesh


Their audience is typically older (50+) which is not the prime demographic.

[totodeinhere]

94. However, they do win the prime demographic convincingly.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-scoreboard-tuesday-september-28_b33110

On Tuesday they had more prime time viewers in the 25-54 demo than CNN, MSNBC, and HLN combined.

And they do even better than that in the older demographic, but that is scary because people in that demographic vote more frequently than any other age group. MSNBC is strongest with younger viewers, that same group that votes less than any other.

[Roland99]

99. There are still more people watching Spongebob or Sell That House than the news channels

except maybe the "captive" audiences in bars, airports, etc.

[totodeinhere]

101. No, actually Fox News Channel is the third most watched network on cable.

http://www.mediaite.com/tv/fox-news-finishes-third-on-cable-last-week-rest-of-cable-news-out-of-top-30/

They finished ahead of all cable networks except for USA and TNT. SpongeBob appears on Nick Jr. which finished in 23rd place.

[Roland99]

126. That'll change after the election.....

http://www.koeppeldirect.com/drtv_network.htm

ESPN has already passed them up, too.
http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/28/espns-football-season-run-on-top-cable-primetime-ratings-continues/65335

[totodeinhere]

128. That's only because it's the college football season. ESPN also passed TNT and USA.

So I wouldn't read much into that except that it's football.

[Roland99]

133. Same goes for Faux and election time

plus, their ratings have probably been a bit higher ever since *gasp* a black man gained the office.

[sabrina 1]

137. I think part of the reason for that is they get businesses to

tune into Fox in public places. Another Demographic they have are the very wealthy business people. I wonder if they count those audiences who don't have a choice of what they are watching.

[Ikonoklast]

46. But, it's the truth. Their viewers ARE the 'grumpy old people'.

YOU are not one of them.

[cartach]

61. Being an older person

myself I can tell you there are sure as hell some grumpy old people around. Take my wife for instance,she's as grumpy as all get-out while I'm just the opposite. I suppose now you're going to call me sexist.

[laurel46]

98. Doug, is that you?

[RaleighNCDUer]

83. It is an insult - I'm a grumpy old person and wouldn't be caught dead

watching Fox or joining the GOP.

It's not ageism, dude. It's acknowledging that the majority of GOPpers are well past their prime and are pissy. Look at the pics from an Obama rally and a Teabagger rally - which one is vastly, predominantly grey-haired?

[Alcibiades]

85. But it's true

The most reactionary people in America today are old (and white, for that matter). And, yep, they watch Fox.

It simply does not follow, though, that all old people are grumpy reactionaries. These are the George Wallace voters in their senior years.

[gtar100]

104. Don't worry - Grumpy Old Democrats are GOD~!~

Woo-hoo - rather be god than gop!! Gop sounds like the mess republicans leave behind.
:woohoo:

:headbang:

[PerceptionManagement]

112. Well, it's nicer than saying old white racists.

I mean, if you are going to be a racist, you're more likely to vote the party Voldemort.

[Jackpine Radical]

131. Ya sure it isn't just grumpism?

[virgogal]

134. Yeah,it could be called that. :-)

[Cetacea]

39. Has there been a spike in young conservative females

Or does it just seem that way owing to their growing ranks on Cable news and/or opinion shows?

[Ikonoklast]

49. Opportunism amoung those young, white women.

They see that they can actually make a living off their looks, since they have no brains, by giving the old pasty-faced white guys a thrill on the tube.


SEE: Palin, O'Donnell, et al.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

66. Alternet and a few other sites have had articles on this question

Here's the Alternet link: http://www.alternet.org/story/147436/why_women_dominate_the_right-wing_tea_party/
July 5, 2010
Why Women Dominate the Right-Wing Tea Party

Without its grassroots female supporters, the Tea Party would have far less appeal to voters frightened by economic insecurity and the disappearance of a white Christian culture.

Why have American women become so active in the right-wing Tea Party movement? Could it be that they are drawn to the new conservative Christian feminism publicized by Sarah Palin? Without its grassroots female supporters, the Tea Party would have far less appeal to voters who are frightened by economic insecurity, threats to moral purity and the gradual disappearance of a national white Christian culture.

Here's another piece, from US News and World Report---but it's very clearly biased to the right. The author's credentials make that clear: He is a contributing editor at U.S. News & World Report. A former senior political writer for United Press International, he is currently a senior fellow at the Institute for Liberty and at Let Freedom Ring, a non-partisan public policy organization (Yeah, right, Let Freedom Ring" is a NON-PARTISAN organization---my comment). His writing has also appeared on Fox News' Fox Forum.

The Tea Party Movement Is a Women's Movement http://politics.usnews.com/opinion/blogs/peter-roff/2010/09/23/the-tea-party-movement-is-a-womens-movement

By PETER ROFF
Posted: September 23, 2010

To the extent that it is run by anyone, the Tea Party movement is--like all great social movements--largely run by women.

Many of the movement’s most important political figures, like former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and Minnesota GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann, are women. Many of its important writers, bloggers, and commentators--like S.E. Cupp, Dana Loesch, Kathleen McKinley, and Michelle Moore--are women. And you are more likely than not going to see a woman like Jenny Beth Martin of the Tea Party Patriots, Amy Kremer of the Tea Party Express, or FreedomWorks’s Tabitha Hale out front leading rallies, organizing activists, and driving the point home that the American people are fed up with the government in Washington. .....

From SLATE
http://www.slate.com/id/2253645/
Is the Tea Party a Feminist Movement?
It's becoming an insta-network for aspiring female candidates.

By Hanna Rosin
Posted Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 12:03 PM ET
...
If the Tea Party has any legitimate national leadership, it is dominated by women. Of the eight board members of the Tea Party Patriots who serve as national coordinators for the movement, six are women. Fifteen of the 25 state coordinators are women. One of the three main sponsors of the Tax Day Tea Party that launched the movement is a group called Smart Girl Politics. The site started out as a mommy blog and has turned into a mobilizing campaign that trains future activists and candidates. Despite its explosive growth over the last year, it is still operated like a feminist cooperative, with three stay-at-home moms taking turns raising babies and answering e-mails and phone calls. Spokeswoman Rebecca Wales describes it as a group made up of "a lot of mama bears worried about their families." The Tea Party, she says, is a natural home for women because "for a long time people have seen the parties as good-ole'-boy, male-run institutions. In the Tea Party, women have finally found their voice."...

There are many more articles if you google on "why women teaparty"


You may have seen that there's a brouhaha going on with a proposed Women's Museum.

After seeing that the MALE tea-party senator Jim DeMint opposes a Women's Museum, it's hard to claim that the teabagging is a feminist movement.

Tea Party Senate Leader Jim DeMint Stops Women’s Museum
http://www.taylormarsh.com/2010/09/30/tea-party-senate-leader-jim-demint-stops-womens-museum/
30 September 2010 9:44 am by Taylor Marsh

This shouldn’t be surprising, because Republicans were also against the Lily Ledbetter Act. But it’s really remarkable in the 21st century when right-wing Senate Tea Party leader Jim DeMint puts a hold on a women’s museum, because he thinks the only thing women are known for is being abortion rights advocates. Now Sen. Tom Coburn is helping DeMint do it. I wonder if Sarah Palin supports these actions, too? This is what the Republican Tea Party stands for today, the marginalizing of women on the most extreme terms. Something all Independents thinking of joining their ranks should note.
From USA Today:
The House passed the bill last year. Unless the Senate takes it up soon, supporters will have to start over with a new Congress next year.
“What they are doing is holding us to a standard that no museum associated with men has ever been held to,” museum CEO Joan Wages said. “The content of the museum is being questioned, and it hasn’t even been built. The Holocaust museum, the African-American history museum, the Native American museum — they all had very little money in the bank when Congress passed their legislation.” ....

[Crowman1979]

71. It's more of a submissive housewives movement.

[Enthusiast]

79. I think it just seems that way.

The fascists are promoting a female face in an attempt to attract the women voter. They are insulting the woman voter, just as they did the black voter when they appointed Steele to his position in a misguided attempt to secure the black vote. They believe that women can't think for themselves.

[oldhippydude]

97. yep...

sarah was their hillary!!.. and the man of steele is a token tin man

[Rozlee]

72. Don't discount the ethnic factor, either.

They've only got less than %2 African-American viewers. I'm not sure how many Hispanic viewers they've got, but thanks to their anti-immigration, racist rantings, they've turned off the only right-winger in my large Hispanic family. My sister now has veered away from them completely. She started out innocently enough with only a basic anti-abortion stance about ten years ago, then got sucked in by the American Life League and from there to associated winger websites that had her telling me Obama's mother-in-law practised voo-doo in the White House. I don't know if all this has made the scales finally fall from her eyes--doubtful, she's been drinking the Kool-aid too long--but, Faux really put her off with their All Racism, All Day.

[Stellar]

106. Interesting post Rozlee.

Thanks for sharing.

[polmaven]

92. Psst....sorry, but

Their audience is the GOP. (Not there audience)

There - In that place
Their - belonging to them
They're - They are

[Jackpine Radical]

132. Their, they're now.

Calm down.

[Scuba]

2. You can fool all of the people some of the time....

...but American are wising up to Fox Pac, er News, er PAC.

I have to give credit to Jon Stewart and other comedians who have taught an entire generation how to think critically about the media. David Corn of Mother Jones suggested "strategic derision" as a means of countering the lies and hate from the right.

Cool term.

[WillyT]

3. HUGE K & R !!!

:bounce::woohoo::bounce:

:hi:

[Scurrilous]

4. Good news.

:thumbsup:

[corkhead]

5. the "narrative" is actually the SCLM providing cover for another election theft in Nov IMHO

[HillbillyBob]

102. That is why we have to gotv (as much as Im not really likin things as they are

We have to landslide them to oblivion. I m sure the Obama election was cheated, but the traitors that tried to make sure McCain/Failure ticket win was over come by the shear number of us that got out there and voted. I mean they can only cheat so many votes so if you landslide them.

[political_Dem]

6. Miracles do happen.

Finally, the bloom is off the rose for that fiendish news network. Let's hope that viewers are finally seeing the light about the tricks that are pulled in order to manipulate the news on that channel.

[cilla4progress]

7. Gawd..fingers crossed!

This would be the best turn of all...

[lonestarnot]

8. Wow, cable viewers wise'n it up. Hoochey coochey cou.

[KT2000]

9. I still do not see how

they can even compare the ratings of the two channels when MSNBC is not shown on as many tv's as faux.
I have the first tier of DISH and they used to have only CNN - then they slipped in FAUX but no MSNBC. MSNBC needs to get itself on more tv's!

[babylonsister]

13. That means this is even bigger news! nt

[democracy1st]

25. MSNBC just recently went HD!

[fascisthunter]

50. great point.... Murdoch isn't into rating as much as his agenda to promote fascism

[krkaufman]

54. Yep, same thing for my old hometown.

You can't get MSNBC on the one cable provider in town unless you subscribe to the digital package. But Fox News and CNN are both available on the Extended Basic package.

[AldebTX]

10. But but but

They were bragging today they had the top 10 shows in cable...

[Historic NY]

11. Lets set an new goal of 55%.

[DirkGently]

14. Professional lefties kick ASS.

[Swamp Rat]

15. Like ol' Dixie, it is inevitable that FUX Noise will eventually fall

The old racists/bigots are dying off, and are not being replaced fast enough.

[Mad_Dem_X]

41. Love that graphic!

I look forward to the day when Faux gets single-digit ratings.

Hey, I can dream, can't I?

[meow mix]

58. yah thats a keeper there lol.. good one swamps

nice

[HillbillyBob]

105. They are sure trying, everone of 'is sisters is preggers'

Ok that was very rude...Yes the bigots are dying of and there are whole counties NC that are not bigots and will not tolerate it..then there are some throw backs...wish we could throw em back that is.

[madrchsod]

16. big ed`s show `s is improving...

[billlll]

19. NONcable included whats OVERALL tv ratings?

AAR..coming to life soon?

[defendandprotect]

74. Listen to Ed on TV ... but usually miss his TV show ... a little early ...

but like it when I can catch it!!

[MellowDem]

18. Of their 1.8 million viewers during primetime...

about 1.3 million are 55 and over. That is where they get all their numbers from. About 8/20 of MSNBC's viewers are in the young category, whereas it is about 4/20 of Fox is younger viewers. Nearly half compared to less than a fourth. Regardless, cable news is a tiny demographic of the general population that is biased in many ways and can't tell you much about the politics of the country at large.

[krkaufman]

59. But the relative market shares will affect how the competing messages ....

.... are picked up by other media outlets, hopefully diluting Fox News' effective control over the news cycle.

[MellowDem]

93. True, it is good news all in all nt

[OHdem10]

23. You can fool part of the people some of the time but you cannot

fool all of the people all of the time.

[democracy1st]

24. K & R

[1776Forever]

26. You cannot SHOUT this enough! Yes! The sheep are awakening! Thanks for posting! n/t

[lame54]

27. Obama's death panels must be working

[Iris]

35. lol! n/t

[savalez]

86. Yikes!

[Exultant Democracy]

28. Two words "Cenk Uygur!"

[COLGATE4]

29. Fux's audience is dying off. I think the average age of their

viewers is somewhere around 71 years of age.

[bdamomma]

30. well this is good news.

[City Lights]

31. I hope the trend not only continues, but picks up speed as Fox rolls toward the sewer.

:bounce:

[SpiralHawk]

32. Wake up and smell your own diapers, Fox (R)

Americans can pick the stink up.

Fox needs to get out of its overloaded republicon diapers, and try to be a news outfit.

[Marie Marie]

113. Why bring Sen Vitter into this?

:rofl:

[Blue Owl]

33. Hmmm, sounds like a little enthusiasm problem for the FAUX news network

Enjoy your shitty ratings, losers...

[Kingofalldems]

34. Repub element not liking this one bit

:shrug:

[nxylas]

48. They'll just do what they always do when confronted with bad news

Dismiss the messenger as part of the liberal conspiracy.

[G_j]

36. maybe it's all those horrible prison shows

attracting FOX viewers?

[indimuse]

37. KNR! n/t

[HopeHoops]

40. Probably due to natural attrition. FOX viewers are on the "pushing nursing home" age side of things.

Okay, so maybe it is closer to the "pushing up daisies" side of things, but still.

[davidwparker]

43. Reality has a liberal bias - Go MSNBC, Free Speech TV now

on both DishNetwork and DirectTV.

[barbtries]

44. are the people getting smarter?

one would hope so.

[gkhouston]

45. 21%? Old people are dying off faster than I realized.

:evilgrin:

[Javaman]

47. Are the morans finally getting a brain? nt

[deaniac21]

51. Jason Easley has a way of always making me happy!

[Uncle Joe]

52. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, babylonsister.

[krkaufman]

53. Maybe because their viewers are all out there canvassing ...

... doing what they need to for Republican Tea Party candidates to win in November.

[meow mix]

55. hahah loser o'really... putting on such a friendly face lately

guess that explains it

[Desertrose]

57. Good. Its about damn time.nt

[femrap]

60. Thank you for the

good news....maybe Americans are seeing 'the light' and it ain't up Rush's ass!

[HomerRamone]

62. hate to rain on our parade, but COMCAST nt

[defendandprotect]

77. Exactly ... here comes COMCAST ....and what does it mean for Schultz, Olberman, Maddow ... etal???

Btw, for those who don't know . . . Comcast makes $500 million a year on

internet porn!!

[madmax]

63. K & R

[Ikonoklast]

64. You cannot fight demographics and win.

Every tv exec and ad man in this country knows that.


Change Or Die.




Here's hoping Faux never changes.

[Moosepoop]

65. "The biggest loser on the network was Bill O’Reilly..."

I loved reading that line.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

82. No, should be Hannity. -nt

[Politicub]

67. +1 - That rocks!

:applause: :woohoo:

[Deadgnome]

68. This Guy

Is the idiotic gift that keeps on giving...

[Deadgnome]

69. Sorry

Wrong thread, thought this was O'Keefe. But heck, while we are at it, this is decent news.

[Crowman1979]

70. Probably because 21% of Faux News' audience kicked the bucket.

Glenn Beck probably caused them to go into cardiac arrest.

[defendandprotect]

73. O'Reilly's audience seems to be 75 years old ++ maybe they just died???

[ProfessorGAC]

75. Like My FiL

Lifelong Democrat who, in later years, became a big O-Liely fan. But, he died in January, so there's one viewer he's never getting back.
GAC

[defendandprotect]

76. Trust it's true .... and has to effect the VOTE in November ... I think -- !!! ???

[Enthusiast]

78. Well, no problemo.

The PTB will simply take Ed, Keith, Rachel and Lawrence off the air. I mean if it comes to that.

[Douglas Carpenter]

80. kick and recommend!! this is truly fantastic!!!

[Cleita]

81. That's remarkable considering MSNBC is extra on a

lot of cable packages so they are competing with a handicap to begin with. I still don't understand the popularity of FOX unless it's the bimbo factor of their blond, female anchors with the tight clothes and short skirts. It means their watchers are looking and not listening because if they listened they would be appalled.

[laconicsax]

84. Any reason why the graphic at the top of the article has Jon Stewart?

I may have missed it, but neither The Daily Show or Comedy Central were mentioned.

[AC_Mem]

87. The news is getting better

every day. Perhaps people are getting tired of all the hate and negativity and are moving toward a little hope and change again.

I'm sure happy to hear this! :)

[niceypoo]

89. Tea party madness is souring the GOP brand

[NYMdaveNYI]

90. Two words: Lawrence O'Donnell |nt|

[totodeinhere]

96. Not likely since his show only premiered this past Monday.

On Tuesday night he only finished in third place in the demo.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-scoreboard-tuesday-september-28_b33110

[NYMdaveNYI]

117. .......sarcasm.

you dont seem to understand it.

[totodeinhere]

121. No I did think you were serious. LOL. n/t

[AllyCat]

91. Now THIS is some good news! Keep up the good work all!

Tell businesses you will not buy from them if they show Faux Noise.

[totodeinhere]

95. How do you explain Gallup's finding, just released today, that 48% of respondents say the media is

too liberal, while only 15% say it is too conservative? If that is the case then there must be some other excuse for Fox's declining ratings. It can't be because people think it is too conservative, assuming that this poll is accurate.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/gallup-distrust-in-the-media_b33215

Personally, I think that Fox's decline has more to do with the normal ebb and flow of ratings than anything else. In broadcasting, all networks have such an ebb and flow, and it is to be expected from time to time. Yet just this last Tuesday Fox got more viewers in prime time than MSNBC, CNN, and HLN combined in the 25-54 demo. It doesn't look to me that they are hurting that much.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/the-scoreboard-tuesday-september-28_b33110

And the OP conveniently left out that CNN has declined even more than Fox. I expect Fox to pick up more and more as we get closer to the election, given the enthusiasm that the GOP base has about the election.

[RZM]

116. I'm not suprised CNN has declined more

They seem to have tried to brand themselves as the lukewarm center between the fire and ice of MSNBC and Fox (Spinal Tap reference intentional) :). Poor guys, they're learning too late that people like watching the vitriol on both sides. I know I do! Plus they're in limbo at the key 8 pm time slot, getting destroyed by Olbermann and Bill-O.

[Blue Owl]

107. This is why I don't believe the Feingold polls

There is no way Wisconsin would replace their progressive Senator with some FOX-endorsed, Koch-funded, cheap-labor Repuke.

The M$M is bluffing.

[lunatica]

109. It's that neverending eternal rage that eventually turns people off

It gets exhausting

[Mimosa]

125. I think they get tired of being angry as well as frightened. n/t

[SnakeEyes]

110. I'll get exicited when MSNBC is up vs last year

And not vs x quarter of 2010. Networks do this all the time to show short term gains. They are still down overall. Last year MSNBC was nearing 900K

[tomm2thumbs]

111. they are all off filling up their bug-out-bags - paranoid nutcases every last one of 'em

believe me, I know a couple

[Hekate]

114. Couldn't happen to a nastier bunch of people. I hope the Evil Empire implodes.

... or dies a slow and inglorious public death.

Hekate

[Cal33]

119. Evil Empire is right. How so many fall for them is beyond me!

[Cal33]

118. Great news! It's about time! Maybe some people are beginning to

wise up about this lie-producing machine? Hope it will keep up.

[Mimosa]

124. I predicted this would happen

Fox overplayed their propaganda. Like having an all-Hannity show, getting rid of the 'liberal' counterpoint.

[sonias]

127. Yea the evil empire is starting to crack!

:woohoo:

[LawnKorn]

129. Reality catching up. Fox's rating were probably inflated and now the truth is hitting home n/t

[LawnKorn]

130. K&R

[NorthCarolina]

135. Finally, some "Change" I can believe in. nt

[Hardrada]

138. Their upskirt factor isn't doing the job for them anymore?

Quelle change!!

[JHB]

139. WAAAA wa wa waaHHHHH

/trombone sound effect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpXAknykeg&feature=fvw

[totodeinhere]

141. Fox News, CNN, CNBC Among Most Valuable Cable Networks

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/fox-news-cnn-cnbc-among-most-valuable-cable-networks_b33283#more-33283

The Daily Beast’s Peter Lauria writes about the 25 most valuable cable networks, and three news channels made the list. Data for the story came from SNL Kagan.

The top ranked news network on the list was Fox News Channel, which Lauria says is the fourth most valuable channel in cable, behind only ESPN, Nickelodeon and TNT. 2010 revenues are estimated to be $1.5 billion, with the network worth an estimated $11.4 billion.

CNN is 12th overall, with 2010 revenues estimated to be around $1.2 billion, and a total value of $6.1 billion.

CNBC was ranked 15th, with 2010 revenues estimated to be around $715 million, and a total value of $4.4 billion.

Your OP is a good spin, but anyway you want to cut it, Fox News dominates.