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On Oct 6, 9:06 am, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Glenn Beck has grown on me over time. Men seem to like him. I don't know > why he must mention he is a recovering alcoholic every single show. Lou > Dobbs doesn't fit into my schedule. > > CW > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Travis > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 10:11 AM > Subject: Re: Mythbusting Update: The Fox News Audience > > CNN has what I consider to be the two best news/opinion shows on tv: Lou > Dobbs and Glenn Beck. > > On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sent to you by CW via Google Reader: > > Mythbusting Update: The Fox News Audience > via johnny dollar's place on 10/5/08 > > Two months ago, when Fox haters erupted over the hiring of Howard Wolfson, > we repeatedly heard a common smear: > > Democrats can pretend that there are "independents" watching Fox News, > but the data is clear -- it is the most reliably Republican outlet in the > nation. > Our analysis shot down that canard. The numbers showed that more Democrats > watched Fox News than either MSNBC or CNN. But Pew has a new poll out with a > slightly different breakdown in news channel viewership, and of course > ratings always fluctuate. So it's time to update our analysis to see if FNC > still has the most "fair and balanced" audience. > > We go first to the latest findings from the Pew Research Center, whose work > is respected throughout the media. Their annual survey of cable news > audiences now shows: > > a.. FNC: 39% Republican, 33% Democratic, 22% Independent > > b.. CNN: 18% Republican, 51% Democratic, 23% Independent > > c.. MSNBC: 18% Republican, 45% Democratic, 27% Independent > > Compared to last year, all three channels have a slight uptick in their > Democratic precentage, while CNN shows a 4% drop in its GOP audience. Now we > correlate the new Pew findings with the latest primetime quarterly cable news > ratings, issued on October 1: > > a.. FNC: 2,198,000 viewers > > b.. CNN: 1,342,000 viewers > > c.. MSNBC: 867,000 viewers > > Breaking these down according to the percentages reported by Pew, we find > the following: > > a.. FNC: 857,000 Republicans > b.. CNN: 242,000 Republicans > c.. MSNBC: 156,000 Republicans > > a.. FNC: 725,000 Democrats > b.. CNN: 684,000 Democrats > c.. MSNBC: 390,000 Democrats > > a.. FNC: 484,000 Independents > b.. CNN: 309,000 Independents > c.. MSNBC: 234,000 Independents > > As in our previous report, we relied on the primetime audience ratings. > This time we'll also do the math with total day viewership to see if the > patterns still hold: > > a.. FNC: 438,000 Republicans > b.. CNN: 128,000 Republicans > c.. MSNBC: 85,000 Republicans > > a.. FNC: 371,000 Democrats > b.. CNN: 364,000 Democrats > c.. MSNBC: 213,000 Democrats > a.. FNC: 247,000 Independents > b.. CNN: 164,000 Independents > c.. MSNBC: 128,000 Independents > > The results could not be more clear. In both total day and primetime, the > Fox News audience is far more balanced ideologically than those of the other > news channels. And once again, more Democrats watch FNC than either MSNBC or > CNN. fox bias fnc > > http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/awp244917045.html- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
