All American news and political coverage pale in significance to the BBC's Newsnight, hardtalk, politics show etc... thats how the news should be. European audiences watch Fox and CNN etc.. with a bemused horror
On Oct 6, 3:11 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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<http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/awp244917045.html> > > via johnny dollar's place <http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/jdp.html>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 <http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/def237238614.html> 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<http://people-press.org/reports/pdf/444.pdf>from the Pew Research > > Center, whose work is respected throughout the media. > > Their annual survey of cable news audiences now shows: > > > - FNC: 39% Republican, 33% Democratic, 22% Independent > > - CNN: 18% Republican, 51% Democratic, 23% Independent > > - MSNBC: 18% Republican, 45% Democratic, 27% Independent > > > Compared to last > > year<http://stateofthemedia.org/2008/narrative_cabletv_audience.php?cat=2&;...>, > > 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<http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6601206.html>, > > issued on October 1: > > > - FNC: 2,198,000 viewers > > - CNN: 1,342,000 viewers > > - MSNBC: 867,000 viewers > > > Breaking these down according to the percentages reported by Pew, we find > > the following: > > > - FNC: 857,000 Republicans > > - CNN: 242,000 Republicans > > - MSNBC: 156,000 Republicans > > > - FNC: 725,000 Democrats > > - CNN: 684,000 Democrats > > - MSNBC: 390,000 Democrats > > > - FNC: 484,000 Independents > > - CNN: 309,000 Independents > > - 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: > > > - FNC: 438,000 Republicans > > - CNN: 128,000 Republicans > > - MSNBC: 85,000 Republicans > > > - FNC: 371,000 Democrats > > - CNN: 364,000 Democrats > > - MSNBC: 213,000 Democrats > > > - FNC: 247,000 Independents > > - CNN: 164,000 Independents > > - 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 <http://technorati.com/tag/fox+news> > > bias<http://technorati.com/tag/bias> > > fnc <http://technorati.com/tag/fair+and+balanced> > > ** > > *http://homepage.mac.com/mkoldys/blog/awp244917045.html* > > > ** > > -- > *~@):~{> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
