The real farce in news is the Canadian CBC On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:35 AM, Princip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
