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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
