No wonder the left wing is so angry with Fox News! They are howling with rage over these just-released ratings and demanding that Fox News play in the sandbox a little nicer with the competition! They've been attacking Fox for months now, while at the same time realizing that Fox was beating them soundly in the daily ratings.
Fox TROUNCED the competition, drawing in more viewers than all of its competition combined! According to Neilson Media Research:
Fox News vs. CNN for 3rd Quarter of 2004:
1.8 million viewers vs. 882,000 viewers
Fox News vs. MSNBC for 3rd Quarter of 2004:
1.8 million viewers vs. 441,000 viewers
Fox News vs. CNN Headline News for 3rd Quarter of 2004:
1.8 million viewers vs. 226,000 viewers
Fox News vs. CNBC
1.8 million viewers vs. 133,000 viewers
Fox News vs. combined total
1.8 million viewers vs. 1.7 million viewers
Bill O’Reilly’s interview with President Bush earlier this week on the “O’Reilly Factor” drew 4.6 million viewers, which is unprecedented. He averages 2.4 million viewers per show. In fact, Fox owned nine of the top 10 rated talk shows in the 3rd quarter of 2004. CNN’s Larry King Live was #6.
Here’s the article.
The question that I have is this: do the results have anything to do with the political leanings of the country right now? Conservatives and right-leaning voters are more likely to get their news from Fox News, while liberals and liberal-leaning voters gravitate more toward CNN, MSNBC and other more-established networks. If these results do reflect the mood of the country, Kerry's in deep trouble going into the debates.
Time will tell.
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