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Cha

(297,304 posts)
Mon May 19, 2014, 10:45 PM May 2014

Benghazi Backfire: Fox "news" Lowest Rated Non-Holiday Week in 13 Years!

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Fox News has gone all Benghazi all of the time, and the result has been Fox’s worst rated non-holiday week with younger viewers since before 9/11/ in 2001.

According to The Wrap, “During the week of May 5, 2014 — the most recent for which numbers are available — Fox News delivered an average of 180,000 viewers in the key 25-54 demographic in live-plus-same-day measurement across the total day. That measures programming from 6 a.m. until the following 6 a.m. Fox pulled the same number the previous week, the week of April 28.”

To put this into context, Fox News only averaged 4,000 viewers on Christmas week last year. Fox’s other record low came during Christmas week in 2012. In order to find a non-holiday week where Fox News had fewer younger viewers, one has to go the whole way back to the week before the 9/11 terror attacks.

MOre..
http://www.politicususa.com/2014/05/19/benghazi-backfire-fox-news-lowest-rated-non-holiday-week-911.html



So, there's that!

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Benghazi Backfire: Fox "news" Lowest Rated Non-Holiday Week in 13 Years! (Original Post) Cha May 2014 OP
LOL, their viewers must have been heading to the 'American Spring' rally instead and... Spazito May 2014 #1
Rofl, Spazito.. We're all wondering.. Where have all the teabaggers Cha May 2014 #2
Yep, easy to fool, huh. Thinkingabout May 2014 #3
Looks like even the easy to fool are losing interest in the poor Benghazi dead horse, Thinkingabout. Cha May 2014 #4
Anyone who watches Fox IS easy to fool, no doubt about that! Spazito May 2014 #5
That reminds me of this: Jamaal510 May 2014 #7
LOL, Perfect! Spazito May 2014 #8
ROFL, Jamaal! :) Cha May 2014 #10
That's it! They all went to Washington State not D.C. VanillaRhapsody May 2014 #28
Benghazi A Joke billhicks76 May 2014 #24
Thats why they didn't show up to the American Spring! William769 May 2014 #6
Where have all the teabaggers gone, William! Missing the America Revolution and no shows Cha May 2014 #11
Fox is still winning the demo handily. woolldog May 2014 #9
Yep, there's plenty still wanting to be brainwashed, wooldog Cha May 2014 #12
Fox News Corpse sheshe2 May 2014 #13
Great Graphics to go with the OP's news, she.. thank you! Just like Obamacare was "Obama's Cha May 2014 #17
OMG! sheshe2 May 2014 #20
Yeah, I was pleasantly suprised when I googled Obama/Duke of Wellington and Cha May 2014 #21
before we get too excited, from the link maggiesfarmer May 2014 #14
If you add up the audience for all of the other "news" outlets they far outnumber the Fox... Walk away May 2014 #16
Thank you for explaining why it's still a win, Walk away! Cha May 2014 #19
Oh, I'm still happy about this.. There's always going to be those who want their brains sucked Cha May 2014 #18
I'm so tired of hearing mercymechap May 2014 #32
Oh, my. If the Fox droids are tired of hearing about Benghazi now, that doesn't winter is coming May 2014 #15
Are you saying all GOP has is Benghazi, winter? Cha May 2014 #23
The only records they've been playing are "scary Obamacare" and "Benghazi scandal" winter is coming May 2014 #34
I hope so it would be Cha May 2014 #36
Market wise fake news is everywhere here in America and the world Iliyah May 2014 #22
Yes, Iliyah, our best recourse is to GOTV! Cha May 2014 #25
Benghazi! Benghazi! That's my kind of town! Eleanors38 May 2014 #26
$$$$$ Over Respect for those who died, Eleanor.. :( Cha May 2014 #31
Please explain. Eleanors38 May 2014 #57
I mean that republicans want to fundraise over showing any respect for those Cha May 2014 #58
Understood. Stale stuff they rely on. Eleanors38 May 2014 #59
That's encouraging. Hoping to see more positive signs. mountain grammy May 2014 #27
Exactly, mountain grammy.. it's a start. Here's to more signs of Cha May 2014 #33
K&R DeSwiss May 2014 #29
At first I thought the idiotic resurgence of this pack of lies, was an anti-Obama thing tofuandbeer May 2014 #30
It was initially, indeed an anti-Obama thing, tofuandbeer.. and that didn't work so Cha May 2014 #38
Benghazi aside, I think there is just so much crazy Americans can take. merrily May 2014 #35
All they got is the crazy, merrily.. unfortunately there's too many Americans willing to be Cha May 2014 #40
Two issues that may intersect, but do not overlap. merrily May 2014 #41
But.... But..... But,...it's a Center-Right country!!!... Spitfire of ATJ May 2014 #37
You heard it from fox "news" in their Center Right Cha May 2014 #42
Wow I didnt realize his father had made a statement. Egnever May 2014 #39
I didn't see that until today, Egnever.. I'd like to get this out there so others can see it too. :( Cha May 2014 #43
Jonathan Karl said that the VA scandal may almost be as big as the IRS scandal. Major Hogwash May 2014 #44
"Jon Karl" lol.. the gopropaganda water-boy himself~! Speaking of repubs and their record of Cha May 2014 #45
Jonathan was Mr Benghazi for Faux Snooze when that story first broke. Major Hogwash May 2014 #47
Jon is the Benghazi go to guy for propaganda, Major but it only seemed liked it was from Cha May 2014 #48
Well, that just shows to go ya how bad the mainstream media wants to get in bed with the GOP crowd. Major Hogwash May 2014 #60
Jon Karl's propaganda needs to go down in flames.. it's getting hot but he can't stop playing with Cha May 2014 #61
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I am not surprised Gothmog May 2014 #50
Republicans know nothing about Americans AceAcme May 2014 #51
.. Cha May 2014 #52
i'd likt to think that people in general are getting tired of their lies & bullshit spanone May 2014 #53
Yeah, they could have just taken a mass exodus for a month in Cha May 2014 #54
you're right, all 10 of their loyal followers were in d.c. my bad. spanone May 2014 #55
.. Cha May 2014 #56
Too funny! City Lights May 2014 #62

Spazito

(50,365 posts)
1. LOL, their viewers must have been heading to the 'American Spring' rally instead and...
Mon May 19, 2014, 10:52 PM
May 2014

thought it was in Washington state, I hope they enjoyed Puget Sound, lol.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
2. Rofl, Spazito.. We're all wondering.. Where have all the teabaggers
Mon May 19, 2014, 10:56 PM
May 2014
gone?! I bet Puget Sound is lovely this time of the year!



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Cha

(297,304 posts)
4. Looks like even the easy to fool are losing interest in the poor Benghazi dead horse, Thinkingabout.
Mon May 19, 2014, 10:58 PM
May 2014

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
7. That reminds me of this:
Mon May 19, 2014, 11:03 PM
May 2014

Beavis (from the "B&BH Do America" Movie): "Hey Butthead, isn't Seattle in Washington? Heh heh..." (as they were headed to D.C.)
Butthead: "Uh...I think so. Uh-huh huh..."

Spazito

(50,365 posts)
8. LOL, Perfect!
Mon May 19, 2014, 11:10 PM
May 2014

I bet when the missing viewers arrived and didn't find the multitude of port-a-potties all lined up like blue soldiers they were upset with the organizers for being late bringing them.

 

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)
28. That's it! They all went to Washington State not D.C.
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:01 AM
May 2014

They don't understand they are not the same thing!

 

billhicks76

(5,082 posts)
24. Benghazi A Joke
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:47 AM
May 2014

4 Americans died and that is sad and regrettable. No one fired over the REAL 911!?!? Even their small brains must register this hypocrisy. Is the brain washing that effective? There should've been an American Spring 10 years ago over our rogue intelligence agencies and the Bush administration's complicity and culpability in facilitating 911 and covering it up after with the assistance of " friendly" governments in the Middle East like Saudi Arabia who work hand in hand with the Bush established Carlyle Group and Cheney run Halliburton. Heads should've rolled. No one. Not one fired. Thats how you guarantee silence and keep secrets from getting out as any mafia cartel can explain to the small-minded. We as democrats dropped the ball by bending over for the rethuglicans...AGAIN. Enjoy the Patriot Act, NSA, DEA and police exponential increases in power over us.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
17. Great Graphics to go with the OP's news, she.. thank you! Just like Obamacare was "Obama's
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:01 AM
May 2014

Waterloo".. Ooops, Waterloo alright but President Obama and the American People were the Victors..

Waterloo: Obama is our Duke of Wellington

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DeMint may be demented, but he was right about one thing: health care reform was indeed Obama's Waterloo. DeMint was just wrong about which side had the Napoleon complex.

In warfare, there is typically a winning side and a losing side. Pacifists may prefer to think that in war everyone loses, yet ABBA grasped the essential zero-sum nature of war in their 1974 hit single 'Waterloo': 'Waterloo—I was defeated, you won the war.'

The British military leader credited with the victory at Waterloo was Field Marshall Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington. So epic was the victory that a dish was named for him: Beef Wellington.

As at Waterloo, someone had to win the epic battle to determine whether Americans deserve, like their counterparts in the other industrialized democracies, to receive medical treatment when they are ill. Waterloo was not just an epic defeat; it was also an epic victory. And like Duke Wellington, Obama's name has already entered everyday speech by being attached to his unprecedented achievement in law: Obamacare.

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http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/03/24/850054/-Waterloo-Obama-is-our-Duke-of-Wellington

sheshe2

(83,790 posts)
20. OMG!
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:10 AM
May 2014


The British military leader credited with the victory at Waterloo was Field Marshall Arthur Wellesley, First Duke of Wellington. So epic was the victory that a dish was named for him: Beef Wellington.


Now I know why I like Beef Wellington!

And like Duke Wellington, Obama's name has already entered everyday speech by being attached to his unprecedented achievement in law: Obamacare.


And I love Obamacare!

Great article from the KOS, Cha.

Thank you~

Cha

(297,304 posts)
21. Yeah, I was pleasantly suprised when I googled Obama/Duke of Wellington and
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:13 AM
May 2014

this interesting piece from KOS.

maggiesfarmer

(297 posts)
14. before we get too excited, from the link
Mon May 19, 2014, 11:50 PM
May 2014
The good news for Fox: Even when it's down, it still handily beats CNN and MSNBC across most ratings metrics.

In total viewers, Fox News Channel ranked No. 7 across total day. Competitors CNN and MSNBC ranked No. 36 and No. 31, respectively, for the week of May 5.


now cue up multiple responses of "they all suck"

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
16. If you add up the audience for all of the other "news" outlets they far outnumber the Fox...
Mon May 19, 2014, 11:59 PM
May 2014

viewership. The point is that there is everyone else and there are Fox viewers and they are not so much. According to Gallup 8% of Americans get their "news" from Fox. That leaves 92% who are relatively sane.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
18. Oh, I'm still happy about this.. There's always going to be those who want their brains sucked
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:03 AM
May 2014

out by fox "news".

mercymechap

(579 posts)
32. I'm so tired of hearing
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:08 AM
May 2014

that...it's because Democrats/Liberals are not attached to one station and one station only like most conservatives.

If Democrats were to become sheeple like the Republican/conservative Tea Party extremists, we would all be keeping our TVs on MSNBC just like conservatives/Tea Partiers keep their TVs on Faux News 24/7.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
15. Oh, my. If the Fox droids are tired of hearing about Benghazi now, that doesn't
Mon May 19, 2014, 11:54 PM
May 2014

bode well for the GOP's chances in the fall.

winter is coming

(11,785 posts)
34. The only records they've been playing are "scary Obamacare" and "Benghazi scandal"
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:12 AM
May 2014

and neither of those tunes seem to be drawing GOP voters the way they'd hoped. And here they are, doubling down on Benghazi! with this Special Subcommittee. I have a feeling that one's gonna blow up in their faces. So sad.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)
22. Market wise fake news is everywhere here in America and the world
Tue May 20, 2014, 12:18 AM
May 2014

I go into bars, stores, et al., its either Cnn or fake. No MSNBC. Bullshit is heavy and have been since the later years of the Clinton Adm. Bushies made it the worst. There is no such thing as fair and balance, nada. Protects that are gear towards "what America is" that generates 10-100 thousands corporate media down plays and hides. Corporate media back in 2010 showed loud tea brats and it became the issue, but the 10-over 100,000 - nope, that are America.

At this point in time, we the people - Vote.

And yes, the GOP and their allies with constant trolls (here) want to keep "Liberals/Progressives/Moderates from voting.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
58. I mean that republicans want to fundraise over showing any respect for those
Tue May 20, 2014, 09:38 PM
May 2014

who were killed in Benghazi.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
33. Exactly, mountain grammy.. it's a start. Here's to more signs of
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:11 AM
May 2014

the gop going down the drain over their obsession with Benghazi because they lost the fight for Obamacare and they have Nothing else.

tofuandbeer

(1,314 posts)
30. At first I thought the idiotic resurgence of this pack of lies, was an anti-Obama thing
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:07 AM
May 2014

but I'm realizing now that it's also focused on hurting Hillary Clinton.
The GOP is a disgusting wad of crap.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
38. It was initially, indeed an anti-Obama thing, tofuandbeer.. and that didn't work so
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:44 AM
May 2014

they're trying to pre-emptively bring Hillary down.





merrily

(45,251 posts)
35. Benghazi aside, I think there is just so much crazy Americans can take.
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:16 AM
May 2014

At some point, we want solutions. I don't mean "Republican ideas" either. I mean stuff that works. Republicans seem to be quite short on solutions and very long on crazy.

Did I mention crazy?

Cha

(297,304 posts)
40. All they got is the crazy, merrily.. unfortunately there's too many Americans willing to be
Tue May 20, 2014, 01:58 AM
May 2014

sucker punched for a chance to insult the President ..

Cha

(297,304 posts)
43. I didn't see that until today, Egnever.. I'd like to get this out there so others can see it too. :(
Tue May 20, 2014, 02:45 AM
May 2014

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
44. Jonathan Karl said that the VA scandal may almost be as big as the IRS scandal.
Tue May 20, 2014, 02:53 AM
May 2014

Hmmm, sounds to me like they are yelling and screaming about molehills.

Ones that the Republicans helped to create!


Cha

(297,304 posts)
45. "Jon Karl" lol.. the gopropaganda water-boy himself~! Speaking of repubs and their record of
Tue May 20, 2014, 03:02 AM
May 2014

history.. something Jon Karl would never report on in a million years, Major..

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
47. Jonathan was Mr Benghazi for Faux Snooze when that story first broke.
Tue May 20, 2014, 03:48 AM
May 2014

But, now that the air is out of that balloon, he has been huffing and puffing, trying to blow up more GOP party balloons.

Karl is a Klown, and I think most other journalists know that by now.
There is no way the Republicans can run away from their miserable voting records this last session.

All they can do about it, is lie.

Cha

(297,304 posts)
48. Jon is the Benghazi go to guy for propaganda, Major but it only seemed liked it was from
Tue May 20, 2014, 04:08 AM
May 2014

faux snooze.. Karl's an ABC propaganda pusher.

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
60. Well, that just shows to go ya how bad the mainstream media wants to get in bed with the GOP crowd.
Wed May 21, 2014, 01:46 AM
May 2014

The corporate media just loves Jonathan Karl, Karl Rove, and any of the other insane possum klowns howling at the moon about President Obama or "Obamacare".

The local Faux Snooze channel carries Jonathan Karl's rants about Obama on their so-called nightly "news" broadcasts.
But, that channel may be owned by ABC here in Idaho by now.
They keep shifting the labels about which corporation owns which channel here every 5 or 6 years to keep us dazed and confused.

But, their magic has no power on Democrats.



Cha

(297,304 posts)
61. Jon Karl's propaganda needs to go down in flames.. it's getting hot but he can't stop playing with
Wed May 21, 2014, 05:23 PM
May 2014
fire.

Gothmog

(145,314 posts)
50. I am not surprised
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:58 AM
May 2014

Benghazi is a dumb scandal and even Fox viewers are getting tired of this stupidity

Cha

(297,304 posts)
54. Yeah, they could have just taken a mass exodus for a month in
Tue May 20, 2014, 06:04 PM
May 2014

preparation for their big American Spring in Washington D.C... oh wait!

Me too, spanone..

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