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kpete

(72,024 posts) Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:11 PM Feb 2015

I am waiting for O'Reilly To Call & Thank Us For This:

As attacks grow, so does Bill O’Reilly’s Fox News audience

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Judging by Fox News’ prime-time ratings since the Mother Jones story broke, it appears either more people are tuning in to “hate-watch” the host or his core audience is responding to the controversy with a collective shrug. O’Reilly averaged 2.9 million viewers Tuesday and 3.1 million Wednesday, the most recent days for which data is available. Wednesday, he attracted 705,000 viewers in the demographic range between 25 and 54 years old that is highly prized by advertisers, a 24 percent increase from the same day the previous week, as Variety reported.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/as-attacks-grow-do-does-bill-oreillys-fox-news-audience/

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I am waiting for O'Reilly To Call & Thank Us For This: (Original Post) kpete Feb 2015 OP

people love rubber-necking at train wrecks salin Feb 2015 #1

his audience has bought into his lies all along...they are awaiting more! spanone Feb 2015 #2

Remember the reason for the last time Bilbo's ratings soared, confirming the world still loved him?..... Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #3

salin

(48,955 posts)

1. people love rubber-necking at train wrecks

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:13 PM

Feb 2015

Bet some of that spike in viewership is watching for his blowups, threats, and bulging veins around his temples.

spanone

(135,892 posts)

2. his audience has bought into his lies all along...they are awaiting more!

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Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:15 PM

Feb 2015

Fred Sanders

(23,946 posts)

3. Remember the reason for the last time Bilbo's ratings soared, confirming the world still loved him?.....

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sat Feb 28, 2015, 12:16 PM

Feb 2015

"This is not the first time a controversy has helped boost O’Reilly’s audience. In 2004, his audience rose 30 percent amid allegations that he sexually harassed a colleague, CBS News reported at the time."

A King being brought to the gallows is only slightly less likely to draw a crowd than an old fashioned Royal sex scandal

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