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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:17 PM
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Faux news ain't as popular as they would have us believe....
They are sinking back to where they belong. Look they have a loyal core of people who watch them but they are by now means the threat we make them out to be...

This past week, not one Prime Time show made it into the top 40.

http://www.top5s.com/tvcable.htm

On a regular basis, they have about 1.8 million people watching them at any given time during Prime Time....

That is less than 1% of the total population......

A little perspective is all we need.....
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:19 PM
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1. their competition are the other cable news show
Edited on Sat Jul-23-05 09:23 PM by imenja
not network or even basic cable prime time programming. In Cable news, they dominate. Their viewership is close to twice as high as CNN and MSNBC, which is always last.

Anyway, they are number five on your list of top cable networks.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:23 PM
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7. Yea, so......
This is pretty good proof that most people still get their news from the Networks, radio, newspaper and from talking to friends.......

That is why, we must remember, people are not a s outraged as we are about the stuff that goes on in the Bush White House. they simply don't know.....
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:24 PM
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8. that may be true
but this chart does not prove that. It's not a survey of news programming.
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:29 PM
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14. No but it shows what people are watching on their Cable.....
Which is, when it all comes down to it, the only way to look at it....

The "news" competes with sponge bob and Law and Order for eyes....

It's all relevant.....

And who cares whether the public is watching Fox or CNN, it's all crapolla anyway...

The only thing about Fox is that it provides a "Safe" haven for people who consider themselves "conservative".

Also, the are not increasing there share. The reason they jumped so high was because they were not on all that many cable outlets as CNN was. Now that they are as ubiquitous as CNN, they have leveled off and even dropped a bit....
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imenja Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 10:36 PM
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20. I care if they watch Fox rather than CNN
Edited on Sat Jul-23-05 10:39 PM by imenja
Fox viewers vote overwhelmingly Republican. That channel is enormously influential in spreading GOP propaganda. They are not all the same. It
no doubts make you feel better to imagine people don't watch them, but that is not the reality. And if we don't face political realities, we can't change them.

Fox's ratings for the presidential debates trounced the other cable news networks and were even higher than some of the networks. And guess who moderated them. Sean Hannity. You know he just ridiculed Kerry and sang Bush's praises. People are influenced by the media, which is a big part of the reason why so many Americans voted for Bush.
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wakeme2008 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:20 PM
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2. SPONGEBOB beats the shit out of Fox talking heads
:evilgrin:
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RummyTheDummy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:20 PM
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3. I've said it before and I'll say it again
It's the same 1-2 million morans watching their whole lineup each weeknight.
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MadisonProgressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:22 PM
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6. I think it's 10 million rotating morans!
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lizzieforkerry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:20 PM
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4. Yes, but they are on in every Walmart.
Think of all of the millions of zombies that walk through there everyday.
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nankerphelge Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:26 PM
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10. Really?
Is this true?
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:31 PM
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15. Never been to a Walmart....
But the local "discount Store" here in Cleveland, alternates between CNN and Fox. I think they do that on purpose.

But in any event, the sound is usually off and the people are reading the scroll.....
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lizzieforkerry Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:32 PM
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16. I read an article that said Walmart had installed TVs in
there stores in the south and that they showed the Faux Election coverage. I assume they are still showing Fox News and I don't know if the TV have made it up north since I don't go into Walmarts anymore.
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nankerphelge Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:37 PM
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18. I rarely go in...
but I'll have to pay attention now. When I go into any business that has it on, I make sure I tell them I can't shop there if they're showing Fox.
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snowbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:32 PM
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17. They had Faux on ALL the tv's here in one of our....
Fred Meyer's stores (that's a grocery store for anyone not familiar with the west coast ;) )

But you know those complaint cards at the Customer Service Desk you can fill out? :evilgrin:

Well.. they work!!! :thumbsup:

7 months straight now, and ZERO Faux.. It's on MSNBC constantly now.

:rofl:

(The squeaky wheel gets the grease when it comes to customers vs. businesses)


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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:39 PM
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19. I don't know what Fred Meyer's politics are, but what I do know is....
They exist in blue states, as I've never seen one that wasn't on the west coast. So they know they don't want to appear too hostile to us.
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Rebellious Republican Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:21 PM
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5. Hey, does anyone have the ratings for Dumya's SCOTUS announcement
:shrug:
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:27 PM
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12. I think they were all ticked that Big Brother
dind't start on time (I know I was)
:P
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nankerphelge Donating Member (995 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:25 PM
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9. Agreed and also...
Edited on Sat Jul-23-05 09:25 PM by nankerphelge
the other media outlets that panicked and thought they needed to start copying faux's style need a little perspective. None but the worst morons can choke down that naked propaganda everyday without getting sick.
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ladjf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:27 PM
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11. It builds up like radioactivity, eventually making one sick.
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Ksec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jul-23-05 09:29 PM
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13. Thats a relief
I would hate to see their ratings going up the way they propagandise.
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