Comments on: Media Matters: how Eric Boehlert became illiterate

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Why Won’t the Mainstream Media Cover the ACORN Story? « NewsReal Blog — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:29:11 +0000

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By: Howard Reed, Durhamville, NY

Howard Reed, Durhamville, NY — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:53:11 +0000

Harmon,

Whack a doodle Glenn Beck gets his point across because of his acting ability. Say whatg you will about the man . . . he influences millions of viewers who love his antics interposed with his rhetoric that is so on.

Since I am a major Dunie, a huge fam of the Frank Herbert and his son ‘Dune’ series, I liken Rush, Glen, et al to Bene Geserit ‘truth sayers’. What attracted me to Rush Limbaugh was that he was broadcasting what me and most Americans think in the animated way Glenn Beck does. You not only got a serving of straight from the hip facts, but you got some belly laughs along the way. And, you know what they say, ‘laughter is the best medicine’.

Harmon. Get out of liberal pity party mode and join us in the refreshing and healing waters of right wing media.

The Turban Torpedo

By: Revnant Dream

Revnant Dream — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:04:44 +0000

This pretty much says it all.

PRIMETIME (8-11 PM/ET)

FOXNEWS: 4,043,000 viewers (1,130,000 in A25-54)

MSNBC: 974,000 viewers(308,000 in A25-54)

HEADLINE NEWS: 842,000 viewers(341,000 in A25-54)

CNN: 826,000 viewers (227,000 in A25-54)…

By: Harmon

Harmon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:59:31 +0000

Kathy, I think if you looked at the ratings that Tony Snow (RIP) got when he was the host of Fox News Sunday, you would not say your explanation rings true. I will also point out that FNS plays on Fox affiliated stations around the country, as well as the FNC.

And yes, Fox normally gets very high ratings to which I ash so what? I don’t believe for a second that translates into electoral victories – especially when they have a whack-a-doodle like Glenn Beck.

By: Kathy Shaidle

Kathy Shaidle — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:22:23 +0000

Hi Harmon,

I believe you are right.

However, Fox is competing with Sunday shows with multi-generational legacies and viewerships; I for one started watching them as a precocious 12 year old, and I’m now 45!

Loyalty and habit have a huge effect on these sorts of shows, which are a sort of household tradition for many folks.

In all other categories, as you can see from the graphs above, Fox is well ahead of the other cable networks in terms of ratings. In fact, Fox’s Red Eye has more viewers at 3AM ET than CNN does at 8PM — CNN being 4th overall now.

By: In the Know

In the Know — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:07:24 +0000

From what you understand….which is subjective.

By: Harmon

Harmon — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:58:53 +0000

From what I understand, Fox News Sunday is dead last among the Sunday Chat shows. The interview of Limbaugh was an obvious play to boost his ratings. From what I understand it was a lovefest, Serious jounalism it was not.