CABLE NEWS RACE - MONDAY, AUG. 24, 2009
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 3,440,000
FOXNEWS HANNITY 2,937,000
FOXNEWS BECK 2,810,000
FOXNEWS GRETA 2,450,000
FOXNEWS BAIER 2,066,000
FOXNEWS SHEP 1,860,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 1,114,000
CNN KING 1,063,000
MSNBC MADDOW 885,000
CNN COOPER 827,000
MSNBC HARDBALL 640,000
Is about 4.5 times the viewers for Beck at 5pm when they compete.
BTW : I easily predicted last October that McCain would lose and it would kill MSNBCs ratings. Their dream was going to lead to their own irrelevance because watching cheer leading is boring.
Obama s gift to MSNBC bailout is this CIA interrogation story to gin up the liberal base. The health reform failure is killing MSNBC because of demoralization which will only get worse.