Posted on 12/08/2020 11:32:45 PM PST by Olog-hai
Newsmax TV has notched a ratings win over Fox News Channel for the very first time.
The win, fueled by conservative viewers who are disappointed by the election results, happened Monday evening. In the key 25- to 54-year-old demographic prized by advertisers, “Greg Kelly Reports” on Newsmax out-rated “The Story with Martha MacCallum” on Fox.
The margin was narrow — Kelly averaged 229,000 viewers in the demo and MacCallum averaged 203,000 — but it is still a milestone in the cable news industry.
Before the election, Newsmax was not regarded as a formidable competitor to Fox; it was mostly dismissed as one of a handful of wannabe challengers. But President Trump’s loss on November 3 changed the cable TV calculus. Viewers who were frustrated when Fox admitted the truth of Trump’s loss sought other options. Trump encouraged them to try Newsmax. …
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Newsmax is making these ratings gains on the very things you appear to be criticizing them for. In what way is Fox’s imitation of the liberal media any better?
Prior to the election, where were the numbers?
FOX isn’t any better. FOr a long time FOX has been reporting on what CNN and MSNBC did. I found fault with that too. Labeling the media liberal is like calling an orange an apple.
. . . what? I hope you meant calling an apple an apple.
Newsmax is making ratings gains on what you seem to be criticizing them for, and it’s correcting the record more than “CNN did this” or “MSNBC did that” or even “Fox used to do this but stopped”.
Newsmax is making ratings gains on what you seem to be criticizing them for...
If that is the way you see it. I see it differently. There was a mass exodus from FOX NEWS and Newsmax and OAN just happened to be there. Newsmax has recycled FOX NEWS anchors. Or do you consider Bill O’reilly, Sean Spencer and Eric what’s his face not former employees of FOX NEWS. A lot of Freepers here complained about O’reilly and others that have long since the way of the dodo bird on FOX. Some went to CNN others went to the great beyond. But it is nothing more than the washed up talent that FOX got rid of or did people forget they were on FOX. Tucker is a former CNN boi. Newsmax just happened to be in the right place at the right time. Before the FOX fiasco and its denigration, no one gave two iotas about Newsmax or OAN. Well some did but no one paid much attention to it. Newsmax is not capitalizing on their talent, they are capitalizing on the betrayal of FOX NEWS. Big difference there. And if WWII documentaries are your thing by all means continue to watch them because you sure as heck aren’t seeing them on the History “All Pickers All the the time” Channel. So yeah, Newsmax sure as heck ain’t capitalizing on their talent because it has not changed since before the election. THe only thing that changed was FOX NEWS and people went else where because they felt betrayed. Capitalizing on recycled talent, keep thinking that and you will continue to get low bar recycled talent. Bring something new to the table. So far it’s SoS just a different day and a different name.
You seem a bit obsessed with the matter. For the record, I never said that Fox’s betrayal wasn’t the catalyst. Notwithstanding, the only way Fox can reverse it is to admit what they did publicly, something I suspect that the Murdoch spawn are averse to.
Thanks!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.