---That was during the Iraq war last year. O'Reilly had live footage and Colonel Hunt on every night.
I would like to see his ratings THIS year and compare them.---
You may be correct. There was no 'year' in the date of the article but the page looks old. Here is a later rating:
CABLE NEWS RACE
TUES NITE, MAY 04, 2004
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2.0 [RATING]
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 1.9
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.3
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1.3
CNN LARRY KING 1.1
FOX NEWS BRIT HUME 1.0
CNN AARON BROWN 0.8
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.5
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.4
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.3
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.3
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.3
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.1
H&C is going to eclipse him within 4-6 weeks, he used to pull 2.2+ consistently.