Posted on 09/16/2004 8:14:29 AM PDT by Rutles4Ever
Edited on 09/16/2004 8:57:41 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX THU SEPT 16, 2004 11:42:09 ET XXXXX
CBS EXECS CONCERN OVER VIEWERSHIP PLUNGE; RATHER RATINGS FADE IN MAJOR MARKETS
CBS executives on both coasts have become concerned in recent days that Dan Rather's EVENING NEWS broadcast has plunged in the ratings since the anchor presented questionable documents about Bush's National Guard service.
NIELSEN numbers released this week show Rather fading and trailing his rivals in every Top 10 city, other than San Francisco, with audience margins in some cities running more than 6 to 1 against CBS!
Executives fear many voters inclined to vote for Bush are now switching off Rather.
"The audience appears to becoming polarized," a top CBS source said from LOS ANGELES on Thursday. "Rightly or wrongly, we're being perceived as 'anti-Bush,' which I do not think is fair to Dan, who is a fine journalist... of course we do not like to see the ratings coming back the way they are this week."
In Philadelphia, the nation's #4 market, Rather pulled a 2.6 rating/5 share on Tuesday night against ABC's 13.3 rating/23 share and NBC's 4.0/7.
In Chicago, Rather hit a 2.3/5 to ABC's 9.2/20.
CBS trailed ABC by more than 2 to 1 in Los Angeles.
And in the nation's top market, New York, Rather finished not only behind NBC NIGHTLY NEWS and ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT -- but also pulled less audience than reruns of the SIMPSONS, WILL & GRACE and KING OF QUEENS.
Rather finished dead last in New York during the 6:30 pm timeslot among all broadcast channels tracked by NIELSEN on Tuesday.
Developing...
There they go again, blaming the wrong person(s).
I'd have to have a barf bag handy to watch dan blather on any given night. He lost my interest during the 2000 election reports. He is a miserable piece of human scum
Good job!!!! I love it when I see people take action rather than bitch and moan and do nothing about it.
Yes, that is the implication, of course.
My point remains the same. "Lower" by how much?
bump
(from the All in the Family episode where Archie was being interviewed for CBS Evening News):
ARCHIE: "Edith, what channel is the Cronkite news on?"
EDITH: "Channel 2, Archie...the one we don't watch because you keep saying that Walter Cronkite is a Communist."
And could you provide links to the Ad Boycott thread, pretty please? We seem to have a lot of new visitors and this would make it easier for them.
Dan Rather's career is over, done, finished, see ya later aligator!!!!
I think "Walter Cronkite" is the CBS "brand name" ...
Good point..
Bandini is a BRAND NAME for crap.
Now we have two more names to substitute.
Not only is Dan in deep cronkite, the rather is hitting the fan.
RATHERGATE: Danny-boy has become what he hated (Nixon).
"What did Dan know and when did he know it?"
As Nelson in the Simpsons would say "Haaa-haaaa"
>Easy; their ratings level below their rivals has dropped far lower than it has been.
Yes, that is the implication, of course.
My point remains the same. "Lower" by how much?
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Source: http://www.nationalreview.com/script/printpage.asp?ref=/comment/anderson200409160904.asp
[snip]
Since 1993, with the advent of cable and the Internet, the audience for the notoriously left-leaning evening-news shows on ABC, NBC, and CBS has dropped by 34 percent. The "believability" of network news in viewers' eyes has dropped by about the same percentage.[snip]
"Rather is in last place among the three big broadcast networks with eight million viewers. The upside for him is that most of the people still watching probably agree with him.
As it has shrunk, his audience has also grown older, according to TV Guide. 60 Minutes II, the show on which Rather revealed the alleged Killian memos, has a median audience age of 60, and an abundance of commercials for painkillers and geriatric drugs. (By contrast, Fox News viewers have a median age of 36.)
In addition, Rather's audience is one that has access to fewer sources of information than most. According to the Census Bureau, less than 40 percent of those older than 50 use the Internet (compared with 60 percent for those under 50). Most of Rather's over-50s probably didn't see his memo story mercilessly debunked on the Internet within hours of its debut.
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Note that he is trailing even in Democratic strongholds like NY & LA!
I guess the "vast right wing conspiracy" is even more "vast" than CBS thought. LOL
Time to dump stock in them.
Note to CBS employees: Think of your 401 K matching fund.. TANKING.
I know what you mean. Me, too. I just wanted to see him lie with a straight face.Unbelievable. He THINKS he's an UNbiased reporter. But it's like Rush just said, he has thrown OUT reporting that Killian's family are saying that Killian was a Bush SUPPORTER. He's throwing out ANYTHING that doesn't fit what the documents are saying.
Media Research Center:
Dan Rather on Bill Clinton:
"I think he’s an honest man."
O’Reilly: "I want to ask you flat out, do you think President Clinton’s an honest man?"
Rather: "Yes, I think he’s an honest man."
O’Reilly: "Do you, really?"
Rather: "I do."
O’Reilly: "Even though he lied to Jim Lehrer’s face about the Lewinsky case?"
Rather: "Who among us has not lied about something?"
O’Reilly: "Well, I didn’t lie to anybody’s face on national television. I don’t think you have, have you?"
Rather: "I don’t think I ever have. I hope I never have. But, look, it’s one thing-"
O’Reilly, jumping in: "How can you say he’s an honest guy then?"
Rather: "Well, because I think he is. I think at core he’s an honest person. I know that you have a different view. I know that you consider it sort of astonishing anybody would say so, but I think you can be an honest person and lie about any number of things."
O’Reilly: "Really?!?"
Rather: "Yeah, I do."
O’Reilly: "See, I can’t. I want my government to be honest across-the-board. I don’t want people lying."
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