Yes, that is the implication, of course.
My point remains the same. "Lower" by how much?
>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
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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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