CBS CONCERN OVER VIEWERSHIP PLUNGE; RATHER RATINGS FADE IN MAJOR MARKETS

DrudgeReport ^ | SEPT 16, 2004

[NCjim]

"The audience appears to [be] 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."

Double duh...

[sarasota]

Gee, what did they think would happen? Boggles the mind.

[USA_Soccer]

I never watched CBS News but I did watch some CBS programs.

No more CSI or Raymond for me.

[Kenton]

They should be happy, they got me as a viewer for two days this week, after this story broke.

But I'm bored already, so back to FOX.

[USA_Soccer]

Meanwhile, traffic to conservative blogs is surging.

Yesterday PoliPundit.com had over 32,000 unique visitors, a new record.

Instapundit.com had over 440,000 pageviews yesterday.

[secret garden]

Executives fear many voters inclined to vote for Bush are now switching off Rather

How can we switch off what we never watch?

[Aquinasfan]

But how do these numbers compare against last week?

[Packer Pete]

The quote you pulled is the key, the top source must be named Clueless Maximus.

[Repub4bush]

LOL and what was it some of the sponsors said to Freepers who contacted them! Wonder if they are rethinking their positions now...LMAO

OH Happy Day!

[mywholebodyisaweapon]

"And folks, this means that those ratings are lower than Britney Spears' beltline . . ."

[McGruff]

Already posted.

CBSNEWS EXECS CONCERN OVER VIEWERSHIP PLUNGE; RATHER RATINGS FADE IN MAJOR MARKETS  ^
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[McGruff]

Already posted.

CBSNEWS EXECS CONCERN OVER VIEWERSHIP PLUNGE; RATHER RATINGS FADE IN MAJOR MARKETS  ^
	Posted by Rutles4Ever On News/Activism ^ 09/16/2004 11:14:29 AM EDT · 297 replies · 12,810+ views The Drudge Report ^ | 9/16/2004 | Matt Drudge

[robjna]

This reminds me of the movie "the contender" but ala hollywood style , it was republicans going after dems. It was the story of a VP candidate who was a woman who has supposed pictures of her being used by many men in college. She refused to answer the allegation even though the pictures were frauds and the story was wrong , even though they had witnesses. At the end of the movie , she was asked , if it was all untrue why not answer the allegation and clear your name, she responded , because they had no right to ask the question. Guess what Dan Rather , Pres Bush doesn't answer the allegation because you have no right to ask the question!!!!!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The Dan Rather fraud is simply the last straw...

[underbyte]

I have been singing the "happy happy joy joy " song for the last couple of days.

I watched him lie his way through Vietnam, watergate, Iran-contra for 30 years and am enjoying this "big Time"

[USA_Soccer]

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

Visitors Yesterday
Total: 260,792
Unique: 191,858

[Izzy Dunne]

Rather [...] also pulled less audience than reruns of the SIMPSONS,

D'oh!
Eat my dust, Danny boy!

[longtermmemmory]

bump

[LS]

"polarized" indicates people falling on either side of a question. The audience isn't "polarized." They are SICK of your lies and they are ALL siding against CBS. They can't even tell the truth in this.

[truthseeker2]

"The audience appears to [be] 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."

But Dan Rather IS Anti-Bush. His "investigative reporting" tells us this is so. Why is being fair to Dan even a consideration? Fair is just a 4-letter 'F' word. This source and Rather are typical liberals...they expect to have it both ways. Well...not anymore.