[kristinn]

The ratings match was between Palin and Oprah, not Fox and CNN. Palin crushed her by about 15 percent.

[K-Stater]

The ratings match was between Palin and Oprah, not Fox and CNN. Palin crushed her by about 15 percent.

Or if you want to look at it another way, Palin caused a less than 10% bump in Hannity's viewership while Oprah appears to have tripled the viewers in the 9PM slot on CNN. Who had the more impact?

[rob777]

"The ratings match was between Palin and Oprah, not Fox and CNN. Palin crushed her by about 15 percent."


Since Sarah was on Fox and Oprah was on CNN, it is illegitimate to ignore the Fox vs. CNN factor. Doing so would be like insisting that a Super Bowl matchup is strictly a one on one battle between the starting quarterbacks. I have never watched Oprah and am not at all interested in doing so, but a valid argument could be made that she helped to provide CNN with a bigger bump than Sarah helped to provide Fox. Of course their are other factors as well, so that comparison would only have limited validity.