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You Won't Believe How Many Viewers Fox News Lost In 2010
Business Insider ^ | 03/14/2011 | Business Insider

Posted on 03/14/2011 12:11:02 PM PDT by The Magical Mischief Tour

Has the influence of cable news peaked?

That's the conclusion of PEWs Project for Excellence in Journalism. According to their 2011 State of the News Media study all four cable networks saw their prime-time audiences fall in 2010.

MSNBC, Fox, HLN, and CNN lost between 39,000 and 331,000 viewers as cable -- the fourth most popular platform for news -- showed signs of becoming less important.

Fox News lost a whopping 11% of its prime time viewers (234,000 viewers), but that's not even the worst performance of the cablers.

See who lost the most viewers >>

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2010review; foxnews; foxnewsratings; trends
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To: edcoil; Frantzie
I don’t want Fox any longer not because I don’t like anyone and I I want to see pictures I turn on Fox it is just that I have all the news I can handle via the net before I get home.

I don't watch any TV at all any more because I'm afraid that Frantzie will call me bad names!

121 posted on 03/14/2011 1:18:37 PM PDT by houeto (Government derives its just powers from the consent of the governed.)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Personally, I get my news online. I rarely turn on the TV news.


122 posted on 03/14/2011 1:18:58 PM PDT by Yaelle
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

LMAO...youmust be aware that they both RULE their repsective time slots....

I bet beck at 2am beats their prime time cuz it leads into red eye...


123 posted on 03/14/2011 1:23:58 PM PDT by Crim
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Hell no it's not because of Beck...but O'BLOWY and that freakin Drama queen Shep, plus the round table folk who are full of it...especially Charles...I DON'T watch FOX anymore, I rather get my news else where. THEY HAVE LOST THIS LOYAL VIEWER...for good!!
124 posted on 03/14/2011 1:27:39 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: sonofagun

I was going to post about them. You can’t forget them.


125 posted on 03/14/2011 1:31:52 PM PDT by luckystarmom
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They used to be the place to go to get news not covered by the alphabet channels. FOX has become just another alphabet channel. Get my news online - from original sources when possible.


126 posted on 03/14/2011 1:31:58 PM PDT by Jenny217
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To: fish hawk

I know I don’t watch Bill O’Reilly anymore.

After that jack-ss defended Jesee Jackson for using racist language, he lost all credibility in the “No Spin Zone” for me.

Bill O’Reilly Makes Excuse for Jesse Jackson re:Obama
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2046874/posts

http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/257506


127 posted on 03/14/2011 1:32:27 PM PDT by WaterBoard ("PBR Street Gang this is Almighty, over..")
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Dump the arrogant spin doctor - B Orielly!!!


128 posted on 03/14/2011 1:33:38 PM PDT by rwoodward ("god, guns and more ammo")
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

It’s the 24-hour news cycle - not everything can be worthy of a “Fox News Alert”, and the rehashing even of the tragedy in Japan over the weekend was just too much to take.

Colonel, USAFR


129 posted on 03/14/2011 1:36:30 PM PDT by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Has the influence of cable news peaked?

I posted this to remind you of the topic, which is cable news.

Neither Glenn Beck or Bill O'Reilly are in the news block at Fox News.

130 posted on 03/14/2011 1:37:06 PM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, Trust few, and always paddle your own canoe)
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To: El Laton Caliente
O’Reilly comes across as a pooly informed, pompus ass most of the time.

He has a breezy, flippant, detached style like he doesn't give a crap about anything except collecting his 14 million dollar paycheck. His flashes of anger and involvement look faked. Plus all he has on are "Fox News commentators" and most of them are vacuous women to pull in the female viewers. A useless show that is taped at 4PM EST because his show on the day of Japan's earthquake said nothing about it

131 posted on 03/14/2011 1:40:36 PM PDT by dennisw ( The early bird catches the worm)
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To: Catsrus

>>Its like the male version of The View. Just way too much silliness from the guys. A little bit goes a long way.<<

That says it well.


132 posted on 03/14/2011 1:46:20 PM PDT by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour; Publius6961

Magic,
You have done it now. Publius6961 is going to go off on you for saying something bad about Beck. I did earlier and Publius6961 went off like you could not imagine. He acted like a two year old. Just warning you FRiend.


133 posted on 03/14/2011 1:54:03 PM PDT by napscoordinator
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

Beck’s time slot is the worst time slot on tv. He could lose over 50% of his views and still do better than anyone else has done in that time slot.

As for O’Reilly, he’s lost the conservative viewers.


134 posted on 03/14/2011 1:57:43 PM PDT by Eva
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To: El Laton Caliente

I can’t listen to him (Beck) it is not sticking my head in the sand it is just how much doom and gloom can anyone take in one day.
On radio, i started listening to BOT radio and at least I have some hope. :)


135 posted on 03/14/2011 2:03:09 PM PDT by mel (I DONATE to FR monthly...Do You?????)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour

You don’t make money starting off conservative and then swerving to the left. Playing to the middle for more viewers isn’t a “WINNING” strategy.


136 posted on 03/14/2011 2:03:59 PM PDT by Caipirabob ( Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: The Magical Mischief Tour
Except for Beck and Red Eye, FOX News is basically a carbon copy of The Shampoo Media. Lather, rinse, repeat.

If Hannity and O'Reilly would end the charades of pretending their left-wing guests provides "balance" and that whatever they say is even the least bit credible, I might be inclined to start watching them again.

But, as it is, I can't watch either of those guys. I don't give a flying fig what Bob Beckel or Ennis Pelican or Kirsten Powers or any other left-wing hack has to say. They're all liars. And to give them a platform to spew their bilge is more than I can stand.

At least when Greg Gutfeld has left-wing wackos for guests, he has the sense to mock whatever they say.

True, he mocks what his right-wing wacko guests say, too, but still, I get more out of Red Eye than O'Really and O'Seannessy combined.

137 posted on 03/14/2011 2:10:35 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ladyvet
Shep, Whoraldo, Huckabee, more likely.

Yep, and O'Reilly. Plus, I can only watch Hannity every so often, since it's like watching a broken record.

I watch FoxNews MUCH mess than I used to - for a short period maybe 3 or 4 times a week at most - and just Brett Baier, unless I get home too late and want to see the cable news slant rather than Internet (where I go MOST of the time). But I can only stand a few minutes of uber-cool "Shep" and have to turn it off.

138 posted on 03/14/2011 2:27:43 PM PDT by MCH
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To: rbg81
I ditched my cable TV and now just use my Roku box.

What is a Roku box and how do you use it?

139 posted on 03/14/2011 2:54:46 PM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

A Roku box allows you to watch streaming content (from your wireless router) on your TV. I got the Roku because it was cheap and they are constantly adding new content. A lot of the newer BlueRay devices also allow you to do this, but limit the content.The two providers I lease (per month) are Netflix and HuluPlus. Unlike cable, you can add or drop content providers at will. You can find out more at Roku.com. [PS—I don’t own the company or anything]


140 posted on 03/14/2011 3:01:59 PM PDT by rbg81
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