Posted on 12/30/2012 6:12:24 PM PST by SMGFan
The right-wing Fox News host lost half his audience in the weeks after Obama's win
In a fitting coda to 2012, weve learned that the ratings for rock-ribbed conservative Sean Hannity cratered after Barack Obama won his second term, with viewers tuning out the Fox News Channel talk-show host in droves. According to Nielsen numbers, Hannity lost around half of his audience in the weeks after the election, while his Fox News colleague Bill OReilly who steadfastly refuses to identify himself politically as a conservative retained around 70% of his audience. So what happened to Hannity? The going wisdom is that viewers who basked in his preelection anti-Obama rhetoric tuned him out when they were stunned to wake up on Nov. 7 and discover that the President had won a second term a scenario that Hannity had all but promised could never happen.
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I agree with many of the comments posted here. Hannity seems lost. He is best when he is doing political commentary and explaining the issues (when I listen, I only listen to him on the radio) . When he has on guests or takes calls - especially from critics - he seems to not be able to handle it. He rarely makes the conservatives’ point/s forcefully, he is often disrespectful (and I understand you can’t be nice to hostile callers but ), he caters to the Rhinos and seems to still want to be friends with those who are our political enemies. Worst of all, I seem to learn little that I did not already know.
He sniffed Karl Rove’s shorts, too.
That would be uncharacteristic.
What Hannity usually does is have some liberal on, make a total and absolute fool of him, and then throw him a bone of politeness so maybe the dummy will come back on a future show and get ripped to shreds again.
Very entertaining. But you have to appreciate subtlety.
Am I just imagining this?
Neither are conservatives. Both are media controlled. Stick with Rush and Levin.
I have never witnessed Hannity "ripping" anyone up. Not ever.
He gives the left a voice they would never have without him. I also know entertaining when I encounter it and never did listening to Hannity. As to subtlety Hannity is no more subtle than a third grader.
Did you miss the part about him being Chester the Molester? I sure didn't and don't feel it is excusable for an old pervert to be saying this kind of thing on the air.
If you review Hannity’s overall presentation and conclude he is not conservative, then you are living in a delusion. And no, I am not his PR guy. I am a very conservative voter and the Hannity I see is always confronting liberals with the truth when he has them on his shows.
The problem I have with his attackers is that they sound as bad as the leftists who complain that Anderson Cooper isn’t liberal enough. You sound ridiculous when you say Hannity is not conservative. All you need is to see the intro’s to his TV show to know where he’s at.
Again, he’s not perfect, but he is very much a powerful voice for conservatives. By the way, I don’t know this Flipper story you are talking about.
Yeah, carpet kitten pretty much did it for me. Bleeech.
Its not unusual to see ratings go down a bit after the high pitch intensity of an election campaign. Also alot of conservatives (myself included) were kind of depressed after the election so we just stayed away from the cable news shows. I even went two whole days without looking at my facebook page.
If you don’t know who Flipper is you are either not really a Hannity listener, don’t have a good memory or are lying. Pick one. Educate yourself at the link below.
As to me living in delusion and sounding ridiculous, kiss my butt. You are the liberal going ad hominem with no facts proves that you are a liberal. As to “attacking” him I was simply stating my opinion. If I wanted to attack the pervert it would be simple as I just have to state the truth.
Finally, don’t you understand that I will never listen to this douche bag again? Do I need to use smaller words? A different font? Another language?
I think Hannity was doing everything he knew to do to defeat Obama.
I’ve stopped watching anything on FOX news, and though I’ve been a Rush listener for 20 years, I no longer have the stomach for talk radio - It’s just too depressing. Also stopped reading my local newspaper which is useful only for fishwrap. The good news is my blood pressure is down and I am a much happier person.
I probably like a lot of others turned off FNC and Hannity because I was saturated with too damn much politics.
As to Hannity, his shows are no more than a series of trying to start fights, damn little trying to get to the bottom of or sanely discuss politically important issues. The guy’s show thrives on the pissoff and he never cared if we conservatives were the target.
I’ve pretty much stopped watching FNC at all except for Red Eye. Gutfeld is the best thing on there. Most everything I need (news and otherwise) is right here on FR.
yes..but is Savage still really angry.? That constant mean ranting turned me off pretty fast. But prager is one of the best out there.
I listen to the radio show sometimes and watch the TV show at least in part most nights. Never heard of Flipper. Not lying.
Sorry I upset you. I am not liberal. I hope we can be on the same side sometime. I just don’t think it is good to be so abrasive. Best to you.
Too much misinformation and sucking up to liberals.
Does anyone have a backbone? Fox and Hannity lost theirs years ago.
Agreed. Hannity is for the conservative cause, so why beat him down?
Yes, that election was very depressing. Like getting kicked in the stomach.
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