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Fox News Is Swirling Down The Toilet
GatewayPundit ^ | 11-30-20 | Larry Johnson

Posted on 11/30/2020 6:35:19 AM PST by dynachrome

In order to grasp the magnitude of Fox News’ betrayal of its conservative base, I decided to look back at their ratings in August of 2020 and compare the results with its current viewership as of November 23, 2020. The numbers are devastating and telling. Fox has lost about 50% of its audience. You Trump loyalists are making them pay where it hurts–the pocketbook.

Let me break it down by show:

Neil Cavuto drew 2.192 million viewers in August. By November he was attracting only 1.3 million. The Five also suffered a big loss, going from 3.772 million in August to 2.883 million in November–minus 889,000 viewers. Bret Baier suffered a significant decline of 1,139,000 –3.256 million in August to 2.117 million in November. Martha MacCallum fared worse—she shed 50% of her audience, collapsing from 3.201 million to 1.613 million. Tucker Carlson also has taken a big hit–dropping from 5.719 million in August to 3.444 million in November. That is a drop of 2.275 million. Sean Hannity’s shining star is flaming out. His viewership plummeted from 6.838 million to 2.839 million. That means almost 4 million people fled his show. And Laura Ingraham bled out–she dropped from 4.82 million to 2.114. She lost 2.706 viewers. These are consequential numbers. Fox has committed media suicide.

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To: Bratch

“Tom Selleck could be ruined.”

He’s worth many, many millions. He and his brother have been commercial real estate developers and agents in LA, since the 80s. Plus, the residuals from “Magnum, PI” and “Blue Bloods” are substantial.


21 posted on 11/30/2020 6:49:55 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: adorno

If this is just a standard “post election drop” then why are they suddenly losing to CNN and MSDNC when they had been trouncing them both for years?


22 posted on 11/30/2020 6:50:28 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: dynachrome

Faux news. We collude you deride.


23 posted on 11/30/2020 6:51:18 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: angmo
Ingraham was always horse faced trash

Couldn't agree more.

24 posted on 11/30/2020 6:51:39 AM PST by real saxophonist ("Congress Shall Make No Law..." They should have stopped right there.)
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To: dynachrome
I would think the ratings would stay up while the election fraud plays out.

Possibly...

But...

The biggest event of the year was the election, and even the voter fraud news would not be enough to compete with the height of the campaign season.
25 posted on 11/30/2020 6:52:34 AM PST by adorno
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To: 1Old Pro

Levin...ugh!


26 posted on 11/30/2020 6:52:40 AM PST by nandrew
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To: SkyPilot

Hannity has a show? I though all he did was run one big long infomercial.


27 posted on 11/30/2020 6:58:47 AM PST by CodeToad (Arm Up! They Have!)
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To: dynachrome

How to become a millionaire: Start out with a multi-billion dollar media empire and turn it over to your woke children to run.


28 posted on 11/30/2020 7:03:21 AM PST by Labyrinthos
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To: dynachrome

The loss of viewers is probably of no concern to the Murdoch brothers. After all, they and their wives will still get invited to all the A-list Christmas parties. That is concern numero one to the wives. Why are wives so powerful? They own half of the money and all of the other stuff.


29 posted on 11/30/2020 7:03:29 AM PST by Saltmeat (69)
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To: j_guru

I turned off FOX for the most part when Donna Brazile came on board. I haven’t had any of it on since bleu dress Martha on election night. Happy to see that she has had the biggest wipe out.


30 posted on 11/30/2020 7:05:52 AM PST by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: dynachrome
ticktock?

I think Hannity finally got his BOOM! A bit like Wile E. Cayote, but I rate it a BOOM! nevertheless.

31 posted on 11/30/2020 7:06:57 AM PST by AndyJackson
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To: DoodleBob
"A real journalist would look at these programs' viewership in Nov 2019 or Nov 2016 for an accurate appraisal."

Exactly. I wouldn't be surprised to find that the ratings of political shows go up in the month or two before conventions go up as people who aren't as engaged in politics as us freepers start paying attention. And I'm not surprised that after Trump losing, people became disheartened and stopped watching political shows. That was my response when Obama won the first time - I took a break from politics for a few months - and it had nothing to do with Fox.

32 posted on 11/30/2020 7:09:34 AM PST by Kipp
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To: dynachrome

Just close the lid and stop watching...


33 posted on 11/30/2020 7:14:41 AM PST by joethedrummer
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To: dynachrome

Numbers are just back to “normal”.

BOR was the king of nightly news shows with 3M viewers.


34 posted on 11/30/2020 7:14:57 AM PST by TiGuy22
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To: Kipp

Trump has not lost, and will not lose.


35 posted on 11/30/2020 7:14:59 AM PST by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: DoodleBob

Fox ad rates for Oct Nov and Dec 2020 were set in Aug 2020 based on audience delivery guarantees. Not in 2019 or 2016.

As a result of Fox losing 50% of their audience, they are being forced to refund their contracted advertisers 50% of the ad costs or give them free ad spots to make up for the missing viewers.

Additionaly, they are being forced to cut their ad costs by 50% starting tomorrow.

It’s clear that you don’t understand the financial disaster that has hit Fox on the ad sales front.


36 posted on 11/30/2020 7:16:47 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: dynachrome
It's not hard to find liberals doing stupid and/or criminal things. All it takes to be a big-time pundit is to have a good research team and grab the low-hanging fruit, then hand it to the audience with a smile.

But when you pick up rotten fruit from the ground and throw it at your audience with an arrogant sneer - they may not come back.
37 posted on 11/30/2020 7:16:51 AM PST by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: TiGuy22

See post 36.


38 posted on 11/30/2020 7:17:40 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: SkyPilot

Stopped listening to Hannity years ago. His radio show was consistently Rush redux.

Then on TV, his constant “BOOM” news always about to drop became such a joke after awhile. And as many have stated, his insessant interruptions/talking over guests became way too annoying to listen to after awhile.


39 posted on 11/30/2020 7:20:48 AM PST by nfldgirl
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To: dynachrome

I love the headline ... if it’s really true to that magnitude, so much the better.

FOX is “dead” in our house & will not be resurrected. Not watching anything, including Tucker, Hannity, Ingraham. News Max is the replacement because we can get it on our cable packaga. As for cable, as soon as a 98 yo low tech (knows where all the channels are, etc.) member of the family who can’t do much except watch TV no longer needs it, it will be gone too.


40 posted on 11/30/2020 7:21:00 AM PST by Qiviut (Govt acting like it's Ebola w/ a 90% fatality rate, not COVID w/ a 99+% survival rate for most.)
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