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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Forget chatting about FNB & FBN....they are dead in the water, forever!!!
I never had cable TV until 2 and a 1/2 years ago after I got my own apartment after divorce.
I enjoyed watching Fox, but since I follow blogs on a daily basis, I noticed people saying that Fox has been going downhill for a long time. I didn’t have cable back in the days when people said Fox was much better, so I have no basis of comparison.
It was obvious to me that there were certain people on Fox who were not fans of Trump. Still, I noticed a change over the last few months. In hindsight, seeing how they completely flipped on Trump on election night, that change I noticed seems very insidious and preplanned.
I wonder if the other cable news networks are showing a similar return to “normalcy”.
Thanks for the post...! Glad to hear the news about FOX...
Calling Arizona literally seconds after the polls had closed and without a single tabulated vote was unforgivable...
HOW could that happen, when we now see that Biden is only ahead now n AZ by 0.3%...?
Maybe “HOW” is the wrong word...?
The better word might be WHY...? WHY did FOX do this...?
Did they want to depress the voters still in line at the AZ polling locations...?
Maybe, AZ was a signal of a “GO” to the other swing states that the multi-state “STEAL” was on...?
It was not too long after AZ was called at 9 PM, that the other states stopped counting and shut everything down for the night (around 11 PM)...?
Someone should subpoena the phones records of the dyed-in-the-wool Libtard that FOX hired to run their Decision Desk...!
There might be some interesting texts or calls on that phone...???!!!
Indeed color their money gone.
Nature abhors a vacuum.
1. This isn’t a BOMBSHELL! ????
2. This is hardly a new story.
3. A much better comparison than with August would be how much ratings dropped after the 2016 election, and compare that to the same stats from other cable networks. Apples to apples, and all that - it’s just common sense.
Is GP trying not to be a credible organization?
Tucker, Sean and Laura are now sinking on the Titanic. Get off the doomed liner now.
“ Alan Stang used to call Hannity the stupidest person in talk radio. I can’t disagree with that.”
Yeah, stupid guy, he only makes $36 million/year - plus speaking fees and proceeds from book sales. Plus investment income on a net worth that’s likely well north of $100 million, because he’s been in the top tier of radio AND TV hosts for well over a decade. Yeah, amazingly stupid.
Where do I sign up to be that stupid?
I feel like your post should have started with “BOMBSHELL!!!!”
(LOL.)
Just let it rest, for mercy sakes.
Leave GP alone and for mercy sakes don’t drag American Thinker onto your personal list and hammer it to the nth degree
No one is making you read them!
You like to disrupt!
Me? OANN and RSBN.... I started out with NEWSMAX but even NEWSMAX has some liberal reporters so gave them up. OANN , not!!
Ad rates are based on the eyeballs of the demographics.
So, losing 2 million old fogey viewers in exchange for a younger audience will be considered a “win.”
My guess, is most of the FR viewers enjoying this decline are NOT in their target demographic.
Look for them to target the 18-54 year old viewers—this means more “hip” shows; fewer stodgy, “preachy” shows like Hannity and Levin.
And...the best charts to look at would be the changes from August-December in 2008, 2012 when the R’s lost.
It is way, way to early to stick a stake in the chest of Fox News. Things need to be viewed in the proper context.
Money, money, money. I’d rather be intelligent and broke (which I am), than stupid and a millionaire.
Don’t forget Lyin Ryan (RINO-US) and his contributions to F-News.
Fox is giving back 50% of their ad dollars right now in client refunds. And cutting their rates by 50% starting tomorrow. Not much of a win for Fox. Especially when the layoffs start in January. But it’s a big win for us.
The point remains...GP is a lousy site.
The marketplace of ideas requires engagement. If we all didn't disrupt where needed, we'd all still read Drudge and like William Kristol and NR.
Oh....I hadn’t read that.
I am glad my quarterly bonus is not tied to that but of news.
Fox doesn’t need us. They have the CIA funding them (operation mockingbird)
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