Underdog Fox News wins war ratings race

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 03/30/03 | CAROLINE WILBERT

[sydbas]

You are so right they don't have a clue. A perfect example is last Thursday when Charles Rangle was saying that we were bombing woman and children and Sean Hannity took him to task on it. The other networks would have let Mr. Wrangle go on and on without challenge. That's just one of the reasons we like and thank God for Fox.

[GailA]

I am forced to watch the Crappie NONEWS Network because that is all that is on the dish cable that is provided by my mobile home park. They don't even offer the main line Crappie NONEWS Network..just the Headline news..the lowest budget, least watched one! They don't allow you to put up a mini-dish.

[Timesink]

Rosenstiel, the Project for Excellence in Journalism director, noted that more people watch CNN each day. However, because viewers tend to watch Fox longer, it gets higher viewership at any given time. That means people may be checking into CNN for quick news updates while watching Fox longer for "a kind of comfort, an affirmation."

Or it may mean that CNN is sill available in millions more homes than Fox. FNC has almost caught up, but not quite.

In fact, that's exactly the reason. Rosenstiel's full of it. In fact, almost everyone quoted in this article is full of it. The writer must have pulled her hair out trying to find someone willing to say something truthful about Fox.

[Keith in Iowa]

>>They don't allow you to put up a mini-dish.

You can not be prohibited from putting up a dish on any property that you own and have exclusive use & control over. Check tihs out: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/consumerdish.html

[Timesink]

WTG FNC! I love Fox...but I have to say that MSNBC has had the better coverage. Sorry...it's true. FNC doesn't have the Bill Gates billions to work with tho, so they're good, but limited.

They'll get there. For their first 5-10 years, CNN was as much of a dump to work in as FNC is now. They had the flies and the lack of resources. It's just a matter of time.

I WOULD, however, like to know just what technology NBC got their hands on for their embedded feeds, particularly for David Bloom. Last night they had a several-minute-long live report from him riding atop a tank moving at top speed that was as crystal clear as if he were still in Secaucus. How are they pulling that off? Especially when Fox's and CNN's guys are sending back images that look like they're using cameras with "Logitech" stamped on the side?

[Keith in Iowa]

Here's more: http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html

[Timesink]

Since CNN can't win in the ratings they are now citing a poll that they claim says CNN is the most trusted.

They're lying, or at best stretching the truth, about that poll. CNN did come out on top, but that "top" was a lowly 37%. Worse, I seem to recall that Fox, while technically being in second place, was within the margin of error of CNN's number. There was a big thread on FR ripping the poll apart at the time it came out.

[Hank Rearden]

Fox's biggest problem by far is that gawdawful Shepard Smith. He's such a bigmouthed, smarmy tabloid twit that I instantly turn the TV off or switch the channel when he oozes onto the screen.

Got sick of his marching across the set carrying some bogus supposed script, calling other reporters "my brother" and the rest of his smarmy "attitude TV" act.

He just sucks. The absolute worst. Worse than Aaron Brown, and that's saying a lot.

Now, Linda Vester on the other hand . . . . .

[Political Junkie Too]

A few years ago, it was decided that Rita Cosby looks just like Sweet Polly Purebred.

"When trouble calls I am not slow. It's hip-hip-hop and away I go."

-PJ

[Neanderthal]

"The real kudos go to whatever genius thought up the idea of embedded reporters."

The genius was Victoria Clarke, the Pentagon spokeswoman that gives the press briefings.

[Timesink]

I think that's why while he was at ABC, he was stuck doing the 2:00 to 5:30 shift for so many years. Back when I was younger, working 2nd shift and too dirt-poor to afford cable, this was the ONLY thing I could get on TV after 1:30 AM...put me to sleep faster than Somminex!

WNN as SOMINEX?!?! Why, I oughta ... Hold me back, Michael! hold me back!

[Timesink]

Hey, could be worse. They could be giving airtime to RAMSEY Clark.

[GailA]

We know as hubby is a FCC licensed 2 way radio sr FTR trouble shooter. Local judge has ruled in the park's favor more than once.

[sultan88]

Thanks for this post. I really enjoy FNC's war coverage. It is refreshing to watch a broadcast that is on "our" side. I especially enjoy Shepard Smith's late evening coverage. His enthusiatic reporting and recapping of the day's events gives me a real positive feeling about our military and our President.

[alnitak]

Truth_seeker, they're both part of Rupert Murdoch's News International company.

[veronica]

I watched Larry King last night just to see what the war coverage would be like, and it was a disgrace. The entire panel bashed Bush, and spewed negativism for a solid hour. Arthur Kent was particularly odious. No attempt at balance whatsoever. This is why Fox is leaving CNN in the dust.

[chgomac]

I stay at the same Seattle Hotel 10-12 times a year and last year the Manager asked if there was anything they could do to improve service...when I mentioned FOX news, he said they already have FOX, but I told him that FOX news is a separate channel from FOX entertainment. On my next trip, he couldn't wait to tell me that they had added FOX news to their cable and several "guests" had been thanking him...he thanked me for the info!!

Tell your hotels what you want...they want to know!

[craigoethe]

Fox is winning because people are getting sick of the lefty slant on other alleged news channels.

[sit-rep]

"Do we have 50 Humvees in the field? No. Maybe you don't need 50 Humvees in the field," said Bill Shine, network executive producer. "Maybe you need good journalists on the air."

Good answer...

[sit-rep]

I have not watched tv news since waco. On no event since, have I had the urge to even look the tv's way for my news. The past couple years, I have always read about fox and it's perspective here at FR. I never thought I could get it because I only had basic cable.

Well, the wife said she found it not two months ago, and the program has turned my view around completely. I will not miss O'rielly, and Hannity and Colmes. Although I think Colmes is a bit wimpy.

Two days ago, when I was watching in the afternoon, and heard the reports the second time around, I thought I would flick down and see what CNN was saying. I swear I was only there for about 30 seconds. Listening to the amount of emotion coming from some washed up broad, it made me sick. Listening to her voice, talking about the sorounding countries' protests. I switched back to Fox and have no plan to ever go "just check" what others are saying.

Two places for news, plain and simple for me...Free Republic, and Fox News.