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Two things: FNC viewership is up 20 to 29 per cent **from a year ago** AND FNC viewership is *down* 1 per cent from July 2003. Meanwhile, CNN gained 84,000 new viewers - a gain of 12 per cent from July 2003.

At the moment, Fox has lost the battle, but is winning the overall "war." What is disturbing in these numbers is the loss of overall news program viewership. If even television (albeit cable/satellite television) cannot hold viewers' overall interest in the world around them, what kind of republic will we be living in in the future?

Answer: (I see it all the time when I ask my students) a future where narcissism runs rampant, and the public interest is an unwanted foster child.

A heads up to all interested Freepers! Be aware. . . creeping narcissism and self-indulgence are quietly taking over like in the motion picture "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." As in that film, don't fall asleep!!!

CNN had a big August relative to July because of the East Coast blackout. It always shoots and scores during a huge crisis, FNC's advantage is in its evening lineup, not its crisis coverage. A temporary blip.

I'm glad FNC is doing well because it is the best proof positive of the liberal bias infesting the rest of the media, which has been a pain for me since at least the early 1980s. I don't watch it much myself, though I used to watch it more. I don't like all the shouting and grandstanding and lecturing and get my news off the Internet anyway.