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Sarah Palin Crushes Oprah Winfrey in Head to Head Cable Ratings Monday Night
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 | Kristinn

Posted on 01/18/2011 11:55:07 AM PST by kristinn

Sarah Palin crushed Oprah Winfrey last night when the two went head to head at 9 p.m. EST on the Fox News Channel and CNN.

Palin appeared on Fox's Hannity to give her first interview in the wake of media attacks on her over the Arizona massacre while Winfrey was the prize guest on the debut of Piers Morgan Tonight, CNN's successor to the Larry King Show.

The New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, New York Magazine and Broadcasting & Cable each gave Piers Morgan the headlines for their articles about the ratings battle, even though his show placed a decisive second. Palin's triumph is mentioned but played down.

The numbers according to Broadcasting & Cable:

Hannity: 2.4 million, 600,000 in 25-54demo.

Morgan: 2.1 million, 521,000 in 25-54 demo.

Rachel Maddow on MSNBC: 1.1 million, 342,000 in 25-54 demo.

Palin's audience was nearly 15 percent larger than those who tuned in to watch Oprah.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: oprahwinfrey; ownnetwork; piersmorgan; sarahpalin; seanhannity
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1 posted on 01/18/2011 11:55:13 AM PST by kristinn
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To: kristinn

Nobody watches CNN anymore.


2 posted on 01/18/2011 11:57:50 AM PST by dforest
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3 posted on 01/18/2011 11:58:34 AM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: kristinn

I’ve heard that her political career is over ...


4 posted on 01/18/2011 11:59:13 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: kristinn

Oprah who?.. Isn’t that some black chick?..


5 posted on 01/18/2011 11:59:54 AM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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To: kristinn

No one watches CNN anymore..its an utter joke. They could have bozo the clown making balloon animals in Larry King’s time slot and no one would watch


6 posted on 01/18/2011 12:00:44 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: ClearCase_guy
I’ve heard that her political career is over ...

Oprah never had much of a political career even if she thought she was a king maker in her own mind.

7 posted on 01/18/2011 12:01:01 PM PST by Netizen (Oh dear me, I was multi-tasking and can't be held responsible for my actions.)
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To: kristinn

2.1 Million is a darned good showing for a new show. Considering most of America doesn’t have a clue who Piers Morgan even is.


8 posted on 01/18/2011 12:01:07 PM PST by Danae (Anailnathrach ortha bhais is beatha do cheal deanaimh)
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To: hosepipe

Yeah, she’s the one that also sat in Rev Wright’s church for a whole bunch of years and didn’t hear any racist stuff coming out of his mouth


9 posted on 01/18/2011 12:01:32 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: hosepipe
The Oprah phenomena is very September 10th.
10 posted on 01/18/2011 12:01:34 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: kristinn
Sarah Palin Crushes Oprah Winfrey in Head...

After that headline, look for lefties to go nutz.

11 posted on 01/18/2011 12:01:48 PM PST by C210N (0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
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To: C210N

LOL. I thought EXACTLY the same thing when I saw this.


12 posted on 01/18/2011 12:03:16 PM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur)
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To: Danae

Considering that everyone knows who Oprah is and CNN was promoting the heck out this, not so great.


13 posted on 01/18/2011 12:03:29 PM PST by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: Danae
2.1 Million is a darned good showing for a new show. Considering most of America doesn’t have a clue who Piers Morgan even is.

I think they do. A lot of America watches Americas Got Talent and Celebrity Apprentice. The first show alone would get him recognition.

14 posted on 01/18/2011 12:03:47 PM PST by Netizen (Oh dear me, I was multi-tasking and can't be held responsible for my actions.)
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To: hosepipe

That’s racist. /s


15 posted on 01/18/2011 12:04:58 PM PST by Catsrus (Have)
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To: Sarah Barracuda
Reuters headline admits Palin victory:

Piers Morgan Gets Big CNN Debut, But Beaten By Palin.

16 posted on 01/18/2011 12:07:00 PM PST by kristinn (Lowering the IQ on FR since Jul 31, 1998)
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To: indylindy
Nobody watches CNN anymore.

Last night they did. 2.1 million is 8 TIMES Larry King's average nightly audience for 2010.

17 posted on 01/18/2011 12:07:20 PM PST by montag813 (http://www.facebook.com/StandWithArizona)
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To: hosepipe
Oprah who?.. Isn’t that some black chick?..

A fat, self-adoring, black chick.

18 posted on 01/18/2011 12:08:53 PM PST by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: kristinn
Piers Morgan faked stories in the UK when he was the editor of the Mirror. They involved Brit soldiers abusing prisoners. This guy is a professional POS. Morgan refused to apologize for this and was sacked.

Morgan was fired from the Mirror on 14 May 2004 after authorising the newspaper's publication of photographs allegedly showing Iraqi prisoners being abused by British Army soldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment. Within days the photographs were shown to be crude fakes. Under the headline "SORRY.. WE WERE HOAXED", the Mirror responded that it had fallen victim to a "calculated and malicious hoax" and apologised for the publication of the photographs.

19 posted on 01/18/2011 12:09:10 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: montag813

Had to be Oprah then. i figured there isn’t much new to learn about her. Same old Oprah. *yawn*


20 posted on 01/18/2011 12:10:52 PM PST by dforest
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