Posted on 04/01/2012 9:44:59 AM PDT by Mountain Mary
Fox Ratings Down; Romney Scores Historic Negative Rating; Women Love Santorum March 29, 2012by Lisa Graas
Mitt, don't count your chickens before they hatch. Sincerely, A Chicken Farmer. Several things are happening that indicate to me that some truth is coming out…albeit slowly. In my humble opinion, Fox News ratings are down 17% because viewers grow weary of their being so clearly biased in favor of Mitt Romney, but don’t look for them to see it that way. For the month, Fox News is down -17% in Total Viewers and down -27% in younger viewers for Total Day viewing vs. March 2011. The loss in Primetime is not as great: -9% in Total Viewers and -26% in younger viewers. Despite his millions, Romney has set a record in negative ratings: Mitt Romney trails Barack Obama by 19 points in basic popularity as the 2012 presidential contest inches closer to the main event, with a record 50 percent of Americans in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll now rating Romney unfavorably overall. Thirty-four percent hold a favorable opinion of Romney, the lowest for any leading presidential candidate in ABC/Post polls in primary seasons since 1984. His unfavorable score is higher than Obama ever has received; it’s been exceeded by just one other Republican candidate this year, Newt Gingrich, and by only one top candidate in 28 years, Hillary Clinton in 2008. Also, women love Rick Santorum. At least, conservative women do. This article at Politico about that can be highly misleading, though. [Emphasis mine.] But far from being scared off by Santorum, conservative women are zealously embracing him. The former Pennsylvania senator, who is ardently anti-abortion and against birth control, has won the female vote in a large handful of states in the Republican presidential contest so far, particularly in the South. He also has the highest favorability rating among women of any GOP contender. Rick Santorum is personally against birth control but he would not ban it. What the Left is so concerned about is that Rick Santorum thinks something about religion that they don’t want him to think, and so they tell people that because he thinks it, it means he wants a law about it. This is anti-Catholicism in that it indicates falsehood about what it means to be a Catholic candidate for office and it seems to be done intentionally, to build misplaced resentment against Rick Santorum. The reason Rick Santorum wouldn’t ban contraception is because he believes in E Pluribus Unum and also, I am guessing, that our faith requires that we not try to ram our beliefs down other people’s throats. We know that if we try that, we will only succeed in building resentment and that is not in accordance with our faith. Santorum frequently speaks about the American principle of E Pluribus Unum on the campaign trail, so reporters should know where he stands on how to heal polarization. America is a land of very diverse beliefs but we have to find agreement on basic principles as the Founders of America did. The reason he wouldn’t ban contraception is because so many in America are not personally opposed to it and because so many actually use it. To try to ban it would go completely against what he is about regarding agreement on basic principles and silence in the law on those matters we can’t find agreement on. So, for Politico to say he is “against birth control” without offering any kind of clarification as to what that means specifically is not really fair at all to Rick Santorum. In other news: HERE IS A MUST READ on the delegate math, according to the Santorum campaign. Newt has cut staff and, according to Stacy McCain, his campaign is “unsustainable.” Mitt Romney is still tone-deaf. Though Thomas Peters of Catholic Vote has clearly made a good case for Rick Santorum, Santorum isn’t winning the “Catholic vote” writ large with “Catholic” meaning anyone who identifies as “Catholic” to a pollster. These would include “Catholics” who are not at all okay with a faithful Catholic running as president. Meanwhile, Mitt Romney has Mormon “Romniacs” according to the Washington Post: They are Mitt Romney’s superfans. To be clear: These “Romniacs” are not Wall Street bigwigs or paid campaign operatives. Many of them, but not all, are Mormons like Romney. What unites them is a powerful — and unusual — excitement for a candidate who struggles to excite anybody else. I’m not so sure. I’ve seen a lot of bigwigs for Mitt Romney. This race is far from over. Donate to Rick Santorum today.
Fox uses John Stossel and Sarah Palin as shills to draw us in so they can lead us to the George W. Bush-Mitt Romney type of Republican.
After the good interviews-commentators we see Karl Rove and company.
Fox News does stories that appeal to conservative viewers you won’t see on other networks, but then leads us to the GOP-E Kool Aid vat.
That's not fair! Newt loves women, lots of them.
Oops, I misread what you posted and got it turned around.
Hate to point this out but it is spring and the weather has even great ratings for all channels always go down when the weather gets nice....
Hate to point this out but it is spring and the weather has been great. Ratings for all channels always go down when the weather gets nice....
I used to watch FNC, but nowadays I find that more intellectual stimulation can be gained from Chumley on Pawn Stars than from trying to endure all the etchamitt drivel on FNC.
Im sort of glad to see that Sarah Palin will do the “Today” show this Tuesday.
Maybe she realizes that Fox has been using her to draw us in so they can cheerlead for the RINO Establishment.
Palin needs to think beyond Fox News.
I cringed and turned off the TV last week when Shep announced that Zimmerman “gunned down” Trayvon. Shep’s an idiot, and the phrase he used connotes something that probably is not accurate.
Didn’t read the whole thing, the single paragraph is just tooooo long. That said, the writer seems to be blaming it on the Romney bias, but I think it’s more than that. The sliding over to the left in general is the reason I watch it much less often than I once did. If they’d like to regain their audience, I suggest a return to “fair and balanced” IN PRACTICE, not just as a slogan.
My Fox viewing was, pretty much, limited to Hannity and Greta but when Hannity began featuring Willard, almost daily, I stopped watching; besides I got pretty tired of all of that fair and balanced bullsh*t!
It is said that FOX is partly owned by the Saudies.
How much, and how much influence do they exert on the network’s claim of fairness and balance?
“I used to watch FNC, but nowadays I find that more intellectual stimulation can be gained from Chumley on Pawn Stars than from trying to endure all the etchamitt drivel on FNC.”
LOL..Loves me some Pawn Stars.
Yeah, and I am positive that NBC is going to be upstanding regarding Palin. /sarc
Either they will change her or she will be treated poorly.
This will not end well albeit it is just one segment for the moment.
Yep. Their election coverage and breaking news far surpasses FOX.
More often than not, he just sounds whiny to me.
I missed that little attack because I won't watch Shep, and Meghan has been sliding in my opinion, too.
If any network should be calling for a finding of facts and calm until the law has a chance to work (again), you'd think the folks who claimed to be "Fair and Balanced" would be the one.
Summary condemnation of Zimmerman because he isn't black is neither 'fair' nor balanced'.
What happened to "Innocent until proven guilty"?
Moments like that show a network's true colors.
Still, no one has answered the question of "What was that guy doing cruising through what I have read is a gated community after dark, anyway?"
Yes, you are right about CNN—but you do have to keep a barf bag handy for the George Zimmerman coverage. Especially HLN, where they were calling it a “lynching by gun” the other day.
But aren’t you thrilled by Alan Colmes?
Now I know why paragraphs were invented.
So true! The only time I turn CNN on is for election coverage and breaking news - can't stomach them either the rest of the time. Listening to a bunch of pundits does nothing to "inform" me - who cares what a bunch of elitists think? It's just filler.
The irony is that these networks, radio shows, etc - need US more than we need THEM! If we don't watch, they don't make money. We have the power to bring them down, if we stop patronizing them.
They had Laurie on for that Virgin Blue Capt’n story. Still hot.
With Directv, they feedback channels watched and since FNC has turned into Mitt-TV, our TVs are on FNC a whole lot less.
It is amazing the length that Romney botts will go to in order to avoid the dreaded ZOT.
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