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Fox News Ratings Plummet After Election. Is President Trump’s Criticism the Cause?
Time ^ | 11/24/2020 | David Bauder

Posted on 11/25/2020 6:25:44 AM PST by marcusmaximus

In a bizarre video retweeted Tuesday by President Donald Trump, a sinister-looking Randy Quaid is seen in a closeup with flashing lights illuminating his bearded face as he intones, “Fox News daytime ratings have completely collapsed.”

Did the actor, who posted his proclamation nearly two weeks ago, know what he was talking about?

Fox’s daytime viewership dropped 32 percent from the two weeks prior to Election Day to the two weeks after, the Nielsen company said.

The post-election, weekday average daytime viewership of 1.63 million was roughly equivalent to that of CNN (1.68 million) and MSNBC (1.71 million). CNN was up 33% and MSNBC up 9% during that time period, Nielsen said.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: defundfox; deletefox; foxexit; foxexodus; foxit; foxpocalypsenow; foxratingscollapse
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To: marcusmaximus

Fox went the hard-left route and opted for “fair and balanced propaganda” instead of news.


21 posted on 11/25/2020 6:53:43 AM PST by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Yes, the end.


22 posted on 11/25/2020 6:53:47 AM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT (Ec 1:2 The rest is, Vanity of vanities..vanity of vanities!All is vanity.)
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To: marcusmaximus

Roger Ailes died for the Fox sins.

There has been no atonement for his killing


23 posted on 11/25/2020 6:55:20 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, o. h, my, what a wonderful day)
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To: marcusmaximus

I doubt that the Murdoch kids care all that much about ratings. They’re already wealthy and Fox News is probably viewed as more of a plaything and outlet for their personal opinions than a profitable business. This is to also say you don’t appreciate and care for what you don’t earn.


24 posted on 11/25/2020 6:55:35 AM PST by pt17
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To: tennmountainman

Many of the remaining Fox viewers are cucks.


25 posted on 11/25/2020 6:57:48 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: tennmountainman

For the same reason supposed conservatives still watch sports programs: too stubbornly stupid to break habits that subvert their principles.


26 posted on 11/25/2020 6:59:27 AM PST by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: marcusmaximus

There needs to be some sort of coordinated message sent that Trump supporters will do to the GOP what they did to Fox

How much damage could the Democrats do in 2 years between 2022 and 2024, if Trump voters boycott all GOP candidates to send a message?

We had the Presidency and the House, but we still couldn’t kill off Obamacare, because the fix was in....THE FIX IS ALWAYS IN!

We are seeing before our very eyes that are not two political parties. There is one party pretending to be two parties. Any Conservative who does not see this by now, and actually thinks that there is legitimate merit to continuing to vote for the GOP, at this point in time, when they are encouraging an election to be stolen from us, is merely clinging to a fantasy

If Trump’s presidency is not saved, I want to see the entire GOP go the way of Laura Ingraham and Neil Cavuto’s Nielsen ratings

We need to start a new party and don’t give me that Bull Moose crap..... Reagan was a highly successful, beloved president....Bush 41 was a crappy, unendearing 1 termer.... Yet 40 years later the GOP is completely controlled by Bushies, not Reaganites....the GOP infrastructure is hopelessly corrupt

The only chance of rehabilitating the GO0 is if Trump’s presidency is saved.... If the GOP stands by and allows this election to be stolen, then the legacy of Trump voters should be the sudden and permanent death of the useless, dishonest GOP


27 posted on 11/25/2020 7:00:34 AM PST by The Fop (God Bless Donald Trump, Frank Sinatra, Joan Rivers, and the Fightin' Rat Pack Wing of the GOP)
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To: tennmountainman

For the same reason supposed conservatives still watch sports programs: too stubbornly stupid to break habits that subvert their principles.


28 posted on 11/25/2020 7:00:47 AM PST by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: marcusmaximus

They could have somewhat redeemed themselves by giving full and accurate coverage of the election aftermath, but no, it’s all “President-elect Biden” all the time.


29 posted on 11/25/2020 7:01:06 AM PST by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: Chainmail

Folks who watch professional football and basket ball have no principles

Ditto folks who wear NIKE stuff


30 posted on 11/25/2020 7:02:16 AM PST by bert ( (KE. NP. N.C. +12) t Zip-a-dee-doo-dah, zip-a-dee-ay My, o. h, my, what a wonderful day)
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To: marcusmaximus

I don’t watch or tape any FOX daytime.

I would shoot myself before I would watch Chris Wallace.

Wallace needs to be replaced with Jesse Watters or Trey Gowdy or a “Huntley-Brinkley” type combination. We need ethical AND smart, NOT manipulative and ‘stylish’....


31 posted on 11/25/2020 7:06:31 AM PST by GOPJ (VOTER FRAUD UNDERMINES AMERICAN DEMOCRACY)
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To: eyeamok

This was done under Rupert’s direction unfortunately.

He gave the order and was bragging about it in September.

But he thought Fox viewers were cucks and would stay.

And he was wrong.


32 posted on 11/25/2020 7:11:45 AM PST by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

They won’t get me back from Newsmax and OAN.


33 posted on 11/25/2020 7:14:25 AM PST by Bon of Babble (In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Baby!)
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To: G Larry
When I saw that Chris Wallace rated 33rd on Sunday shows it warmed my heart.

Chris Wallace is a manipulative fraud... he needs to move on to CNN or MSNBC. Or retire - or get fired... he's the taint on FOX...

Then some hard news conservative reporters need to replace half the liberal bimbos on FOX daytime... Yes, conservatives can be hard news editors and reporters.

What's with the dumb young women on FOX daytime? Is Chris Wallace hiring daughters of liberal 'elites' - - too stupid to get jobs without 'daddy's help'?

This can be reformed - but it needs to happen fast. FOX night is still worth watching... but it's being tainted by unethical liberals... (and yes, FOX has had liberals since it was started - but the old FOX stayed with ethical...and did NOT give them more power...)

34 posted on 11/25/2020 7:19:24 AM PST by GOPJ (VOTER FRAUD UNDERMINES AMERICAN DEMOCRACY)
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To: Bon of Babble

They won’t get me back from Newsmax and OAN.
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And many websites and other media sources.
Tried watching the “Sucker Failson” video DJT put up yesterday. 15 seconds into it and Sucker started his usual acting job. Turned it off, can’t watch Sucker anymore, scales have been removed from my eyes. Faux News is done.


35 posted on 11/25/2020 7:28:25 AM PST by JCL3 (As Richard Feynman might have said, this is reality taking precedence over public relations.)
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To: The Fop

Yeah, handing the country over to the Marxists for two years will teach those darn Republicans. They will all be shot in firing squads before they come for you...

Get real.


36 posted on 11/25/2020 7:31:29 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: brownsfan

I remember about a yr ago when Fox dropped their slogan “Fair and Balanced”...I wondered then what was going on.


37 posted on 11/25/2020 7:33:12 AM PST by Karoo
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To: marcusmaximus

Fox News needs a good enema if it expects to survive.


38 posted on 11/25/2020 7:36:02 AM PST by Hurricane
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To: marcusmaximus

I left Faux because they betrayed the country and joined the coup. Lead it in fact.. The Murdocks need to be imprisoned for treason. Used to be illegal monopoly, but to use your monopoly to attempt to overthrow the Republic is Treason and should be met with a gallows.


39 posted on 11/25/2020 7:36:17 AM PST by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: marcusmaximus

People switched away fromFox in droves on Election night. Trump didn’t have to say anything.


40 posted on 11/25/2020 7:53:28 AM PST by FLT-bird
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