[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

MSNBC fired Alan Keyes and hoped the liberal Phil Donahue would work magic for them but they keep hemorrhaging viewers.

How many viewers did Keyes have, as compared to Donahue? (Sounds like Donahue, even though he's lost a lot, has more than Keyes ever did...but I could be wrong about that since I'm just going from a vague memory of the numbers.)

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Oops - I meant to ping you to my 172. You know everything. :)

[Howlin]

200,000.

[Howlin]

Donahue's interview with Studs Terkel last night was absolutely the most disgusting thing I have EVER seen on TV.

As soon as the transcript is up on MSNBC, I am going to post it as a thread.

Terkel kept referring to Bush as a "boy"......and Phil just DROOLED over him. All I kept thinking was thank God not many people were seeing it.

[deport]

The mood at MSNBC has turned from hopeful to grim over the last four weeks, insiders said, as Donahue's ratings spiralled down, last week falling to 393,000 viewers from a start of 660,000 viewers.

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Average number of viewers per night (Neilsen Ratings)

	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May
Keyes	173,000 (P)	143,000	162,000	196,000	151,000