Fox News is taking over the boob tube!

[link|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030904/tv_nm/television_cable_dc_1|Must be that Vast Right Wing Conspiracy]

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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox News Channel was the only cable news service in August to grow in viewership from a year ago, gaining 20% in primetime and 29% across the entire day, according to Nielsen Media Research.

By comparison, CNN fell by 9% in primetime and total day, while MSNBC lost 21% in primetime and 11% for the day. Headline News and CNBC also suffered losses greater than 20% compared with August 2002. It marked the 28th consecutive month that Fox led the news channel pack.

For the month, Fox averaged 1.3 million viewers in primetime, compared with 787,000 for CNN and 274,000 for MSNBC. Headline News edged out CNBC -- 250,000 vs. 224,000 viewers. Among adults 25-54, Fox grew by 10% in primetime to average 411,000 viewers, while CNN fell by 14% to 224,000. MSNBC plummeted by 29% to 102,000, followed by Headline News (down 35%) and CNBC (off by 15%).

I say:

It's not so much that Fox is doing something right. They're just not screwing up as egregiously as the others.

Me, I still prefer the Web for news and commentary. And I really don't give a flip about Kobe Bryant.

Post #116,641 by marlowe 9/4/03 6:01:22 PM Reply	Fox News is taking over the boob tube! [link\|http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030904/tv_nm/television_cable_dc_1\|Must be that Vast Right Wing Conspiracy] Excerpt: NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Fox News Channel was the only cable news service in August to grow in viewership from a year ago, gaining 20% in primetime and 29% across the entire day, according to Nielsen Media Research. By comparison, CNN fell by 9% in primetime and total day, while MSNBC lost 21% in primetime and 11% for the day. Headline News and CNBC also suffered losses greater than 20% compared with August 2002. It marked the 28th consecutive month that Fox led the news channel pack. For the month, Fox averaged 1.3 million viewers in primetime, compared with 787,000 for CNN and 274,000 for MSNBC. Headline News edged out CNBC -- 250,000 vs. 224,000 viewers. Among adults 25-54, Fox grew by 10% in primetime to average 411,000 viewers, while CNN fell by 14% to 224,000. MSNBC plummeted by 29% to 102,000, followed by Headline News (down 35%) and CNBC (off by 15%). I say: It's not so much that Fox is doing something right. They're just not screwing up as egregiously as the others. Me, I still prefer the Web for news and commentary. And I really don't give a flip about Kobe Bryant. ---------------------------------------------------------------- DEAL WITH IT. Americans: a pack, not a herd. Never mind all the mass graves. Where's the nerve gas? [link\|http://www.angelfire.com/ca3/marlowe/index.html\|http://www.angelfire...arlowe/index.html]
Post #116,643 by mmoffitt 9/4/03 6:02:49 PM Reply	Sit-coms have always done well. bcnu, Mikem The soul and substance of what customarily ranks as patriotism is moral cowardice and always has been...We have thrown away the most valuable asset we had-- the individual's right to oppose both flag and country when he (just he, by himself) believed them to be in the wrong. We have thrown it away; and with it all that was really respectable about that grotesque and laughable word, Patriotism. - Mark Twain, "Monarchical and Republican Patriotism"
Post #116,659 by a6l6e6x 9/4/03 7:28:04 PM Reply	Not all eyeballs are equivalent! Alex "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something." -- last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)

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