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edshultzsux — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:26:40 -0000

this really shows that when there is actually news out there, nobody watches MSNBC to get the story. They know those clowns will somehow blame Bush and the Republicans for it.

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Nitish — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:29:51 -0000

as of now, i don't believe there is any religious element to the florida shooting. i don't believe the florida shooter made frequent comments based on religion, including during his murderous rampage as the ft hood shooter allegedly did.

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daveinboca — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:40:59 -0000

DrElephant---The libtard cadres must have been whining to SNL about the many put-downs of Dear Leader and the DNCTV types---last night they had an unfunny put-down of Greta Van and also had a View put-down of Elizabeth Hasselbeck, so the flak-catchers must have been heavily mau-maued over the last few weeks.

SNL put-downs of Barney eFF and Mad Queen Nancy are even better than their Dear Leader slams. Sadly, the Fox send-up wasn't even close enough to the real thing to be recognizable. And The Daily Show and Colbert are trying to outdo themselves in Glenn Beck parodies.

Of course, Stewart might be whistling past the graveyard a bit, although Colbert is still trying [sometimes] to be even-handed in his slams...

No use making fun of MS...oops, DNCTV. It's not watched enough to even rate with the unwatched PBS Bill Moyers' weekly agitprop three-minute hates.

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daveinboca — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:29:47 -0000

Fox uses the correct term of "Muslim terrorist" and doesn't condescend to their viewers as does CNN and the unwatched MSNBC.

Fox haters are grinding their teeth down to tiny nubs by now! Evening cable ratings consistently have them surpassing all other primetime cable news "outlets" which peddle PC drivel by more than the rest combined, not counting Glenn Beck who outdraws everybody but Oprah and would surpass her if he were on a primetime slot.

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mardec — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:19:41 -0000

Apparently most cable news watchers think he's very credible.

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mardec — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:19:00 -0000

Read 'em and Weep! Fox cleans their clocks, but I have to give it to CNN for coming in 2nd and leaving that other so-called news channel in the dust.

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DrElephant — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:17:12 -0000

>People watch Fox for the same reason people watch >Jerry Springer.

What an incredibly "insightful" and totally baseless statement. Clearly, presentation affects viewership, but to blindly equate Fox to Springer is out there even for the most hard core lib. These attempts to marginalize FNC based on someone's liberal idology are being shown to be garbage on a daily basis. Even the WH has seen the folly of their ways.

Trying to make the "Springer" comparison merely exposes the falacy of those attempts. I guess we'll mark you down for chosing "People are too stupid to know what good coverage is".

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dgal — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:27:37 -0000

People watch Fox for the same reason people watch Jerry Springer.

Springer has big ratings too. What does that say about our culture?

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DrElephant — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:20:02 -0000

No doubt. The place hasn't been the same since Bernie left.

That first night of Iraq War coverage on CNN is still one of the greatest moments in the "New" news era.

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DrElephant — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 11:18:20 -0000

> Ratings doesn't determine the quality of the coverage...

If so, that leaves us with 2 choices.

1) People are so stupid, they want to watch poor quality coverage.

2) People are too stupid to tell what "is" good quality coverage.

I tend to think people can recognize good coverage and will select it. That would explain MSNBC's drop off, since they weren't covering a lot of this.

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RomanceWritR — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:58:24 -0000

People turned to Fox because they knew there wouldn't be any politically correct spin applied to a Muslim terrorist story

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xvicex — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:39:19 -0000

That is a significant blow to CNN. They used to always be able to count on the breaking news going to them.
FOX News Haters must be in a tissy :P

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Lucas Foxx — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:07:59 -0000

It's been longer than that. But then, I'm nostalgic for the Bernard Shaw days.

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Charlie__A — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:03:11 -0000

A couple of years ago, CNN would have dominated the ratings in a breaking news story like this.

What has changed. My guess is that CNN has lost the respect and trust of many viewers.

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Guest — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:52:50 -0000

http://twitter.com/EricBoeh...

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Keith Olbermann Lies Daily — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:44:52 -0000

Ha Ha Poor old DNCTV in LAST PLACE!

Is kookie Keith gonna cry again and take another month off cuz his boys got their asses kicked tuesday?

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Guest — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:20:55 -0000

Shep was the best yesterday.

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erljr — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:00:37 -0000

Shep Smith's two interviews, with the colleague and the cousin, which both can be seen all over TV, radio, and the net today, put FNC's fair and balanced brand on the radar for anyone who didn't see it before. He puts the news in Fox News.

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Magister — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:49:19 -0000

I clicked the ratings tag, but I'm not seeing any comparison numbers for the regular, 3-8pm programming, offhand.

The evening numbers may or may not be up a little bit, the tag "broke" when I tried to click back, but considering that a workplace shooting in Texas doesn't really affect a lot of people, I have to wonder if the "breaking news" really just resulted in just the same, habitual viewers.

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DrElephant — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:30:41 -0000

MSNBC is getting so bad, they are an SNL punchline. When things matter people turn to.... Everyone but MSNBC. Olbermann...Class Clown.

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BYE BYE BIPARTISANSHIP!!!!!!!! — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:51:54 -0000

wow.