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In the neverending mission of striking down anyone who opposes the current President, CNN deploys one its African American interviewers to attempt to discredit a fellow African American for his resistance to the Democratic movement – Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele.
In the most recent ratings, CNN has fallen below MSNBC, and that’s hard to do. They may want to look inward for the reasons. On the latest ratings out:
CNN is poised to finish March third in the prime-time weeknight ratings behind Fox News Channel and MSNBC, the first time this has ever happened for the channel that pioneered the cable news genre nearly three decades ago.[..]
CNN’s weekday prime-time ratings are relatively flat compared to last year during the primary campaign, up 1 percent from March 2008, according to Nielsen Media Research. Fox’s ratings have jumped 30 percent and MSNBC, the new No. 2, is up 24 percent. The biggest growth in cable news is for CNN’s partner, Headline News, which is up 62 percent.
Fox remains on a mountain above its two closest competitors, with its prime-time audience in March more than that of MSNBC and CNN combined. “The O’Reilly Factor” has done particularly well, keeping more of its postelection audience than anything else on CNN and MSNBC.
Through Wednesday, Fox was averaging 2.73 million prime-time viewers in March. MSNBC had 1.16 million and CNN had 1.14 million. The March ratings period ends Friday, and it’s doubtful CNN will be able to overcome MSNBC.
For a complete breakdown on the networks and their individual ratings by show, go here.
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If the Republicans are so greatly outnumbered in America, and liberals say only republicans watch Fox, how come Fox is still the highest rated network in America?
Kudos to Steele on this one. The interview was weak, and the interviewer was even weaker.
Steele has always been attacked by liberals because he thinks for himself which is something the Democrat Party highly discourages.
poor steele. Conservatives would never do this. O’reily would never do this, Hannity would never do this, Rush would never do this to a Democrat.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaa…. right. Man, you all can dish it out but taking it is a whole different story.
Who said poor Steele? I think he spanked the interviewer good, and made him look like an idiot playing the race card. So it must be you that can’t take it, especially the ratings reviews.
That’s right Babs, Steele is more then capable of handling his own. I’m glad that Steele used the race card, finally someone throw it back on the media, and Lord knows they deserve every second of it. However, I suspect that white liberal guilt doesn’t work both ways.
Yeah, CG, it would have been harder for a white man to answer the interviewer’s question, but being black himself, Steele threw it right back at him. I thought it was golden. The “What’s your point?” was thrown out so casually, it cut deep. CNN is still talking about that interview, trying to analyze it to death. It is what it is, and they couldn’t handle it.
lol. Babs, I didn’t say Steele didn’t handle himself but that you all are complaining that he got picked on. Point being that Conservatives and Liberals play dirty.
Well, duh, JD, I’m not complaining. In fact, if anything the article was a brag. You having a bad Monday?
Mondays are always bad Babs. That is one thing liberals and conservatives share. lol.
If you are bragging on his performance it, therefor, means you were suggesting he was being attacked. Anyway, I am not drawing any lines here for you. I get what you are saying and you get what I am.
It was a beautiful weekend in Houston, sucks, i am stuck inside all day today after that. My tone may be reflecting this. lol.
Well, we were hammered with storms, tornadoes, and 6 inches of terrential rains, and I’m stuck inside with the flu, so buck up. I’m bragging as good as I can.
I love my job so Mondays aren’t that bad.
That’s un-American, Nate. *L*
Does those ratings mean CNN will have to stop it’s slogan “The most trusted name in cable news”?….LOL
Now thats the Michael Steele we knew when he was elected head of the RNC.
DD, the new name for CNN is going to be the “No Spin Zone”… Fox is going to take “the most trusted name in news”
Wait… Actually I think they both claim all the same slogans. Just word them differently. lol. Their business are viewers.
VIEWERS ? NO REALLY? You mean the liberal left actually recognizes that corporations are out to make money?
CNN’s slogan should be “The Tin Foil Hat Zone”
CNN logo: “Sucking worse than MSNBC”
That’s pretty bad.
*ROFLMAO* That’s the best laugh I’ve had in days, Nate! I can just see those words rolling off their lips, while meanwhile over on MSNBC Chris Matthews is declaring “We suck less than CNN, who could ask for anything more”.
Nate………Does MSNBC stand for
Monotonous Schmaltz News Baracks Canonization
The very fact that ratings are seen as an indicator of successful news reporting is exactly what’s wrong with the industry – now news reporting has the same standard of success that Lost, House, and American Idol do.
Real news isn’t on TV anymore. Arguing over which network has the most integrity and penchant for objective reporting is like arguing over which toddler speaks the best english – I guess it’s interesting to note, but if you want someone who speaks english, they’re not a great source
“Real news isn’t on TV anymore.”
That’s interesting, bones, and I agree with you to an extent – it’s all hollywood on the tube. But where do you think the real news is? With the Chicago Sun-Times joining the growing group of Chapter 11 filees today, where do you think it is?
Probably the internet is the best source of news I know of, if only because you can read most any newspaper online, in addition to the other myriad news sources around. And honestly I think most TV news websites are significantly more informative than their broadcast. I mostly use Reuters.com myself (though I’ve seen it chastised here as being too liberal, I’ve never percieved that, and if they sell the news to newspapers, that’s good enough for me)
I also think radio continues to be as good a source of news at it ever was, which is generally at least a few steps above TV
I do worry for the newspapers though. If they go down, that could pretty much be the death of investigative journalism as we know it.
But bones, other than a zillion op eds and commentaries, the news on the internet is simply copied from the newspapers and TV media. It gets there fast, granted, and it’s more convenient if you’re at work with no TV but internet access, but the truth is real news on the internet is repetitive of what’s already been on TV and what will be in print newspapers by tomorrow. Just my opinion.
Yes, well it’s unfortunate that being ‘the best’ doesn’t mean it’s perfect. Most of what’s on the internet is crap. But on the plus side you can read any newspaper and the news can cater to your interests – compared to radio, tv, or newspapers, you can find a lot more in-depth information on any given story or topic of your curiosity.
Finding that all regularly assembled in one, or even several trustworthy places, however, is a significant challenge.
All the same, it’s a world apart from having to listen to another one of Keith Olbermann or Glenn Beck’s self-righteous rants.
You’ve got a point, bones.
STEELE IS A TWIT AND AND IDIOT.
YES HE WAS HAND PICKED BY THE RNC.
ITS TOUGH TO PICK WHO IS MORE STUPID.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS DEAD! IT ARRIVED DOA WHEN THEY FINGERED STEELE TO CARRY THE TEPID MESSAGE OF THE DEMCRATIC BIG TENT BULLSHIT.
HINT HINT. THE DEMOCRATS ARE NOT IN POWER BECAUSE THEY WON SOMETHING. THEY ARE IN POWER BECAUSE REPUBLICANS WERE HATED SO MUCH. THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN CHARGE BECAUSE THE RNC DID NOT OFFER AN ALTERNATIVE TO WAR, SOCIAL NATIONALISM, THE NWO, GROUP THINK, POOR SCHOOLS, BIG GOVERNMENT, BEHEMITH BUGDITS, ETC.
ABOVE ALL KIN AND KINDRED DEMOCRATIC ISSUES; CURRENTLY, AND UNDER BUSH!
STEELE AND THE REPUBLICANS HAVE LEARNED NOTHING. AND, ARE DOOMED IN THE NEAR ELECTIONS.
SJG