January 2, 2003

THE FREE MARKET VS. THE LEFT:

Bad Tidings for Cable News Pack (Variety, Jan 1, 2003)
CNN, Headline News, MSNBC and CNBC suffered double-digit drops in year-end ratings vs. 2001, the year that audiences flocked to the television for updates on post-9/11 events.

Only Fox News, which has become the prime peacetime cable news destination, experienced significant growth in total-day and primetime versus 2001.

In 2002, it climbed 44% to an average of 667,000 total-day viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research.

In the same time period and category, second-place CNN slipped 7% to an average of 536,000 viewers. Third-place MSNBC tumbled 23% to 263,000.

CNBC dove 44%, and Headline News slipped 12%.


Maybe the midst of a war isn't the best time to position your networks to the Left, eh? Phil Donahue? Posted by Orrin Judd at January 2, 2003 8:29 AM
Comments

Ironically all major U.S. wars fought in the 20th Century began with a Democrat in the White House...(I'm not counting the Gulf War as "major", heck it was over in 100hours.)

Posted by: Bartman at January 2, 2003 8:40 AM

Thus Bob Dole's great line about the Democrat Wars of the 20thb Century

Posted by: oj at January 2, 2003 9:44 AM
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