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Conservative Fox News Channel Up 32% (WOW) In August Ratings As Other Cable News Operations Crash
Hollywood Reporter | By Paul J. Gough

Posted on 08/31/2005 7:08:02 AM PDT by MindBender26

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To: basil
It seems to me that Fox is not all that conservative.

I don't think it is either, in fact it seems a little left of center.

I wish someone would buy CNN and change it to the Conservative News Network.

21 posted on 08/31/2005 7:54:55 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (God has blessed Republicans with really stupid enemies.)
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To: aimhigh; NC28203
I agree, as much as it pains me to admit it.

I hope Fox doesn't get so lax to think it doesn't have competitors...
22 posted on 08/31/2005 7:56:25 AM PDT by mosquitobite
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To: aimhigh

I'm of the sime mind, Aimhigh. CNN has been far superior to Fox on Katrina coverage. Even MSNBC has been better than Fox in this particular area.


23 posted on 08/31/2005 8:00:00 AM PDT by Gulf War One
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To: Gulf War One

what is also great is that the New York Times and the LA times are dying also


24 posted on 08/31/2005 8:04:54 AM PDT by Youngman442002
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To: Piranha
Don't sell Greta short. She's a no nonsense interviewer, she doesn't stick to a script, she listens to her guests and then comes up with astute questions. Since Katrina, she's moved off so much Aruba, and onto excellent segments on this subject.

I've watched CNN Wolf Blitzer The Situation, and it's embarrassing to watch. Blitzer is ill at ease with all the gimmicks and gadgets. Every other sentence is a self-promoting, self-promoting boast. An empty boast, if you ask me. CNN has devolved into a cheap imitation of FOXNEWS. It ain't working!

25 posted on 08/31/2005 8:07:29 AM PDT by YaYa123 (@Forcibly evacuate New Orleans now.com)
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To: basil
How could they be when hiring Bill Hemmer from CNN
26 posted on 08/31/2005 8:10:21 AM PDT by april15Bendovr
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To: Gulf War One

It's getting to the point where CNN and MSNBC aren't even in the same league as Fox News. It's like the majors vs. Single-A at this point. Great to see another big ratings win for Fox. CNN's programming is an embarassment right now, so I see no reason why this trend won't continue.


27 posted on 08/31/2005 8:11:22 AM PDT by Pop Fly
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To: Piranha
You might get a kick out of this lead-in line on fark.com regarding the Aruba coverage:

"Aruba authorites re-arrest brothers in desperate attempt to make Greta Van Susteren leave island."

28 posted on 08/31/2005 8:13:08 AM PDT by capt. norm (Two wrongs do not make a right. It usually takes me at least three..)
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To: MindBender26

Fox's average primetime viewer total of slightly over 2,000,000 is more than all the other cable networks (CNN, MSNBC, Headline News) added together--a total of 1,546,000.


29 posted on 08/31/2005 8:16:59 AM PDT by mark502inf
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To: MindBender26
The Fox News coverage of Hurricane Katrina has been miserable, and I've never been a huge fan of that channel even though they are more "balanced" than anyone else. They've adopted the same sh!tty tabloid mentality that pervades all of Rupert Murdoch's media outlets, and I've always felt that they are marketing themselves to an audience with an IQ of about 90.

On top of all that, I haven't watched a minute of Fox News since they hired that @sshole Geraldo Rivera Jerry Rivers.

30 posted on 08/31/2005 8:17:29 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: Piranha
"I can't believe so many people watch Greta's shows on Natalie Holloway (sp?). It's so different from the rest of Fox News (except for those police car chases), in that it is covered as a local missing person story with no political significance."

Gretta's show has essentially morphed into a video version of "True Detective" magazine. Surprisingly, this has turned out to be very popular.

31 posted on 08/31/2005 8:18:50 AM PDT by joebuck
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To: Alberta's Child

I disagree. I have found their coverage to be good.


32 posted on 08/31/2005 8:19:51 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: MindBender26

FOX is good, but could use improvement. The 24/7 Natalie night after night was a total turnoff. O'Reilly needs a better "backup QB" - current guy is not watchable. Also they should ignore the fluff stories on women's fashion, pop hollywood stuff that are starting to creep in. Leave that junk to MSNBC who loves to cover it.

I love it when they highlight things that CNN does when they say "the other day, this network spent an entire day blasting so-in-so for this and nobody really watched"



33 posted on 08/31/2005 8:21:18 AM PDT by rjp2005
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To: MindBender26

The cream rises to the top. Soon we'll be hearing about more cuts at CNN, MSNBC not renewing Chrissy Matthews contract, and ABC,CBS,NBC entertaining buyout offers from Rupert Murdoch.


34 posted on 08/31/2005 8:21:44 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: AxelPaulsenJr
You missed our interesting little conversation on this subject yesterday morning on one of the Katrina threads.

Shep Smith: "The water level in New Orleans keeps rising, and nobody knows why."

Alberta's Child: "What is he, a freakin' moron? The water level keeps rising because the elevation of New Orleans is lower than the elevation of the adjacent waterways. Maybe Shep ought to go home and try to fill the north half of his bathtub to get an understanding of some very rudimentary principles of fluid mechanics."

35 posted on 08/31/2005 8:24:49 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
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To: basil

"It seems to me that Fox is not all that conservative."


Everything in life is all relative my friend.

This is why when I was single I used to go out with my butt ugle friends. This made my ugly mug appear not so bad.

In the far left media arena, FOX does appear conservative in comparison.


36 posted on 08/31/2005 8:27:44 AM PDT by mlbford2 ("Never wrestle with a pig; you can't win, you just get filthy, and the pig loves it...")
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To: Alberta's Child
No, I saw and got involved in some of that yesterday. I disagree that what Shep said in that instance, bolsters the argument that FOX's coverage of the disater is inferior to what CNN carried.

But then maybe it's just me, willing to tolerate stupid statements to avoid having to listen to the drivel of CNN.

37 posted on 08/31/2005 8:30:25 AM PDT by AxelPaulsenJr (Pray Daily For Our Troops and President Bush)
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To: MindBender26

I am still quite concerned that Arron Brown may fall asleep on air in his recliner and injure himself! It almost happend to me when I watched him one night by mistake.


38 posted on 08/31/2005 8:31:48 AM PDT by Voltage
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To: MindBender26

It is truly unfortunate that Fox is NOT a conservative network except by comparision with the Radical Leftist Traitor Media. It stinks most of the time.


39 posted on 08/31/2005 8:32:28 AM PDT by justshutupandtakeit (Public Enemy #1, the RATmedia.)
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To: Balding_Eagle
I wish someone would buy CNN and change it to the Conservative News Network.

That won't happen anytime soon. Why would anyone buy a property while its value is still in decline? The smart buyer will wait until the value decline starts to bottom out, and I do not expect that to happen in the near future.

40 posted on 08/31/2005 8:33:21 AM PDT by leftcoaster
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