[Mike Bates]

I find myself spending less time watching FoxNews. Brit Hume's program is now the only one I regularly try to catch.

Michael M. Bates: My Side of the Swamp

[RobRoy]

Not having TV or radio, I just heard about the Hurricane yesterday. And that is just because I went to Freerepublic for the first time in quite a while.

Life is so quiet these days... ;^>

[trubluolyguy]

I watch Brit and John Gibson....however if either one of them so much as mentions Aruba....WHERE'S MY G.D. REMOTE????

[GOPJ]

In response to my column on the decline of cable news because of their obsession with missing-person cases, one person wrote in, "Come-On. Get a Grip... What's wrong with a couple of hours 'break' from Real News.."

FOX needs to start a new network, one that caters to sensational types of stories. They can call it "OMG/FOX". For the rest of us? Please, give us our news network back...

[Petronski]

Very foolish of them to replace David Asman with *gulp* Bill Hemmer.

[Merry]

what happened to David Asmond and Linda Vester? There have been an awful lot of new anchors most of whom cut people off and won't let them talk? MSNBC can have Rita Cosby who I have always found irritating. I would prefer Greta talking about Natalee than about Cindy Sheehan. The summer is usually a slow news cycle. Give them a break.

[cwb]

While I agree with all this as it relates to the Aruba story...it is interesting (and sad) that since Greta has been covering it, her ratings seem to have gone through the roof. Granted, it was a few weeks ago that I recall these ratings...but I'm wondering if Fox isn't just pandering to what it thinks is a ratings winner.

[AdamSelene235]

Are there still people who watch television out there?

How quaint.

[kempo]

You need to back to school and learn how to count. Apparently you haven't looked at the numbers.

[tophat9000]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1474026/posts
Fox News Channel Up 32% In August Ratings

[dervish]

I agree, Brit Hume, that's it.

For the London Bombing CNN was the best even if you had to read between the lines because of their slant. I'd still rather watch News, even left leaning, than People Magazine on the air.

[Labyrinthos]

I haven't watched BO, H & C, and Greta in over a year. In fact, other than Brit Hume, I haven't watch FNC since it went 24/7 over Scott Peterson. Although FNC is apparently holding its place from a ratings standpoint, I have to believe its because (a) it has more cable outlets than it had a year ago; and/or (b) thay are replacing the middle to high wage viewers that advertizers love with low or no wage welfare queens and Jerry Springer fans.

[Old Seadog]

Maybe it's not the best but it's the best we have.

[COEXERJ145]

Fox News, All Aruba, All The Time!

[ken5050]

I was channel surfing last night, during innings of the Mets' game..MSNBC had Rita Cosby reporting on Katrina and NOLA live from Aruba...can you believe it?

[NonValueAdded]

With FR as a primary resource, I pretty much don't need to watch network news. Quite frankly, most of it is 2 to 3 days old from what we learn here. But when there is a disaster, it is a logical place to turn. I was amazed at how miserable was the coverage Monday morning on Fox. Not only was the "morons in the morning" format bad, but they had only one or two old clips played over and over again. CNN was better and quite frankly they eat Fox's lunch when it comes to live coverage, but CNN couldn't compare to the coverage by the local stations streaming via the web. WDSU has done a magnificent job teaming with their sister Hearst stations and I'm sure that is a model that will be well studied. I assume WWL is doing something similar.

I think Fox is suffering from lack of competition on the right. By comparison, they have that segment locked and will drift left to increase their share. That makes sense from a theoretical point of view but their execution is lousy and they are breaking what made them successful. They really need a right-leaning competitor to make them improve.

[bahblahbah]

Fox wins because 1) Their on air personalities have personality. There is much more emotional attachment to the anchors. 2) It's format keeps the news interesting. 3) They are actually fair and balanced so those with a conservative bent really have only one source they can tolerate.

[Alien Gunfighter]

The problem with having a 24-hour news channel is that you have to find 24 hours worth of news to fill the day, every day. And if you have to find something, make something up, and exaggerate something, you do--no one likes dead air.

I don't have Fox News where I live (Japan), but I remember how it was. "Pretty white girl in trouble!"

[Salvation]

I do not see it as declinging, but rather misled into pleasing the public and grabbing the viewers.

[Ribeye]

I find myself spending less time watching FoxNews. Brit Hume's program is now the only one I regularly try to catch.

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Me too, for about a year now...
Brit's show is good and Cavuto is decenet but the other "news analysis" shows rehash the same tripe all day long. Fox news has become a tabloid channel.
And the "FOX NEWS ALERTS" are silly.
What will they do when a REAL, urgent breaking story happens? "FOX NEWS SUPER SPECIAL THIS TIME ITS FOR REAL ALERT, ALERT!"

FOX is no better or worse than the left wind channels...
I suck it up and scan CNN, NWI & the others now if I want world/US news. I can see through the left wing bias of the other channels and still get decent news...

[BMC1]

I also like Brit Hume. I also like Hannity, however, I CAN'T stand Colmes. No matter what happens with th loony left, he finds a way to defend them.

I'm also loosing interest because they hired Wesley Clark as a expert contributer. The only thing he does is bash President Bush.

Fair and balanced doesn't mean hiring IDIOTS. I find myself turning off FOX more and more. I get my news from other places and it's not the MSM.