Posted on 04/01/2010 6:49:18 PM PDT by george76
With buyouts and layoffs in progress, the mood at ABC News can’t be good — and it was not likely enhanced by the ratings report for the first quarter of the year, which showed that the network’s evening newscast, “World News” had sunk to the lowest numbers the program had seen in a first quarter since the People Meter was introduced by Nielsen in 1987.
The same story prevailed at CBS, where the “Evening News” also hit a new low for the months of January through March.
So what’s happening? Is this a signal that viewers are abandoning network newscasts in droves?
(Excerpt) Read more at mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Why would you ever want to watch their newscasts? Lies and bias.
boo-frickin hoo
Heh. Heh. Heh.
Memeo to Evening Newscasts on ABC and CBS:
Die, you evil, dishonest vermin.
Reading press releases from the Democratic National Committee IS NOT NEWS REPORTING!
Are Sumner Redstone/CBS and Disney/ABC really concerned about ratings? If they were, they wouldn’t have Couric and Sawyer as anchors, would they?
The stilted format and condescending bias of the sub-text of the Network newscasts are like being transported in a time machine two decades previously. The comical faux gravitas of Katie Couric is no longer a credible presentation. I imagine that NBC is doing better than the others because Brian Williams at least appears to have a trace of a broad sense of humor. The format is dead. The overnight newscast format seems like the template for the future.
Come on - there’s gotta be plenty of old folks home where the TV is on 24/7 and no one can get up to change the channel - that ought to count for something!
Put a fork in them...they’re done!
Excellent news.
And, they refuse to change. They refuse to try and get more viewers.
...and they refuse to see their own problems. i’m an old redneck and i wager that i can tripe the ratings in 6 months...
Say Hello to Fox News.
I don’t watch ABC, CBS, NBC any more. No news as the lie and promote the democratic party. I don’t watch CNN either.
Am I a redneck right winged Tea party member?
No just an avg 50 year old business owner fight to keep the doors open for my 200 employees.
What might be happening is that a lot of the older people watch the evening news. I think most of them are disgusted with Obama care and don’t like the reporting on the networks. Just a thought.
It's been obvious for quite some time that the "mainstream" networks are not concerned about ratings for their phony news divisions. The purpose of these outfits is to deceive the American public and promote the leftist/liberal agenda of the Democrat Party. They will keep them afloat for the Democrats no matter how much money lose.
Ahhh,......yes, and a lot of the local news in and out of the networks horse s..., too.
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