Posted on 08/31/2011 3:49:31 PM PDT by SanFranDan
The debut of Al Sharpton's new program on MSNBC did not go very well Monday.
As TVNewser reported, "PoliticsNation" actually attracted less viewers than Michael Smerconish did guest-hosting for Chris Matthews on "Hardball":
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Yes, you're reading that right: Sharpton only had 519,000 total viewers in his debut.
That's less than a guest-host on "Hardball" who few Americans have ever heard of.
Possibly more concerning to MSNBC top brass - assuming they actually care about ratings! - was Sharpton getting less than one-third the viewers of Fox News's "Special Report" as well as being soundly beaten by CNN's "Situation Room."
"PoliticsNation" also did poorly in the all-important demographic aged 25 to 54.
To be sure, this is only one day, but it can't be the debut anyone at this farce of a so-called "news network" was hoping for.
Nice job, Al!
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They’ll prop that race-baiting, poverty-pimping steaming pile of crap up no matter what.
Tawana Brawley Al!
“Yes, you’re reading that right: Sharpton only had 519,000 total viewers in his debut.”
Only the illegitimate kids? What about the rest of the family?
He gets MORE ratings than Keith Olbermann on Current, at 10% of the cost...
MSNBC’s problem is not that they hired Al..it’s that he’s bullet-proof...no matter what he says/does, they won’t ever be able to fire him..
You’re just a bunch of racists that will not watch a stupid man saying stupid things.
Ya’all watched Monty Python.
Of that 519,000 you can bet at least half were dopers who got stoned and watched just to laugh their ass off at the fool.
Fail, we much.
..And they will have a Hell of a time firing him HaHa!!
LOL. They’re stuck with him now. If they kick him off the air they will be racist.
MSNBC now has a dead fish on the payroll who is a fish of a different color and they will continue to pore money into it because if they dont Al will cry racism. Enjoy!
Has anyone ever heard his radio show? Most racist callers I have ever heard, but they get a pass by the MSM.
“Yes, you’re reading that right: Sharpton only had 519,000 total viewers in his debut.”
Clearly we need federal money for batteries as remote control unit are not working.
Sharpton is a t*rd.
Obama is a d*ck.
Before you say “racist”, I say “Shove it up your smelly Obama.”
That a-hole Smerconish was guest hosting for Chrissy?
I thought the a-hole was a supposed pubbie?
I guess one big mouth for another is all they @ PMSNBC need.
“Clearly we need federal money for batteries as remote control unit are not working.”
Well, and a 46” Sony flat screen for everyone who is 26 years old or younger and living in their parent’s basement.
Most blacks are not into improving their minds and what is going on in the world so they will not watch. Whites have enough brains using their education that they cannot stand to watch the bumbling speaking jerk.
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