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MSNBC Lost Viewers As Colorado Shooting News Broke
Big Journalism ^ | 7/24/2012 | John Nolte

Posted on 07/24/2012 4:16:45 PM PDT by markomalley

What we now know happened to cable news viewership on Friday is telling because it gives us some insight into MSNBC viewers. When they want news instead of left-wing pablum, even lefties are smart enough to change the channel.

Yep, even liberals know NBC News is no longer reliable when the truth is suddenly more important than The Narrative:

The latest sign of trouble for NBC's news division comes from MSNBC, which saw a ratings decline compared to previous weeks as news of the shootings in Colorado was unfolding last Friday.

Not only did MSNBC's ratings significantly trail cable news competitors CNN and Fox News in the prime time period after the shooting, but they were also below the number of viewers the network got on recent Friday nights.

Nielsen ratings data for July 20--the day James Holmes went on a shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theater that killed 12 and injured 58 people--shows that MSNBC's audience during the key prime time hours were below its own average for the previous four Fridays. ...


(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Colorado
KEYWORDS: aurora; banglist; colorado; msnbc; partisanmediashills

1 posted on 07/24/2012 4:16:52 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

people wanted the truth


2 posted on 07/24/2012 4:17:56 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: markomalley

Wait a second..MSDNC has viewers? Now THIS is news! Did they go from 5 viewers to 2


3 posted on 07/24/2012 4:21:14 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: markomalley

Must have been the family and friends of people working there that split. ;-)


4 posted on 07/24/2012 4:22:43 PM PDT by Average Al (Forbidden fruit leads to many jams.)
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To: markomalley

Yeah. They clicked on over to abc and got really well informed this time.


5 posted on 07/24/2012 4:24:56 PM PDT by MestaMachine (obama kills)
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To: markomalley

I wonder what FOX’s ratings did.


6 posted on 07/24/2012 4:28:02 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: markomalley

I’m withholding my opinion until I know to where the viewers went. If they went to CNN, then they haven’t learned a thing.


7 posted on 07/24/2012 4:34:33 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: Cyber Liberty

Maybe they went to see the new Batman movie.


8 posted on 07/24/2012 4:38:20 PM PDT by xp38
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To: markomalley

When something major happens in the news I turn OFF the TV and turn on FR.


9 posted on 07/24/2012 4:39:53 PM PDT by heylady (“Sometimes I wish I could be a Democrat and then I remember I have a soul.”( Deb))
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To: markomalley

For some reason MSNBC goes to prison reality shows on Friday after 10:00 pm. So there probably was no coverage. Now if they can get this guy, live behind bars with his sweet orange hair and weak 24 year old PhD physique in general population....there ratings will be over the top. X-rated, but over the top.


10 posted on 07/24/2012 4:45:10 PM PDT by rem_mitchell
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To: heylady
When something major happens in the news I turn OFF the TV and turn on FR.

I lost count on how many stories I first learned about via FR.

Every celebrity death I hear from FR.

Shock poll results from FR.

Even talk radio I stopped listening to live. I listen to podcasts. So any news is old.

11 posted on 07/24/2012 4:59:17 PM PDT by cicero2k
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To: heylady

FR seemed to be loaded with misinformation on Day 1.
Largely citations to that detective’s blog in Florida.
At some point people need to learn that some blogs will post anything to get blog hits.


12 posted on 07/24/2012 5:04:02 PM PDT by nascarnation
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To: markomalley

This is surprising. Considering MSNBC is a network that supports and enables left wing domestic terrorism I thought for sure the gas bags that watch this joke of a network would stay tuned in. Maybe that Maddow guy got kicked in his nuts and couldn’t go on the air?

I hope that network crashes and burns.... HARD


13 posted on 07/24/2012 5:10:06 PM PDT by JoshuaLawrenceChamberlain
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To: Cyber Liberty; Yardstick

You would have to read the article to get the answers to those questions.


14 posted on 07/24/2012 5:46:25 PM PDT by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors,,, where the GOP goes for it's "conservative" Presidential candidates.)
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To: heylady
When something major happens in the news I turn OFF the TV and turn on FR.

Similar here. I had 2 live Denver TV streams, FoxNews and FR.

I missed the Steppy-Ross revelation on ABC that a Tea Party member might have been the perp. [snicker]
15 posted on 07/24/2012 5:56:03 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: markomalley
Aww. How sad.

Did I say that with convincing sincerity?

16 posted on 07/24/2012 6:04:29 PM PDT by Standing Wolf
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To: ansel12

Gee, thanks!


17 posted on 07/24/2012 6:40:50 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)
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To: ansel12

Pfft. Screw that.


18 posted on 07/24/2012 7:40:01 PM PDT by Yardstick
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19 posted on 07/24/2012 7:45:59 PM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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