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MSNBC crushed in Zimmerman ratings race
Politico ^ | 15 Jul 20134 | DYLAN BYERS

Posted on 07/15/2013 11:04:04 AM PDT by mandaladon

MSNBC's ratings woes came into sharp relief on Monday with the release of the preliminary numbers for the Zimmerman verdict.

In the 10-11 p.m. hour on Saturday night, when the verdict in, Fox News had 3,682,000 total viewers; CNN had 3,407,000 total viewers and won the coveted demo with 1,716,000 viewers aged 25-to-54.

(Watch latest "On Media" edition - Nonstop Zimmerman coverage: Fair or media hype?)

In the same hour, MSNBC had 1,298,000 total viewers -- about one-third of Fox's total -- and a mere 510,000 viewers in the demo. (These are preliminary numbers; finals are in tomorrow.)

Despite branding itself as "the place for politics," MSNBC went wall-to-wall on the Zimmerman trial after watching its ratings tank in recent months. It doesn't seemed to have helped.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blackkk; florida; georgezimmerman; media; msnbc; trayvonmartin
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1 posted on 07/15/2013 11:04:04 AM PDT by mandaladon
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To: mandaladon

What’s MSNBC?


2 posted on 07/15/2013 11:04:46 AM PDT by YourAdHere (Justice Served.)
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To: mandaladon

I was one of the people watching MSNBC after the Zimmerman verdict. I thoroughly enjoyed it!


3 posted on 07/15/2013 11:05:47 AM PDT by Parmenio
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To: mandaladon

Comcast is run by hardheaded business types. I wonder how much longer before they pull the plug on this cash hemmorage.....


4 posted on 07/15/2013 11:06:04 AM PDT by clintonh8r (white Caucasian)
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To: mandaladon

What did Fox have in the 25-54 demo?


5 posted on 07/15/2013 11:06:46 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: mandaladon

“Bass! How low can you go...”


6 posted on 07/15/2013 11:07:44 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement ("World Peace 1.20.09.")
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To: mandaladon

I watched MSNBC just to watch the heads exploding


7 posted on 07/15/2013 11:08:16 AM PDT by AbnSarge
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To: YourAdHere

Me
See
Negros
Barack
Channel?


8 posted on 07/15/2013 11:08:40 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: mandaladon

I ended up watching CNN over the weekend, because Fox is just pathetic when it comes to breaking news, especially on weekends.

I cannot stomach Mike Shmuckleberry and Bergaldo and Juan Williams. I do not care what any of them thinks on anything.

What I noticed while watching CNN though was...the people on that network are utterly obsessed with race and literally cannot speak about anything else. It was really a pitiful thing to watch.


9 posted on 07/15/2013 11:09:47 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: mandaladon

hmm....wonder if it has anything to do with the fact all they did was apologize for the verdict and claim this is was just another “racist” incident in America??


10 posted on 07/15/2013 11:09:56 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: YourAdHere
AKA MS-CCCP.

Isn't ironic that Pravda is probably a better place for real news and info these days?

11 posted on 07/15/2013 11:10:00 AM PDT by bassmaner (Hey commies: I am a white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
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To: YourAdHere

What’s MSNBC?


It’s the network that’s slogan is “bend over” or something...


12 posted on 07/15/2013 11:12:56 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("Governing a great nation is like cooking a small fish - too much handling will spoil it." Lao Tzu)
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To: YourAdHere

MSMVD.


13 posted on 07/15/2013 11:13:01 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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14 posted on 07/15/2013 11:14:26 AM PDT by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: mandaladon
I have to confess - sometimes I watch MSNBC when I know things aren't going their way.

I love to watch them wiqqle and squirm to make some kind of inane point while the world is going the other way.

15 posted on 07/15/2013 11:15:49 AM PDT by FroggyTheGremlim (Palin was right (again)!)
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To: mandaladon

How can they know this? Or is this one fo the reasons digital tv was forced upon us?

For one thing, anything over 100,000 for msnbc seems suspect to me.


16 posted on 07/15/2013 11:19:52 AM PDT by MichaelCorleone (Jesus Christ is not a religion. He's the Truth.)
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To: mandaladon

Don’t worry MSNBC , Al Sharpasapin is going on a hundred city tour of Race Riots ,he’ll get them ratings up


17 posted on 07/15/2013 11:20:01 AM PDT by molson209
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To: mandaladon

Any firm that has the poor judgement to hire a reprobate like Al Sharpton should be crushed.


18 posted on 07/15/2013 11:25:48 AM PDT by windsorknot (>>>)
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To: mandaladon
I need a new bumper sticker:

msNBC: A Network of Liars.

19 posted on 07/15/2013 11:41:09 AM PDT by cookcounty (IRS = Internal Revenge Service.)
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To: mandaladon

what’s the name of that smug yet angry intellectual looking MSNBC person with the thick glasses?


20 posted on 07/15/2013 12:31:06 PM PDT by MNDude (The system worked!)
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