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A study last year by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press found that 37 percent of respondents believed all or most of what they saw on CNN, compared to 24 percent on Fox. When a big story breaks, like the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, more people are likely to turn to CNN for information.

I'm sure all the folks at CNN keep this tidbit pinned on their bulletin boards, hoping and praying that it is true (I know, they probably don't pray). The Pew Research Center is biased and turns in biased polls and research.

It's interesting that this article fails to mention any of the FoxNews notables other than Roger Ailes. How about comparing Brit Hume to whoever is viewed at CNN as editorial director? How about noting how FoxNews has been hammering the competition in all the vital day-parts, with shows and personalities that were mocked by the so-called elites at CNN. I can't remember the last time I tuned into Crossfire or the Capital Gang... are the shows still on? When CNN puts up Tucker Carlson as the token conservative (along with Robert Novak), they are admitting their bias unapolgetically. And America is tuning out in record numbers.

I'll look forward to the next research results from the Pew Research Center.

When a big story breaks, like the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, more people are likely to turn to CNN for information.

What WERE the numbers from 9/11, anyway? I remember that CNN lucked out in a few ways: They're much further downtown than Fox, and much closer to the West Side Highway. Plus they had a producer that was already downtown for some other reason. Plus they had the perfect vantage point because they have a little "garden" on the roof of their building, facing south. (I remember it well, it's where my boss at CNN took me to tell me I was getting laid off!) All Fox had was poor Shepard Smith dealing with Fox's own million-miles-away camera and whatever microwave and satellite feeds were floating around.

In any case, I do think CNN will win in the ratings with the war coverage, but that it will be by a much smaller margin than all the news intelligensia thinks it's going to be. Fox/Sky has a LOT of people in and around Iraq, and they can put up a good fight.