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Why FOX News Has Higher Ratings

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You do know why FOX has higher ratings than MSNBC don't you? It's because the right is more interested and supportive of hyperbola than is the left.:mrgreen:
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Stuff like this makes Liberals sleep better at night, but in actually, LIBERALS are the reason FOX has higher ratings...:yes:

This is from Howard Stern's movie "Private Parts"...

The average radio listener listens for eighteen minutes. The average Howard Stern fan listens for - are you ready for this? - an hour and twenty minutes.

How can that be?

Answer most commonly given? "I want to see what he'll say next."

Okay, fine. But what about the people who hate Stern?

Good point. The average Stern hater listens for two and a half hours a day.

But... if they hate him, why do they listen?

Most common answer? "I want to see what he'll say next."
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Libs like to BELIEVE that conservatives sit around all day listening to FOX and getting their talking points, but in reality, it's LIBERALS that sit around all day waiting to pounce on anything said on the channel...

Obviously, this is not to say Liberals are the overwhelming reason they have high ratings...But it's the reason they have high-ER ratings...

If 1000 Conservatives want to get the Liberal viewpoint, they can go to ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, or CNN...Spread evenly, that's 200 Conservative viewers on EACH Liberal news outlet...

But if 1000 Liberals want to get the Conservative viewpoint, they have ONE news outlet to go to...and that's it...FOX News gets all 1000...
 
cnredd said:
Stuff like this makes Liberals sleep better at night, but in actually, LIBERALS are the reason FOX has higher ratings...:yes:

This is from Howard Stern's movie "Private Parts"...

Libs like to BELIEVE that conservatives sit around all day listening to FOX and getting their talking points, but in reality, it's LIBERALS that sit around all day waiting to pounce on anything said on the channel...

Obviously, this is not to say Liberals are the overwhelming reason they have high ratings...But it's the reason they have high-ER ratings...

If 1000 Conservatives want to get the Liberal viewpoint, they can go to ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, or CNN...Spread evenly, that's 200 Conservative viewers on EACH Liberal news outlet...

But if 1000 Liberals want to get the Conservative viewpoint, they have ONE news outlet to go to...and that's it...FOX News gets all 1000...
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I've been accused any number of times of getting my talking points from Limbaugh or Fox. I rarely listen to either. What I perceive as common sense, liberals dismiss as "talking points." One can tell the difference between a poster who's knowledgeable about a subject and one that's just meming what he/she's heard on biased news. At least I think so...
 
MaggieD said:
One can tell the difference between a poster who's knowledgeable about a subject and one that's just meming what he/she's heard on biased news. At least I think so...
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Some can...SOME...:(
 
MaggieD said:
I've been accused any number of times of getting my talking points from Limbaugh or Fox. I rarely listen to either. What I perceive as common sense, liberals dismiss as "talking points." One can tell the difference between a poster who's knowledgeable about a subject and one that's just meming what he/she's heard on biased news. At least I think so...
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There have been times that I have listened to a speaker or heard a song or read a book and it just "fit" me.

Listening to the major networks became a chore for me at about the time of 9/11. i will never forget Peter Jennings bemoaning the fact that Bush was in the air in Air force One instead of addressing the nation. I remember that he dismissively said that some presidents are "good at this" and some are not. My immediate reaction was that this guy's an idiot. That was the last time I sought news from ABC. It's the same type of tripe from all of them, though.

I thought that David Brinkley's Sunday Morning show was great and rivaled by NBC's Sunday morning with Tim Russert. What those shows have turned into is enough to make a guy cry.

It was during the 9/11 coverage that I happened on to FOX News as I bounced between all of the news channels. Brit Hume was the guy that hooked me specifically for his show, but then i just kind of stuck there.

What the Liberal outlets are peddling is so biased and so jaundiced that It's just difficult to listen to.
 
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I watch fox quite a bit, besides the really good looking women I do find it interesting to find out about what 1/2 of the US thinks. It give me perspective. I also listen to Rush a lot of days when I am off work. What I have found so funny is this: If I hear Rush talk about something during the day, even if it is something that just happened that day or a new concept or something, I see it that night on my far right wing forums I hang out on. I hear it at the Legion and or the local bar I hang out at. Yet almost no one besides me admits to listening to or watching them. Why is that, afraid of being labeled a ditto head?

I am sitting here right now watching Fox and was before it came up, it is like an infomercial for Romney. Fair and balanced it aint.
 
cnredd said:
Libs like to BELIEVE that conservatives sit around all day listening to FOX and getting their talking points, but in reality, it's LIBERALS that sit around all day waiting to pounce on anything said on the channel...

Obviously, this is not to say Liberals are the overwhelming reason they have high ratings...But it's the reason they have high-ER ratings...

If 1000 Conservatives want to get the Liberal viewpoint, they can go to ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, or CNN...Spread evenly, that's 200 Conservative viewers on EACH Liberal news outlet...

But if 1000 Liberals want to get the Conservative viewpoint, they have ONE news outlet to go to...and that's it...FOX News gets all 1000...
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That's a very profound observation. Thank you.
 
FOX at least makes an attempt to be balanced.

All the others have liberal bias.

My doctor won't allow me to watch MSNBC.
 
Because there is only one conservative/Republican network - FOX - and there are a dozen progressive/Democrat networks all having to compete with each other. Thus FOX has the most viewers for lack of competition, but definitely not over half of all viewers. Most people watch the station they most agree with.

Liberal/Democrat radio (ie "Air America") failed because businesses won't buy ads on a radio broadcast cursing business. Many if not most MSNBC talking heads came from the defunct Air America.
 
Fox is a right wing infomercial. You surely cannot believe it is fair and balanced.
CedarBear said:
FOX at least makes an attempt to be balanced.

All the others have liberal bias.

My doctor won't allow me to watch MSNBC.
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CedarBear said:
FOX at least makes an attempt to be balanced.

All the others have liberal bias.

My doctor won't allow me to watch MSNBC.
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Fair and balanced should be removed from FOX. They do pretend to be fair and balanced, but they really are not. MSNBC has never pretended to be fair and balanced. FOX news is hypocritical.
 
Carleen said:
Fair and balanced should be removed from FOX. They do pretend to be fair and balanced, but they really are not. MSNBC has never pretended to be fair and balanced. FOX news is hypocritical.
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They do pretend to be fair and balanced news, but they really are not.
FTFY

cnredd - good to see you!
 
CedarBear said:
FOX at least makes an attempt to be balanced.

All the others have liberal bias.

My doctor won't allow me to watch MSNBC.
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But it isn't simply about a Conservative or Liberal bias...

It's about HOW that viewpoint is sent...

"I disagree with Liberals on that issue" is FAR different from "Libs suck!"...That's why Charles Krauthammer and Sean Hannity can have the exact same point, but CK comes across as respectable and calm and Hannity comes across as frothing and ready to kick a puppy...

I probably AGREE with the points Conservative pundits say, but I don't listen to them (any pundits really) because pundits aren't simply there to express a view...They're there to rev the "outrage" engine...I'd rather be outraged because of the substance of the issue rather than the style of the person talking about the issue...

You have the same thing on debate forums...An overwhelming majority have a few people they respect from the other side of the aisle because they'll actually discuss the topic...while they won't listen to a word others from that same side of the aisle have to say because they debate like an epileptic in a meth lab...
 
CedarBear said:
FOX at least makes an attempt to be balanced.

All the others have liberal bias.

My doctor won't allow me to watch MSNBC.
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This is an incredibly funny post. Fox News as balanced...words fail me. I can only respond with :lamo
 
I usually go to BBCNEWS.com to get my news, I like it better than watching it on tv and I can click on whatever story peaks my interest.

The original post was interesting I wonder if it's true for most. I do watch fox news once in a while but not to see what they're going to say next (except for maybe Glenn Beck when he was on) I just like it better than the other stations but I'll flip through every once in a while.
 
I doubt it. Why do liberals need to watch it when they are already fascinated with Media Matters?
 
The culture of the political right is more interested in issues oriented media than the left. The right enjoys political commentary as a form of entertainment, although most would not describe that interest as such. Lefties would rather watch a movie, etc. for entertainment. That's the number 1 reason.

Secondly, the numbers can deceive. All most people know about are "3.9 million watched Bill O'Reilly while 660,000 watched Anderson Cooper". Hold up wait a minute, what the overall cumulative averages don't reveal is the specific demographic breakdown. I don't have access to that information but I have heard from a reliable source that the top audience group of Fox News Channel viewers is old men just under age 70. Take out the senior citizens and the ratings competition is a lot closer than it appears on the surface. That's not to say Gramps is irrelevant, just offering some perspective and suggesting maybe Gramps' lifestyle is such that he can watch TV all day and night.
 
Thats a very valid point. There are probably statistics out there to back it up. I hear talk radio everyday. redeye, Hannity, Limbaugh, i hear what they have to say.
I hear them dismiss President O" accountability. I listen to them go out of their way to back their candidate up. I've seen first hand how they prey upon peoples fears and get them to buy in.
It has no effect on me! I know President O has the peoples back when it comes to taxes, and healthcare. A man who worked his tail off to get in office, who is now on top. Yes on top and for another term. He has my vote! Obama-Biden 2012
 
cnredd said:
Stuff like this makes Liberals sleep better at night, but in actually, LIBERALS are the reason FOX has higher ratings...:yes:

This is from Howard Stern's movie "Private Parts"...

Libs like to BELIEVE that conservatives sit around all day listening to FOX and getting their talking points, but in reality, it's LIBERALS that sit around all day waiting to pounce on anything said on the channel...

Obviously, this is not to say Liberals are the overwhelming reason they have high ratings...But it's the reason they have high-ER ratings...

If 1000 Conservatives want to get the Liberal viewpoint, they can go to ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, or CNN...Spread evenly, that's 200 Conservative viewers on EACH Liberal news outlet...

But if 1000 Liberals want to get the Conservative viewpoint, they have ONE news outlet to go to...and that's it...FOX News gets all 1000...
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And yet none of this address whether or not Fox News is actually good about reporting the news despite their ratings.
 
I do think Fox does a fine job covering thinks that do not have a political componet. Course most things news worthy do have politics involved. For the most part I do not take anything on Fox at face value. For example a few months ago I watched Fox do an interview with a guy who "diverted some rainwater" on his land and the overbearing government was forcing him to quit. The interview made it sound like the guy had a couple of barells under his downspouts. Course the right wing blogoshpere had already made millions of post so it was very hard to find the truth on the internet, but I went to the local paper and looked up the real story. The real story was this guys neighbor had sued him because his land was flooding. His land was flooding not becuase the guy fox interviewed divereted a little rain water for his garden or something (exactly what the wing nut blogoshpere was saying) but the guy had built a resivour big enough for a fishing and boating lake. Just a bit of a difference. Fox twisted the story intentionally to rile up thier base. minimal fact checking would have uncovered the story. I do not think Fox persents the news in a fair and balanced way if it can put a right wing spin on something.
samsmart said:
And yet none of this address whether or not Fox News is actually good about reporting the news despite their ratings.
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joko104 said:
Because there is only one conservative/Republican network - FOX - and there are a dozen progressive/Democrat networks all having to compete with each other. Thus FOX has the most viewers for lack of competition, but definitely not over half of all viewers. Most people watch the station they most agree with.

Liberal/Democrat radio (ie "Air America") failed because businesses won't buy ads on a radio broadcast cursing business. Many if not most MSNBC talking heads came from the defunct Air America.
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This is why the ratings are better for Fox. It's not because they're less biased.
 
Wiggen said:
This is an incredibly funny post. Fox News as balanced...words fail me. I can only respond with :lamo
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FOX employs a lot of Liberal personalities and has many guests who are Liberal.........MSNBC and CNN have very few.
 
I used to hang out on a uber conservative web site. Every time someone came along that was slightly liberal, well not even that, just not as nutty conservative as the rest of them, they would literally shouth them down and run them off. There was not a one single lib that stays more then a week or two, and after they run every new one off they start a thread about how open minded they are. This saying over and over Fox is balanced is the same sort of behaviour, I think.
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FOX employs a lot of Liberal personalities and has many guests who are Liberal.........MSNBC and CNN have very few.
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