According to MediaBistro, Fox News keeps leading in the ratings month after month, beating out CNN and MSNBC combined. It is also showing the most growth in the younger demo. Since July '08, FNC is up 48% in the total day 25-54 age group and 70% in prime time.
The winners are:
- "The O'Reilly Factor up" 37% over July '08 (#1 for 104 consecutive months.)
- "Glenn Beck" up 120% over last year
- "On the Record with Great Van Sustern" up 60%
- "Hannity" up 41%
Among basic cable networks,
- FNC ranked third in prime time (after USA Network and TNT)
- CNN ranked 15th
- MSNBC ranked 26th
Although MSNBC ratings were higher during the presidential campaign, they have slumped badly, especially those of Keith Olbermann. The hallmark of his program was attacking Bill O'Reilly but that began to boomerange because as "The Factor" ratings went up, Olbermann's went down.
Now it appears that the feud between Olbermann and O'Reilly has been cooled down by their bosses. According to the New York Times, when O'Reilly started attacking General Electric, the parent company of MSNBC, as doing business with Iran , it continued as the fiercest media feud of the decade.
It took fellow TV personality Charlie Rose to become the intermediater between the heads of the two news corporations, Jeffrey Immeld, Chairman of G.E. and his counterpart at the News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch. Even though the fueled had increased audiences for both O'Reilly and Olbermann, a cease-fire was arranged. So in June, the combat appears to have ended. However, Olbermann says he was not part of the conversations between the two station owners.
The issue that seems to have brought the issue to a head was something that happened in 2007. Jesse Watters asked Mr. Immelt about G.E.'s doing business with Iran, selling them medical technology. When O'Reilly brought that to the attention of his TV audience, it caught the attention of his audience who sent scathing e-mail to G.E., although the corporation says they no longer do business with the regime.
There is still tension between the two networks, but it remains a little quieter, with occasional barbs between the two men. It is to be seen how it effects their ratings.
Sources:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/01/business/media/01feud.html
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if MSNBC would get rid of ED,CHRIS,KEITH &Racheal maybe some one would watch there station.
Who is Rachel?
Read somewhere that Olbermann's first name was actually Bobby. What do people with the initials BO have in common? Narcissistic Personality Disorder. All seem to be pretty full of the
Get rid of both the pinheads. I'm sick of them.
Keith Olberman pouts like the putrid hater and loser that he is. Chris Matthews eyes glints over like that of a teenage school girl everytime he mentions Obama's name, must be that tingle up his leg and Rachel Maddow always looks like she's chomping on wood when she speaks.
They are just horrible to watch so I stopped watching a long time ago. I even get annoyed when channel surfing past MSNBC. I wish they would just disappear off the airwaves.
who took this poll Rupert Murdoch, never watch the Fox racist channel!
Who cares? Way more people get their news from the Internet today and Fox News is getting trounced by both MSNBC and CNN in that medium.
Scariest piece of this is reading how an opinion network that fabricates a good portion of it's stories, or markedly cherry picks the facts, increases it's lead as #1.
This is entertainment news for people who don't particular care about facts. Seems like that's most of the viewers. P.T. Barnum was right...you'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American Public. Fox has made an industry following this simple rule.
Never watch Fox News because the news is unbalanced and biased. Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, Hannity all need psych evaluations.
This politics stuff is great. What am I missing about not understanding the right? As a teacher I try to listen to both sides but it seems I get frustrated trying to figure out how the right hears the same as the left. Help. Thanks, Fred
it seems we still have a lot of fox t.v. watching facts denying racist on the internet.
There goes another Libtard spewing the worn-out race card again, and again, and again...
oh my gosh......wHATEVER ARE YOU PEOPE THINKING. i HOPE YOU LIVE LONG ENOUGH TO READ
THE HISTORY BOOKS 30 YRS. FROM NOW.
ANYONE WHO SUPPORTS THE FOX PUNDINTS MUST BE OUT OF THEIR MINDS.
OLBERMANN, I HOPE YOU READ THIS.. YOU ARE STUPID, IGNORANT, AND A BIG MOUTH WHO SAYS A BUNCH OF NOTHING. YOU ARE JUST JEALOUS. WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU HAVE THAT MANY VIEWERS? I WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU GO DOWN THE DRAIN. YOU IDIOT
People hated Fox news that's why there rating goes up. Come on people common sense.
Of course no one blabbering here watches/has watched MSNBC. CYNTHIA sounds like a vile little person., GramsA, pull that logic out of your butt? Pumabydesign001, creepy you thinking about Matthews inner thigh.
Fact is Fox and their corporate handlers depends on a percentage of Americans to be fools and most of you are proof how very successful they are. For the few that aren't brain dead and want to see exactly how phony Fox is, use Hulu to see the Daily Show for 8-13. See why Glenn Beck is laughing all the way to the bank about the fools who watch him. The rest of you I'm sure will blabber more nonsense, it's a fools thing to do.
Gleen Beck is a retard who will do anything for ratings.
He never lets the facts get in the way with his stories.
His show is about as genuine as wrestling.
There are a lot of people who believe wrestling is real and I think they are the same ones that watch his show.
Fox News keeps going up in the ratings because they actually cover stories of corruption and hold feet to the fire. NBC, CBS, MSNBC and CNN ignore huge stories that any journalist worth a dime would salivate over.
Reading this proves that people listen to those who support what they already believe. Count me in the Fox column.
You Obama Lapdogs keep watching Matthews, Rachel, Ed & Olberman. You are probably all having a funny feeling running up your leg, I know I get one every time I try to sit through any of their 1 hour shows. It is usually running down the back of my leg, these hacks are crap! Nothing but democrat suckups carrying the water buckets of every uber-liberal idea that comes along. Sickening to watch, no wonder they have zero ratings. Gotta go the Mark Levin show is about to begin...
Fox news get the rating because they don't support anything to do wtih Minorities, their shows always favor white, and as everyone knows, white are still majority in this country, and there they go watch fox news where they are favor the most. This is the facts, Fox news are racist, and tobe honest, most American are still racist eventhough they don't show it explicitly.
Scariest piece of this is reading how an opinion network that fabricates a good portion of it's stories, or markedly cherry picks the facts, increases it's lead as #1.
This is entertainment news for people who don't particular care about facts. Seems like that's most of the viewers. P.T. Barnum was right...you'll never go broke underestimating the intelligence of the American Public. Fox has made an industry following this simple rule.
What a collosal idiot....How about naming one story that Fox has "fabricated"? I'm sure just like the entired platform of the left you will dodge the facts and just make accusations of your enemies.
LOVE FOX, Anti-Obama, as it should be.
Liberals and progressive are Pro-Communist and thats
why they love the other BS stations. This man is ruse,
wake up you sleeping drones.
This man has no executive experience, do you morons
out there that support this president, know what happens
to a country, that National Debt = GDP, it is a called
a banana republic ( 3rd World Country ). We are currently at 94% of GDP. Americas GDP is 12 Trillion. Figure it out dumb ignorants Fu # *S.
I can't believe all the back and forth crap I am reading here. Bottom line, Keith Olbermann needs to go away and try and not mess up his sports commentary on NBC. He needs to get away from politics because he is too dense or too stubborn to admit that Bush is no longer president and no longer responsible for what is going wrong in this country. Glenn Beck and the others at Fox are at least telling you what is real even if he is a bit dramatic. Fox is the only network you can truly trust with the truth. MSNBC makes up most of their crap or just pulls everything out of context. They are so afraid of Sarah Palin that they can't leave her alone. Typical liberal crapola over and over again. The Blame Game!
Do You Know WHO owns the Nielsen rating Co. None other than the Carlyle Group once lead by Geo HW Bush and his cronies along with the Republican Right Wing .
How can you believe any of the ratings(TV & Radio) that promote a right wing agenda? Corporate Media is all right wing there isn't one news organization that is progressive or liberal and thats a fact
Damdtt....you are borderline retarded. Is English your native language? What does race have to do with cable news? I feel sorry for people who can not read or write, and who blame all of their problems on the white man. Grow a pair moron.
Why does no one talks about Bill O'Reilly's {mr. dildo} sex scandal?
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