Comments on: FNC Tops Competition Combined With Fort Hood Shooting Coverage

By: Magister

Magister — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:05:32 +0000

@libra blue: Unless you’re writing a song of “indoctrination” for an elementary school.

By: libra blue

libra blue — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:43:37 +0000

@straitshooter, Don’t forget it is not politically correct to say “Barack HUSSEIN Obama” either.

By: Nachi

Nachi — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:26:39 +0000

FOX and FOX-watchers love to send & talk about “the troops.” Because they never ARE the troops!

By: straitshooter

straitshooter — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:54:29 +0000

Fox is rapidly becoming the default news network for major breaking events. The day Michael Jackson died, everyone turned to CNN. That used to be almost a cliche: “Hey, something big just happened, turn on CNN.”

That is no longer the case, and there are two possible reasons:
1. Most people are Republicans, so they turn to the Republican network (This is obviously not true, the country is split 50-50)
2. More people trust Fox to get it right than any other network.

I think ABC also deserves credit, as does Matt Laur, for being responsible and mentioning the Muslim aspect and the religious utterance Hassan made prior to the shooting. It is not politically incorrect to mention the man is a Muslim any more than it is incorrect to mention that a drunk driver who just killed someone is an illegal alien. If you choose not to include all the facts, then include none of the facts, turn out the lights and shut down the office, because you are finished.

If people like Jake Tapper, the outgoing Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopolis are any indication of how ABC runs its news operation, they will eventually become the top-rated broadcast operation just as Fox has taken over the cable race.

By: kimtaylor

kimtaylor — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:20:39 +0000

This could have been avoided if everyone in America would just pack a pistol,you know like they do on Army bases, you sure wouldn,t see this happening on a military base, everybody packs heat. ps3 spiele

By: Facebook User

Facebook User — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:38:16 +0000

Is this really news anymore?

By: germ

germ — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:00 +0000

Well CNN went from dead to second, which I can see. People still trust CNN for hard news coverage, but with their nightly lineup of dull, dull, and more dull it is no wonder they come in last compared to the ideological division of the Fox and MSNBC evening programs.

By: Magister

Magister — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:03:49 +0000

Okay, now that I’ve reread the post, I see that some hours on Fox set personal records, so clearly my gut was correct about there being some kind of increase. Though I still have to wonder about the comparative percentages of increase and whether it represents a sea change in “when breaking news happens…”

By: Magister

Magister — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:54:45 +0000

I wonder how these numbers compare to the regular viewing patterns.

My gut says that Fox may have been up a bit and perhaps CNN had a higher percentage boost, but my quick thoughts are that these look a lot like the regular nightly ratings.