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Health care and the Ratings

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 09.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Republicans. Health Care, FoxNews Ratings, Msnbc, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, Cable News, MSNBC Ratings, Democrats, Foxnews, Healthcare, Barack Obama, CNN Ratings, Media News

These ratings suggest that popular support for the health care bill is waning.

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The Problem With Cable News

Alexander Dresner | Posted 09.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cable News, Huffington Post, Rachel Maddow, Tucker Carlson, Chris Matthews, Cnn, Media News

Cable news networks would be well served by dedicating more attention to finding and cultivating on-air talent that reflects their diverse viewer base, like Rachel Maddow.

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Malkin and Fox News Are Stalking Children Again

Bob Cesca | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Talk Radio, Wingnuts, Tea Baggers, Tea Party Protests, President Obama, Health Care Reform, Fox News, Glenn Beck, Cable News, Michelle Malkin, Health Care, Town Hall Meetings, Tea Party, Fox News Channel, Alex Jones, Politics News

The right-wing satellite of crazy has evolved from being a silly assembly of sore losers to a dangerous posse -- a rabble of misinformed cranks who have no problem targeting children.

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Glenn Greenwald: When MSNBC Lets Wolffe Host, They Give "An Hour Every Night To A Corporate Lobbyist"

salon.com | Posted 09.01.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Lobbyists, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Glenn Greenwald, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Countdown, Corporate Lobbyists, Media News

This week, former Newsweek reporter Richard Wolffe was a guest-host on MSNBC's Countdown while Keith Olbermann is on vacation. When Olbermann is ther...

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Lloyd Grove: Boring Beer Summit Couldn't Live Up To Cable News Hype

The Daily Beast | Posted 08.30.2009 | Media

Read More: Lloyd Grove, Obama Crowley Gates Beer, Beer Summit, Cable News, Media News

After all the hype for Thursday's White House Beer Summit the cheesy countdown clocks in the corner of the screen on CNN and MSNBC, the often silly pa...

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July Ratings: Food Beats News

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Michael Jackson, Cable News Channels, Fox News, Msnbc, Cable News, Food Network, Cnn, Media News

The headlines: July cable news ratings confirm FoxNews dominance. CNN benefits from Michael Jackson's death, and The Food Network wins the demographics.

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Just Like Old Times in the Rating Game

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.22.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Msnbc, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Headline News, Cable News, Barack Obama, Cynopsis, Media News

Last week FoxNews had more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined in prime-time, and in total day.

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Lessons From Walter

August J. Pollak | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Cable News, Journalism, Walter Cronkite, Politics News

Truly, Cronkite taught us all.

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The Day the Dialogue Died: Remembering George Liston Seay

John Milewski | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Paley Center for Media, Hardball, Dialogue, Blogosphere, Alternative Media, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Crossfire, Man in the Mirror, Media Criticism, Conversation, Media, Cable News, Journalism, George Liston Seay, 24/7, Media News

George was a practitioner of the increasingly lost art of conversation. He found his fellow humans, of all political persuasions, endlessly fascinating and used his program to learn about them.

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MSNBC Calls CNN Commercial "Fiction"

Los Angeles Times | Posted 08.17.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Cnn, Cable News, MSNBC CNN, CNN Commercial, CNN Ratings, Media News

In a new television spot aimed at getting advertisers to spend more on the network, CNN proclaims it is "No. 1, with more viewers than Fox and MSNBC....

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Much Ado About So Little It Hurts

Richard Laermer | Posted 08.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, Law, Supreme Court Justices, Cnn, Sonia Sotomayor, Laermer.com, Cable News, Lindsey Graham, Constitution, Barack Obama, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Media News

The issue before the Senate is simple: Is the nominee qualified to sit on the Court? The answer: Yes. All the kvetching about how a nominee's race shaped her worldview is for the cameras, baby.

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CNN Ratings: The Exception Proves the Rule

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 08.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, FoxNews Ratings, Cnn, Cable News Ratings, CNN Ratings, Cable News Networks, Cable News, Foxnews, Media News

Cable ratings for the first week in July have just been released, and CNN has done far better than anyone had any right to expect.

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HLN, CNN Post Record Junes

Huffington Post | Peter Drivas | Posted 08.01.2009 | Media

Read More: TV Ratings, Nancy Grace, Cnn, HLN Ratings, Hln, Cable News Ratings, Cable News, CNN Ratings, Media News

HLN has been in the news much this past month, making headlines with morning anchor Robin Meade's skydive with President George H.W. Bush and with the...

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The Morality Police and the Divine Feminine

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Morality Police, Governor Mark Sanford, Divine Feminine, Mistakes, Morals, Now, Cheating, Atonement, Cable News, S.C. Governor Mark Sanford, Forgiveness, Patriarchy, Reconciliation, Living News

I am appalled at the coverage of Governor Mark Sanford's infidelity to his wife and sons. I am appalled at the moral posturing. I am appalled that we think we have the right.

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Why Fox News Is Really Pleasant and Agreeable

Michael Wolff | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, Fox News, Michael Wolff, Cable Tv, Cable News, Cnn, Barack Obama, Media News

Fox News is apparently on track to have its best year ever. WTF?

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Dylan Ratigan? Really MSNBC, Don't We Have Enough Ranters Already?

Linda Milazzo | Posted 07.26.2009 | Media

It seems that all three corporate cable/satellite networks, MSNBC, CNN and Fox, believe Americans are better served through agitation than information.

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CNN, Please Stop!

Parvez Sharma | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: La, Iran, Msnbc, Cnn, Pundits, Christiane-Amanpour, Tehran, Fox, Cable News, Media, Iranians, Michael Moore, ireport.com, World News

Just a few thoughts on the cable news media here in the US (and the delightful possibility of its extinction after the dust settles on all of this).

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Confessing Error: Some People Do Prefer Defeat to Victory

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 07.05.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, George Bush, Msnbc, Cable News, Foxnews, Cnn, Barack Obama, Politics News, Democrats, Young Democrats, Republicans, Media News

Fox is gaining, CNN is wilting. Why is this happening when the country still seems about 58-42 in favor of Obama? My best guess is the passion of those who detest Democrats, liberals, and in particular, Barack Obama.

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A Brief for Pat Buchanan: The Invincible Race-Baiter

Bob Cesca | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Hardball, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Pat Buchanan, Msnbc, White Supremacists, Racism, Barack Obama Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor, Cable News, Neo-Slavery, Media News

I'm convinced now more than ever that the real Pat Buchanan is definitely not the Friendly Wingnut he's tricked some viewers into believing.

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Chyron Of The Day: Hold The Phone

Alex Leo | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Chyron of the Day, Cnn, Television News, Chyrons, Cable News, Cell Phone Elbow, Media News

Had I not watched "The Situation Room" I may have thought my tingly pinky finger was not a big deal...

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May Ratings Mayhem! Fox News Tops; MSNBC Beats CNN; Cooper, Olbermann Down; HLN Way Up

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 07.03.2009 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Countdown Ratings, Cnn, HLN Ratings, Hln, Cable News Ratings, Anderson Cooper, Fox News, Fox News Ratings, Keith Olbermann, Cable News, MSNBC Ratings, Keith Olbermann Ratings, Anderson Cooper Ratings, CNN Ratings, Media News

Nielsen's May 2009 ratings are in, with Fox News again leading the cable news race by wide margins. Fox News Wins Ratings Race (Again) Fox News re...

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Rachel Maddow, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz -- How MSNBC Became a Liberal Mecca

Rory O'Connor | Posted 07.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Ed Schultz, Phil Griffin, Cable, Rachel Maddow, Cable Tv, Cable News, Keith Olbermann, Ed Schultz MSNBC, Nbc, Media News

Both Schultz and Maddow have already driven MSNBC's all-important ratings numbers up in the highly competitive cable news environment.

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Fox News Among Top 5 Cable Channels In NBA-Dominated Week

Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 06.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Cable News Ratings, Fox News, Cable Ratings, Cable News, Fox News Ratings, Media News

Fox News was the #4 ranked cable channel in primetime last week, a week dominated by the NBA playoffs. Fox News Channel averaged 1.89 million total v...

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The Real Motive Behind the Cheney Family Torture Tour

Bob Cesca | Posted 06.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Talk Radio, Wmd, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Liz Cheney, Abu Zubaydah, George W. Bush, Iraq War, CIA Torture, Waterboarding, Cable News, Torture, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Why did the Bush administration authorize torture when other methods were more successful? And why is Dick Cheney so desperate to exonerate himself and to skew the debate with trivialities?

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