TYT: Rush Limbaugh's Bullshit Ratings

[WhoIsNumberNone]

[SunSeeker]

1. So does anyone know how many people actually listen to his show? nt

[kaffy4x4]

2. I live in a very red part of up state NY

and have worked in quite a few of the larger companies in the area where you are allowed to have radios and I would have to say about 2% of the people listened to Limbaugh and O'Reilly radio shows. What I discovered was that the right wing talk radio shows are carried on the local sports station. In other words, if you wanted a local AM channel that gave you the local sports games, you got the talking heads if there were no games, some other shows like the Car Guys, were sprinkled in on the weekends. That's why, as you travel across the country, you can pick up these talking heads in every little town.

[underpants]

3. Rush gives away his show in the "fly over states" to inflate his self-congratutory numbers

also - as Bill Maher points out repeatedly - the average listen time to Rush is 10 minutes. People, like me, tune in on the way to or from lunch.

[jerseyjack]

4. The juice in this video is at the last minute. That is where Cenk reports WABC

is considering abandoning the right wing format.

[ihavenobias]

5. Here are the links from the video description for more info on conservative talk radio ratings

http://mediamatters.org/blog/200903060023?show=1

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/02/09/glenn-beck-sean-hannity-ratings-drop-right-wing-talk-is-dying.html?cid=hp:mainpromo4

[marble falls]

6. BS ratings .....

... for BS opinions. The world is in balance.

[ScottLand]

7. That makes them fair AND balanced!

[marble falls]

9. Or fair ......

and bullocks-ed?

[ScottLand]

8. So they Chinese listen to Rush to look for weakness in the American system, right?

Doesn't that account for a few million listeners?