MSNBC Overtakes CNN- We Are Having An Effect

[redstateblues]

I found it on Drudge's cable ratings. I'm not sure what his source is - I won't link him.

[canuckybee]

1. Please let this be true...

CNN should sink in ignominy !

[Pirate Smile]

2. Thats awesome. You say F#@$ you to us, CNN, we say F#$@ you to you!

[PROGRESSIVE1]

3. MSGOP has Olberman, Tweety is not being a whore....

and they actually have Real Democrats on to argue our side of things!

[MAlibdem]

4. Possibly b/c of olympic coverage?

hate to (be a pessimist?)/ rain on your parade

[nostamj]

8. nope!

this was ratings for the prime time shows Hardball, Countdown, Norville and (ick!) Scarbourous all beat CNN in the 7-10 slot.

of course Faux beat them but... trends, trends...

[tishaLA]

5. Here's another, less reprehensible site:

http://mediabistro.com/tvnewser/

they also post cable news ratings.

[Cha]

6. Hey, Liberal! This is great! Hope

it only gets more grim and gruesome for cnn(the chicken noodle network).

[Downtown Hound]

7. Yeah baby!

I've always said that all we have to do is show the idiotic media that there isn't nearly as much profit in being right wing whores as they think there is, and that'll be the beginning of a change. This is great news! The problem was that before Air America, we had no outlets to prove it. Air America had paved the way, and now MSNBC has followed. Sort of. But what they have done is a start. Hopefully now they will continue and expand their recent efforts to become more responsible journalists.

[Shopaholic]

9. Here are the cable ratings courtesy of TV Newser:

CABLE NEWS RACE
THURS, AUG 26, 2004

FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2.0
FOXNEWS HANNTIY/COLMES 1.8
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.6
FOXNEWS BRIT HUME 1.3
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1.3
MSNBC OLBERMAN 0.6
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.6
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.6
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.6
CNN LARRY KING .5
CNN AARON BROWN 0.5
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.5
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.1
CNBC MCENROE 0.1

:bounce:

[PA Democrat]

11. Weren't Olberman's ratings just 0.1 or 0.2 a few months ago?

I am pleased that his show is gaining popularity.

[Downtown Hound]

12. HA! Dennis Miller has a 0.1!

Hahahahahahahah!

[K-W]

16. We need to get Olberman above some fox'rs

and really cause a stir in the cable news industry.

[goclark]

17. Let's do it... who are his sponsors?

Let's give them a lot of praise!

[UdoKier]

10. Ah, Yes that bastion of progressive thought, MSNBC.

What time is Noam Chomsky's "Dissentimental" show on?

Was it before "Hardball" or after the Kucinich Hour?

(sarcasm off)

You're comparing apples and Granny Smith apples.

No offense.

[Philostopher]

14. Actually ...

if it means balance is becoming more lucrative, maybe the networks (except Faux, of course) will rake in more lucre by being more balanced. Baby steps, UdoKier -- baby steps. It's gotten so bad, even a trend toward a little more balance is worth a thumbs-up, ain't it?

[K-W]

18. That isnt the point. This isnt about MSNBC as much as CNN

The prevailing wisdom in the industry was that conservative sells. The obvious problem with that theory was that it wasnt that all people had gotten more conservative, just that there were a bunch of rabid conservatives, but they werent watching anything but fox news.

CNN used to be a fairly neutral network and has made a major shift right in order to follow the fox model. This seems to be failing dramatically which is incredible news. It means they may realize what we already knew, Fox has cornered the market on conservative propaganda, so they may try searching for new markets, like neutral news or god forbid, liberal political talk.

Meanwhile MSNBC has hosts that dont fit the Fox model doing pretty well, which is also nice.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. Excellent news!

Do you think CNN is smart enough to connect the dots? Democrats bombard them with emails because of their biased news coverage, their ratings go in the toilet and MSNBC's ratings go UP. HELLO! CNN! We warned you! Are you listening now?

:bounce:

[Razoor]

15. I dont see why they dont can paula zahn

and possibly larry king? they both got 0.5 or so. I mean larry king recently has been doing fluff entertainment crap. last night he had on the fear factor host. and I dont watch paula zahn but happened to be flipping by cnn while larry king was on and saw who was on.
I am starting to like MSNBC better than CNN

[K-W]

19. CNN needs a total overhaul, they are horribly run.

And trying to become Fox-lite has clearly backfired.

[Hamlette]

20. Aaron Brown is good, Stewart the best, Olberman 2nd best

and Hardball is up an down. I always hold my breath waiting for Chris to start swooning over the cowboy again.