A nice little sidebar story: Poll: Among cable-news networks, MSNBC trusted by ⦠12% POSTED AT 10:55 AM ON SEPTEMBER 27, 2010 BY ED MORRISSEY In an otherwise serious poll from Politico and George Washington University, the survey also asks respondents which cable-news network they access most for political news. The results arenât terribly surprising, as they more or less mirror the ratings, but are still noteworthy for one networkâs almost-total marginalization. While Fox News Channel sailed to an impressive 42% and CNN got a substantial if unimpressive 30%, MSNBC got ⦠How did it get to this state? After all, NBC had a long history in television news, starting decades before CNN and even longer than Fox. Its partnership with Microsoft should have given the cable news network a distinct advantage in the New Media world. Their roster of news anchors, present and future, should have immediately challenged CNN for primacy and marginalized Fox, who may have had cash but relatively fewer newsgathering resources in the US when it launched. Under the direction of GEâs Jeff Immelt, though, NBCâs cable network went for the full-insane demographic. Fox took CNNâs talking-head format and simply reversed the bias, although Fox rightly argues that it presents more opposing viewpoints than CNN did as part of their establishment talent and not just occasional guests and party spinmeisters. NBC decided to emulate Air America with its cable lineup instead, perhaps seeing some opportunity in the last Bush term to capitalize on his unpopularity and become a center of opposition opinion. Rather than accomplish that, the decision by NBC and its parent GE has not just destroyed MSNBCâs credibility but also NBCâs as well. With the exception of Joe Scarborough, who is hard to pigeonhole but certainly isnât a hard-Left hysteric, the entire lineup is exactly what one would find on the failed libtalker radio network. Itâs no coincidence that two of its featured hosts come straight out of Air America, Rachel Maddow and Ed Schultz. Maddow has, at least, produced a watchable show, albeit with a hard-Left tilt that clearly is out of touch with the mainstream, but Schultz is barely coherent. Top that off with a daily ânewsâ broadcast from Keith Olbermann that almost literally consists of a Two Minute Hate (Olbermannâs WPIW lists), and itâs a recipe for the kind of disaster that only political hacks could love. The wonder is that GE and NBC apparently seem content to alienate 88% of the viewing audience with its trainwreck theater.
"The poll found that 81 percent of those polled get their news about the midterm elections from cable channels, like Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, or their websites, compared with 71 percent from national network news channels, such as ABC, NBC or CBS, and their websites." Hmm...Never was too good at math, so can someone tell me what 81 + 71 comes out to? Thanks.
i think of it this way... if i despise a person as much as i do our president, and he despises fox news, then i gotta say that's what i'm going to watch. that's probably behind the popularity of fox news right now. i mean, just look here (nielsen ratings): http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/09/28/cable-news-ratings-for-monday-september-27-2010/65673 it doesn't lie. what does it tell you about how the public feels in regards to what obama feels?
Ooooooh! I get it. So, whichever channel has the most numbers, must be telling the most truth, right? (Looking upward while slapping my face...) Why couldn't I figure that out??
Naaaaw....Too lazy....Was just going by what you posted. Looks like some FOX news math to me. That's not what they taught when I went to school.
I assume that factoring into our calcuation of US media bias, the bias of the rest of the planet's media, is of no use because.... we're number 1! we're number 1! hoo ray! ooh rah! yee haw! go team! go!!?
"according to a POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll released Monday." FOX News? You need a whole education.