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Man1: Did you hear that fox news was planning to change their name to reflect a shift to integrity?
Man2: Really?!!
Man1: yes, they plan to call themselves faux news.
The joke may have been funny the first 1000 times it was used, however the lol silence of late is deafening.
I don't know how many forums you visit, but you are going to be disappointed. Every message board I post at, swearing is filtered out (as it should be).
Man1: Did you hear that fox news was planning to change their name to reflect a shift to integrity?
Man2: Really?!!
Man1: yes, they plan to call themselves faux news.
The joke may have been funny the first 1000 times it was used, however the lol silence of late is deafening.
Nothing to cry about, really. Now if I was an MSNBC viewer, with their poor ratings (compared to Fox News), now there would be something to cry about!
Why are Faux News ratings so high?
It's because a huge number of Republicans are completely "obsessed" with tuning into Faux News every single day to obtain that day's Republican "talking points".
Republicans need Faux News to tell them how they should be "thinking" at that moment, and be told what their "opinions" on the issues should be for that day.
In contrast, liberals aren't "obsessed" with any particular news station, so we tune into whichever station suits us at the moment ... CNN, MSNBC, PBS, CBS, ABC, NBC.
So the liberal audience is divided over many different news channels, and ratings of each of these channels will reflect that they only have a small subset of the total liberal audience.
For example, assume you have 100 Republicans and 100 Liberals tuning into that days news, here is how the total audience will likely be divided:
So does it now make sense of why Faux News leads in the ratings?
Do you even have a clue how broadcast ratings are determined? You're faux logic is just startling.
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Originally Posted by RD5050
Republicans need Faux News to tell them how they should be "thinking" at that moment, and be told what their "opinions" on the issues should be for that day.
Yes...after I get my call from Rush and I check the blogs, then I tune in FNC to see what I should think today. I think the medication needs a refill. Remember..follow the instructions on the label
Yes...after I get my call from Rush and I check the blogs, then I tune in FNC to see what I should think today. I think the medication needs a refill. Remember..follow the instructions on the label
http://themoderatevoice.com/wordpress-engine/files/2008-december/oreilly.jpg (broken link) "Take more Pharmaceuticals......Trust me....Take more Pharmaceuticals.... Obama hates America...."
Do you even have a clue how broadcast ratings are determined?
It's quite apparent that you don't.
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Originally Posted by neil0311
Yes...after I get my call from Rush and I check the blogs, then I tune in FNC to see what I should think today. I think the medication needs a refill. Remember..follow the instructions on the label
When you talk to yourself, it's best to not do it out loud.
When you talk to yourself, it's best to not do it out loud.
I'm talking to you....and you obviously hear me.
Why don't you explain to us how ratings are done and the statistical factors involved? It's not as simple or as skewed as your example tries to assert. Let's just look at one example...prime time slots. In your example, liberals must be watching reality network shows or CSI, while conservatives are all watching Bill O'Reilly. Your example implies that this overwhelming group of liberals are watching all these other outlets, while all the conservatives are gathered around en masse watching O'Reilly, thereby skewing the rating.
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