>>>Rupert Murdoch's Fox (called Faux by most because they do little to report real news) is the worse problem we have on USA tv. There was a documentary on them several years ago showing how they operate as a mouthpiece for the republican party.
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>>>They were ruthless on their attacks on Clinton. Yet the current president can do no wrong. After the start of the Iraq war, when it was proved that there was no WMD in Iraq, and no connection between Saddam and Al Queda, a research institute did a study.
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>>>Of those who listed their main news source as other then Fox 15% thought there was WMD and I think a little less thought there was a Saddam/Al Queda connection.
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>>>Of those who listed Fox as their main news source, 80% thought WMD existed and a similar percentage thought their was a connection.
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>>>Here's a couple clips of one of Fox's main talking heads. You be the judge:
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>>>http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/24/kool-aid-alert-oreilly-unhinged/
>>>http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/22/rocky-and-billwinkle/
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>>>Not to feed you too many clips, but I think this clip sums up what more and more true Americans think:
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>>>http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/25/bill-maher-traitors-dont-get-to-question-my-patriotism/
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>>>There is a certain segment of the population that continues to, and always will go to Fox station for their news. It won't change. But that segment is getting smaller and smaller by the day.
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>>Hmmm, Fox news is the big dog on the block, even though they have plateaued. they still outperform the other cable channels. Fox had 9 of the top ten news shows....
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>>The Top 10 Cable News Shows
>>December 2006
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>>Show Channel Average Audience (in 000s)
>>The O'Reilly Factor Fox News 2094
>>Hannity & Colmes Fox News 1526
>>On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteran Fox News 1322
>>The Fox Report w/ Shepard Smith Fox News 1317
>>Special Report w/ Brit Hume Fox News 1309
>>The O'Reilly Factor (repeat) Fox News 1057
>>Larry King Live CNN 1027
>>The Big Story w/ John Gibson Fox News 979
>>Studio B w/ Shepard Smith Fox News 920
>>Your World w/ Neil Cavuto Fox News 880
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>>Source: Nielsen Media Research figures at MediaBistro.com
>>Note: average audience figures reflect all persons ages 2 and up (P2+)
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>>At CNN, meanwhile, viewership declined as well in 2006. The median figures show a fall that was not as steep as in 2005. It saw a loss of 2% in prime-time median viewership from January to December 2006, far better than the 11% loss in 2005.
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>John, I'm not sure that popularity of a show is such a good indicator of anything worthwhile. These shows are made popular by the same people who also make 'Survivor', 'The Amazing Race', 'Next Top Model' and all the other crap so popular.

So how would you counter the assertion that people are no longer viewing Fox News? Viewership is the only measurement you can use, unless you have another method? Perry's assertion of "But that segment is getting smaller and smaller by the day" is just another vaguery. He doesn't quantify anything. How much smaller. Sure they lost a few viewers this past year, but it's an ebb and flow. They are still way out in front of the pack according to the DATA, not supposition. Viewership is the ONLY measure of a shows popularity.