Open Thread: Olbermann Continues Losing Viewers
Today's starter topic: Left-wing MSNBC anchor Keith Olbermann's ratings continue to drop:
The bad news keeps coming for MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann. The 2010 ratings data is starting to trickle in, and the news is not so great for the Countdown host. In a down year for cable news where all three networks registered a decline in viewers, Keith Olbermann lost 11% of his total audience, but what is most troubling is that among the coveted age 25-54 demographic Olbermann lost 25% of his audience. [...]
Keith Olbermann’s total drop in viewership was 2% higher than MSNBC’s network average, (11% vs 9%). In contrast, Rachel Maddow lost less of her audience than MSNBC as a whole. Maddow only declined by 6% compared to the network’s 11%. Maddow’s total loss was almost half of her lead in Olbermann, (6% compared to 11%). Olbermann also lost a higher than network percentage of those viewers age 25-54. MSNBC lost 18%. Olbermann lost 25%. Maddow only lost 14%.
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It must be a Messaging Problem
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 12:33pm.
He hasn't discovered how to make Sh#$ Shine.
What will happen? (Multiple choice)
Submitted by Slyrr on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 12:41pm.
a) Olby will wring his hands on the air, wailing and moaning about 'the loss of civil discourse' in cable news ratings (and then start swearing and cursing at conservatives).
b) Olby will blame Bush/Limbaugh et. al for the decline, and accuse them of 'hate speech'.
c) Demand that the fairness doctrine be reinstated so people will be forced to watch his show at the point of a government bayonet.
d) Assemble another panel of liberal-only guests and all of them will take turns swearing and cursing at conservatives.
e) Take a bath.
f) Blame God.
g) All of the above.
WHAT???
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:19pm.
No "Blame Tin-foil-hat wearing, racist, hate-mongering, mouth-piece-for-the GOP, "Faux News"?
Good News. . . Bad News
Submitted by JustAl on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 12:41pm.
Good news: Liberals have a very, very short attention span, so they drift in and out of public discourse etc.
Bad news: Since liberals have a very short attention span, they think everyone does, so we hear the same BS time after time. Every six months it's "US Guns Fuel MX Violence" and "Global Warming is Real".
all teared up
Submitted by foolnomore on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 12:58pm.
O'deee, just put some ice on it an go back to sports t v ,you my do a better job?
puh-lease don't send him to sports---again
Submitted by jlfonz on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 8:39pm.
It took two years of letter writing to the NFL espousing my personal boycott of ALL NFL merchandise from my property--until he was gone. I made it perfectly clear that their ability to judge morality was a joke. Short story---it's ok to buy into a team if you urinate on stage in front of a crowd. It's not ok if you're conservative.
Olbermann losing viewers is not surprising
Submitted by shawn. on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:00pm.
To me what is surprising is Fox News also lost viewers and the shocker is 70 percent of their audience is over 54. I wonder what the median age of a FOX viewer is5% drop
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:28pm.
It's a 5% drop in viewership for Fox News which isn't much considering they have quite the number of viewers. Plus, 2010 has been a particularly difficult year with people losing jobs, the myriad of disasters occurring, as well as the constant political BS coming from Washington. I even cut back on how much I watch Fox News, it's just depressing to watch the news these days.
-Jon
Hi Jon
Submitted by shawn. on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:36pm.
I think the reason I was surprised is because this was an election year. I also though the majority of FOX viewers would be younger by more than a decade.Do you remember the old Maxim
Submitted by BD on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:42pm.
Do you remember the old Maxim that a conservative is a liberal that has been mugged by reality?
Well, the younger voters have yet to really get "whapped" yet.
I'll tell you why Fox lost viewers
Submitted by jlfonz on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 8:34pm.
I can tell you because I am one they lost (not completly--but they lost me)
It's because they are putting on more and more liberal mouth pieces that shout over their counter-parts and the host does little or nothing to stop it--by the time they get a word in to stop the ignorant tirade--I've all ready turned the channel. I'm also tired of both liberal politicians and so-called pundits blatantly lying and not a single person calling them out on it. I don't mind listening to subjective debate at all--but as soon as one of them makes a completly intentional false statement---I turn the channel--and when I do that--I don't go back
So I guess you turn to those bastions of fairness, CNN and MSNBC
Submitted by gopcongress on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 9:07pm.
So I guess you turn to those bastions of fairness, CNN and MSNBC. After all, they never have liberals blathering at the mouth, yelling over conservatives, and generally being fair with their guests.
Oh wait...
"The news and truth are not the same thing." -Walter Lippmann (1889-1974) FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER
The drop in viewership at Fox
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 2:00am.
The drop in viewership at Fox News (and others) may have something to do with the fact that many cash-strapped households are dropping their cable or satellite service.
Keef's allready lost his
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:10pm.
Keef's allready lost his mind, so I guess losing viewers isn't that big of a deal................
He has a mind? Who knew?
Submitted by jdawg2009 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:05pm.
He has a mind? Who knew?
A self-appointed mind, for
Submitted by killa37 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 7:04pm.
A self-appointed mind, for sure..........and a severe case of 'opinionitis elevatis'.........although I think he suffers from 'cranial rectalitis'................
So......
Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:21pm.
...do we run this story every week, or what? And, I love that "Maddow lost less of her audience than did the network". HAW-HAW-HAW!
My guess is:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:42pm.
when Comcast execs look at when contracts run out, the False Murrow will be the first to go. Next will be Ed the Sh*thead, then Mr. Socialist, then "Taking A" Cenk, etc, etc. Maddow is the only primetime host they will keep because she atleast gets the granola libs viewing. Matthews show is just for comic relief
Here are the ratings for Dec
Submitted by ricklail on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:58pm.
Here are the ratings for Dec 27th. Fox is sill eating their lunch
MS-NBC needs to advertize
Submitted by Russian55 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 1:59pm.
MS-NBC needs to do what CNN has done: Advertize on FOX NEWS.
Apparently, CNN at least knows where the viewers are, they have been running ads on Fox News for some time now. I don't think it is gaining them a lot of ground, but the fact is that they at least know who IS attracting viewers.
In the case of Olberman,. maybe her needs to put ads on Comedy Central, as the Daily Show is more his speed, but at least it is supposed to be made up and funny, whereas Keith makes stuff up and isn't funny.
Well, maybe he IS funny, but that's not what he was shooting for...
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Those who beat their swords into plowshares will end up plowing for those who kept their swords in the first place!
My View
Submitted by Jerry Mack on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:08pm.
Fads usally last from 12 to 18 months:
1. The Messiah
2. Pet Rock
3: Beanie Babies
Also: It is difficult for the most devout Lib or anyone to continually listen to:
1. It is Bush's fault
2. Bush lied
3: Republicans are obstructionists
It won't be long now before
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:14pm.
It won't be long now before MSNBC replaces " Lean Forward " with " Bent Over ".
The only audience they seem to not be losing as quickly is the gays, so bent over is fitting in more ways than one.
They even had a special deal set up with N.Y. mayor Michelle Bloomberg whereby all homeless shelters were forced to tune into Olbermann's " Down For The Count " program in a last ditch effort to falsely raise viewership.
Funny thing though, the shelter residence made a mass exodus on the very first night.
When some where located, back under overpasses or sleeping on subway grates, they all said they would rather risk their lives out in the fridged cold than be forced to watch that asshole.
2011 is shaping up to be " The Year of Obama ".
The year Obama is exposed as not being an American citizen, Obama's bilking America out of billions in " jobs created or saved " scam, illegally breaking up the automakers and giving them to his union cronies, the year it is uncovered Barack was behind the Wikileak scandal, afterall he eagerly agreed to an interview with Rolling Stone even knowing about the damage to America their McCrystal interview was about to cause, then by years end, Rep. Issa will have exposed enough collusion/ corruption between the Ass Clown and the Holder Justice Department in distorting the Constitution and the truth, his impeachment trial for HIGH crimes against America will round out the year with a bang.
Barack Obama, hope & change you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy........not even Nancy Pelosi.
Barack_Must_Go.....
Wanna bet?
Submitted by j_phred on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:38pm.
"Barack Obama, hope & change you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy........not even Nancy Pelosi." Wanna bet?Olbermann loses viewers
Submitted by rbosque on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 2:50pm.
Olbermann loses viewers because the nurses at the assylum changed the channel. Anyone else that watches him that's not on medication should get a check-up from the neck, up.
VATMAN & Robbing - The Dark Fright!
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:04pm.
My fellow conservatives -- just thought you would like to know in the UK next week, VALUE ADDED TAX (the national sales tax on all goods and services) is going up to 20%!!
Are you looking forward to this great new tax starting in the US too? You knw they want it. Congress that is.
It began in the UK at 5% -- but thanks to progress we've now managed to reach 20%
For all you liberals who failed basic arithmetic, this progressives tax means in the US if you paid $100 for something -- the state would add another $20 costing you $120.
Nice huh? Every week is Christmas for tax loving liberals.
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
Jack, I know this invitation
Submitted by Chris Norman on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 1:59am.
Jack, I know this invitation is a dubious choice, but, why don't you come over to this side of the pond? The trends here are bad, but I don't think we've quite reached the UK's point just yet and things might turn around. Anyway, you'd be welcomed.
Chris -- yes I still want to
Submitted by Jack Bauer on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 7:47am.
Chris -- yes I still want to try and move to the US sometime. I love America, The UK is finished. The conservative party here makes McCain look like Milton (Friedman.)
All of the above Mr Obama? --- How about ALL OF THE BELOW, instead.
PMSNBC ratings
Submitted by sarge329 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:36pm.
I don't know why anyone would be surprised at their ratings crash. I don't watch PMSNBC ( or Fox ) , but then, I don't know anyone who admits to watching PMSNBC. It doesn't help that their stock-in-trade is bad news, followed by worse news, and concluded with the worst news. When things are as bad as they are, few people want to be bombarded hour after hour with bad news. Not to mention the fact that, as far as they're concerned, EVERYTHING is W's fault, even though he was voted out of office in 2008 because BHO lied to the voting public. It's either W's fault, or all conservatives are narrow-minded racist/sexist/bigot/homophobes. It could be Sarah Palin's fault, or the Tea Party, or Karl Rove, or... well, you get the point. It makes as much sense as NYC's new " bagel tax " .
slight correction
Submitted by jon_torlin on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 3:50pm.
W wasn't voted out of office in 2008, he was at the end of his second term. Only way a president can be voted out is by not electing him for the second term, which is the thing many people are hoping for with the Chairman. I'm still waiting for him to get impeached as if that'll ever happen.
-Jon
What went wrong?
Submitted by Scottyb4292 on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 4:43pm.
How could this be? After all, Obly was stridently anti-Bush. We all know how evil Bush was, right? And here we had a guy who was laying in all on the line to point out how Bush was a fascist. Few others were laying that truth out there like Olby. So how could be be unjustly punished like this after speaking truth to power for so long?
It's not fair.
*Bang*
Slight correction... I think.
Submitted by Rukus on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 5:43pm.
But, "...only declined by 6% compared to the network’s 11%." Shouldn't the 11% be 9%?Why does MSNBC have a Private Sector Sponsor?
Submitted by Avitar on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 5:49pm.
I also do not think that the management will improve any with Comcast in charge. I have spent ten years watching Comcast New England News and they are as ignorant as Obama's Father was. (He nearly bankrupted Kenya.)
We have no shortage of good solutions Obama and the 111th congress just avoids them but we do have a complete shortage of Media people with any knowledge.
Rules for hiring new Media people:
1) BS degrees no BA degrees
2) Manufacturing or Agricultural backgrounds, Sales in a pinch no finance, communication or law backgrounds. I know that there are some outstanding people who come out of those backgrounds but as a general they have been bad.
3) No Ivey league graduates. For some reason the real world does not circulate on those campuses. Absolutely brilliant men come out of Brown University as ignorant as a spear chucking jungle dweller. After they leave the campus they have four years that they have to catch up and that takes ten years. That is the only ones I know.
4) Hire a Science Fiction writer for the staff. You may not be able to afford a Gordon Moore but every news organization needs someone who can look in to the future.
Keith the Sports Boy is losing viewers?
Submitted by CO2Maker on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 6:36pm.
Plural? Are they counting Chris the Wide Mouth Frog and Rachel-Ron Madcow?
NB Staff.......Couldn't you find a better link regarding the
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 7:30pm.
drop in Olbermann's viewership (which I welcome) than a leftist blog that makes excuses for why Herr Olbermann's ratings are sliding, that pastes a swastika on Pat Buchanan's forehead, that celebrates the supposed plunge in the polls for Sarah Palin, and attempts to blame Fox News for Country Legend Merle Haggard's belief that the media is too hard on President Obama?
Obama hasn't lost his touch
Submitted by 26CX on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 8:21pm.
Philadelphia Eagles favored over the Vikings by 2 touchdowns
Obama calls Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie to praise him for giving Michael Vick a second chance.
Eagles lose to the Vikings 24-14.
The streak continues...
** Like **
Submitted by Free Stinker on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 8:24pm.
Newsbusters need a "Like" button.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
:::LIKE:::
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 8:28pm.
:::LIKE:::
Agreed!!
Submitted by UpNorth on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 8:53pm.
Some Liberty Returns To Ohio
Submitted by stratman on Wed, 12/29/2010 - 11:03pm.
A good day for Ohio.
Ohio Supreme Court crushes the city of Cleveland"s oppressive anti-gun laws. In a 5-2 decision, the Ohio SC states city gun laws can not exceed federal/state laws. Chief Justice Eric Browm (Democrat - interim appointee through 12/31/2010) and Justice Paul E. Pfeifer (RINO - mandatory retirement 2012) were the opposing minority votes.
I am affected by this ruling since my city, which joined with Cleveland in the fight, has the second most restrictive laws (nearly identical) compared to Cleveland in the area. Obviously, my city also spent taxpayer money trying to continue their oppressive gun laws as well.
I had spoken with my city's legal department shortly after the case went to the Ohio SC.. The attorney stated that if Cleveland lost they would change their laws. I wonder how long until they do and everyone - city hall and the police department - complies.
Doesn't it feel like Newsbusters has been E-Febrezed
Submitted by SickofLibs on Thu, 12/30/2010 - 12:00pm.
over the last week or so?
The daily stench is almost gone.
Olby is a tool...
Submitted by docjohn52 on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 1:59am.
And he's going to stroke out on television.
The mouth that roared.
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Impressive
Submitted by Boudin on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 1:34pm.
Have a great New Years yown-self
~I can't take credit :)
Submitted by Wrathful Brunette on Fri, 12/31/2010 - 8:33pm.
I totally ripped it off from someone on FB, who ripped it off someone else, who ripped it off, etc., ad infinitum.
Feel free to perpetuate the larcenous chain of purty New Years greetings. lol
What
Submitted by JPP on Sat, 01/01/2011 - 7:30pm.
Keith who?