As 'Occupy' Continues, Evening News Ratings Slide a Bit
Earlier today, Matthew Balan at NewsBusters noted how the "Big Three Nets Trumpet Wall Street Protesters 'Proclaiming Victory.'" HIs report concentrated on the morning shows, but a Media Research Center Reality Check showed the that the fawning has also been present in evening news coverage.
Evening show network executives, however, may be less than thrilled about the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd coverage, and secretly hoping for the whole thing to wind down. That's because their shows, which have generally seen their ratings rise during the past twelve months, saw their combined audience fall below 21 million during the week of October 3, with CBS suffering a particularly sharp drop (comparisons are to previous week):
NBC, Total Viewers: 7,910,000 (down 1.4%); 25-54 Demographic: 2,221,000 (down 3.2%)
ABC, Total: 7,338,000 (down 1.6%); 25-54 Demo: 1,979,000 (down 1.0%)
CBS, Total: 5,484,000 (down 7.0%); 25-54 Demo: 1,614,000 (down 5.6%)
All three networks, Total: 20,732,000 (down 3.0%); 25-54 Demo: 5,814,000 (down 3.2%)
The combined increase over the week of October 4, 2010 was 4.0%, far less than the year-over-year increases seen in previous weeks.
It's a little early to ascribe the ratings drop to Occupy Wall Street. Another reported drop next week would be more definitive. It certinaly bears watching.
Cross-posted at BizzyBlog.com.
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One Can Only Hope
Submitted by HardRightTurn on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 12:13am.
Just maybe OWS is the beginning of the end of liberalism in America. They have to be seen as truly disgusting by clean living peoples.
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Music to my ears...
Submitted by OldJoe on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 2:29am.
TVs all across our great land switching off the MSN!!
you think?
Submitted by Indie Dude on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 2:30am.
Who the hell wants to watch people sleeping, sitting, drinking coffee, yelling, stupid dancing, bongo playing, misspelled signs, barfing, fat hairy naked dudes, girls with hairy armpits, sniffing glue, ironing clothes on TV?
Who????????
Obama’s Record since taking office:
Submitted by jmigyanka@msn.com on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 10:00am.
• Poverty Rate – 14.3% UP 8.3%,
• Unemployment Rate – 9.1% (16.2%) UP 16.7%,
• Average Weeks Unemployed – 40.3 UP 102.5%,
• Median Income - $49,445 DOWN 5%,
• Health Insurance Premiums - $15,073 UP 18.9%,
• Number of Jobs – 139,627,000 DOWN 1.8%,
• Inflation Rate – 3.77% UP 12,466.7%,
• Food Stamp Usage – 45.2 Million UP 41.7%,
• Average Price of a Gallon of Gas - $3.66 UP 101.1%,
• Average Home Value - $171,900 DOWN 4.7%,
• National Debt - $14.7 Trillion UP 38.7%,
• Deficit – $1.28 Trillion UP 192.2%.
NO MORE TERMS for a COMMUNITY AGITATOR - EVER AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It's because their audience
Submitted by gailannr on Sat, 10/15/2011 - 10:59pm.
is out Occupying and protesting! There's a solution Big 3, just keep telling them to go protest at the White House and at the homes of the members of the democratic Congress. Starting with Barney Frank, Nancy "free the embryos" Pelosi, Dodd, Harry, oh jeeze the list is unending! Maybe the Democrats could just hold a free picnic at their homes in Washington. Or better yet on the White House lawn.
Seriously folks... does anyone know how they feed them and who feeds them and who pays for it? Do they eat off China or paper plates? I'm just curious.