CNN Ends 2014 With All-time Low Ratings, MSNBC Falls to Third Place

Randy Hall
December 30th, 2014 6:18 PM
Just when it seemed that things couldn't get any worse for the liberal Cable News Network and MSNBC channels, the Deadline website released a year-end review by reporter Lisa de Morales on ratings for CNN in prime time, which hit an all-time low of 516,000, and viewers in the vital 25- to 54-year-old demographic fell dramatically to 126,000, the second lowest number ever. Meanwhile, the “Lean…
 

CNN's New Programs Draw Younger Viewers Despite Network's Poor Ratings

Randy Hall
December 27th, 2014 3:55 PM
In yet another report on the continuing ratings disaster that is the Cable News Network, Nielsen data indicates that “CNN's overall prime-time audience for the year is trending at an all-time low.” However, there was one bright spot for the channel: The median age of an average CNN viewer during prime time fell from 60 to 58 years old. At the same time, states Reuters reporter Rick Kissel, the…
 

NBC Covers UNC Academic Scandal, Yet Skipped Plagiarist Montana Dem

Curtis Houck
October 23rd, 2014 1:22 AM

On July 24, it was discovered that Senator John Walsh (D-Mont.) had plagiarized his thesis statement as part of earning a master’s degree from the United States Army War College and led to the College revoking his degree on October 10. Back on August 7, Walsh announced that he would not be seeking reelection (as he originally planned) and would leave office after his term ends.  Throughout the…

 

Liberals Behaving Badly: Political Scandals the Networks Are Hiding Fr

Geoffrey Dickens
August 19th, 2014 10:12 AM
The indictment case against Republican Governor Rick Perry, that even liberals have described as “weak,” is just the latest GOP controversy that the networks have jumped on to taint Republicans in this midterm election year. In the 2014 campaign season, the Big Three (ABC, CBS, NBC) networks have filled their programs with one GOP scandal after another. Congressman Trey Radel’s drug possession,…
 

Networks Continue To Ignore Scandal-Plagued Democratic Senator Droppin

Jeffrey Meyer
August 10th, 2014 9:55 AM

On Thursday, August 7, Senator John Walsh (D-Mont.) formally announced that he will not run for a full term in the Senate following revelations that he plagiarized large portions of his master’s thesis from the Army War College.   Despite Walsh’s announcement, the “Big Three” (ABC, CBS, NBC) have yet to cover the story during their 19 hours of air time from Thursday night through Sunday…

 

Networks Avoid Scandal-Plagued Democratic Senator Dropping Election Bi

Scott Whitlock
August 8th, 2014 11:45 AM

Despite a combined eight available hours of programming on Friday, all three network morning shows avoided the news that a scandal-plagued Democratic senator from Montana dropped a reelection bid. This move leaves the seat as a likely Republican takeover in the 2014 midterms. But viewers wouldn't know that on ABC's Good Morning America, NBC's Today and CBS This Morning.   John Walsh left the…

 

As Brent Bozell Predicted, Big Three Newscasts Ignore Plagiarist Dem D

Ken Shepherd
August 7th, 2014 8:48 PM

It looks like Shannon Bream of Fox News lost a friendly bet with Brent Bozell, the president and founder of the Media Research Center, NewsBusters's parent company. On last night's Kelly File, the fill-in anchor argued that the liberal broadcast networks would have to devote time to covering John Walsh if he bowed out of his Senate race due to his plagiarism scandal. Bozell insisted otherwise…

 

Bozell, FNC's Bream Discuss Media Near-Blackout of Dem Senator's Plagi

NB Staff
August 7th, 2014 8:15 AM
As pressure grows on Sen. John Walsh (D-Montana) to drop out of his election campaign in light of his plagiarism controversy, the liberal media are largely ignoring the story, despite the fact that "the Senate hangs in the balance" and "any one race can make or break it," Media Research Center president and founder Brent Bozell told the audience of Wednesday's edition of the Fox News Channel…
 

ABC, NBC Ignore Montana Democrat Accused of Plagiarizing Masters Thesi

Jeffrey Meyer
July 24th, 2014 9:35 AM
On Thursday, July 24, the New York Times revealed that Senator John Walsh (D-Mont.) plagiarized his masters thesis from the United States Army College and that at least 25 percent of his paper “was either taken without attribution from other authors’ works or improperly sourced.”  Despite the embarrassing revelation, CBS This Morning was the only network morning news show to report on the…
 

Obama Gets a Warm Embrace from Fox...Well Not FNC, But a Fox Show

Brent Baker
March 7th, 2010 2:44 AM
It wasn’t on the Fox News Channel (FNC) nor a Fox News production carried on Fox (such as Fox News Sunday), but President Barack Obama received a warm and appreciative session with John Walsh, marking the 1,000 edition of America’s Most Wanted, an entertainment program carried by the network which has failed to air the Obama press conferences shown by ABC, CBS and NBC. Walsh began by offering…