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DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« on: March 30, 2010, 12:02:49 PM »
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alp227 (1000+ posts)      Tue Mar-30-10 01:31 AM
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CNN Fails to Stop Fall in Ratings
Bill Carter, NYT

CNN continued what has become a precipitous decline in ratings for its prime-time programs in the first quarter of 2010, with its main hosts losing almost half their viewers in a year.

The trend in news ratings for the first three months of this year is all up for one network, the Fox News Channel, which enjoyed its best quarter ever in ratings, and down for both MSNBC and CNN.

CNN had a slightly worse quarter in the fourth quarter of 2009, but the last three months have included compelling news events, like the earthquake in Haiti and the battle over health care, and CNN, which emphasizes its hard news coverage, was apparently unable to benefit.

The losses at CNN continued a pattern in place for much of the last year, as the network trailed its competitors in every prime-time hour. (CNN still easily beats MSNBC in the daytime hours, but those are less lucrative in advertising money, and both networks are far behind Fox News at all hours.)

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/30/business/media/30cnn....

Fox News beating both MSNBC and CNN...that must explain the huge extremist right-wing uprising in the nation right now. This year, a Public Policy Polling survey found Fox News to be the most trusted American news network. Other polls have shown that many people trust Fox News as a legit news source despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

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I wonder if perhaps DUmmy alpnumbers is a mole. He points out some facts that are distressing to the DUmpmonkeys.


DUmmy jillan is extraordinarily dense:
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jillan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Mar-30-10 01:35 AM
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1. I don't understand why msnbc doesn't do better. Between Keith and Rachel you would think they would
be beating faux.

TV stations no longer broadcast test patterns, so Keef and The Munch are unlikely to outdraw anything currently on TV, let alone the most popular news network on cable TV.
 

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seabeckind (242 posts)      Tue Mar-30-10 01:47 AM
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6. Nuance requires thought
Fox is more non-participatory -- just a vicarious sort of thing, like watching porn.


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belpejic (392 posts)     Tue Mar-30-10 01:35 AM
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2. CNN is toast.
It's a shame, too, because they still actually have a few news bureaus. They can't compete with Fox on the right (who can?) and they're too timid to stake out a position on the left. It's hard to care all that much, though, b/c the cable news demographic isn't all that hot. Besides, CNN still employs Leslie "Wolf" Blitzer. Ew.



Somehow, DUmmy saracat relates all this to miserable unionized democrat schoolteachers:
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saracat  (1000+ posts)        Tue Mar-30-10 01:37 AM
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3. And this is why these nut jobs are so dangerous. No one gets anywhere overestimating the intelligenc...
We are smack in the middle of an anti-intellectual rising and some refuse to believe it. And this is only being fueled by the poverty of our educational system. Things will be getting even worse as we watch the disrespect of teachers and the dismantlement of public education.



DUmmy dchill thinks everyone would watch CNN if billionaire moonbat Ted Turner owned it:
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dchill (1000+ posts)      Tue Mar-30-10 01:50 AM
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7. I think we need CNN to succeed...
If Ted Turner were to buy it back, things could be turned around. There's no way to be a slightly nicer little brother to Fox News(liars). That said, I'll stick with MSNBC at any rate - Olbermann, Maddow, Shuster and Schultz are too good to beat.
Actually, they're regularly beaten by nearly everything else on TV, including ShamWow and SlapChop infomercials. People prefer his nuts to those employed by PMSNBC.
 

DUmpmonkey FrenchieCat takes time out from her Locataire scam to advise CNN:

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FrenchieCat  (1000+ posts)        Tue Mar-30-10 02:07 AM
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11. Coincidence that I wrote Wolf and the rest of the pack each a letter this weekend,  
and wrote on to that Tony guy this morning.

I'm not sure why, but none of them are likable.
And Candy! OMG! It's like....just give her a whip and
a big black spandex suit, and she's good to go!  

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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2010, 12:07:46 PM »
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jillan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Mar-30-10 01:35 AM
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1. I don't understand why msnbc doesn't do better. Between Keith and Rachel you would think they would
be beating faux.

Cuz they can't keep their memes straight?

To wit:

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/300005.php
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2010, 12:12:55 PM »
Fox is the only channel that isn't just showing "How does this affect our Dear Beloved Leader?" and "How can we best give another BJ to our Bestest President Evah?" programs and calling them 'News.'  They are just reaping the benefits offered by the herd mentality of the rest of the pack, and the rest are far out of synch with what the viewership wants to see.   
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2010, 12:16:46 PM »
2 of the 3 broadcast networks didn't even mention the dude getting arrested for threatening Cator and his family. Wasn't worth cutting into their fake reports of TEA Party violence.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2010, 12:21:57 PM »
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2010, 12:34:41 PM »
I read somewhere that MSNBC lost ratings during the olympics when curling ended and the  :whatever: "news"  :whatever: shows came on.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2010, 12:45:36 PM »
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saracat  (1000+ posts)        Tue Mar-30-10 01:37 AM
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3. And this is why these nut jobs are so dangerous. No one gets anywhere overestimating the intelligenc...
We are smack in the middle of an anti-intellectual rising and some refuse to believe it. And this is only being fueled by the poverty of our educational system. Things will be getting even worse as we watch the disrespect of teachers and the dismantlement of public education.

The irony... eetz deleeshus...  :whatever:
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2010, 02:37:28 PM »
WHAT?!!  You mean their relentless campaign of referring to Fox News as "Fux" and "Faux" didn't take a toehold in the American conscience, driving the masses away, and into the arms of Keef and Munch? 

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jillan  (1000+ posts)        Tue Mar-30-10 01:35 AM
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1. I don't understand why msnbc doesn't do better. Between Keith and Rachel you would think they would
be beating faux.

That was the funniest thing I've read all day.  Thanks, Jillan, it's been a hard day.  I can just picture this DUmmie.  Vacant, vacuous look, mouth slightly ajar, jaw slack. 
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2010, 03:54:41 PM »
Quote from: Karin on March 30, 2010, 02:37:28 PM
WHAT?!!  You mean their relentless campaign of referring to Fox News as "Fux" and "Faux" didn't take a toehold in the American conscience, driving the masses away, and into the arms of Keef and Munch? 

That was the funniest thing I've read all day.  Thanks, Jillan, it's been a hard day.  I can just picture this DUmmie.  Vacant, vacuous look, mouth slightly ajar, jaw slack. 

You forgot the drool-stained top . . .  :tongue:
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #9 on: March 31, 2010, 01:18:15 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on March 30, 2010, 03:54:41 PM
You forgot the drool-stained top . . .  :tongue:

Don't forget the deep-set eyes and sloping forehead....   :loser:
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #10 on: March 31, 2010, 01:28:32 AM »
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6. Nuance requires thought
Fox is more non-participatory -- just a vicarious sort of thing, like watching porn.

Well the idea isn't to just sit there. Watching porn can be a contact sport. First you see it then you do it. These people are incapable of thinking outside of the box. Must be why their little world view falls apart without being able to compartmentalize people by race/gender/age/sexual identity/political philosophy, etc. What boring, pathetic little lives they have. My chickens are more active (and they probably have better sex lives).

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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2010, 01:38:11 AM »
DUmmies taking the brown acid, episode 4,328,107.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2010, 02:12:10 AM »
CNN's attempt to steal MSNBC's moonbat audience isn't doing them any favors.  Rick Sanchez, Anderson Cooper, Fareed Zakaria, and Christina Amanpour are no match for Ed Schultz, Keef, Keef Junior, and Dylan Ratigan.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2010, 03:40:47 AM »
Quote from: Chris on March 31, 2010, 02:12:10 AM
CNN's attempt to steal MSNBC's moonbat audience isn't doing them any favors.  Rick Sanchez, Anderson Cooper, Fareed Zakaria, and Christina Amanpour are no match for Ed Schultz, Keef, Keef Junior, and Dylan Ratigan.

Damn, it's like, "Short Bus versus Short Bus."
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2010, 07:53:02 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on March 31, 2010, 03:40:47 AM
Damn, it's like, "Short Bus versus Short Bus."

I see a reality show in the making . . .
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« Reply #15 on: March 31, 2010, 08:10:08 AM »
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I see a reality show in the making . . .

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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #16 on: March 31, 2010, 08:16:07 AM »
CNN: The Counterclockwise News Network.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #17 on: March 31, 2010, 08:39:31 AM »
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1. I don't understand why msnbc doesn't do better.....

BTW, Jillan, is your real name Jillian and you just misspelled it when signing up? 
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« Reply #18 on: March 31, 2010, 10:13:55 AM »
Quote from: Karin on March 31, 2010, 08:39:31 AM
BTW, Jillan, is your real name Jillian and you just misspelled it when signing up? 

Maybe it's my bitch of an ex... Back in 04, she voted for Kerry. Glad we never got beyond being engaged...
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2010, 10:40:51 AM »
Quote from: Karin on March 31, 2010, 08:39:31 AM
BTW, Jillan, is your real name Jillian and you just misspelled it when signing up? 
Not an uncommon problem for DUmmies, the most prominent of which is DUmmy "hippywife", who has on several occasions been blown to bits down there in the Oklahoma wasteland. Instead of describing her heathen lifestyle, her moniker describes her physical appearance.
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2010, 10:50:13 AM »
Apparently, Keef's replacement last month got better ratings than he did. :ha:
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #21 on: March 31, 2010, 11:32:36 AM »
Quote from: Mike220 on March 31, 2010, 10:13:55 AM
Maybe it's my bitch of an ex... Back in 04, she voted for Kerry. Glad we never got beyond being engaged...

Dodged a bullet there, you lucky bastard!

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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #22 on: March 31, 2010, 11:33:33 AM »
Quote from: Chris on March 31, 2010, 10:50:13 AM
Apparently, Keef's replacement last month got better ratings than he did. :ha:

Who fills in for him?  Mike Malloy?
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Re: DUmmies Discuss The Decline Of CNN
« Reply #24 on: March 31, 2010, 12:09:27 PM »
Quote from: DumbAss Tanker on March 31, 2010, 11:32:36 AM
Dodged a bullet there, you lucky bastard!

 :cheersmate:

Tell me about it. And if I had to guess, she's on Obama supporter. I never got those kinds of vibes back in HS.

Now, my girlfriend doesn't have thing one to do with politics. But I have gotten her interested in hockey, so I call it a win.  :hyper:
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