Comments on: Fox News’ Decline

By: Fox Rules

Fox Rules — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:45:22 +0000

hahahahaha Yeah... no HD that's it! That's the ticket...

Oh brother - you guys will say anything to avoid the truth. Fox's anchors all look like sweaty used car salesmen. Who the hell would want to see those faces in HD? I could forgive the horror of their appearances if they actually delivered news instead of a steady stream of crap all day long.

Get a clue already - stick a fork in it... the "Ronnie Raygun Revolution" is over.

By: Teddy

Teddy — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:23:25 +0000

That's a lot of spin... Equivalent to what fox serves on a daily bases.

By: Super Conservative Loser

Super Conservative Loser — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:57:31 +0000

Fox could get back a lot of its viewers by appealing to their hillbilly/redneck/George W. Bush base. They should offer in depth NASCAR coverage and teach people how to cook possums they hit with their farm equipment.

Or maybe they should try harder to appeal to out of touch old people who still think that the cold war is going on and that Stalin is somehow relevant to modern political discussions. That generation isn't accustomed to thinking for itself, so Fox has an advantage there already. Demosthenes's idea of earlier "evening" programming is a good one.

All in all, though, I am crushed that Fox news is floundering. If they go under, who will tell me who to hate?

By: Demosthenes

Demosthenes — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:36:22 +0000

Perhaps the reason ratings on CNN/MSNBC are doing well vis-a-vis Fox is because election returns are on late at night, when Fox's elderly audience is already asleep.

By: lebowski

lebowski — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:31:52 +0000

all right!! john425 wins the award for being the first to trot out the stalin reference. congrats. really, congrats. your credibility has not been diminished in the least.

By: Wayne

Wayne — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:14:37 +0000

First off we are talking “campaign coverage”. Otherwise Fox is still dominating in ratings.

There are many reasons that contribute to the closeness of “campaign coverage” rating. One there is much more interest on the Dem side than the Rep side which would help CNN. Election coverage has been pretty much the same on any network. Therefore you have those changing from Fox for a fresh change. Third some like me tune in to CNN at times to see if their coverage is different from Fox. Both have been pretty lame.

The link to media matter is obvious bias. It admits that most interest has been on Dem side and claims that Fox is losing since it only has only two of top ten debate ratings. What percentage of total debates or Dem debates has been on Fox News.? Getting 20% of top ten debates seems good when that is taken into account.
I suspect on election night, Fox News will do as well as they have in the past.

By: ibfamous

ibfamous — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:22:27 +0000

I agree that low def was the problem. As seen on TV, in low definition, the product looked glamorous and yet practical. However once it arrived in the home it was obviously a piece of crap…

By: John425

John425 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:38:22 +0000

If the Olbermannequin is the "center" then Stalin was a liberal-but misunderstood. Right?

By: LiberalPercy

LiberalPercy — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:13:27 +0000

Funny - any excuse except the most likely one - the country is sick and tired of Right Wing Bullshit from Faux Noise. The Conservatives had control of our government for six years and did their best to destroy it.
People are tired of the wealthy getting tax cuts while they get crumbs. People are tired of being ripped off by health insurers. People are sick to death of the death WE are responsible for in Iraq.

The nation as a whole is waking up to the fact that the Right Wingnuts, led by Faux Noise, are con artists who have had us in their thrall since Ronnie Raygun days.

HD ain't got nothin' to do with it. It's the content. And Faux's content sucks.

By: Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:09:37 +0000

This "lefty" was referring to Olbermann on the election night coverage (that I've seen), not on Countdown where Olbermann plays a low-rent parody of Edward R. Morrow to negligible ratings against O'Reilly and Dobbs.

By: jugger

jugger — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 20:56:59 +0000

he is much more down the middle than faux news. the problem is that to extremists the middle looks left.
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well said jay k. and very correct in it's assertion.

By: jay k.

jay k. — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:44:09 +0000

john425...
he is much more down the middle than faux news. the problem is that to extremists the middle looks left.

By: Political Animal

Political Animal — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:56:40 +0000

Hi-Def in Every Pot...

HI-DEF IN EVERY POT....James Joyner thinks he knows why Fox News' ratings are down:It had been quite some time since I'd watched cable news, since I find the Internet much more efficient for information gathering, but I finally turned back......

By: John425

John425 — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:54:59 +0000

I just love the chatter from the lefties above who think the Olbermannequin reports right down the middle. What a joke!

Having said that, I agree with the posters who pan Fox News for more celebrity crap and Geraldo Rivera than ever before. Even O'Reilly has too much fluff and trash. Now, I admit that I could look at Martha McCallum all day, every day, but...trivia quizzes?

By: jay k.

jay k. — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:55:02 +0000

i'm sure it is all about HD and not about the majority of the country that realizes bush is f'ed, as are all of his mouthpieces at faux news. roger ailles...get right on that HD thing.