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And I don't see what ratings have to do with anything. Jerry Springer gets good ratings, as do gossip shows and other forms of cheesy entertainment.
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Ratings have everything to do with it.
If FoxNews only showed completely one sided, highly slanted, pro right wing reports, commentators and news then why would a country split slightly to the left of 50/50 make it a ratings giant over CNN and NBC cable combined?
That doesn't add up.
I can buy some curiosity from the left from time to time, but not to the point that they drive up ratings.
Fox is different. I'll give you that, but maybe, just maybe between the unpalpable right wing screamers they are serving up a verion of the news that other media in the U.S. is fearful of providing. [/b][/quote]
Just to clear something up (or rather have it cleared for me), is FOX News the most highly watched news program, or is the FOX network the most watched network. I definitely believe the latter, haven't heard about the former, maybe you guys could enlighten me.
Seems to me that if FOX has the best programming outside of news (which they probably do), then that will attract a lot more viewers to it de facto; 'i left the tv on after the Simpsons, and watched the news' type thing.
Just a comment as to the validity/nature of FOX's popularity.
If its the most successful news program... well... I guess that's revealing. Probably confounding factors in there somewhere though.