I know this story is a few weeks old, but somehow, amid all the dozens of scandal threads that have polluted the Sandbox, it never quite got the attention that it deserved.
http://freakoutnation.com/2013/04/02...-hit-new-lows/
Fox News had the biggest drop in cable news ratings, Sean Hannity & Van Susteren’s hit new lows
April 2, 2013
By Anomaly
Fox News hasn’t been faring too well. Actually, cable news in general is having a hard time in general. Fox News though had the biggest drop in ratings, falling 33 percent from its 2012 numbers. CNN was down -7 percent in total day viewership, and down -22 percent in primetime compared to 2012. MSNBC dropped 4 percent.
Even though Fox News garners a large viewership in total, the network has been been in a steady decline.
The Huffington Post reports:
Every network saw its ratings drop from 2012, a politics-heavy election year that was guaranteed to spike audiences. In primetime, Fox News suffered the biggest plunge, falling 33 percent from its 2012 numbers. CNN fell a nearly equally precipitous 28 percent, while MSNBC dropped 4 percent.
Fox News, which has had several well-publicized ratings issues over the past few months, saw its primetime numbers fall to new lows in the all-important A25-54 category for many shows. MSNBC gloated in its press release, saying that hosts Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren had their worst demo ratings ever. Bill O’Reilly’s demo ratings were also off by 26 percent. (All three shows were, of course, still at the top of the ratings.)
MSNBC topped CNN in total viewers and demo viewers, and saw a 30 percent increase in daytime viewers in the A25-54 demo.
MSNBC gloated in its press release, saying that hosts Sean Hannity and Greta Van Susteren had their worst demo ratings ever. Bill O’Reilly’s demo ratings were also off by 26 percent.
We here at FON, feel really bad for Sean Hannity especially since he patriotically agreed to be waterboarded. And we’re still waiting for him to keep his part of the bargain.