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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGet this: $4.988 BILLION total revenue for MSNBC CNN and FOX in 2017 & that wasn't a campaign year
Reading my Vanity Fair which arrived yesterday....article on Trump and Cable Madness...Get this: $4.988 BILLION..total revenue for MSNBC CNN and FOX in 2017..geez..they haven't calculated 2018 yet..which will include campaign ads....but here are a couple stats for this year...
Number of Weeks Rachel beat Hannity 2018 ...3
Number of Weeks MSNBC beat FOX in ratings 2018....1
Roland99
(53,342 posts)Gotta keep those ratings up
We did fine for a looong time without 24 hr news
Jon Stewart was SO right years ago when he blasted Fucker and (Begala?) re: punditry
jodymarie aimee
(3,975 posts)we had Walter Cronkite/Huntley Brinkley on for 1/2 hr at suppertime, that WAS our news, period...they don't believe me....and it was just reported..words were read.... not show bizzed up...
Roland99
(53,342 posts)For example, take a mass shooting.
(Sad I can use that phrase and its not shocking event)
Now, within minutes, pundits and journalists regurgitate what any witness or twitter feed says happened, regardless of its veracity
Before 24hr news, by the time the story hit its second day most everything WAS known and wed get an accurate report
Now the accurate report is lost in the noise of everyone bickering back and forth about was shooter white or Muslim or Dem or rep when that shit doesnt really matter at all!
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(60,038 posts)Stopped watching TV in 2008. Much joy ensued.
GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)Apple's total revenue for 2017 $229 Billion.