CNN Has Lowest Ratings Week in a Year

[Jamaal510]

Link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/05/cnn-ratings-lowest-zucker_n_4217855.html?ref=topbar

From the "not-the-kind-of-coverage-you-want" files:

The New York Times:

CNN provided heavy coverage last week of the troubled introduction of the website tied to the Affordable Care Act. The result was the lowest weekly ratings for CNN in more than a year.

The Hollywood Reporter:

The cable news network suffered its lowest Monday-Friday primetime average in over a year for the week of Oct. 28 to Nov. 1. Averaging just 385,000 viewers and 95,000 adults 25-54, both key measurements marked CNN's worst showings since the 20-year record lows last August when the network suffered particularly against coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

TV Newser:

It was CNN's lowest ratings in primetime since August 6, 2012, before Jeff Zucker took over the network...although CNN topped MSNBC for the second quarter of this year, the network has struggled of late, finishing third in both primetime and total day for October.

New York:

If CNN can't win the ratings during a breaking crisis, it really is in trouble.

[NightWatcher]

1. whodathunk that no one wants to see Sippy Cup and Newt on a show, or Piers Morgan, or....?

[RandiFan1290]

2. I just got a rating diary that starts on Thursday

They are about to get even worse

[Blue Owl]

3. Good.

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[kelliekat44]

4. They just can't out "FOX" "FOX" nt

[Dawson Leery]

5. Why? Surely intellectual heavyweight Wolf Blitzer would attract a large audience.

[stevenleser]

6. Two reasons. #1 - Because this isn't really a crisis. and #2 For this issue, those who want to hear

all about it would not go to CNN.

[Tarheel_Dem]

14. +1

[dballance]

7. I guess they missed the memo

People are sick and tired of hearing about the ACA website and Lindsey Graham shouting Benghazi. We've moved on but the talking heads haven't.

[Whisp]

8. Stunned bozo

what is Wolf Blitzer

[JI7]

9. Their Both Sides BS , and trying to make the Website Glitches into Iraq and KAtrina

fuck them, they are worse than Fox .

[Downtown Hound]

10. Probably because for most sane, normal people...

Watching garbage like CNN is bad for your health. I know it raises my blood pressure every time.

[BlueCaliDem]

11. Color me surprised. NOT.

CNN, you can't out"Fox" Fox "News" Channel.

The only reason why MSNBC (only available in selective markets with a premium cable package) is doing better than CNN (widely available on basic) is because there is a Fox "News" Channel. But it's not MSNBC's job to report the news. It is CNN's responsibility since they themselves claim to be a "trusted news source".

CNN, learn from MSNBC. Stop trying to out-Fox Fox "News" Channel, and start adhering to the nine core principles of journalism:

1) Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth
2) Its first loyalty is to citizens
3) Its essence is a discipline of verification
4) Its practitioners must maintain an independence from those they cover
5) It must serve as an independent monitor of power
6) It must provide a forum for public criticism and compromise
7) It must strive to make the significant interesting and relevant
8) It must keep the news comprehensive and proportional
9) Its practitioners must be allowed to exercise their personal conscience

http://www.journalism.org/resources/principles-of-journalism/

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

12. I am not...

...surprised. It's a race to the bottom.

[Cali_Democrat]

13. HAHAHAHAHAHA

[madrchsod]

15. the only news i watch is Al Jazeera America

http://america.aljazeera.com/

[tanyev]

16. So tell us, CNN, is that a good thing or a bad thing?

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/jon-stewart-tears-cnn-apart-for-good-thing-or-bad-thing-reporting-video

[LittleBlue]

17. You mean no one wants to watch Wolfie and the gang?

I'm shocked

[JI7]

18. i wonder if they were disappointed the Mall Shooting in NJ

didn't turn out to be another mass killing.