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Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Thu Nov 8, 2012, 09:12 PM Nov 2012

Fox News Audience Abandons Ship After Obama Wins [View all]

Fox News Audience Abandons Ship After Obama Wins
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/08/1159185/-Fox-News-Audience-Abandons-Ship-After-Obama-Wins

... The sharp drop-off in viewership that occurred only on Fox reveals the sensitivity that the Fox viewer has to actual, truthful information. That is something that Fox exploits eagerly as they load up their programming with false and prejudicial stories. And that accounts for why Fox viewers have been shown to be so much less informed than consumers of news from other sources. They have such an aversion to anything other than Fox's pre-seasoned, right-wing brand of pseudo-knowledge that they won't even stayed tuned to Fox if there is a chance they might be exposed to raw reality. ....

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Fox News Audience Abandons Ship After Obama Wins [View all] Coyotl Nov 2012 OP

What's that saying? Rats are always the first to leave a sinking ship? codjh9 Nov 2012 #1

I wonder if this reality of the President winning AsahinaKimi Nov 2012 #13

I'd love to think so, but given the hate & vitriol from some in the last couple of days, I dunno... codjh9 Nov 2012 #16

Why would you trust people that are PA Democrat Nov 2012 #2

Or... maybe they got fed up with Fox defacto7 Nov 2012 #3

This guy is taking care of Fox viewers, those numbers are dwindling and not being replaced... Ikonoklast Nov 2012 #5

More likely, they were gathering up guns, ammo and food and waiting for instructions Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #29

What Would That Be ChangeUp106 Nov 2012 #4

> ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #6

LOLZ TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #24

I'm not going to shed any tears for FOX Art_from_Ark Nov 2012 #7

And most of the viewers at that point were gloating liberals. nt geek tragedy Nov 2012 #8

Exactly! Barack_America Nov 2012 #10

Damn no one watched MSNBC. JRLeft Nov 2012 #9

LOL, that's when I turned them on so I could enjoy their pain. nt Raine Nov 2012 #11

Cannot lie standingtall Nov 2012 #12

It was Genius! Coyotl Nov 2012 #20

lololol!!! diane in sf Nov 2012 #23

Not just the TVs. The local victory party as well nadinbrzezinski Nov 2012 #14

It's not just watchers of Fox News Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #15

Well, we are doing everything we can in order for these guys to grasp the fact that... Amonester Nov 2012 #27

It's more complex Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #28

Thats Odd. bvar22 Nov 2012 #17

I disagree with the article's premise Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 #18

Perhaps an Older Audience Turning In for the Night n/t Indykatie Nov 2012 #19

In our market, as soon as it went to Obama, they switched to King of the Hill cartoons TalkingDog Nov 2012 #21

I'm curious to see how long Fox can beat mick063 Nov 2012 #22

They probably just turned on the other feed (CNN) as others went to bed TheKentuckian Nov 2012 #25

The schadenfreude is almost intoxicating. ChachaCha Nov 2012 #26

surprised MSNBC was so high. their coverage was like "on the outside looking in" A bunch of Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2012 #30

They have been caught lying to them... Londoncalling Nov 2012 #31

You have to wonder how many of the misstatements Rs made were due to Fox listening Coyotl Nov 2012 #32

The only way that Romney Londoncalling Nov 2012 #35

it was past their bedtimes.... :) TeamPooka Nov 2012 #33

Call me when they drop significantly over time. lindysalsagal Nov 2012 #34

Looks like CNN won the night. Renew Deal Nov 2012 #36