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Bluzmann57

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3. Maybe we Americans aren't quite as stupid as some would like to believe

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 12:17 PM

Jan 2013

Maybe we aren't quite as dumb as a few folks think we are, including a few in here. It sounds like people are just getting fed up with all the bs fox spews every day. And that's good.

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DEAD LAST FOX "News" Is The Biggest Ratings Loser On Inauguration Day-& The Future Looks Even Dimmer [View all] kpete Jan 2013 OP

I watched on Current TV. n/t Ian David Jan 2013 #1

But they got Kucinich! ananda Jan 2013 #2

Maybe we Americans aren't quite as stupid as some would like to believe Bluzmann57 Jan 2013 #3

I think a big factor is that since FOX self-selected for blinkered-conservative viewers... JHB Jan 2013 #4

That was my first thought, as well. lexw Jan 2013 #16

Well ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2013 #5

Faux Snooze will always be subsidized by the RNC even when they operate deep in the red. lpbk2713 Jan 2013 #6

Fox's coverage was boring and biased against the president, so this is no big surprise that hrmjustin Jan 2013 #7

This doesn't surprise me since the vast amount of their viewers consist of birthers, cynatnite Jan 2013 #8

Don't know if Faux losing viewers is good or bad Myrina Jan 2013 #9

Seems the network goes the way of the Tea Party craze? That crowd in DC didn't look much like Fox libdem4life Jan 2013 #10

Of course their numbers were bad for their inauguration coverage. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2013 #11

FOX "News" viewer in twenty years.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2013 #12

Boner libodem Jan 2013 #17

All this proves is that Fox News fans are a bunch of sore losers. reformist2 Jan 2013 #13

good news. Fox is an embarrassment n/t RainDog Jan 2013 #14

GOOD! BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #15