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totodeinhere

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40. Let me play the devil's advocate here.

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Thu Dec 29, 2011, 03:55 PM

Dec 2011

This article might be making an unfair comparison. It says that the Daily Show averages more viewers than FNC's entire prime time lineup averages. That may be true, but that's comparing Comedy Central's most popular show with Fox's entire lineup. Yet Fox's prime time lineup averages more viewers than Comedy Central's entire prime time lineup. And Fox's O'Reilly Factor gets more viewers than any show on Comedy Central gets. I think that the article's author is trying to play a trick with statistics to try to make Fox News look bad. Fox News has better overall ratings than Comedy Central and it's number one show gets better ratings than any show on Comedy Central.

Then there is the claim that FNC has lost viewers when compared to last year. Well, that's true but we are comparing today's ratings with the ratings they were getting last year during the 2010 elections, which where very important to Fox's viewership. And nevertheless, overall Fox had an average viewership that exceeded CNN and MSNBC combined in prime time and for the entire day, and this year's ratings compare favorably with many ratings years in the past although not last year since there was an election last year.

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Jon Stewart Crushes Fox News In The 2011 Ratings [View all] Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 OP

Keep going down! tabatha Dec 2011 #1

And Jon Stewart gives viewers more actual news than Faux as well groundloop Dec 2011 #2

Good news. tosh Dec 2011 #3

That's what happens when your audience is mostly over 60. muntrv Dec 2011 #4

FAUX plays well to the "damn kids get offa my lawn/back in my day" demographic The Genealogist Dec 2011 #5

LOL!! Nailed it! nt Lucky Luciano Dec 2011 #9

OK I know you are speaking in broad generalizations, but... drlindaphd Dec 2011 #52

FOX news is bragging about less than 2 million viewers? lunatica Dec 2011 #53

"In my neck of the woods, there are more factors than age." The Genealogist Dec 2011 #55

The problem for them is, many of today's 65-year-olds are boomers nxylas Dec 2011 #26

According to the same study you cite RZM Dec 2011 #30

Or captive. Fox in on in a lot of McDonalds and Woodforest Banks. Woodforest branches are in stores pam4water Dec 2011 #49

Go on, go on, go on toward the edge of the cliff, and over! - n/t mazzarro Dec 2011 #6

So Bill and Sean go down, huh? Scuba Dec 2011 #7

Faux Noise will use gimmicks for attention..... Grassy Knoll Dec 2011 #8

Wow... chervilant Dec 2011 #14

There is already one out actually cstanleytech Dec 2011 #21

That's really good news, thanks! Zorra Dec 2011 #10

This Kind Of Skip DallasNE Dec 2011 #11

What's with the drop off at Faux? savalez Dec 2011 #12

For my teabagger sister... Rozlee Dec 2011 #32

Yup. savalez Dec 2011 #48

Good news for those hoping for a more well-informed public eridani Dec 2011 #13

I always flash back to the time I told my Faux-News-watching father-in-law ScottLand Dec 2011 #15

Thier audience is litterally dieing off. Sky Masterson Dec 2011 #16

Americans are sick of Fox (R) lies and spin SpiralHawk Dec 2011 #17

Attrition is culling the Pox herd (NT) The Wizard Dec 2011 #18

Well. faux sucks. The Daily Show doesn't. geckosfeet Dec 2011 #19

Faux Stores lobodons Dec 2011 #37

Three cheers for Stewart!!! cstanleytech Dec 2011 #20

K&R BumRushDaShow Dec 2011 #22

Sweet. k&r for the truth. n/t Laelth Dec 2011 #23

Wow, after the day I had yesterday, tavalon Dec 2011 #24

I hope this is the beginning of the end for FAUX SmittynMo Dec 2011 #25

Good news, and hopefully a trend. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #27

That's gotta sting a bit. [nt] Jester Messiah Dec 2011 #28

I take it that you won't be hearing about this on Fox "News" W T F Dec 2011 #29

Not fair to compare one show to all of prime-time Eric J in MN Dec 2011 #31

+1 pintobean Dec 2011 #33

for this last week, O'Reilly Factor had 2.2 million viewers Tu & Wd, but only 2 mil Monday Bucky Dec 2011 #45

Your last point pintobean Dec 2011 #46

Good!!! nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2011 #34

Did they count all those that watch The Daily Show on their computers? Burma Jones Dec 2011 #35

Oh I bet O'Reilly will need amuse bouche Dec 2011 #36

Fake news presented as fake beats fake news presented as real n/t DissedByBush Dec 2011 #38

I am glad to see these numbers, but FreedomVoice Dec 2011 #39

One reason Fox may have more viewers Shankapotomus Dec 2011 #50

Let me play the devil's advocate here. totodeinhere Dec 2011 #40

I think Comedy Central's most popular show is Tosh.0 Burma Jones Dec 2011 #41

I like Tosh.O n/t totodeinhere Dec 2011 #43

K & R Liberal_Dog Dec 2011 #42

I've noticed that Pox Spews fans hate to admit they watch it BlancheSplanchnik Dec 2011 #44

I dare faux news to show obama's statement when he was giving the numbers newspeak Dec 2011 #56

Sounds too good to be true. pam4water Dec 2011 #47

So does the concept of real news from Fox "news". ;) Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #51

LOL. Bravo, Jon!! AtomicKitten Dec 2011 #54