CBS: Rather ratings down

[LiberalEsto]

I was just listening to our local CBS station in Washington DC. They announced that ratings for CBS Evening News have dropped in recent days. I'm sure the Freepers are behind this as revenge for the expose on B*sh's time in the texas Air National Guard.

Let's show our support for Dan Rather's courageous journalism on the AWOL story by watching CBS Evening News!

[spooky3]

1. I've never watched it before this week, but I've been watching and will

continue.

[liberalnurse]

3. I always like Dan Rather...as did my mentor....father.

You know the freepers want to silence him...just look at how they freep the cable news polls......

[Kahuna]

17. Ditto here. Haven't watched it since Watergate. But now I will.

:D

[Kat45]

77. Me too. Isn't it great to have Dan back again?

I'm glad to see he's still got it in him. :-)

[wurzel]

2. Just like Kerry is losing in the polls?

[Cha]

4. Yeah, that kind of reporting!

I would imagine Rather's rating would be way up!

[CatWoman]

5. they've GOT to be going up

just on this board, how many of us now reguarly tune into Dan's show?

:hi:

[MuseRider]

8. Every day now

and I am sending e mails of support every couple of days. I think they know why this is happening and I don't think they will stop because of it either. I think they made this decision a long time ago but still it helps to support them every chance we get.

[Papa]

9. I do, and will continue to do so every night

as long as they continue to report the truth.

[EthanAllenVt]

24. With 51,000 DU members can we influence the polls?

Let's all tune in whenever CBS is on. It HAS to make a difference.

[CatWoman]

27. LOL

Eat me, burp, throw up, then eat some more.

[EthanAllenVt]

42. What if we all turn on all our TV sets and radios at the same time?

Would that concatenate all the signals into one big honking result?

[CatWoman]

46. perhaps I should expanded on my point

if the DU community has been supporting Dan, isn't it logical that like minded communties do the same?

we are not the only group hungry for the truth.

and there ARE several such groups out there.

[EthanAllenVt]

52. Then let's get them on the horn

moveon.org
democrats.org
bartcop.com
sierraclub.org

please feel free to add to the list...

[EST]

63. Love your cats!

I have fifteen, at the moment, myself.

[EST]

6. Not in my book!

I never gave much thought to CBS news before, and was really pissed when they passed on the Raygun movie, but now they represent the absolute best chance for reinserting integrity and truth into the Amazing Right Wing Media Spin Machine. (In other words-dirty, lousy, cheneying liars)

[David Dunham]

10. Guys. AWOL issue is helping Bush. Friday Gallup poll shows Bush up by 13

AWOL/forgery issue is diverting attention from Kerry and the substantive issues.

[flpoljunkie]

18. Another heavily weighted for Republicans poll? Three out today have tie!

This make Gallup a definite outlier. WTF is going on?

[lancdem]

23. While every other poll has the race even?

That makes no sense. I'm not saying Gallup won't show Bush ahead, because their polls are very favorable to Bush, but 13 points???

[sonicx]

41. its bull crap. every other poll has the race more or less even

gallup once again is showing what a garbage poll it is.

[Kahuna]

29. I heard CNN say tonight their new poll has them even.

Gallup is full of it.

[lancdem]

36. CNN's poll?

Do you have a link?

[David Dunham]

62. No. CNN was referring to Pew poll. Gallup on Fri. will have Bush up 13.

[sonicx]

37. stop spamming. nt

[EST]

60. Just how many damn threads do you propose to scoot around

and post this in? I refuse to get involved in a silly discussion of gallup's notoriously inaccurate one day push poll. There is just too much work to get done than waste time on such an obvious derogatory propaganda effort.
G'wan, G'way, the truth will out.

[DemBones DemBones]

78. CBS News is a separate division from CBS programming,

which is not the way other network news departments are set up. This means, supposedly, that CBS News, has more freedom from corporate control. It also means they aren't connected to the people who decided not to show the Reagan movie on CBS.

[DoYouEverWonder]

7. Give me a break

Show me the numbers. I ain't buying it.

[David Dunham]

12. A top Dem staff person told me about the Gallup poll. Had advance notice

[Cha]

19. Don't trust gallop and Kerry's poll

numbers are up as of today! Read it on DU!

[OilemFirchen]

31. I can verify it.

I have the daily Arbitrons and it shows CBS below Fox and CNN during the time slot.

Shocking.

[Ilsa]

54. I wonder why Shrub just doesn't put his hand in his jacket,

move it a little lower, and give himself a "special moment"?

[sonicx]

20. make a new thread and stop spamming. nt

[girl gone mad]

25. No kidding. n/t

[DoYouEverWonder]

32. Que Pasa?

What are you talking about? Spamming what?

[sonicx]

33. this guy is saying the same thing (new gallup poll) in 3 or 4 different

threads.

[DoYouEverWonder]

39. Oh, I see

They're all over the place lately.

I bet they don't even get paid overtime anymore?

[OilemFirchen]

40. He knows what he's talking about.

'Nother bounce for * in Gallup's poll tomorrow. A friend of a friend assures me it's so.

I think it's over for Kerry.

Damn.

[sonicx]

43. you trust gallup

LOL, the race is tied.

[OilemFirchen]

50. Of course I do.

The puggies have it sewn up. Prolly * in a massive landslide. I'm thinking 60/38 or worse. Kerry probably won't even get NY.

It's a disaster.






SNARK!!!

[blue neen]

59. For crying out loud.

Knock it off!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OilemFirchen]

61. Like mama used to tell me:

Believe EVERYTHING you read.

It's worked for me!






And I mean EVERYTHING!

[blue neen]

70. Then here is something good for you to read.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/6450422?rnd=1095380006772&has-player=true&version=6.0.8.1024&

It's about Dick (Call me Mr. Congeniality) Cheney.

[blue neen]

73. No, I didn't really think you would reply to that one.

[OilemFirchen]

74. I'm joking, friend.

Stupidly, as it turns out.

But joking nonetheless.

BTW, highlight this:

Sometimes I hide messages in my posts. Turns out that's not terribly funny either.

Oh well...

[lancdem]

58. Sorry, but every other recent poll has it tied

Gallup is full of shit.

[annxburns]

34. What staff person? Why is Gallup and Time and Newsweek

showing Bush up by double digits when every other poll shows them tied? Gallup had Bush up by at least 10 on Gore TWO WEEKS before the election.

Something is rotten here.

[girl gone mad]

45. That would make Gallup..

the outlier, and make all of Gallup's polls, past and future, highly suspect.

[lancdem]

47. How can you know about Friday's poll when it's Thursday?

Are they even done surveying yet?

[David Dunham]

64. The parties get advance notice of polls, including Gallup.

[lancdem]

65. And how do you know the 13-point lead has to do with AWOL?

Did your source tell you that? But thanks for the heads up. At least we'll be prepared for when it comes out.

[EST]

69. 1. Name names.

2. No way you can say THIS caused THAT in a general poll. It just doesn't work that way.
3.Positive polls make me want to fight on for more.
4.Negative polls make me desparately, angrily, viciously want to fight on and stubbornly unwilling to accept BS for a battle plan.
5.Folks here at DU appear to have settled down and resist any more chicken little whining and are increasingly suspicious of anything that looks like freeper propaganda, whatever its source!
We are proud, strong, and not taking any crap from anybody!

[AlCzervik]

13. This is the crap that dr*dge has been horking all day

smells

[LiberalEsto]

15. Sorry, I didn't catch the entire report

but I worked as a newspaper journalist for more than 30 years and I tend to think my own reporting's pretty accurate. I'll see if there's anything on the CBS website.

[DoYouEverWonder]

35. I wasn't doubting your credibility

I'm just questioning the latest spin from the media whores.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

11. gee I wonder if half the south fleeing hurricanes had anything to do with

it.

[Kahuna]

26. Good point. CBS is watched by a lot of old people. No doubt..

Florida seniors are not able to get their news.

[EthanAllenVt]

14. Can they tell I'm watching through an antenna?

Out here on the islands of Vermont that's all we have. I'll email CBS and tell them I'm watching. Can I email this polling group and tell them too? We need Dan Rather to continue to expose bush and balance all the other news attacking Kerry.

I have also emailed Rather to not give in to the pressure to interview the Swift Boat cowards.

[CatWoman]

48. your'e a real trip, you know that?

[EthanAllenVt]

55. Yes, I've taken a few trips and never left the farm

but this thing needs some serious and sober attention. I will do what I can to help protect Rather. I grew up listening to him and trusting him and now we need to help him fight all these wanton attacks on his journalism.

[flordehinojos]

16. as always with the bushes, when they can't attack the message

they attack the messenger.

[Medium Baby Jesus]

21. Link?

Since it was on Drudge who only gave current numbers and no prior numbers to compare to, I don't believe it.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

22. Now they have an excuse to fire him.... just watch

n/t

[hlthe2b]

28. the one we hate to mention (drudge) has been making hay about this

on his site all day. Look if you want. My coworker showed me and it is disgusting. I don't know how true it is but he's certainly had a good time gloating over it.

[Cha]

38. We know they LIE, Big Time! We should just write Dan

and CBS and ask them, if indeed, their "ratings are lower", now!

[girl gone mad]

30. I don't buy it.

CBS ratings have to be up. Even Freepers are watching nightly to find out what Rather will say next.

[lancdem]

44. I don't have trouble believing it

Aren't the CBS evening news numbers usually worse than ABC and NBC anyway? Because CBS's credibility is being questioned, I'm not surprised there's been a drop.

[sonicx]

49. yes, it sucks

FOX passes off disinformation everyday and their ratings go up. :eyes:

[VOX]

51. Drudge is "reporting" this also, but citing "top CBS sources"...

The fact is, CBS News has been third-ranked in newtork news for several years now.

[Hamlette]

53. write your local affiliate

they are having trouble too...and ours is reading emails from angry viewers on the air.

[Onlooker]

56. I suggest we encourage all news watchers to watch CBS

With CNN, CNN, and MSNBC cleary representing the Bush campaign, it is important that at least CBS does honest investigations of *. Let's all ask our liberal, progressive, and Democratic friends to watch CBS rather than it's competitors.

[madfloridian]

57. If the show is not shown in all areas, of course ratings will go down.

How many areas refused to show it? There was a thread here.
I don't believe it at all. It is spin. When something is that controversial, it gets watched...then they lie.

[RevCheesehead]

66. Is September a "Sweeps" month?

I know November, February, and May are.

If so, the month ain't over!
If not, then how do they know?

[Maple]

67. His 'ratings' aren't down at all

Stations have cut off the show...write and tell CBS how many stations opted to show an old movie rather than 60 minutes!

You weren't ALLOWED to watch the show.

You are being politically censored!

[AnnInLa]

68. someone please explain how the ratings numbers are gathered

do our cable and satellite providers "spy" on what we are watching and report the numbers, or do you have to be part of a Nielson audience???

[sonicx]

71. neilson families get sent surveys i think

maybe they use email now. i don't know :)

but i know it's a poll with several thousand households involved. no spying

[AnnInLa]

72. So, you are saying that even if we all watch CBS, it won't

matter? Thanks for the info

[sonicx]

76. basically yeah. it sucks. nt

[michigandem2]

75. i have been watching cbs evening news BECAUSE of this

to just let them know at CBS (whether they can tell or not) that I do support their effort..its a shame they have to slime anyone who stands up to the evil dictator...