An analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientsts finds that 93 percent of climate info on Fox News prime time and 81 percent on the Wall Street Journal Opinion pages is misleading. Steve Mirsky reports. full story ![]()
In what can be considered a very rare ratings victory for a news network, Fox News beat out all other cable programming in total viewership last week during its coverage of the Boston Marathon bombings. In both total day and primetime totals for the week of April 15-21, Fox beat out cable powerhouses like the USA Network (which typically ranks first), the History Channel,...
mediaite.com (1 month and 1 day ago)

On Tuesday evening, during the primetime hours, CNN beat Fox News in the key 25-54 demo. With an average demo viewership of 438k during the primetime hours, CNN topped Fox’s 419k, HLN’s 255k, and MSNBC’s 169k. However, in total viewership, Fox still remained at #1 with 2.34M viewers compared to second-place CNN’s 1.14M viewers. Here [...]
mediaite.com (17 days ago)

Rush Limbaugh shared the big news with his radio audience today that during the Boston bombing coverage last week, Fox News ranked number one among all cable networks, not just its news competitors. Becoming a media analyst for a few minutes, Limbaugh remarked how "fascinating" it is that a network can reach number one with less than 3 million viewers in primetime predicted...
mediaite.com (1 month and 1 day ago)

Numbers climb throughout the day, though primetime sees the biggest boost with 8 million viewers tuning into across Fox News Channel, CNN and MSNBC in the peak hours.
hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 8 days ago)
In the wake of the horrific Boston marathon bombings on Monday afternoon, television viewers flocked in large numbers to the big three cable news outlets for coverage of the story. CNN, Fox, and MSNBC all saw large growth in their total and demo viewerships throughout the night, and CNN ended up winning the key 25-54 demo during the primetime 8-11 p.m. hours.
mediaite.com (1 month and 8 days ago)
Alan Colmes and The American Conservative's Jim Pinkerton joined Fox News' Jon Scott on Monday afternoon to discuss some of the subpar media coverage during last week's chaos. Offering some sympathy, the panel discussed how outlets can get report so wrong and the consequences those mistakes entail.
mediaite.com (1 month and 2 days ago)

Last Friday evening, CNN beat out competitor MSNBC in both primetime demo and total viewership. During the primetime hours, CNN averaged 239k in the key 25-54 demo, beating out MSNBC's 197k average. In total viewership, during those same primetime hours, CNN averaged 798k versus MSNBC's 708k. The two networks, however, were defeated by Fox News in both categories: Fox's 309k...
mediaite.com (3 months and 13 days ago)
Former US Senator Scott Brown is becoming a contributor on Fox News, making his debut tonight on Hannity at 9 p.m., Fox confirmed today in a press release. Bill Shine, Executive Vice President of Programming for the network, said Brown will offer political commentary on various programs during the day and in primetime.
boston.com (3 months and 11 days ago)
Ahead of today's House Congressional hearing on the Benghazi attack, Stephen Colbert took a head-first dive into Fox News' speculative coverage of what that network has been promising will be "explosive" revelations.
mediaite.com (17 days ago)

ABC, CBS and NBC all announce additional coverage on Friday night to include the latest developments in the ongoing fallout from the marathon bombings.
hollywoodreporter.com (1 month and 5 days ago)
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