Puterbac News Network and Political Discussion Thread

[Toemeesleather]

Fox Network has problems connecting to viewers under 50...

Fox News has the same problems.

Bold faced lie.....but hey, that's how you get people to believe AGW, disappearing emails, you get keep your insurance, it's just the junior varsity.... etc etc etc .....do as I say.



The media business—by nature—is in constant turmoil. With so many comers and goers, short-lived fads, and new industry-shattering technologies, it’s remarkable that one thing has stayed constant for over a decade. Fox News (FOXA) is marking its 50th consecutive quarter as the top cable news network, according to data from Nielsen (NLSN). This goes all the way back to 2002, when the media and political worlds were completely different.

As the number of prime-time broadcast TV viewers has gone down, the number tuning into cable news has gone up. Fox has benefited. Its ratings have increased while those of its cable competitors, as a group, have mostly stayed flat. That’s a sign that the growth hasn’t come from other news networks but from viewers who had not previously been watching cable news. Nielsen’s data shows that the only other cable network to be No. 1 in its category for 50 straight quarters is, unsurprisingly, ESPN

Uh nothing you posted contradicts what I said: Fox News has a problem attracting younger viewers. Just like Republicans have a problem attracting young voters. It's a channel for angry old white men. And also dirty old men leering at the 40-something ladies wearing miniskirts.

Young people don't get their news from Bill Oreilly and fucking Fox News. Great for Fox that they're tops in cable news. That's sort of like winning the big ten. Nice and all but it's heyday is long past. Fox dominates a dying industry. Pop the champagne!!!

I guess it depends on who you define as young, perhaps you mean teens/college kids still living in parents' basement....but every article/chart I find has Fox thrashing everybody in the 25-54 demo....


Ed Schultz hasn’t exactly had great luck in the ratings these past few weeks. And on Wednesday, he only got 57K viewers in the 25-54 demo (with 480K total), a drop from Tuesday’s 76K in the demo and 519K total.

And, as usual, The Five swept the competition with 312K in the demo and 2.073K total. Wolf Blitzer continues to hold steady at a distant second with 162K in the demo and 619K total.

[Toemeesleather]

Except for a brief flurry of interest with the story of the missing Malaysian airlines, it has been a rough year for the cable networks. There were several negative milestones in May: Fox News Channel had it's lowest full-day viewership in the key news demographic of viewers aged 25 to 54 since 2001, and MSNBC had its lowest full-day viewership among all ages since 2007.

And it's still just cable. Faux News on it's best night gets 2 mil viewers....NBC Nightly News averages 8.5, ABC 8.0, and CBS 7.6. In the morning FNC gets 1.2 mil and the big three do nine million combined.

So yeah, Fox whips CNN and MSNBC...big whoop.

Yes, more homes have network than cable.....What's the trend (in TV) though?

[hedge]

Looks like the same trend your life is following...

[Toemeesleather]

[Dr. Strangelove]

So who exactly is watching cable news at 5pm on a workday? Angry retired white dudes like my dad? Or young successful professionals? Same question goes for who exactly listens to Rush at 1 when they're supposedly working like heck bs keeping the country afloat?

Not sure what agency lumps 25 year olds together with people in their mid fifties and says they're all the same demographic.

Amongst Millenials (18 to 33 years old) Democrats have over a 15 point edge on Republicans.

[Toemeesleather]

So who exactly is watching cable news at 5pm on a workday?


Perhaps the same/similar to those that get up and watch the Today show @ 7:00am, pretty sure it ain't Millenials.


...And w/the declining audience of Today, I'm sure Matt Lauer will be getting a raise....$20 mil ain't cuttin' it.

Tick, serious question, what is Lauers' pay ratio to his cameraperson?

[sardis]

"Angry retired white dudes like my dad?"

I can figure out the source of his anger...

"Amongst Millenials (18 to 33 years old) Democrats have over a 15 point edge on Republicans."

That's the way it is in every generation. Then they grow up and realize how retarded they were.

[AlabamAlum]

lol.

[Toemeesleather]

Not sure what agency lumps 25 year olds ..


Nielsen

[Dr. Strangelove]

I don't see people under 40 suddenly being seduced by the Republicans as they grow older so long as the republicans support the usual angry white male social causes: keep women at home, make sure queers can't marry, random stops of anyone who looks black/Arab/Hispanic, making sure pot carries harsh prison sentences, etc.

The younger demographic is increasingly non-white as well. Tough luck for R's. The base is dying

[Toemeesleather]

This November will show they are not being seduced by liars tambien.

[hedge]

"That's the way it is in every generation. Then they grow up and realize how retarded they were."

"If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain." - falsely attributed to Winston Churchill

[Toemeesleather]

So Strangelove, when did you get a job that enables you to post at work?

[Jungle Rat]

When Olive Garden started selling those endless pasta cards.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Actually we cut back on the endless breadsticks and I'm not so busy anymore

[Dr. Strangelove]

But not to fear, soon I'll be attending the prestigious Tuscan Academy and will be without Internet for three weeks. But upon my triumphant return to the States, and with authentic Italian recipes for fried lasagna bites in my head, I shall become head breadstick line asst. mngr second shift.

That is unless Duane Bulow gets promoted ahead of me. Fuck you, Duane!!

[Jungle Rat]

Aim high. Make your OSU education mean something for once.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Thanks, dad

[bluetick]

BREAKING

Obama Helped Cover Up Secret Service Prostitution Scandal


http://www.libertynews.com/2014/10/obam ... scandal/#!

Finally. THIS is the one...he's done. Black, burnt toast.

[Professor Tiger]

It's a channel for angry old white men. And also dirty old men leering at the 40-something ladies wearing miniskirts.

I predict Sophia Vergara replaces Greta very soon.