Latest cable news ratings: Bad news for CNN, great news for Fox
CNN hits last place – yes, even behind the icky MSDNC.
And for Fox News? A major jump since the WH started attacking them (via Newsbusters):
Gee, do you think Roger Ailes and Rupert Murdoch love being The White House’s least-favorite news channel? Duh, of course they do.
Here’s a chart comparing network ratings from the period 9/28/2009-10/11/09, which is when Anita Dunn slammed the network, and the two weeks after that (“post feud”). The numbers on the bottom right of this chart show the sequential gain for all demos (+9%( and the 25-54 year old demo (+14%).
That +9% is for overall audience, and the 25-54 y/o demographic is the one that all cable media outlets salivate over.
Keep it up, Obama/Gibbs and co.
In other ratings news – this time of the political variety, Vice President Biden is enjoying rising unfavorability ratings right now. His favorability rating stands now at 42% according to Gallup (unfavorable at 40%), a favorability rating which, when averaged out over the year stands at 45%, which Byron York points out is much lower than former VP “Darth” Cheney’s average favorability rating (65%) during his first year in office, and lower than Gore’s average his first year (55%).
Last but not least, Doug Hoffman, the conservative Republican in the NY-23 special election this year, is now polling slightly ahead of liberal Republican Dede Scozzafava – who is supported by many establishment Republicans, including the NRCC – and liberal Democrat Bill Owens going into the final week before voters go to the polls. Can Hoffman pull off the upset? To find out more about him, click here. If you like what you see, make sure to donate to his campaign.