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Why Fox News is Winning
Posted on 3/10/15 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 12:52 pm
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There are plenty of reasons that explain Fox News’ ratings dominance over the past decade and a half, but a new poll from Quinnipiac University sheds light on at least one major factor: trust. When voters were asked “Whose news coverage do you trust the most?” Fox News beat out all other television news organizations – on network and cable. Here’s a look at the results (the numbers on the X axis are percentages; "don't know" responses are not shown):
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You can see another aspect of Fox’s success if you break the numbers* down by party identification.
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As you might expect, Fox is seen as “most trusted” by a sizeable majority of Republicans – and by almost no Democrats. But Fox is also viewed as “most trusted” by one-in-four Independents – the highest among any network.
Conversely, look at the party ID of MSNBC. Not only do they rate worst of all networks among Republicans (2 percent), but they’re also are last among Independents (6 percrent). Compounding the problem, even Democrats don’t view MSNBC as the most trustworthy source of news on television. That honor goes to CNN.
How many times have we heard someone say that Fox News and MSNBC are simply mirror images of each other? The numbers from the Quinnipiac poll show that comparison is wrong. One of the reasons Fox News keeps winning is that it has managed to build a solid reputation for its news coverage, one that extends beyond right-leaning viewers. And one of the reasons MSNBC keeps losing is that its programming – even during the daytime – has become so opinion driven that not even its fellow ideological travelers view it as a trustworthy source of news any more.
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Posted on 3/10/15 at 12:55 pm to cokebottleag
I thought it was because they feature hot women who show lots of cleavage and wear short skirts...
Posted on 3/10/15 at 1:08 pm to cokebottleag
Fox News is a featured on basic cable programming, while msnbc is not. CNN doesn't have the exciting topics or hosts. Fox News feeds its viewers from some of the poorest regions of the country (the South), and MSNBC gets most of their viewers from the West coast (Microsoft and NBC joint venture). CNN is one of the most unbiased networks, but doesn't get the viewership because it is boring.
Also, I am leery of any Private, for profit universities who produce polls.
Also, I am leery of any Private, for profit universities who produce polls.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 1:08 pm to cokebottleag
The demographic and age range of people that purchase cable favor Fox's agenda.
That would be my guess.
Anyone mainstream news outlet is awful. That's a given at this point.
That would be my guess.
Anyone mainstream news outlet is awful. That's a given at this point.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 1:20 pm to cokebottleag
Not hard to figure out. What is there more of? Smart people or stupid people?
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 1:20 pm to cokebottleag
Somewhere, there's a picture of Megyn Kelly doing an inadvertent impersonation of Sharon Stone in Basic Instinct 
Posted on 3/10/15 at 1:28 pm to cokebottleag
Posted on 3/10/15 at 1:46 pm to cokebottleag
All this tells me is the propel that watch Fox News watch it for the confirmation bias the network delivers.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 1:58 pm to cokebottleag
Fox wins by keeping a loyal audience engaged by manufacturing outrage. MSNBC loses because they put out a bad and obviously biased product.
It's also hard to buy the independent results because pissed off with the GOP super conservative =/= middle. In today's climate, it's a fair bet a disproportionate amount of "independents" skew conservative. A left to right scale would have been a clearer comparison.
It's also hard to buy the independent results because pissed off with the GOP super conservative =/= middle. In today's climate, it's a fair bet a disproportionate amount of "independents" skew conservative. A left to right scale would have been a clearer comparison.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 2:29 pm to cokebottleag
You still get your news from cable or network channels. This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 3/10/15 at 4:42 pm to cokebottleag
quote:What is; dumbed-down ignorant narcissistic sheople, Alex?
Why Fox News is Winning
Posted on 3/10/15 at 7:13 pm to cokebottleag
Fox News 
Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:23 pm to cokebottleag
Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:24 pm to cokebottleag
Every fricking left wing wackadoodle liberal progressive socialist POS in this thread should bow-down and pay proper-fricking-homage to Fox News. You left wingnuts live in a dream world watching that pathological lying shite on MSNBC.
Anyone ever see an old movie named Videodrome? James Woods, Blonde?
One day MSNBC is going to become exactly that - and all you lefty wing nuts will get your due. It's just a matter of time now.
Anyone ever see an old movie named Videodrome? James Woods, Blonde?
One day MSNBC is going to become exactly that - and all you lefty wing nuts will get your due. It's just a matter of time now.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 8:34 pm to cokebottleag
Well this definitely explains why there are so many stupid mofos in this country
Posted on 3/10/15 at 11:28 pm to cokebottleag
They have better looking women, higher production values and more entertaining programming.
Now none of that makes them a superior news network, in fact I hesitate to call them a news network at all given that almost all of their programming is subjective and intentionally slanted political commentary. It does easily account for the higher ratings however.
MSNBC is just the liberal side of the same coin, but their personalities suck and it looks like they throw sets and graphics together with the budget of a high school lunch hour production.
Now none of that makes them a superior news network, in fact I hesitate to call them a news network at all given that almost all of their programming is subjective and intentionally slanted political commentary. It does easily account for the higher ratings however.
MSNBC is just the liberal side of the same coin, but their personalities suck and it looks like they throw sets and graphics together with the budget of a high school lunch hour production.
Posted on 3/10/15 at 11:34 pm to cokebottleag
quote:My hunch is this is because FOX actively promotes itself as the sole bastion of objectivity in news and routinely shits on the rest of the media as liberally biased.
When voters were asked “Whose news coverage do you trust the most?” Fox News beat out all other television news organizations – on network and cable.
That's why questions that ask "most trusted" are tailor-made for FOX to crow about. When a liberal or centrist names CNN their "most trusted" network, their answer likely doesn't imply some visceral distrust of CBS or ABC. When a conservative names their "most trusted" network, the answer is functionally equivalent to "only."
tldr: libs split their votes cons don't
This post was edited on 3/10/15 at 11:36 pm
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:28 am to cokebottleag
If FOX gets popular enough the Jews will move in and make it "more objective".
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:32 pm to cokebottleag
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Why Fox News is Winning
They are the only credible national news source. Not perfect but certainly the only credible one.
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