Fox News knows Obama is good for business...theirs.

[Atman]

http://www.politicususa.com/fox-news-admits-rooting-obama-win.html

Fox News executives let it slip today that although they are pushing for Mitt Romney to win on the air, privately they are hoping for four more years of Obama.

Buried near the bottom of a New York Times piece on Obama and Fox News was this little nugget,

"Fox News tends to benefit when it covers Mr. Obama and the Democrats aggressively. Indeed, during the height of the 2009 spat between Fox News and the White House, the channel’s ratings grew 8 percent over all. And while many of its commentators and on-air guests may be rooting for a Mitt Romney victory, privately Fox executives say that a second Obama term could be the best thing that ever happened to their network.

Conversely, Mr. Obama has enjoyed hitting the Fox News punching bag now and again. During his 2008 campaign, just mentioning the network in a stump speech would rile up the crowd."

There is more evidence that talking about Republicans is bad for business at Fox News. When Fox devoted loads of airtime to the Republican primaries, their viewership dropped by 17%. (The exception to this was the Republican debates, which performed well for all networks.) Fox News viewers are more interested in carrying out their crusade against Obama than they are hearing about their own party. When Republicans eventually win the White House again, it is a virtual certainty that certain segment of the Fox News audience will tune out.

[Atman]

1. Hate to bump my own post...

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Maybe this should be under the "Obvious" file.