Breaking News: It's a Horserace Again!!!

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The media is all aflutter booking right wingers on to call Hillary a crook.

Isn't this fun?

And to think the media was actually covering other news because things were getting boring waiting for Hillary's obvious win.

Now they can't wipe the smile off their faces.

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1. Buy More Ads Buy More Ads

[jamese777]

2. Ratings

mean advertising dollars. Advertising dollars mean profit.
"Q3 2016 Ratings: Fox News Is Most-Watched Cable Network"

It was a controversy-filled summer for Fox News Channel, but that didn’t deter viewers from flocking to the network. Fox News was the most-watched basic cable network for Q3 2016, both in prime time and across total day. Not only did the network beat all cable news and entertainment competition in total audience, but FNC improved 25 percent in prime time, and by 29 percent in total day vs. the 3rd quarter of 2015. The network also delivered year-over-year improvement in the key A25-54 demo, up 50 percent in prime time and up 31 percent in total day. Averaging 1.41 million viewers every day for the last three months, made this the most-watched quarter ever for the 20-year-old network.

Prime time (Mon-Sun): 2,437,000 total viewers / 459,000 A25-54
Total Day (Mon-Sun): 1,410,000 total viewers /276,000 A25-54

Fox News’ year-over-year improvement was given a boost by campaign 2016 which, in the last three months, included the Republican and Democratic National Conventions. Fox News beat CNN and MSNBC in total viewers across the 8 nights of 2016 convention coverage, and delivered a 5 percent improvement in total prime time viewers compared to its convention 2012 coverage.

The O’Reilly Factor remained the No. 1 cable news program for the quarter in total viewers, while The Kelly File finished No. 1 in the A25-54 demo. Hannity won the news demo for September, likely helped by consistent appearances from GOP nominee Donald Trump.

Additionally, every Fox News program improved by double-digits in both viewers and the demo compared to the same quarter last year, and multiple programs delivered their most-watched quarters ever in viewers including America’s Newsroom, Happening Now, Shepard Smith Reporting, The Five, The Kelly File, Hannity, MediaBuzz and Justice with Judge Jeanine.
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/q3-2016-ratings-fox-news-is-most-watched-cable-network/305851

[jamese777]

3. And...

Decision 2016 has been very, very good to the TV networks, especially those in the 24/7 news business.

The Washington Post reports CNN is poised to hit a record $1 billion in profit this year. That report comes a few days after NPR reported the channel is seeing an extra $100 million in revenue over a typical election year.

According to people intimately familiar with CNN’s finances, the network and its related media businesses will approach $1 billion in gross profit in 2016. The internal estimate reflects a double-digit increase over 2015; it includes CNN’s international network, its popular website and the smaller HLN network, but is driven primarily by its domestic channel, according to people at CNN.

[jamese777]

4. Additionally...

"Third-ranked MSNBC, which falls under the larger NBC News umbrella, will have projected earnings of $279.6 million this year. MSNBC is growing faster in percentage terms than its two much-larger competitors; its projected profits reflect a 19 percent growth rate over 2015, compared with 14 percent for CNN and 11.3 percent for Fox.
Earlier this week, CNN reached another milestone. For the first time in 15 years the network won 4 weeks straight in the advertiser-friendly Adults aged 25-54 demographic.

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5. Thanks Comey!!!!

[Demsrule86]

6. It is not a horserace.

And this is a seriously ill advised post for a Democratic website.

[jamese777]

7. You missed the sarcasm

which is easy to do with the written word.

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8. I hate the media....

They put on a Republican liar and then put on a Democrat to respond to the lies and then say it's up to the viewers to decide the truth.

They used to call out the liars themselves. This forced Republicans to have some skill in the delivery of their lies. Now they can openly lie and not get called out on it by the media and the public is left with whoever the Dems can dig up to respond while the media claims it's their job to remain neutral.