Controversy Surrounding Lou Dobbs Has Failed to Increase His Ratings (Down 15%)

[kpete]

Source: New York Observer

Controversy Surrounding Lou Dobbs Has Failed to Increase His Ratings

By Felix Gillette
July 30, 2009 | 4:32 p.m


On the night of Monday, July 27, Bill O'Reilly welcomed Richard Cohen, the head of the Southern Poverty Law Center, onto The O'Reilly Factor, to talk about Mr. Cohen's repeated public criticisms of CNN anchor Lou Dobbs.

In recent weeks, along with several liberal media watchdog groups, including Media Matters and MoveOn.org, the Southern Poverty Law Center has petitioned CNN to fire Mr. Dobbs for repeatedly providing a forum to conspiracy theorists who believe, against all evidence, that President Barack Obama was not born in the United States.

On Monday night, Mr. O'Reilly wondered why Mr. Dobbs' critics bothered taking his bait. "I don't know why you guys are overreacting to this," said Mr. O'Reilly. "I mean, that's—come on, I mean, it's not true. Mr. Dobbs is trying to get ratings, trying to be provocative."

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By contrast, during the first two weeks of the month (July 1 to July 14) Mr. Dobbs averaged 771,000 total viewers and 218,000 in the 25-54 demo. In other words, Mr. Dobbs' audience has decreased 15 percent in total viewers and 27 percent in the demo since the start of the controversy.

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[Beetwasher]

1. LOL!

:rofl:

What a dumbass.

[joeybee12]

2. Doesn't he realize the insane are very loyal viewers and they chose Beck?

He might want to try and be rational because the insane demographic is spoken for.

[wryter2000]

4. Ah...snap

:rofl:

[SemiCharmedQuark]

6. lol

[wryter2000]

3. Keep it up, dumbass

See if you can get down to your immediate family as viewers.

:rofl:

[ensho]

5. he is also a misogynist that has 2 grown daughters

I've often wondered what they think of the things he says.

(he may have more children, I've just heard of 2 daughters)

[jimlup]

7. Can't we get this guy fired?

Dobbs is really out there. CNN is showing right-wing bias by keeping this guy but then I have to remember they gave Glen Beck his seat on Headline News and let him rant on and on for hours.

[eagertolearn]

8. I won't watch CNN anymore because of Lou Dobbs. Hearing his voice is

like listening to nails scratching the chalk board.

[fascisthunter]

9. GOOD!

[PSPS]

10. The headline alone reveals the real story here

The real story is that this, like everything else on "cable news" shows, is merely manufactured controversy. It's all about how many viewers can be sold to the advertisers. The crazier the opinion or behavior, the better (they hope) because it might keep the "act" being "sold" in the limelight a little longer, hence higher advertising rates.