7 Million Freakin idiots watched the debates on FOX

[Fla Dem]

On one hand I find it so hard to fathom that there are 7 million Americans being brainwashed by this political arm of the Republican Party, and they are too dense to have a clue that they are being brainwashed. On the other hand, I guess I should be somewhat comforted that they only comprise 14% of the total of Americans who actually watched the debates. What I also find interesting is that there were no numbers reported for C-Span, which is where I watched. :shrug:

Debate pulls second-largest political audience ever
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Lynn Elber

Oct. 15, 2004 | LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Even a Yankees-Red Sox playoff game was no match for the TV audience's interest in the final debate between President Bush and Sen. John Kerry.

An estimated 51.2 million viewers watched the candidates in Wednesday's debate, according to Nielsen Media Research figures released Thursday.

That exceeded the 46.7 million who watched the second debate on Oct. 8 but fell short of the 62.5 million who saw the Sept. 30 match.

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Among the networks, ABC drew the biggest debate audience with 14.5 million viewers. Having the high-rated drama ``Lost'' as a lead-in to the debate boosted ABC, which had trailed NBC in the other debates.

NBC was second Wednesday with 13.3 million viewers, followed by CBS with 10.7 million. Bob Schieffer of CBS News was the moderator.

Among cable networks, Fox News Channel led with 6.9 million viewers. CNN had 3.7 million and MSNBC had 2.1 million.

more.....

http://salon.com/news/wire/2004/10/15/debate2/index.html

[TwilightZone]

1. That's ok. Didn't Fox's post-debate poll how Kerry winning the debate?

If he's winning over Fox viewers, he can win over anyone.

[PROGRESSIVE1]

2. It's good to see that the least people saw the second Debate.

Bush did much better in that one.

[i_c_a_White_Ghost]

3. bush's core support with cable tv

the rest are out in their pickup trucks yelling sh*t out their windows

[MallRat]

4. Maybe they WANT to be brainwashed.

There's a certain degree of complicity on the part of the viewer, too.

-MR

[pacalo]

5. I was thinking they prefer to be incubated from hearing anything negative

possibly (lol) said about the coWard. Without Faux News to turn to, they'd have to cover their ears & yammer "la la la la la".

[bunkerbuster1]

6. Yebbut CNN sucks.

and frankly, I don't mind that more people are watching FauxSnooze. At least with Faux, you know that you're getting heapin' helpings of highly partisan shit and can filter accordingly. With CNN, we're supposed to "trust" that they're objective.

Phuckdat.

Anyway, I watch PBS and/or CSPAN, myself, and usually shut off the damn TV when the punditwhores come on (even though I normally like Mark Shields and David Brooks on the PBS Newshour, they got on my nerves during the DNC/RNC/debate coverage for some reason.

[wellst0nev0ter]

7. Good, Then 7 Million People Got To See The FAUX Anchors

cough up their hairballs and declare Kerry the winner.