FYI...cable new ratings over the weekend

[godai]

Meanwhile, the cable news ratings from last Friday and Saturday's 3 a.m. to 3 a.m. quake coverage are in.

CNN finished on top with an average of 2.28 million total viewers; Fox News came in second with 2.1 million total viewers on average; and MSNBC finished third with 558,000, according to Nielsen. Fox News beat CNN in prime time, however, with 2.73 million total viewers to CNN's 2.65 million.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thecutline/20110314/bs_yblog_thecutline/more-anchors-arrive-in-japan

[spanone]

1. sad state of our media

[JuniperLea]

2. I watch international news agencies almost exclusively now...

The Russian's aren't pulling any punches right now, nor are the Germans. BBC is nearly as bad as CBS and ABC.

[pretzel4gore]

4. the truth is toxic to the liars

they sorta befuddled at...what LIE to tell, WHEN and to WHOM? How OFTEN do they lie, on WHICH subject...can some TRUTH be included in some newscasts? When? What target audience? Is too much lies getting too OBVIOUS! OMG! So many questions....so many choices...OMG! the URTH is so flat...("NONSENSE!" says Reality! planet earth is round, like george jr bush's bald haid!)

[hlthe2b]

3. CNN International apparently turned over coverage to NHK world

at least from the stream I was watching online. That was worthwhile. Regular CNN-- fairly worthless, but mildly less so than MSNBC. Gawd, why can't they find a means to broadcast on the weekends, rather than that canned prison tripe.

[jp11]

5. I didn't even turn MSNBC on during the weekend I figured it was 'lock up' as usual.

[Modern_Matthew]

6. Not surprising. CNN beats all of them on international accidents. nt