Where do you get your news?

Question

Fox News, which overtook CNN?
2/2/2007 Fox News Channel made it five in a row in January -- five years atop the ratings rung in the news category for both primetime and total day.

Fox News, which overtook CNN in January 2002, averaged a 1.4 household rating last month, up 8% from 1.3 in the first month of 2006, according to a Disney ABC Networks analysis of Nielsen Media Research data. That was good for a share of fourth place among all basic-cable networks in January. CNN was flat at a 0.7, while MSNBC improved 0.5.

Last month, Fox News scored a 9% gain with primetime viewers to a 1.62 million average from 1.48 million, more than twice the combined total of CNN and MSNBC.


http://www.multichannel.com/article/ca64...


Changing public views of CNN perhaps best exemplify these trends. In 1998, 42% of those familiar enough with CNN to rate the network said they believed all or most of what CNN reported, Today, just 28% give CNN the highest believability rating, a share which is statistically indistinguishable from most other television news sources.

Other TV news sources, such as 60 Minutes, C-SPAN, and local news stations, have seen similar declines in credibility over the past decade and no longer stand apart as significantly more reliable than other sources.

One of the few sources that have not suffered a credibility decline in recent years is Fox News Channel. Currently, one-in-four (25%) say they believe all or most of what they see on Fox News Channel, virtually unchanged since the outlet was first tested in 2000.

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?PageID=1069

Answer 1

I like MSNBC the best, Olbermann in particular...but all of our news organizations are cowardly and bow to governmental pressures. So much for the media watchdog.

I also like to use the net...not as controlled by oversight and you can get news from around the world which gives a different perspective.

Answer 2

I watch Fox News, I agree CNN has changed. Fox News is more to the right but I form my own opinions about the news I hear. Compared to CNN is alot better. I don't care if you love him or hate him, but Bill O'reilly is entertaining and informative.I'm not brainwashed right when I hear anything off of any news channel.. National public radio is still good, and my own research.

Answer 3

I get my news from many different sources.

I like the fact your details were honest enough to point out that a higher percentage(28%) give CNN a higher believability rating than Fox(25%),which means 3 out of 4 Fox viewers must be watching for some other reason than information gathering.

Comedy relief,perhaps?

Answer 4

The Internet, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, C-Span and National Public Radio.

Answer 5

More people watch Fox news because it is the only so-called "news" channel that spews unabashed right wing spin and tells everyone who will believe them that they are unbiased and all the other news is biased. so that's the only choice for the right. whereas, the other real news organizations including CNN, MSNBC, BBC, PBS and the networks have to split the rest of the people. If you add all of them up, Fox would only be a tiny fraction of the total

Answer 6

I watch both Fox and MSNBC, and research the internet. If you just watch one you will be missing out because those channels pick and choose the stories for 1/2 the show, and the other half they just bash each other. But finding truth for yourself is the key.

Answer 7

Sky news. Check it out. Also MSNBC. Im a Democrat and I watch Fox from time to time. Cant stand Bill-O though! My opinion

Answer 8

I still read. I choose to read news from around the world. TV is biased. The Jerusalem Post, Iran Focus, Iran Press, NY Times, Washington Post, and the list goes on. I read the news in English from Russia, and China. The news on TV stations is always behind or never shown.

Answer 9

As the elections get nearer, Fox's ratings will clime even higher. Dan "media whore" Rather is just one indicator of the liberal media going south. Some people are just stuck on the spin-cycle.

Answer 10

I get my news from reading on Yahoo! News.. and sometimes through "water cooler talk" at work lol.. I don't really care what Fox news does or any other news network for that matter because I like to form my own opinions about the world, I don't like opinions to be force fed to me.