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jakenhyde • 9 years ago

Amazing. The puppets at Faux News get the truth confused all the time and nobody says one mumblin' word about it. Maybe it's because folks are so used to their lies that they are no longer bothered by them.
Jon Stewart, Colbert and Maddow seem to be the only ones who call Faux on their transgressions.

idamag • 9 years ago

I don't think faux news ever worried about lies. It is their signature.

Joe T • 9 years ago

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NEWS RATINGS MARCH 9, 2015

Fox News is the most trusted national news channel. And it’s not that close.

Fox News Channel beats out CNN for America's most trusted cable or broadcast news coverage, and MSNBC lags far behind, even among Democrats, according to new polling done by Quinnipiac University. The poll found 29 percent of people say they trust Fox News' coverage the most, followed by 22 percent for CNN and 10 percent for NBC News and CBS News. Fox News' figures are unsurprising considering its ratings. The channel ended 2014 second only to ESPN in total viewers among all ad-supported basic cable networks. Its "America's Newsroom," "The Five," "Special Report with Bret Baier" and "The O'Reilly Factor" were the most-watched shows in their time slots among all cable stations.

Put simply: Fox News is a ratings juggernaut.

Yes, FNC's numbers are boosted by the fact that 58 percent of Republicans trust it the most; Fox News also has the most trusted coverage among independents with 25 percent.

While Fox News is bolstered by the right, MSNBC doesn't get the same support from the left. The poll found that more Democrats trust CNN (32 percent) and NBC News (15 percent) than MSNBC (14 percent, tied with CBS News).

Joe T • 9 years ago

· READTop Commenter · Community College of Vermont

"Obama: Don’t Worry, Iran Nuke Would Be Against Their Religion"

And Dear Mr. President, which religion would that be? It must be that Pakistan has a Different Islamic Religion then Iran....

Pakistan currently has 100 - 120 Nukes and are still working on them. So please tell us again how it is against their religion... You lying bag OF _ _ _ _.

Top Commenter · California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)

If you want a good read on Obama believe the opposite of what he says, some people are bent on distruction, and most are in the Mid East., when human beings can burn someone alive ,go ahead give them a nuke and see what they'll do...

Reply · · 9 · 2 hours ago

Top Commenter

he lies so much he cant even remember his lies, an than he lies about his lies,, he would know the truth if it slapped him in the face,his word doesnt mean a thing.. and i wonder if he thinks people believe any thing he says.he cant tell the truth for lying,, and when he gets up there to speak he doesnt know what he is talking about,, he is a queer and that thing he calls a wife well it is a he,, isnt that something that we have a queer for a president,, and we have a queer for the first lady, ,,you just cant make this stuff up,

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Top Commenter · Leander, Texas

He's not interested in defeating them!... He's been helping them all along! ...

jakenhyde • 9 years ago

What did all that jibberish have to do with my post that Faux News lies all the time and is rarely called on the carpet for their lies?

Joe T • 9 years ago

5 lies that have shaped the Obama presidency | New York .

nypost.com/.../how-falsehoo......

New York PostSep 13, 2014 - Although the most consequential of Obama's lies — it got him ... Here are five that illustrate just how much Obama's presidency is built on ...

1. “Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency.”

2. “We revealed to the American people exactly what we understood at the time.”

3. “Not even a smidgen of corruption.”

4. “The Fast and Furious program was a field-initiated program begun under the previous administration.”

5. “My father left my family when I was 2 years old.”

The biggest Pinocchios of 2013 - The Washington Post

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The Washington Post

Dec 16, 2013 - In some cases, in light of new information, we adjusted Pinocchio ratings. ... This was our most popular fact check of the year — and Obama's ... The biggest Pinocchios of 2014 - The Washington Post

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The Washington Post

Dec 15, 2014 - (Before anyone asks, Obama's “if you want to keep your plan” was ... In some cases, in light of new information, we adjusted Pinocchio ratings.

Joe T • 9 years ago

252 Documented Examples of Barack Obama's Lying ...

www.infowars.com/252-docume......

Alex Jones

Aug 29, 2013 - Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies .... The ACLU accused Obama of violating the U.S. Constitution for doing this.

Joe T • 9 years ago

I guess if there was a beheading in the White House...that would definitely be workplace violence, with what machinations are going on there on a daily basis.........need a reality show or internet game called....."What crisis, scandal or lies are happening today in Lu Lu Land, aka Obama's WH....yes?

Joe T • 9 years ago

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” Neitzsche

Human beings are adept in lying, some more than others; truth is better than lies.

Most prevaricate for power, greed, deception, and protection of one's ego.

Obama is a prime example for cause.

Jerseysmelltours • 9 years ago

jakenhyde: This "Joe T" take's spamming to a new and horrible level with his rant's? Nice work sir.

Joe T • 9 years ago

Why it is easy for President Obama to lie to the American ...

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Fox News Channel

Nov 18, 2013 - In this case, the president lied to Americans about the Affordable Care Act, promising that passing the legislation meant they could keep their ...

Joe T • 9 years ago

Truth Hurts? NY Times Admits Fox's Megyn Kelly Is a 'Breakthrough Artist'

By Tim Graham | January 23, 2015 | 2:26 PM EST

Moment" bSunday’s New York Times Magazine includes a generally favorable story on "The Megyn Kelly y Times reporter Jim Rutenberg (once a media-beat specialist). Rutenberg acknowledged how thoroughly Kelly dominates her time slot and is battling with Bill O’Reilly for the top of the cable-news mountain. He described a sharp-elbowed Wednesday night program and followed up.

Her audience of 2.8 million was four times as large as Rachel Maddow’s on MSNBC and six times larger as that of Somebody’s Gotta Do It, the Mike Rowe program on CNN about people who devote their lives to odd passions. In fact, The Kelly File was the highest-rated nonsports program in her time slot in all of basic cable in 2014. For Roger Ailes, the Fox News Channel chairman and chief executive, who put her there and raised her in his television image, Kelly has become his “breakthrough artist,” the one who will define Fox’s future.

In the process, Kelly’s program has not just given America’s top-rated news channel its biggest new hit in 13 years; it has demonstrated an appeal to the younger and (slightly) more ideologically diverse demographic Fox needs as it seeks to claim even more territory on the American journo-political landscape.

See more at: http://newsbusters.org/blog...

Joe T • 9 years ago

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” - Nietzche

Obama’s ‘blizzard of lies’

When do LIARS like President Obama deserve ANY respect, he doesn’t respect the citizens of the United States or the people who he PREVARICATES to 24/7 .

By Marc A. Thiessen October 13, 2014

In 1996, the late, great New York Times columnist William Safire published a column, “Blizzard of lies,” in which he laid out a series of falsehoods by Hillary Rodham Clinton and declared “Americans of all political persuasions are coming to the sad realization that our First Lady — a woman of undoubted talents who was a role model for many in her generation — is a congenital liar.”

Today, Americans of all political stripes are coming to a similar, sad realization about our president. A recent Fox News poll asked Americans “How often does Barack Obama lie to the country on important matters?” Thirty-seven percent said “most of the time,” 24 percent said “some of the time,” and 20 percent said “only now and then.” Just 15% said “never.”

Think about that: 81 percent of Americans believe that Obama lies to them at least “now and then” on “important matters.” That is simply stunning.These Americans are right. The latest evidence came when The Post revealed that on Friday, April 20, 2012, Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan came to White House counsel Kathryn Ruemmler with a specific, credible allegation of misconduct by a member of the White House advance team in Cartegena, Colombia.

Joe T • 9 years ago

THE pseudo President lies 24/7Obama's 'blizzard of lies' - The Washington Post

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The Washington Post

Oct 13, 2014 - A recent Fox News poll asked Americans “How often does Barack Obama lie to the country on important matters?” Thirty-seven percent said ...

Carolyn1520 • 9 years ago

Mouth dump.

Joe T • 9 years ago

Eleanore Whitaker
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Discussion on The National Memo 226 comments

What The Right Doesn’t Get About Obama And Religion

Eleanore Whitaker mike 9 minutes ago

You can't LMAO...your butt is bigger than a Long Horns. As for garbage, you've yet to post a single thing you can prove in court. You're chewed up and spit out. Admit it.

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Eleanore Whitaker mike an hour ago

The only load of garbage is that which fills the deadened brain of a jerk like you. You really can't

......to be continued w/ 1000's more just 4 U
best regards as usual

Joe T • 9 years ago

So you are cognizant of E whittaker

Joe T • 9 years ago

Discussion on The National Memo 224 comments

What The Right Doesn’t Get About Obama And Religion

Eleanore Whitaker mike 2 minutes ago

You can't LMAO...your butt is bigger than a Long Horns. As for garbage, you've yet to post a single thing you can prove in court. You're chewed up and spit out. Admit it.

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Eleanore Whitaker mike 43 minutes ago

The only load of garbage is that which fills the deadened brain of a jerk like you. You really can't handle the truth can you? Shows what an asshat you prove yourself to be. I guess you'd know garbage being a garbage man yourself.

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Eleanore Whitaker mike 3 hours ago

And before you go there, here are 4 GOP bulls who smoked pot and publicly admitted it and then like the phonies they are soft sold it publicly to avoid having to admit it during their campaigns:

Jeb Bush:

"I drank alcohol and I smoked marijuana when I was at Andover," he said. "It was pretty common." Jeb Bush. Jan. 15, 2015 to a reporter of the Boston Globe.

Ted Cruz: (From his TX spokesman to the British tabloid, "The Daily Mail:"

"Teenagers are often known for their lack of judgment, and Sen. Cruz was no exception," a Cruz spokesman told the British tabloid The Daily Mail. "When he was a teenager, he foolishly experimented with marijuana. It was a mistake, and he's never tried it since."

Rand Paul:
"One of his frat buddies was more forthright. "Randy smoked pot," William Hill told Politico in 2010.

And then there was the bizarre episode of the Aqua Buddha, an entity reportedly worshiped by a campus group to which Paul belonged. GQreported in 2010 that Paul and Hill prankishly abducted a woman student who was on the swim team with Paul. "He and Randy came to my house, they knocked on my door, and they blindfolded me, tied me up, and put me in their car. They took me to their apartment and tried to force me to take bong hits. They'd been smoking," said the woman, who wished to remain anonymous.

"They told me their god was Aqua Buddah and I needed to bow down and worship him," she recalled. "They blindfolded me and made me bow down to Aqua Budda in the creek."

Marco Rubio:
The junior senator from Florida won't say whether he has passed the Dutchie, repeatedly calling such queries "irrelevant." And besides, no one believes what he says on the topic anyway, he claimed.

"If I tell you that I haven’t, you won’t believe me. And if I tell you that I did, then kids will look up to me and say, 'Well, I can smoke marijuana because look how he made it. He did alright so I guess I can do it too,'" he told The Hill. "And the bottom line is that it is a substance that alters your mind. Now when I was 17 and 18 and 16, I made dumb decisions as is. I didn’t need the help of marijuana or alcohol to further that."

But the senator wasn't 17 or 18 last year, when he used the occasion of a Senate filibuster to quote lyrics from the notoriously pot-friendly rapper Wiz Khalifa.

So...the President was the ONLY elected official YOU could find to criticize for smoking pot. Go wipe the EGG off your puss.

Joe T • 9 years ago

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NEWS RATINGS MARCH 9, 2015

Fox News is the most trusted national news channel. And it’s not that close.

Fox News Channel beats out CNN for America's most trusted cable or broadcast news coverage, and MSNBC lags far behind, even among Democrats, according to new polling done by Quinnipiac University. The poll found 29 percent of people say they trust Fox News' coverage the most, followed by 22 percent for CNN and 10 percent for NBC News and CBS News. Fox News' figures are unsurprising considering its ratings. The channel ended 2014 second only to ESPN in total viewers among all ad-supported basic cable networks. Its "America's Newsroom," "The Five," "Special Report with Bret Baier" and "The O'Reilly Factor" were the most-watched shows in their time slots among all cable stations.

Put simply: Fox News is a ratings juggernaut.

Yes, FNC's numbers are boosted by the fact that 58 percent of Republicans trust it the most; Fox News also has the most trusted coverage among independents with 25 percent.

While Fox News is bolstered by the right, MSNBC doesn't get the same support from the left. The poll found that more Democrats trust CNN (32 percent) and NBC News (15 percent) than MSNBC (14 percent, tied with CBS News).

jakenhyde • 9 years ago

It doesn't make any difference how many people watch Fox News. Those who do are less informed on world and domestic events than people who watch no news at all.
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Joe T • 9 years ago

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jakenhyde • 9 years ago

Joe.....I'm wondering if some day you might write something that actually makes sense?

Joe T • 9 years ago

News alert not to be missed for obama lovers

https://youtu.be/gvuulZPbfBg

Joe T • 9 years ago

Below is a list of Obama’s documented lies so far with the most recent lies first. If you see we are missing a documented lie Submit the lie here.

Lies During the Sixth Year

“We’ve got close to 7 million Americans who have access to health care for the first time because of Medicaid expansion.”

Poltifact.com

(IRS) “Not a even smidgen of corruption”

Foxnews.com

“Keystone pipeline would mean maybe 2,000 jobs”

Poltifact.com

Lies During the Fifth Year

“We have doubled the distance our cars will go on a gallon of gas.”

Politifact.com

“If you like your health insurance plan, you can keep it”

Washingtonpost.com

“The NSA is not abusing its power”

Washingtonpost.com

“I said benghazi was a terrorist attack from the beginning.”

Lubbockonline.com

“the foreign intelligence Surveillance court is transparent.”

Politifact.com

“First of all, I didn’t set a red line,” said Obama. “The world set a red line.”

Weeklystandard.com

nbcnews

Lies During Fourth Year

“The sequester is not something that I’ve proposed. It is something that Congress has proposed.”

Politifact.com

“Mitt Romney raised nursing home fees eight times.”

Politifact.com

“Mitt Romney called the Arizona law a model for the nation.”

Politifact.com

“Planned Parenthood provides mammograms”

Spero News

“We got back every dime we used to rescue the financial system”

cbsnews.com

Benghazi violence was caused by an internet video & demonstrations

State Department

“Mitt Romney Plans to fire Big Bird”

Politifact.com

“Under Gov. Romney’s definition … Donald Trump is a small business.”

politifact.com

Because of Obamacare, “over the last two years, health care premiums have gone up — it’s true — but they’ve gone up slower than any time in the last 50 years.”

politifact.com

“I think it’s important for us to understand that the Fast and Furious program was a field-initiated program begun under the previous administration”

abcnews.com

Romney and Ryan will gut pell grants for low-income college students.

Factcheck.org

My budget will cut the deficit by $4 Trillion over 10 years.

Factcheck.org

“I am told that Governor Romney’s new running mate, Paul Ryan, might be around Iowa the next few days,” he said while in Council Bluffs, Iowa. “He is one of the leaders of Congress standing in the way. So if you happen to see Congressman Ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to Iowa and our rural communities.”

House passed bill on August 2, 2012 (Paul Ryan voted yes)

The American automobile industry has come roaring back…So now I want to say what we did with the auto industry, we can do it in manufacturing across America. Let’s make sure advanced, high-tech manufacturing jobs take root here, not in China. And that means supporting investment here. Governor Romney … invested in companies that were called ‘pioneers’ of outsourcing. I don’t want to outsource. I want to insource.

Forbes- Outsourcer-In-Chief: Obama Of General Motors

“You Didn’t Build that”

A few examples

Lies During Third Year

I will walk on that picket line with you, if workers are denied the right to bargain.

Youtube

In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama said that American oil production is the highest that it’s been in eight years.

www.breitbart.com

I’ve done more for Israel’s security than any President ever

Obama aided Islamic Extremists take over of Egypt/ Libya – Weapons pour into Gaza

Virtually every Senate Republican voted against the tax cut last week

Examiner

“Every idea that we’ve put forward are ones that traditionally have been supported by Democrats and Republicans alike.”

Like Raising taxes?

Obama met highly qualified out of work teacher Robert Baroz

He wasn’t out of work and Obama never met him.

GOP Responsible for Obama Jobs Bill Not Passing

Dems Rejected Jobs Bill

You have 80 percent of the American people who support a balanced approach. Eighty percent of the American people support an approach that includes revenues and includes cuts. So the notion that somehow the American people aren’t sold is not the problem

Gallup Poll: Only 69%

These are obligations that the United States has taken on in the past. Congress has run up the credit card, and we now have an obligation to pay our bills.

Looks like it’s been incurred mostly in the years of Obama

Jobs Bill Paid for

Seems not so much Paid for

Then you’ve got their(GOP)which is dirtier air, dirtier water, less people with health insurance

Barack Obama, campaiging in Asheville, NC, 10/17/11

I cannot guarantee that those checks go out on August 3rd if we haven’t resolved this issue. Because there may simply not be the money in the coffers to do it.

American.com

USA producing more oil than ever before

Petroleum Insights

Fence between US and Mexico is “Practically Complete”

Department of Homeland Security says 5%

Rich doesn’t pay their fair share.

National Taxpayers Union

Mitt Romney would deny gay people the right to adopt children.

Cnn Interview

Lies During Second Year

Obama claimed the SCOTUS decision in Citizens United v. FEC, “open[ed] the floodgates for special interests — including foreign corporations — to spend without limit in our elections.

nationalreview.com

No signing statements to nullify or undermine congressional instructions as enacted into law

Obama Lies to Keep Czars

No “boots” on the ground Libya

Anyone that has worked with the AC-130 gunship can tell you, you need spotters to let aircraft know where the targets are. Usually it is Special Forces, Rangers etc trained for this mission. It’s CIA Agents in Libya on the ground

Reform will also rein in the abuse and excess that nearly brought down our financial system. It will finally bring transparency to the kinds of complex, risky transactions that helped trigger the financial crisis.

Obama Lies About Financial Reform Bill

All Americans WILL BE were, “surprised, disappointed and angry” about lockerbie bomber

Obama Memo

I will not rest until the BP Oil Spill stops

Obama’s Schedule

The health care bill will not increase the deficit by one dime.

Campaign and Presidency

If you like the health care plan you have you can keep it

TownHall

“Under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions, and federal conscience laws will remain in place.”

U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2009.

ObamaCare Fee is not a new tax

Obama denies healthcare is a new tax on all Americans

We have run out of places in the US to drill for oil.

Obama’s oval office speech in June 2010

Now suddenly if you don’t have your papers and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you can be harassed, that’s something that could potentially happen.

Arizona Immigration Law

Doctors choose amputation because they get better compensation. Greedy Doctors taking out tonsils for more money.

Claims never documented

The Health Care Package will pay for itself

Time

Republicans don’t have a single idea that’s different from George Bush’s ideas — not one.

Hmm Immigration?

We shouldn’t Mandate the purchase of health care

Democratic Debate Lies

Obama says he’ll save average family $8,000 in gas

Video Proof

I am immediately instituting PayGo “Pay as you go”

Said during a speech immediately after the Trillion Dollar “Shovel Ready” bill.

I got the Message from Massachusetts

Daily Bail

Lies During First Year

We began by passing a Recovery Act that has already saved or created over 150,000 jobs.” – caught cooking the books and now changed to ‘jobs supported’ versus ‘created/saved’

AP fact Checker

Number one, we inherited a $1.3 trillion deficit. … That wasn’t me.” – Congress, under Democratic control in 2007 and 2008, controlled the purse strings that led to the deficit Obama inherited.Obama supported the emergency bailout package in Bush’s final months — a package Democratic leaders wanted to make bigger.

AP fact Checker

Collective salvation

Obama calls himself a Christian

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.

Obama Inauguration. 20 Jan 2009

Cut Deficit in Half by end of first term

Associated Press Video

Health Care deals will be covered on C-span

Obama Lies

As President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide

ABC

Recovery Act will save or create jobs

ABC News

Unemployment rate will be 8.5% without stimulus.

Obama Lies

No Earmarks in the $787 Billion Stimulus

CNN

happen to be a proponent of a single payer universal health care plan

Specator.Org

We have launched a housing plan that will help responsible families facing the threat of foreclosure lower their monthly payments and refinance their mortgages.

Obama Lies

I am not somebody who promotes same-sex marriage.

NPR

Guantanamo bay to be closed within a year

Council on Foreign Relations.

Won’t Raise taxes on those making less than 250,000 per year.

Businessweek: Obama Agnostic on taxes

List of Tax Promise Violations

2008 Campaign Lies

Bypassing congress unconstitutional; I intend to reverse when I am president

Vimeo

I will walk the picket line with you, if workers are denied the right to bargain

Youtube

No more wiretapping of citizens

Youtube

Mr. Ayers as “a guy who lives in my neighborhood,” but “not somebody who I exchange ideas from on a regular basis.

News Busters

I had a uncle who was one of the, who was part of the first American troops to go into Auschwitz and liberate the concentration camps

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Obama campaign would accept public funding

ABC

Minimum Wage will increase to $9.50/hr

A Socialist

Ann Dunham spent the months before her death in 1995 fighting with insurance companies that sought to deny her the coverage she needed to pay for treatment.

Mounting Heath Care Lies

Didn’t know Jeremiah Wright was Radical

Dreams of My Father – A radical Socialist.

Would have the most transparent administration in History

Cato Institute

We will go through our federal budget – page by page, line by line – eliminating those programs we don’t need, and insisting that those we do operate in a sensible cost-effective way.

Boston Globe

I have visited all 57 states.

Snopes

I’ll get rid of earmarks

Source: Any bill passed during presidency

When a bill lands on my Desk, The American people will have 5 days to review it before I sign it.

Campaign Speech

My father served in World War II.

The Videos and the Facts

Have troops out of Iraq by March 31, 2009

News Video

Seniors Making less than 50,000 will not have to pay taxes

YouTube

Would not vote for any bill supporting troop funding without a firm withdrawal commitment from the Bush Administration.

He has done nothing but continue the Bush admins strategy and to explain how the “surges total failure” has now become his greatest achievement.

Present Votes Are Common In Illinois

NPR

I Won Michigan

Huffington Post

I won Nevada

The Nation

I don’t Have Lobbyists

US News

My Campaign Had Nothing To Do With The 1984 Ad

Crooks and Liars

I Have Always Been Against Iraq

Washington Post

My Wife Didn’t Mean What She Said About Pride In Country

CNN

Barack was never an ACORN trainer and never worked for ACORN in any other capacity.

Obama Campaign Video

I Barely Know Rezko

Sun Times

My Church Is Like Any Other Christian Church

ABC News

Joe T • 9 years ago

How about U....and the horse you rode in on........

jakenhyde • 9 years ago

Real classy guy Joe. Typical republican response. No wonder you're single.

Joe T • 9 years ago

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Joe T • 9 years ago

There aren't a whole ton of surprises here -- conservative talkers are on the far right, while most mainstream media outlets have a slightly left-of-center audience -- but there are a few interesting takeaways here:

1) The most-preferred media outlets of liberals, according to Pew's study, are the New Yorker and Slate.

2) Fox News's viewership is pretty moderate compared to the Hannitys, Limbaughs, Becks and Breitbarts. This is probably because Fox's audience is just so large that it couldn't be relegated to an extreme end of the chart. But even liberals watch Fox.

3) The broadcast stations (NBC, CBS, ABC) and online news sites like Yahoo and Google have a more middle-of-the-road audience than other mainstream media outlets. People who read BuzzFeed, Politico, The Washington Post and The New York Times all tend to be more liberal.

4) MSNBC, despite its reputation as the most liberal cable news network, has a more moderate audience than the four publications mentioned above -- and only a slightly more liberal audience than CNN.

5) About half of the 32 outlets have an audience that pretty clearly leans to the left, while seven have audiences that lean conservative. The rest (including all the broadcast networks) are somewhere near the middle.

That, more than anything else, is a testament to Fox's domination on the political right and American conservatives' distrust of other mainstream media outlets.

Aaron Blake covers national politics and writes regularly for The Fix.

Joe T • 9 years ago

Yes it does make a "big" difference.

NEWS POLLS
The 2014 total daily viewer averages look like this: Fox News: 1,052,000 CNN: 399,000 MSNBC: 347,000 As you can see, Fox News isn’t in danger of being caught anytime soon. And that brings up a good question: if America is really split down the middle the way the polls always show, why is Fox News so much more popular than its liberal-leaning competitors? Is it because liberals don’t watch TV? Is it because Fox News does a better job of delivering some actual news to go with their opinion shows? I think it might be a little of both, but the more important factor may be a simpler one: Fox News is still – many years after its debut – a complete anomaly on television. Nowhere else can conservatives go on the dial to hear intelligent conversations without the usual liberal narrative. Sure, there are a handful of reality shows that feature conservatives, but you’re hardly going to turn on 19 Kids and Counting for a recap of the day’s events. Fox News did something extraordinary and special when they came on the air, and they remain committed to that mission today. Plus, even a liberal would have to admit that Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity are a hell of a lot more entertaining than Al Sharpton and Chris Hayes. And, frankly, Megyn Kelly is a lot easier on the eyes than any of them. Cable news is down in numbers altogether this year, and that trend is probably not going to reverse itself. With more and more people cutting the cord, turning to independent media outlets, and using the Internet for their news, cable in general is probably not long for this world. In the meantime, CNN and MSNBC had better think up a new strategy. “Be less ridiculous” might be a good place to start.

Jerseysmelltours • 9 years ago

jakenhyde: I disagree I believe the talking/spewing/hateful heads on Fox New's don't get confused with the truth and it's relationship to their out and out hateful lies and garbage opinions(even they can't admit to calling it "new's") The whole cast repeatedly use the catch phrases of the day to try and make it easy for their demographics, who are apparently troubled with creating their own opinions and ideas? It would be difficult to find a small amount of truth in any Fox New's broadcast it's just not necessary for their purposes and it's audience's?

Thomas James • 9 years ago

What about those who said there were weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and non were found. Will they suffer the same fate as Williams?

FT66 • 9 years ago

You are quite right. If the time has come to deal with those who made mistakes in the past (like Brian Williams), it is the time also to deal with those who lied about WMD and people died. They also didn't care about human being lives during Katrina.

Dominick Vila • 9 years ago

I doubt it. They are too big to fail. Besides, many of the 4,500 American troops killed in Iraq were probably Democrats, the 600,000 Iraqis killed, and the two million who had to flee their country, were Muslims, which does not count and, best of all, two trillion dollars were re-distributed successfully to friendly corporations. The whole thing makes perfect sense, if you are a pseudo "conservative" with a major short circuit in your gray mass.

FT66 • 9 years ago

And still people say there is fairness? NBC, bring back Brian Williams to work. His lies didn't cause anyone to lose life. NBC, you are being played by conservatives, the same people who never care to watch your channel. All these is about jealous not even close to envy as all the time they are mentioning on FoxNews Brian has 9 million viewers. What has this to do with his mistakes???

Dominick Vila • 9 years ago

In my opinion, the real reason for Brian's departure involve the problems the Television News industry has in attracting an audience. The days when Walter Cronkite and David Brinkley were household names are gone. In the age of the Kardashians and "Selfies", objective journalism, especially when it entails News, is dead on arrival. To overcome the challenge of an intellectually challenged audience, TV organizations depend on pretty faces, funny anchors, and those considered heroes worthy of adoration by a captive crowd because of who they are rather than what they report. Brian Williams embellished his experience in a war theater to appeal to his audience, and when his claim was exposed as a lie, he was quickly pushed aside and replaced with another talking head.

mike • 9 years ago

You miss the point again, the word is TRUST. Those 9 million, trusted that Brain was telling them the truth.
He got caught in his own lie/lies. Why would the audience trust him in the future??? Just like Obama and his continuous lying to Americans, the majority of Americans no longer trust him.
Brian is toast! Probably will stay with NBC in some capacity, but he will be gone from Nightly News. He was ranked the 23rd most trusted person in America, and the suspension dropped to 835(same level as Gene Hackman, Russell Westbrook).
Before the implementation of Obamacare, Obama was 65th(may 2013) of most trusted people in US. Hate to see where he stands now.

If he can embellish his personal experiences, what else is he capable of embellishing??
It is called Trust.

FT66 • 9 years ago

Brian William will come back and will talk to liberals as he used to do. You conservatives not need to listen to him as you have used to do. We have so far understood  th purpose of your dirty game. Leave Brian with his lies with us, and care your own business. This is not the way to start 2016 you conservatives. Remember we are more cleverer than you are. Please stop this kind of dirty games. OK?

mike • 9 years ago

LMAO again at your expense.
We will see in 6 months if he is still around. The Bet is he won't be.
Not surprised that you want to keep Brian and his lies, fits you to a "T".
Dirty games??? More laughter from me.

FT66 • 9 years ago

Mike, I can assure you Brian Williams will be back as soon as possible. Let us see the conservatives like you stopping him and dare stopping his salary. We are all tired and pissed off being played around. You keep an eye to our people like Keith Ob.., Bashir and now Brian Williams. We can't take it any more. Do you think your people there: Bill O'Reily, Sean Hannity, Kelly Megyn etc. etc. are all angels??? Enough of fooling every one around.

idamag • 9 years ago

Even Chris Christi put megan kelly in her place. I loved it. Huricane Sandy is raging up the East Coast. The President flies out to assess the problem and give support to New Jersey. The President and the Governor are walking up the beach and megan kelley calls Christi on his mobile phone. She asked him if he were going to give equal time to Mitt Romney. Stupid, the ultimate. Christy said, "I don't give a damn about politics we have 200,000 people without electricity."

mike • 9 years ago

Fooling around, playing around, really!!!!
Brian Williams caused his own demise. NBC ratings have fallen, brought on by giving Williams too much control of the Nightly News. His downfall is not from one embellishment but from several, and probably more to come.
Most normal people see a major flaw in him and are saying to themselves "what else has he lied about."
He won't be back in his time spot.

FT66 • 9 years ago

In your mind Mike, do you think those people who used to watch Brian Williams will now switch to Fox News?? Can you please leave us alone watching the lies? We like them and we like our Brian. Stay there where you are and it would be nice that you know your borders. OK? No interferrance please!!

mike • 9 years ago

Now Now I never mentioned FOX.

FT66 • 9 years ago

Dear Mike, you once called me delusional. I took it as am used with these kind of people. How come you are continuing to engage with people like me? I am quite astonished.

idamag • 9 years ago

He should go back to watching Sean Hannity while playing with his pajama string.

mike • 9 years ago

You keep responding like a Pavlov's dog.

oldtack • 9 years ago

Thomas James
Surely you jest!
WMDS were put out to the TV talking head bimbos by our erstwhile U S Government. The bimbos can't be held accountable lest our Government be held accountable for propagating this lie.

LadyImpactOhio • 9 years ago

You are very late to the game. Guess you missed it but they were found.

FT66 • 9 years ago

They were found??? And where are they kept now?? In Texas or at Dick Cheney's place?

jakenhyde • 9 years ago

@Lady....what they found were empty shells of munitions that the US had sent to Saddam for his fight against Iran. Please try to keep up.