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Originally posted by Wax_off
Most news organizations also are dependent on advertising dollars to support them. Large advertisers are mostly corporations which politicaly tend to lean towards conservative ideals (corporate welfare, tax breaks, anti-union and others.) Therefore News organizations have an incentive to not be too liberal for fear of angering their money supply.
Gotta go.
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Unfortunately their slumping numbers haven't hurt their money side enough just yet. MSNBC is trying to follow Fox and reinvent their success story but it would have to replace nearly their entire newsroom. Recently added shows like Scarborough Country have helped but hardly reversed years of neglect. Here is the ratings numbers for cable news.
CABLE NEWS RACE
WED JULY 08, 2004
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 1.7 [RATING]
FOXNEWS HANNITY/COLMES 1.4
FOXNEWS GRETA 1.4
CNN LARRY KING LIVE 1.1
FOXNEWS SHEP SMITH 1.1
FOXNEWS BRIT HUME 0.6
CNN PAULA ZAHN 0.6
CNN AARON BROWN 0.6
MSNBC HARDBALL 0.5
MSNBC OLBERMANN 0.4
MSNBC NORVILLE 0.3
MSNBC SCARBOROUGH 0.3
CNBC DENNIS MILLER 0.3
CNBC MCENROE 0.3
http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/...709_014401.htm