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FOX News is on a Witch Hunt

FOX News is on a witch hunt, aimed at destroying the Obama administration and the... more

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Who Runs The US News Media

The power of lies, deceptions and disinformation as Americans pay the price of... more

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Reporter left Fox News because she was ‘uncomfortable’ with Glenn Beck

On CNN’s Reliable Sources segment, Washington Post reporter Howie Kurtz hosted Jane... more

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What "controlling the media" really means

The same media whining over criticisms of Fox was happy to be bullied and controlled... more

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Bush press secretary admits the Bush administration froze out MSNBC

As part of the ongoing White House v. Fox News battle, Fox News Sunday host Chris... more

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Roger Ailes, David Axelrod Meet -- Developments Ensue

During the month of September, Fox News passed on carrying certain speeches from... more

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Fox News Ignores White House Afghanistan Meeting To Obsess Over Czars

lawmakers met at the White House to have a wide ranging discussion on the War in... more

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Fox News Correction: False Claims About Kevin Jennings

Fox News ended up having to issue an "online correction of the false claims the outlet... more

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Cable News Sux

there is nothing else to say really... if you disagree tell me why,

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Shep Smith suggests viewers better off Googling than relying on Fox for info

He says this subject is "too important" to rely on Fox News.

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More Advertisers Drop Glenn Beck

3 more companies have withdrawn their advertisements from the Glenn Beck show,... more

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Glenn Beck's mysterious vacation

Media reports indicate FOX News personality Glenn Beck is taking an apparently... more

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Glenn Beck: Humiliated and abused on health care reform

Glenn Beck is being humiliated and abused by mainstream media. In the midst of... more

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Glenn Beck: Obama Is A "Racist"

On Fox and Friends, Fox News host Glenn Beck accused President Obama of being "a... more

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Fox News Misplaces Egypt

Apparently, we invaded Iraq so hard that they up and became Egypt, somehow!

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FOX News Is #1.... But Why?

FOX News shows own the top eleven ratings spots for cable news. Why are they so... more

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The Most Annoying Kid on TV

In his weekly roundup of the crazy world of 24-hour media madness, Conor Knighton... more

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Fox News set for best year yet

Fox News is on track to have its most-watched year ever, showing significant ratings growth despite having just come off a highflying election year.

With the second quarter coming to a close, Fox News averaged about the same number of viewers as the top three other cable news networks combined. And while rivals including CNN (-22%) and MSNBC (-18%) took hits following last quarter's inauguration-fueled boost, Fox News (-3%) remained nearly steady.

Compared with last year, the Fox News (averaging 2.1 million viewers, 509,000 adults 25-54 quarter-to-date) is up 35% over last year in primetime viewers and 48% in the demo. CNN (805,000 viewers, 210,000 in demo) fell 16% in viewers and 29% in the demo. MSNBC (787,000 viewers, 259,000 in demo) climbed 15% in viewers and about on par, -3%, in the demo. And CNN Headline News (553,000, 201,000) showed very strong growth, up 39% and 37%, respectively, and is on track for its best second quarter.

The new standings are strong enough to rank Fox News third behind USA and TNT among all ad-supported cable networks for the quarter among primetime total viewers. In its core demo, Fox News had eight of the top 10 cable news shows. It had similarly sunny increases for total day, while CNN and MSNBC were roughly on par with last year.

Earning double-digit growth after an election year is quite a feat for a news network. With Fox News best known for such right-leaning personalities as Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly, one might assume having a Democrat in the White House somehow helps boost viewership.

A dominant political party indeed can fuel the popularity of opposing voices -- Comedy Central's "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" and liberal online news hubs Huffington Post and Daily Kos came to prominence during George W. Bush's tenure, just as talk radio conservatives like Rush Limbaugh and news sites like Drudge Report rose during the Clinton years.

But it's important to note that when Fox News took the ratings lead during the Bush era, some pundits declared that the network was winning only because a Republican was in charge. Those at the network get weary of outsiders assuming their success must be due to some fortunate external factor rather than their own day-to-day work.

"I don't look at who occupies the White House, I just look at it as news," said Bill Shine, senior vp programming at Fox News. "How well are you going to report on that news? And certainly, over the course of the last 10 years, we've done a better job at that than anybody else."

Still, Shine acknowledged that a Barack Obama presidency probably helps because viewers will "see some sides of an issue that they won't see elsewhere."

Back in January, Fox News made a trio of programming changes that also affected its numbers: launching Glenn Beck at 5 p.m., replacing Brit Hume with Bret Baier as "Special Report" anchor and having Hannity's new Colmes-free show. All of the programs are up compared with last year.

Over at chief rival CNN, in one measurement -- total viewers for full day -- the network actually is posting its best numbers since 2003. But CNN has had trouble in primetime, particularly with Campbell Brown's show, which has hit some ratings lows since she returned from maternity leave.

When asked about the competition, Shine said, "The numbers speak for themselves. ... If anything, we're paying attention to the non-news networks because now we want to catch them."Fox News is on track to have its most-watched year ever, showing significant ratings... more