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Forum: Opinion Topic: Summer Bummer for MSNBC started by: the breeze Posted by the breeze on Sep. 05 2011,10:00 am
Summer Bummer for MSNBC as It Loses to CNN in August- Don Irvine Sunday, September 4, 2011 (0) Comments | Print friendly | Email Us 1Share -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fox News continued to dominate the cable news ratings in August while the battle for second place intensified between MSNBC and CNN. Fox easily blew away the competition with an average of just under two million viewers per night in primetime, making it not only the top cable news network by a wide margin but the fourth overall of all cable networks in August. Fox beat both MSNBC and CNN combined in primetime by an average of more than 500,000 viewers per night, emphasizing just how dominant the network has become. < http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/40036 > That left MSNBC and CNN to fight for the table scraps. And thanks to the breaking news events, from the S&P downgrade to Hurricane Irene, CNN was able to gain ground on MSNBC, which tends to lag when it comes to being able to fully cover |