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Young Viewers Avoid Fox News, Ratings Drop 30%

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--Young viewers are avoiding Fox News
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If I was some conservatives here and I was using their logic this comment would play out something like this: This means FOX sucks and it means their news is unreliable and it means that its not the truth and they suck!!!

But in reality it just means that this happens here and now and then and trends happen like this when its not around election time.
 
TheDemSocialist said:
[/FONT][/COLOR]Video @: Young Viewers Avoid Fox News, Ratings Drop 30% - YouTube

If I was some conservatives here and I was using their logic this comment would play out something like this: This means FOX sucks and it means their news is unreliable and it means that its not the truth and they suck!!!

But in reality it just means that this happens here and now and then and trends happen like this when its not around election time.
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Could mean a lot of things. Young people from what i understand are less interested in politics and tend to vote in lower numbers. They also tend to be more liberal. Fox news is obviously the most conservative political channel there is .Seems as we get older we tend to become more and more conservative. I think you will see a tick up in ratings though come summertime as the elections get closer. wish more would be active all the time. We need to care about what goes on
 
TheDemSocialist said:
[/FONT][/COLOR]Video @: Young Viewers Avoid Fox News, Ratings Drop 30% - YouTube

If I was some conservatives here and I was using their logic this comment would play out something like this: This means FOX sucks and it means their news is unreliable and it means that its not the truth and they suck!!!

But in reality it just means that this happens here and now and then and trends happen like this when its not around election time.
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I've really started watching portions of CNN, and then catching a great deal more PBS News Hour.
 
Fiddytree said:
I've really started watching portions of CNN, and then catching a great deal more PBS News Hour.
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If im super bored i watch CNN. I nightly watch PBS.
Every now and then i would watch Madow.
I watch the Daily Show a day late.
Other than that i dont watch any TV "news". If im at my Universities Student Union FOX is always on so when im eating lunch or chilling between class thats what i watch. Other than that i get my "news" form the Papers, a ton of internet News sites bet it "mainstream" or "independent"
 
TheDemSocialist said:
If im super bored i watch CNN. I nightly watch PBS.
Every now and then i would watch Madow.
I watch the Daily Show a day late.
Other than that i dont watch any TV "news". If im at my Universities Student Union FOX is always on so when im eating lunch or chilling between class thats what i watch. Other than that i get my "news" form the Papers, a ton of internet News sites bet it "mainstream" or "independent"
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I generally find that beyond the blurbs from news agencies, I can pretty much erode much worry about media bias. I can get to the nugget of it anywhere. I just choose to watch which stations irritate me less. Then aside from firmware problems for iOS, I generally subscribe to most mainstream news agencies: AP, Reuters, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, NBC, ABC, CBS.
 
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Fiddytree said:
I generally find that beyond the blurbs from news agencies, I can pretty much erode much worry about media bias. I can get to the nugget of it anywhere. I just choose to watch which stations irritate me less.
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I agree many news stations irritate the **** out of me.
But then again the only thing that irritates me i find is the talk shows or those "morning programs" like FOX and Friends.
 
Says unsubstantiated leftist source of youtube.

I'd be more apt to believe MoveOn :lol:
 
TheDemSocialist said:
I agree many news stations irritate the **** out of me.
But then again the only thing that irritates me i find is the talk shows or those "morning programs" like FOX and Friends.
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People find me odd for saying this, but I get turned off the more a station decides to use social media or Youtube videos (like yours). The more I hear from random joe schmoe, the less I want to watch. I know what Joe Schmoe provides, and it's usually nothing of value. I've read enough news paper comments and Youtube comments to know what to expect. Much of CNN has eroded that iReport nonsense, thank God.
 
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Could mean a lot of things. Young people from what i understand are less interested in politics and tend to vote in lower numbers. They also tend to be more liberal. Fox news is obviously the most conservative political channel there is .Seems as we get older we tend to become more and more conservative. I think you will see a tick up in ratings though come summertime as the elections get closer. wish more would be active all the time. We need to care about what goes on
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... we're living in a period of rapid cultural change. Conservative organizations are ill equipped to adjust to such a transformation.

The conservatism of the men of 1950 was not the conservatism of the 1900, but conservative organizations were able to adjust naturally to changing opinions during that 50-year span. By all indications, the Republican Party that exists right now doesn't have that advantage.

Things are changing far too rapidly, they are split between too many extreme dissenting opinions, they're are too many demographics they need to have that they can't net without alienating the others, and their fundamental goals (phony capitalism for the rich) disagree with their grassroots base.
 
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This is really simple. Who would you rather have reading you the news? Her....

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Or her...

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Honestly, the REAL ratings are vastly different than the lefty YouTube "reporter" states. Starkly different.

Not to mention, Greg Gutfeld is killing it right now. Libertarianism is catching like wildfire across college campuses everywhere....Greg has the ear of many young people.
 
Morality Games said:
... we're living in a period of rapid cultural change. Conservatives organizations are ill equipped to adjust to such a transformation.

The conservatism of the men of 1950 was not the conservatism of the 1900, but conservative organizations were able to adjust naturally to changing opinions during that 50-year span. By all indications, the Republican Party that exists right now doesn't have that advantage.

Things are changing far too rapidly, they are split between too many extreme dissenting opinions, they're are too many demographics they need to have that they can't net without alienating the others, and their fundamental goals (phony capitalism for the rich) disagree with their grassroots base.
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I don't even recognize the republican party anymore. It's becoming so out of touch. I'm a registered republican, but I'm probably more libertarian and if and when I ever do decide to run for office I may be a L instead of an R
 
Young viewers think the Daily show is "news". They're also easily fooled. I suppose every generation has said this about the one behind them but I fear for the republic.
 
Fiddytree said:
People find me odd for saying this, but I get turned off the more a station decides to use social media or Youtube videos (like yours). The more I hear from random joe schmoe, the less I want to watch. I know what Joe Schmoe provides, and it's usually nothing of value. I've read enough news paper comments and Youtube comments to know what to expect. Much of CNN has eroded that iReport nonsense, thank God.
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Understandable. But this specific clip is more of a political commentator delievering a report done by someone else and giving his opinion on the matter. So its more of a indpenednet political commentator.
 
Fiddytree said:
I've really started watching portions of CNN, and then catching a great deal more PBS News Hour.
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PBS has fantastic news. I wish I didn't have to work when it's on.
 
Morton said:
Young viewers think the Daily show is "news". They're also easily fooled. I suppose every generation has said this about the one behind them but I fear for the republic.
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Daily Show viewers are almost always more informed than people who watch other news sources, so before you fear what future generations will do worry about what your generation is doing right now.
 
In the Student Union Fox News plays continually ? Young viewers (aged 20-54) are avoiding Fox News ? Interesting if screwy. Students need to remember they are in school to gain knowledge; not feign same with self aggrandizing opinion pieces not worth the band width. When I was in school there were small numbers of students of this vein but now it seems many more narcissistic
"look at me I'm special and all my years of experience says I have all the answers" ... actually believe their own indulgences while living at their parents good will until 26 years of age when they may or may not become adults.... maybe....

Surprise youngsters. Common Sense is not a right of birth; It is learned.

Thom Paine

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If they're "informed" by the DS - something that even Jon Stewart finds ridiculous - then they are indeed clueless.

reinoe said:
Daily Show viewers are almost always more informed than people who watch other news sources, so before you fear what future generations will do worry about what your generation is doing right now.
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Morton said:
Paraphrasing Ronald Reagan who was talking about Liberals, not DS viewers: "Its not that they don't know anything, its that everything they know is wrong."
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then i guess following Reagan would lead to... What then?
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Young people simply prefer getting informed through the internet.

As far as I know no News media organisation or corporation has yet really taken advantage of this.
 
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