Its the Liberal Media Stupid!

Latley you’ve been hearing a lot about mainstream media hurting pretty badly during this recession.  What they wont tell you is that its liberal slanted media that seems to be hurting.

Case in point, here are December 15th’s numbers from Nielsen on cable news prime time  shows:

7PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Fox Report w/Shepard Smith– 2,087,000 viewers (481,000) (939,000)
Lou Dobbs Tonight –1,105,000 viewers (322,000) (513,000)
Hardball w/Chris Matthews —1,009,000 viewers (298,000) (499,000)
**CNBC Reports (7PM-9PM)—221,000 viewers (86,000) (124,000)
Issues– 682,000 viewers (275,000) (394,000)

8PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor—3,855,000 viewers (699,000) (1,524,000)
Campbell Brown —992,000 viewers (256,000) (379,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann —1,454,000 viewers (457,000) (741,000)
Nancy Grace –2,007,000 viewers (847,000) (1,092,000)

9 PM - P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
Hannity & Colmes—2,619,000 viewers (557,000) (982,000)
Larry King Live—1,102,000 viewers (305,000) (449,000)
Rachel Maddow Show —1,321,000 viewers (441,000) (664,000)
On the Money—159,000 viewers (89,000) (114,000)
Lou Dobbs- 720,000 viewers (256,000) (355,000)

10 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
On the Record w/Greta—2,020,000 viewers (445,000) (729,000)
Anderson Cooper 360—1,207,000 viewers (368,000) (504,000)
Countdown w/Keith Olbermann —854,000 viewers (318,000) (416,000)
American Greed —169,000 viewers (70,000) (114,000)
Nancy Grace –1,092,000 viewers (502,000) (612,000)

11 PM P2+ (25-54) (35-64)
The O’Reilly Factor—1,368,000 viewers (437,000) (672,000)
Anderson Cooper 360—630,000 viewers (273,000) (317,000)
Rachel Maddow Show –597,000 viewers (277,000) (333,000)
Mad Money—144,000 viewers (a scratch w/47,000) (87,000)
Showbiz Tonight– 499,000 viewers (250,000) (344,000

Bill O’Reilly is literally wiping the floor with Keith Olberman in the ratings, with nearly a ratio of 3:1. Even when his show is rerun, he garners more viewers than Rachel Maddow.  Mississippi native Shep Smith is beating Chris Mathews and his tingly leg pretty easily.  None of the liberal shows on MSNBC, which is the polar oppisite of Fox News, are getting decent ratings.  Even CNN, which is less liberal but still left of center has more viewers than MSNBC.

Same goes for liberal newspapers: the New York Times has had to layoff staff and borrow money against the building they’re in to stay afloat.  The LA Times parent company, the Tribune Co. in Chicago is in bankrupcy.  Many other newspapers face the same fate.

Maybe its not just the recession but maybe people are sick and tired of the liberal bias in the media and want honest, non-biased, staight news.