Network News Viewership UP

Timothy Birdnow

In other troubling news (see Dems Outraising GOP below http://tbirdnow.mee.nu/dems_outraising_gop) all three evening newscasts have seen a reversal of a decade long trend by growing viewership.

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/for-first-time-in-10-years-all-three-evening-newscasts-grow-viewership_b85818

According to the article:

Compared to the 2009-2010 season during the just completed 2010-11 season:

* NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams is up +2.7%

* ABC World News with Diane Sawyer is up +3.3%

* CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley is up +2.7%

The gain of a combined 637,000 total viewers in the 2010-11 season, followed a loss of 739,000 viewers in the 2009-2010 season; which means, while viewership is up, it’s not at the level it was in 2008-09, which saw the presidential election/inauguration

Now, this could mean that the public is paying more attention, and that should spell disaster for the Democrats. But if they are paying attention to the propoganda machine that is the mainstream media...

It should be pointed out that 1.Katie Couric is gone.
2.Brian Williams is gone.


While the changing of the guard has been in progress, perhaps inertia kept viewers away and now they are just back to checking out the novelty. Maybe. But I wouldn't bet on it.

It also may be related to the President and his continuing meltdown; many people may actually watch the news because they want to see the leftists who present their opinions as fact, to see how they are taking things. I always enjoy a long face on a mainstream media type. And listening to their defense of Obama can be amusing.

But perhaps the pendulum is starting to swing back? Let us hope not.

Hat tip; www.bigjournalism.com