The Daily Show and The Colbert Report!I have not watched Fox news in years they are to far-right and not "fair and balanced" as they claim.

No, Don Fox does out perform all the CABLE NEWS PROGRAMS for precisely the reason I stated.

This is the most recent Nielsen ratings:
Posted on 28 April 2009 by Bill Gorman
via NBC press release:
“NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS”
WINS THE WEEK – BEATING THE COMPETITION IN TOTAL VIEWERS, A25-54 AND HOMES
NEW YORK – April 28, 2009 – According to Nielsen Media Research data, “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was the most-watched network evening newscast, winning the week of April 20-26, 2009. During the week, the Williams-led newscast averaged 8.105 million total viewers, +670K more than ABC “World News’” 7.435 million, and +2.357 million more than CBS “Evening News’” 5.748 million. Season-to-date “Nightly” leads ABC by 791K viewers.
“Nightly” has won for 28 consecutive weeks in total viewers, and for 22 straight weeks in A25-54. Versus the same week last season, “Nightly” increased in total viewers (+1% or +95,000).
Among the key demographic adults 25-54, “Nightly News” delivered a 2.0 rating, ahead of ABC’s 1.7 rating and CBS’ 1.4 rating. “Nightly” led “World News” by +321,000 A25-54 viewers for the week. Season-to-date “Nightly” leads ABC by 305K A25-54 viewers. Versus the same week last season, Nightly increased in rating W/M/A25-54 (+5%/+6%/+5%).
In homes, “Nightly News” won with a 5.5 rating and a 12 share. In second place ABC drew a 5.1/11, and CBS posted a 4.0/8.
On its digital platforms, “NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” continued its strong performance with more than 3.6 million online streams for the week ending April 25, 2009

Don’t buy into that slant Bill O’Reilly puts out……Not everyone can afford cable tv, so it only makes sense that many people watch the old local channels….

Mike,

It's interesting that you describe Fox thusly: "..... Fox prides itself as being an anti-Obama channel and it has paid off for them…It concentrates all like-minded individuals to one network..A niche."

The problem is that the ratings show Fox News absolutely kicks the butt of all the other networks' news programs all the time. In fact, on many occasions, Fox outdraws all the other network news programs combined. I guess the folks in that niche make up a pretty large crowd, huh?

Grifter
None of the above is my answer…I really don’t rely on television for my news.

I have not watched ABC or NBC for several years because I watch cable news and the 30 minute spot CBS has does not really meet my schedule.

Impartial?
If the topic is the swine flu, then all of the above are neutral.

When it gets to foreign or domestic policies, I am not qualified to give an answer because I don’t really use any of them, when it comes to my views…

You are right Fox prides itself as being an anti-Obama channel and it has paid off for them…It concentrates all like-minded individuals to one network..A niche.

The three networks have evaluated Mr. Obama very similarly - 57% positive comments on ABC, 58% positive on CBS, and 61% positive on NBC. But he fared far better in New York Times stories, where nearly three out of four evaluative comments (73%) by sources and reporters were favorable. And he fared far worse on Fox News, where only one out of eight such comments (13%) were favorable.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04...