Tuesday, July 27, 2010

FOX "News" Doesn't Like Black People

Wait, did I type that right? Whoops. No, the headline is up there as an homage to Kanye West, and the truth of this story is that black people don't like FOX "News." And that's some good taste for you right there. But it doesn't mean that FOX does like black people, and I think you could make a strong case for my headline with 5 minutes and The Googles.

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Only 1.38 percent of Fox News’ primetime viewers are African-American.

The New York Times’ Brian Stelter tweeted that, according to Nielsen Media Research, Fox News has averaged just 29,000 black viewers in primetime so far this television season (9/09-7/10). That represents just 1.38% of its 2.102 million total viewer audience.



CNN and MSNBC, meanwhile, both have far more black viewers, both in absolute terms and as a proportion of their overall audiences. . .

Read more at: Think Progress

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