Fox News Viewership Drops by Half in 6 Months

Since the election, viewership in the coveted 25-54 age bracket of Fox News has fallen from over 1,000,000 in October (2004) to under 450,000 in April 2005, according to a CNN press release.

According to the BBC, FOX News' profits doubled due to "patriotic coverage" of the Iraq conflict, with as much as 300% increase in viewership, with 3.3 million average daily viewers.

The 2004 election coverage by FOX News ranked higher than the next two cable news competitors combined. For President Bush's address, FOX News rated 7.3 million viewers. NBC, CBS, and ABC rated 5.9, 5.0, and 5.1, respectively.

Ratings for cable news stations have fallen since the election, but most have since stabilized, thus it is anomalous that Fox is continuing to drop. CNN's ratings, as an example, increased 27% in April.

The reason for Fox News' fall in viewership is not clear. Some speculate that the audience has turned to other news sources out of distrust or dislike of Fox News' reporting; others claim it to simply be a result in decreased interest in news in general; some suggest that other cable news channels have adopted Fox News' style and tenor.

Fox News Viewership:
Oct. 04: 1,074,000
Nov. 04: 891,000
Dec. 04: 568,000
Jan. 05: 564,000
Feb. 05: 520,000
March 05: 498,000
April 05: 445,000

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May I also recommend an interesting documentary called Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism

By the way, just about all mainstream media outlets are useless "presstitutes" that have screwed everyone over one way or another. And they wonder why more people are turning to the internet and even blogs for real news.