OOh! Good news!

The just released February ratings for cable news networks tell a tale that is decidedly downbeat for Fox News, the leader in propaganda programming. In a comparison with February 2005, the numbers for every network are up except for Fox.

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This may come as some surprise to Bill O'Reilly who, in a moment of empathy for his competition at MSNBC, started a petition to replace Keith Olbermann with former MSNBC host, Phil Donahue. O'Reilly felt sorry for what he said was the net's poor performance. Never mind that Olbermann's show drew more viewers than MSNBC's conservative hosted shows. And I certainly doubt that Bill was just being indignant because Keith was being mean to him on a nightly basis. Now Bill has to swallow the difficult truth that Keith's viewership is growing while his own is shrinking. In the key demographic group of viewers aged 25-54, the Total Day ratings for MSNBC rose 47% while Fox declined -13%.

Fox's Prime Time erosion was even greater at -21%. In fact, in every hour in the daypart, from 3:00pm till midnight, Fox numbers were lower. This is a distinction that only Fox, of the five nets surveyed, was able to achieve.

The largest decline was suffered by Greta Van Susteran's On The Record (-22%), followed closely by O'Reilly (-21%). Hannity & What's His Name took the Bronze (-17%). Of the MSNBC programs opposite those losers, Olbermann's Countdown was the biggest gainer (55%), which I'm sure doesn't bother O'Reilly at all.

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EAT IT Bill O'Reilly!

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With food preferences, names (well, maybe one name post) and sizes, today is greatest hits day in Natter. On the other hand, scandalous gossip makes it all worthwhile.

damn. I missed the scandalous gossip.

Joy. CIO just called an all-hands meeting for Friday at 4pm. It's only supposed to be an hour, but our meetings always, always, always go at least an hour long. Nothing like staying late on a Friday.

The just released February ratings for cable news networks tell a tale that is decidedly downbeat for Fox News, the leader in propaganda programming. In a comparison with February 2005, the numbers for every network are up except for Fox.

Schadenfreude on Line 1.

And it feels so good!

EAT IT Bill O'Reilly!

I'm going to dance around singing this all day long.

I have some lovely gossip if you are a fan of Alfred Molina (and who isn't?). A friend worked backstage on "Fiddler" during its run and on the last day, Molina came up to her and said, ""I just wanted to tell you that you are a beautiful woman and that it gave me pleasure to look at you for the last year." He then got l flustered and said "I don't mean this in a creepy way--I am a very happily married man. I just wanted to tell you that not only are you a nice person, you have a lovely face." My friend told him it was the best compliment she had ever gotten and he blushed and walked away. How sweet is that, I ask you?

How sweet is that, I ask you?

LOVE.

My megasooperfast work internet is slower than dialup today. Insert rant about dual purpose and pennypinching bureaucrats and where bread is buttered and leading institutions, etc.