Very few black people are conservative, so this stands to reason. Fox's going with the Breitbart story was still a bad thing, of course.

And yet, we're consistently told the Tea Parties are so racially diverse! =)

I do not think that term actually means what they think it means...

Probably similar numbers of Jews and Hispanics as well.

I must admit, I'm totally lost as to how the boys at Faux will try to spin this as a "good thing." Or perhaps they won't, and instead send their attack dogs (O'Reilly, Hannity, & Beck) to spin the numbers as "proof" that black people aren't interested in the "truth" that Faux deals in.

re: #3 Killgore Trout

Probably similar numbers of Jews and Hispanics as well.

I think they'd do better with Jewish people. From what I've seen, Fox is pretty Israel-philic.

People of color see through the "stories" on Fox very clearly.

It would either drive me to depression or make me a very pissed off viewer. I'm assuming the choice is keeping your sanity.

re: #4 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

Fox would just claim that the other liberal media outlets are distorting Fox's content.

re: #4 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

They'll talk about their demographics: "high-income household penetration."

re: #5 stevemcg

I think they'd do better with Jewish people. From what I've seen, Fox is pretty Israel-philic.

They may be, but Jews remain largely liberal as a voting block, and socially. We also, by and large, tend to group in large urban areas and blue states.

Frankly, I'm surprised it's that high.

re: #7 stevemcg

Fox would just claim that the other liberal media outlets are distorting Fox's content.

Black people don't watch Fox because the other media told them it was bad and scary? Fair enough, but how did all of their white viewers escape from the trap?

re: #5 stevemcg

I think they'd do better with Jewish people. From what I've seen, Fox is pretty Israel-philic.

Jews vote about 80% Dem. Fox might get a few of those as viewers but probably not many since they've shifted to a more Ron Paul, Alex Jones, Birch society agenda.

The average age of Fox News viewers is 65 from what I understand. Bill O'Reilly's is 71.

re: #7 stevemcg

Fox would just claim that the other liberal media outlets are distorting Fox's content.

Yeah, go for the "victim" angle. "Oh, it's not that we're 'racist,' it's that the other news networks bias black viewers against us."

re: #10 Andy Dufresne

Frankly, I'm surprised it's that high.

Maybe somebody classified some "Williams" and "Johnson" households by mistake. You should see some of the junk mail we get!

re: #10 Andy Dufresne

Frankly, I'm surprised it's that high.

I'm sure Clayton Bigsby watches Fox.

///That said, I would be interested to know if their black viewership is largely fiscally conservative, if they're watching specific shows...

re: #8 jaunte

They'll talk about their demographics: "high-income household penetration."

Yep. Ignore the inconvenient fact that their minority viewership is virtually non-existent and instead continue playing up that they're pulling in 2+ million viewers versus versus the 751,000 of MSNBC.

re: #13 Gus 802

The average age of Fox News viewers is 65 from what I understand. Bill O'Reilly's is 71.

I don't think that's accurate. His ratings seem to high for that to be the average.

re: #5 stevemcg

I think they'd do better with Jewish people. From what I've seen, Fox is pretty Israel-philic.

I wouldn't bet on it. For most American Jews, their liberalism on most topics would, I venture to say, trump their support for Israel when it comes to choosing news sources.

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

I don't think that's accurate. His ratings seem to high for that to be the average.

Well, according to Variety Magazine it was 65 in 2008.

Among ad-supported cable nets, the news nets (along with older-skewing Hallmark Channel, Golf Channel and GSN's daytime sked) sport the most gray, with Fox News Channel's daytime and primetime skeds the absolute oldest, clocking in with a median age above 65. Youngest nets are the daytime skeds for Noggin and Nickelodeon, with a median age under 10.

[Link: www.variety.com...]

re: #11 SanFranciscoZionist: Black people don't watch Fox because the other media told them it was bad and scary? Fair enough, but how did all of their white viewers escape from the trap?

Clearly the white Fox viewers are not as smart as the black viewers.

re: #1 Dark_Falcon

Very few black people are conservative, so this stands to reason. Fox's going with the Breitbart story was still a bad thing, of course.

Very few black people are conservative? Or very few black people feel that the type of conservatism represented by Fox (and, really, the Republican party as currently constituted) have anything to offer them, or represent their political, ideological, economic or social interests in any way at all?

My best guess estimate why the number (1.38%) is so high:

1) 50% of it are kids on the TV without adult supervision, channel surfing and getting stuck on the station while interrupted on their cell phones by their BF/GF without realizing it.

2) 25% are TVs where the buttons got jammed and they're waiting to take it in to Best Buy to get it fixed by the Geek Squad.

3) 24% are the result of falling asleep while flicking the buttons in bed late at night and landing on a commercial before the eyes close and they drift off.

4) 1% are the 30 or so black members of the Tea Party which are consistently shuttled around from demonstration to demonstration as an example of how incredibly diverse the Tea Parties really are.

I doubt even Michael Steele feels comfortable watching fox.

re: #5 stevemcg

I think they'd do better with Jewish people. From what I've seen, Fox is pretty Israel-philic.

FOX and the far-right GOP'ers may be "pro-Israel", yet it's not the 3% of Americans who are Jewish that they are really chasing. It's the 15% of Americans who beleive in the imminent end of days that's turned on by the thought of Israel being the harbinger of the "rapture".

Or they could just be wasting a whole lot of dough failing to attract Jewish voters...you decide.

re: #23 Summer

You're forgetting black 20-somethings who are very internet and occasionally flip it on to goof on it, same as I used to do :D

re: #24 Conservative Moonbat

I doubt even Michael Steele feels comfortable watching fox.

Bet Shelby Steele does, though...

re: #19 rieux

I wouldn't bet on it. For most American Jews, their liberalism on most topics would, I venture to say, trump their support for Israel when it comes to choosing news sources.

Is Fox's coverage of Israel actually better or more supportive in some way? I watched Fox News pretty extensively while visiting family earlier this month, and I have to say that I didn't see much of anything to make me think they were a good source of news on Israel.

Is their support more visible on the talk shows?

re: #26 WindUpBird

You're forgetting black 20-somethings who are very internet and occasionally flip it on to goof on it, same as I used to do :D

Ru Paul... is that really you :)

re: #23 Summer

What about the folks in the doctors waiting rooms who have no choice because the TVs mounted on the wall and the nurse has the remote?

re: #1 Dark_Falcon

Very few black people are conservative, so this stands to reason. Fox's going with the Breitbart story was still a bad thing, of course.

this is completely wrong, dude.

Plenty of black conservatives out there, they just vote democrat.

This is the southern strategy at work. Black people know all about the southern strategy.

re: #30 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

What about the folks in the doctors waiting rooms who have no choice because the TVs mounted on the wall and the nurse has the remote?

Do those count as individual black viewers? Or does only the nurse count?

re: #29 Walter L. Newton

Ru Paul... is that really you :)

I watched his reality show! Well, some of it. There was like one person besides Ru Paul I liked on there, the rest of it was all catty drag queen nonsense that just made me cringe. The outfits were awesome though, which was why I watched it

re: #28 SanFranciscoZionist

Is Fox's coverage of Israel actually better or more supportive in some way? I watched Fox News pretty extensively while visiting family earlier this month, and I have to say that I didn't see much of anything to make me think they were a good source of news on Israel.

Is their support more visible on the talk shows?

Don't really know - I was responding to the hypothetical.

re: #32 SanFranciscoZionist

Do those count as individual black viewers? Or does only the nurse count?

Do nielsen ratings count ironic viewing?

re: #31 WindUpBird

this is completely wrong, dude.

Plenty of black conservatives out there, they just vote democrat.

This is the southern strategy at work. Black people know all about the southern strategy.

Social conservatives.

They pretty much all support social programs and such.

re: #18 Dark_Falcon

I don't think that's accurate. His ratings seem to high for that to be the average.

It's not really that unusual though for news programming. It's been well known that nightly news viewers for the big three networks has always been older. Younger people generally don't watch news and consider news "depressing". Average for the three networks for nightly news was 62.3 for 2009.

Network news divisions have failed for years to attract additional younger viewers to their evening programs. In 2009, the audience for nightly news grew yet older.

The median age of nightly news viewers was 62.3 for all three evening newscasts in 2009, according to an analysis of copyrighted Nielsen data provided by Magna, a media buying firm. That was up by a full year from 2008, when the median age of all three networks averaged 61.3. The median age of viewers had been rising since 2004, as has the U.S. population as a whole.

[Link: www.stateofthemedia.org...]

re: #30 Targetpractice, Worst of Both Worlds

What about the folks in the doctors waiting rooms who have no choice because the TVs mounted on the wall and the nurse has the remote?

LOL!
They look at me funny, when I ask if the TV can be turned off!
I get that a LOT!

re: #33 WindUpBird

I watched his reality show! Well, some of it. There was like one person besides Ru Paul I liked on there, the rest of it was all catty drag queen nonsense that just made me cringe. The outfits were awesome though, which was why I watched it

Girl... there is only one reason :) I didn't even know he had a show... I didn't even know he was still performing... drag queens never die I guess, they just turn into leather :)

re: #5 stevemcg

I think they'd do better with Jewish people. From what I've seen, Fox is pretty Israel-philic.

if you think

FOX NEWS

does well with Jewish people?

You are probably all out of weed and have switched to huffing spray paint

re: #36 Conservative Moonbat

Social conservatives.

They pretty much all support social programs and such.

And yet, no amount of harping on so-con issues has budged the black vote much.

re: #31 WindUpBird

this is completely wrong, dude.

Plenty of black conservatives out there, they just vote democrat.

This is the southern strategy at work. Black people know all about the southern strategy.

It was a political choice. Nixon decided that black people were mostly lost to the Dems, but Southern whites could be won over. The tactic worked, but it had grave repercussions. Like in many other matters, Nixon did what he thought he had to do to win, and hang any moral considerations.

re: #39 Walter L. Newton

Girl... there is only one reason :) I didn't even know he had a show... I didn't even know he was still performing... drag queens never die I guess, they just turn into leather :)

ahahahahaha

The whole drag queen thing never grabbed me because the queen act is not something I ever really got into.

re: #25 Surabaya Stew

FOX and the far-right GOP'ers may be "pro-Israel", yet it's not the 3% of Americans who are Jewish that they are really chasing. It's the 15% of Americans who beleive in the imminent end of days that's turned on by the thought of Israel being the harbinger of the "rapture".

Or they could just be wasting a whole lot of dough failing to attract Jewish voters...you decide.

My step dad is Jewish and watches FOX. Big time. He claims to have been a communist in college, later attended church and got baptized as a baptist and is a conservative atheist now. I'm not sure how typical that story arc is though.

re: #38 Floral Giraffe

LOL!
They look at me funny, when I ask if the TV can be turned off!
I get that a LOT!

But you have the advantage over most people: Giraffe's are tall enough to reach a high mounted TV and have horns to push the power button. :D

re: #42 Dark_Falcon

It was a political choice. Nixon decided that black people were mostly lost to the Dems, but Southern whites could be won over. The tactic worked, but it had grave repercussions. Like in many other matters, Nixon did what he thought he had to do to win, and hang any moral considerations.

Nixon was looking out for Nixon! problem was the whole party took his cue.

re: #44 goddamnedfrank

My step dad is Jewish and watches FOX. Big time. He claims to have been a communist in college, later attended church and got baptized as a baptist and is a conservative atheist now. I'm not sure how typical that story arc is though.

Holy shit

re: #43 WindUpBird

ahahahahaha

The whole drag queen thing never grabbed me because the queen act is not something I ever really got into.

I'm glad you took that in the spirit I said it... after posting it, I wondered if I stepped on some toes... which wouldn't be my intention, and anyone that knows me personally and the wonderful show people I've known and worked with would not have been surprised.

Allrighty lizards (waves hi to SFZ - gives peace sign to DF), nighty night!

re: #41 SanFranciscoZionist

And yet, no amount of harping on so-con issues has budged the black vote much.

they're just not listening to creepy Tony Robbins-esque megachurch preachers, the message doesn't seem to penetrate

re: #44 goddamnedfrank

My step dad is Jewish and watches FOX. Big time. He claims to have been a communist in college, later attended church and got baptized as a baptist and is a conservative atheist now. I'm not sure how typical that story arc is though.

What a story!

re: #48 Walter L. Newton

I'm glad you took that in the spirit I said it... after posting it, I wondered if I stepped on some toes... which wouldn't be my intention, and anyone that knows me personally and the wonderful show people I've known and worked with would not have been surprised.

There's a drag show in Portland I keep meaning to go to, which is sort of an institution, one of these days! But if I were "performing", it'd be in a metal band.

And as Ob said, metal is sort of its own form of drag :D

re: #46 WindUpBird

Nixon was looking out for Nixon! problem was the whole party took his cue.

I sometimes wonder what else they could have done? Cities were largely one-party zones (due to the Democrats better machine politics and the growing power of left-wing advocates, government unions, and non-profits) and the South was already on board with the GOP's anti-communism (which some who were not socially conservative had stopped caring about (they were wrong)). What else could the Republican party have done that did not involve a major move to the left?

FWIW, I'm white, and the only way I can be made to watch Fox is Clockwork Orange style.

If I was not white, Fox news would be a daily demoralization program to be avoided at all costs. If Fox was the do-all end-all voice of white America, I'd fucking hate white America.

But I know a lot of older people live for Fox's poor whitey crap. They parrot Fox's talking points and send out Comic Sans emails warning me about the commies coming to take my guns, how Obama is making sure they'll die horrible deaths neglected by otherwise benevolent physicians, and how the blacks are overtaking the media and getting uppity in general. Fox couldn't be a more effective old people brainwasher if it was prescribed medicine. I've seen many, many go by the wayside lapping it up at Fox's trough of hate and victimhood.

The really ugly part, is they really dig on this shit. It's just what the doctor ordered.

re: #51 Stanley Sea

What a story!

He's incredibly intelligent, attended Bronx Science, has a Ph.D. in Psychology and is a formidable opponent. We enjoy debating each other a bit too much though, which pisses Mom off to no end.

The outrageous outrage of the minute: Barack Obama skipped the Boy Scout Jamboree to appear on The View!!!eleven

re: #56 Charles

The outrageous outrage of the minute: Barack Obama skipped the Boy Scout Jamboree to appear on The View!!!eleven

[groan] What idiot is pushing that?

re: #56 Charles

The outrageous outrage of the minute: Barack Obama skipped the Boy Scout Jamboree to appear on The View!!!eleven

#tcot

re: #56 Charles

Would that be the gay boy scouts?
//

re: #56 Charles

The outrageous outrage of the minute: Barack Obama skipped the Boy Scout Jamboree to appear on The View!!!eleven

Now Snopes is going to have to check how many times each president for the past fifty years attended the Boy Scout Jamboree.

Why do these people have no consideration for the good people at Snopes?

re: #58 Gus 802

#tcot

So stupid. Why is tcot always so stupid? Being addicted to rage like that just turns you into a junkie, and that's no way to live.

re: #56 Charles

The outrageous outrage of the minute: Barack Obama skipped the Boy Scout Jamboree to appear on The View!!!eleven

As a Scouter, I think it would have been nice for President Obama to have made an appearance at Fort AP Hill, but the success or failure of this Jamboree doesn't depend on him being there.

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

So stupid. Why is tcot always so stupid? Being addicted to rage like that just turns you into a junkie, and that's no way to live.

who or what is tcot?

re: #61 Dark_Falcon

So stupid. Why is tcot always so stupid? Being addicted to rage like that just turns you into a junkie, and that's no way to live.

Yeah. It's almost turned into an Obama rage cult. Lots of peer pressure going on to. In order to fit in to the group you have to be outraged about everything Obama does. It's a closed system so they only feed off of themselves.

re: #45 Dark_Falcon

But you have the advantage over most people: Giraffe's are tall enough to reach a high mounted TV and have horns to push the power button. :D

Hee Hee.
Yes, I have been known to do something like that!
( Or, just yank out the power cord!)

re: #63 BryanS

who or what is tcot?

#tcot = Top Conservatives on Twitter (who are completely self-proclaimed)

re: #66 talon_262

#tcot = Top Conservatives on Twitter (who are completely self-proclaimed)

anyone pay attention to them? are the in any way relevant?

Obama exchanges secret sign of the devil with fan!!11ty

re: #67 BryanS

The tcot headlines read like World Nut Daily. For real. Rage, rage, outrage, bibles, guns, denial, more rage.

re: #67 BryanS

anyone pay attention to them? are the in any way relevant?

This TCOT seems promising:
Turtles in the Caribbean Overseas Territories

re: #67 BryanS

anyone pay attention to them? are the in any way relevant?

Not that I'm aware of, but their stream does give some heads-up for what's going around the weirder blogs.

re: #69 theheat

The tcot headlines read like World Nut Daily. For real. Rage, rage, outrage, bibles, guns, denial, more rage.

Don't forget eeevil Muslims...

re: #70 BryanS

This TCOT seems promising:
Turtles in the Caribbean Overseas Territories

My mother has been watching coverage of people cleaning animals off in the Gulf. She reports that turtles are apparently the calmest about being handled and scrubbed.

re: #72 talon_262

That's covered under rage, outrage, more rage, guns, and bibles.

re: #64 Gus 802

Yeah. It's almost turned into an Obama rage cult. Lots of peer pressure going on to. In order to fit in to the group you have to be outraged about everything Obama does. It's a closed system so they only feed off of themselves.

It reminds me of peer pressure to use hard drugs. Very bad stuff.

re: #75 Dark_Falcon

It reminds me of peer pressure to use hard drugs. Very bad stuff.

They need to take a couple of weeks off.

re: #75 Dark_Falcon

C'mon, EVERYBODY'S doing it.

It feels so good.

Just try it once!

re: #75 Dark_Falcon

It reminds me of peer pressure to use hard drugs. Very bad stuff.

First one's free...

///

re: #68 Gus 802

Obama exchanges secret sign of the devil with fan!!11ty

Here's what's really going on:

President Barack Obama returns the "I Love You" sign as he greets audience members at an event marking the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilites Act on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 26, 2010.

[Link: www.daylife.com...]

But, some people will say it's "teh sekrit symbol of de Okult!" Instead of what it really is, the deaf hand signal for "I love you."

Why don't black viewers watch Fox? Didn't they give us "In Living Colour" and "21 Jump Street"?
//

Okay, reading tcot is hi-larious.

There seem to be a slight contigent of people, say, 90%, who literally only parrot the most inane thing about OBOZO (ha ha get it he's a bozo?!) they can find.

And then attach every idiotic wingnut tag to it imaginable.

re: #75 Dark_Falcon

It reminds me of peer pressure to use hard drugs. Very bad stuff.

Dude, it was just a little bit of dried human pituitary gland, and I said I was sorry.

re: #81 erraticsphinx

Okay, reading tcot is hi-larious.

There seem to be a slight contigent of people, say, 90%, who literally only parrot the most inane thing about OBOZO (ha ha get it he's a bozo?!) they can find.

And then attach every idiotic wingnut tag to it imaginable.

yeah. and lot's of concern about teh gay, abortion, bible verses, climate change denialism, etc

I can't stand #tcot for more than about 60 seconds, and I usually avoid the wingnut web sites altogether, but after the Los Zetas invasion story this weekend I decided to take a walk around some of the anti-immigration blogs.

Man, oh man! The level of paranoia & delusional conspiracy theories was freaking astounding. There are an awful lot of people who seem to have gone off their meds...

re: #76 Gus 802

They need to take a couple of weeks off.

True. Maybe we could do a TV special "Rage Junkie Rehab with Dr. Drew". One of the highlights would be Glenn Beck being dragged away as Dr. Drew sadly notes that "Insanity needs more intensive care to cure than even addiction".

A sample of tcot for your perusal:

"How many illegal alien babies do YOUR tax dollars pay for? you will NOT believe this!!"

OMG how many? Am I buying their formula? Diapers? I must know.

"For those of us who benefit from Trickle Down theory, hey you up there, THANKS FOR SHAKING!
^
That one made me LOL. Yes, thank you rich people, we are extremely unworthy. We know you could go GALT any moment now. Please don't!

and

"OPINION: Why Black People Should Respect the Tea Party"

Self explanatory.

re: #84 CuriousLurker

I can't stand #tcot for more than about 60 seconds, and I usually avoid the wingnut web sites altogether, but after the Los Zetas invasion story this weekend I decided to take a walk around some of the anti-immigration blogs.

Man, oh man! The level of paranoia & delusional conspiracy theories was freaking astounding. There are an awful lot of people who seem to have gone off their meds...

Well, the Zetas story wasn't really an "Outrageous Outrage!!1" just an overblown internet rumor. The only persons it benefited were the Zetas themselves. Like any criminal gang, having people terrified of them is very useful.

re: #84 CuriousLurker

I can't stand #tcot for more than about 60 seconds, and I usually avoid the wingnut web sites altogether, but after the Los Zetas invasion story this weekend I decided to take a walk around some of the anti-immigration blogs.

Man, oh man! The level of paranoia & delusional conspiracy theories was freaking astounding. There are an awful lot of people who seem to have gone off their meds...

There are real problems with our immigration policy, but one of the answers is more legal immigration. Few on either side seem willing to push that.

re: #84 CuriousLurker

I can't stand #tcot for more than about 60 seconds, and I usually avoid the wingnut web sites altogether, but after the Los Zetas invasion story this weekend I decided to take a walk around some of the anti-immigration blogs.

Man, oh man! The level of paranoia & delusional conspiracy theories was freaking astounding. There are an awful lot of people who seem to have gone off their meds...

And the rage. Lots and LOTS of rage & hate, violent fantasies.

Good night, all.
Be well, and play as nicely, as you can!

re: #86 erraticsphinx

essar1 RT @thenewdeal: #GOPMessage We Hate President Obama More than We Love Our Country #p2 #tcot #topprog #dems #teaparty #lot #GOP #PartyofNO

Great message, huh /

The never ending lunacy!

snopes.com: Obama Refuses to Sign Eagle Scout Certificates

Snopes sez... FALSE!

re: #87 Dark_Falcon

Well, the Zetas story wasn't really an "Outrageous Outrage!!1" just an overblown internet rumor. The only persons it benefited were the Zetas themselves. Like any criminal gang, having people terrified of them is very useful.

Yeah, I know, but it was the same kind of... I dunno... unhinged-ness that I seems to be everywhere now. It's just so disconnected from reality, y'know? Some of them insist on believing the Zetas story is true. They're demanding proof that it's NOT. Huh??

re: #93 CuriousLurker

Conspiracy theorists, left and right, share one common thing:

They are bugfuck crazy, and there is nothing sane people can do about it.
Reason, logic, none of it works.

Best to leave them be.

re: #92 Gus 802

The never ending lunacy!

snopes.com: Obama Refuses to Sign Eagle Scout Certificates

Snopes sez... FALSE!

Dude, haven't you heard that snopes.com is controlled by Obama. Yep, it's true. I saw it on the anti-immigration blogs just yesterday.

re: #94 erraticsphinx

Conspiracy theorists, left and right, share one common thing:

They are bugfuck crazy, and there is nothing sane people can do about it.
Reason, logic, none of it works.

Best to leave them be.

Quoted for truth.

re: #95 CuriousLurker

*gasp*

This would explain why they've been debunking all these rumors about Obama lately...

You need to tcot this. RIGHT NOW.

re: #95 CuriousLurker

Dude, haven't you heard that snopes.com is controlled by Obama. Yep, it's true. I saw it on the anti-immigration blogs just yesterday.

@CuriousLurker Snopes is controlled by teh Obama administration!!11ty #tcot #obama

//

re: #93 CuriousLurker

Yeah, I know, but it was the same kind of... I dunno... unhinged-ness that I seems to be everywhere now. It's just so disconnected from reality, y'know? Some of them insist on believing the Zetas story is true. They're demanding proof that it's NOT. Huh??

Erraticsphinx is correct: People that into hate and conspiracy theories cannot be reasoned with. Only kept at a distance and prevented from hurting others until such time as they are willing to change. Sadly, that time normally cannot be hurried forth by someone else; As with drugs, change cannot happen until the person truly admits they have a problem. Those writing at tcot are a long way from that point.

re: #97 erraticsphinx

re: #98 Gus 802

ROFL

re: #99 Dark_Falcon

Erraticsphinx is correct: People that into hate and conspiracy theories cannot be reasoned with. Only kept at a distance and prevented from hurting others until such time as they are willing to change. Sadly, that time normally cannot be hurried forth by someone else; As with drugs, change cannot happen until the person truly admits they have a problem. Those writing at tcot are a long way from that point.

It's gotta suck to be that freaked out 24/7. I almost felt sorry for them, but it's hard to any empathy for the really nasty ones.

re: #23 Summer

5) The decimal is in the wrong place. Should be one space to the left for .138%. Oops. Fox can blame it on a foreign born temp.

re: #68 Gus 802

BANG YOUR HEEAAADD

re: #101 CuriousLurker

It's gotta suck to be that freaked out 24/7. I almost felt sorry for them, but it's hard to feel any empathy for the really nasty ones.

PIMF

re: #101 CuriousLurker

It's gotta suck to be that freaked out 24/7. I almost felt sorry for them, but it's hard to any empathy for the really nasty ones.

You have to think about them as junkies. It's OK to feel sorry for them, but you've got to remember that they put themselves in that bad place, and only them can get themselves out.

re: #101 CuriousLurker

It's gotta suck to be that freaked out 24/7. I almost felt sorry for them, but it's hard to any empathy for the really nasty ones.

They probably wake up every morning to the sound of their alarm clock which has Obama on the face of the clock. Then they brush their teeth while chanting to themselves, "Obama, Obama, Obama."

Well, it's late here and I'd better try to catch some z's or I'll be worthless tomorrow. Nite, everyone.

re: #107 CuriousLurker

Well, it's late here and I'd better try to catch some z's or I'll be worthless tomorrow. Nite, everyone.

Me too. Sleep well, all.

Me three. Night!

Obama is watching you!!11ty

It's an animated gif so give it a second.

Zee thread is dead. Goodnight!

Going to bed early here. Later.

re: #23 Summer

There are some African American participating in the Tea Parties, and are fans of Fox, but I have yet to find one them that wasn't a die hard SoCon or theocrat. Honestly. Everyone I've checked out has been that way.

Old school, from a 78 record:

re: #5 stevemcg

I think they'd do better with Jewish people. From what I've seen, Fox is pretty Israel-philic.

Yeah, well, so is Palin. Two cases or unrequited love, really.

Fox could probably get some Hispanics is they toned down on immigration.

1.38% black? Probably still higher than black membership in tea parties.

I'd guess the figure for Hispanics and other minorities is similarly low. Fox knows they can't please everyone, so they pander to their base just like the politicians they have become.

re: #87 Dark_Falcon

Well, the Zetas story wasn't really an "Outrageous Outrage!!1" just an overblown internet rumor. The only persons it benefited were the Zetas themselves. Like any criminal gang, having people terrified of them is very useful.

Right. An outrageous outrage must be a true but unimportant event that is blown out of proportion. The Zetas story would pretty important if it wasn't false.

naaah i think i won't watch bill oreilly on leno thank you

re: #114 freetoken

Old school, from a 78 record:

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now that appeals to my old dog taste in music. i don't like too much music under 45 year old

re: #119 engineer dog

Well then, how about this one from 1950, the song is "Tokyo Kid" [ 東京キッド ] :

It would be fun to research whether Murdoch's media empire has some outlet that caters mostly to a black audience, to make up for the lost numbers from Fox News.

re: #43 WindUpBird

ahahahahaha

The whole drag queen thing never grabbed me because the queen act is not something I ever really got into.

Actually, I have only known 1 drag queen. During the early 90s in Denver, he was in the "Queen's Court" during Pride Fest and the rest of the year, he could pass for a Bear, mustache and beard. Also very muscular. And a great masseur. The best legitimate massage I ever had. (No happy ending.) I went out with his apartment manager a few times. She was a cougar and a half.

I miss the 90s.

what is news? Lolworkposting

nothing I guess, nimed about?

I wanna fight about something and you owe me on a subject :D

The girl in that video is Hibari Misora.

Here she was 32 years later:

And her covering a Japanese version of Sinatra's farewell song:

And singing her most popular song, shortly before her death:

Pretty good for a daughter of a fishmonger who sung for her father in WWII.

re: #2 Summer

And yet, we're consistently told the Tea Parties are so racially diverse! =)

I do not think that term actually means what they think it means...

Princess Bride! Great flick!

Why are blacks so racist against Fox News? Just practicing the talking points from the far right blogs if this story gets legs...

I'd forgotten how utterly irrelevant CNN has become. Fewer total viewers than MSNBC? Wow, that's gotta sting during executive production meetings.

I don't find this very surprising. People watch cable news programming for the same reasons they listen to talk radio, because the on-air personality agrees with their opinions. Black voters vote democratic (98% last election cycle), I'm not surprised that MSNBC (the station with the most liberal hosts) gets the lion share of the viewership.

re: #129 RogueOne

I don't find this very surprising. People watch cable news programming for the same reasons they listen to talk radio, because the on-air personality agrees with their opinions. Black voters vote democratic (98% last election cycle), I'm not surprised that MSNBC (the station with the most liberal hosts) gets the lion share of the viewership.

Right.

That, and the fact that Fox New frequently lies about black people, and indulges in rank race baiting. That tends to drive away black viewers too.

re: #129 RogueOne

People watch cable news programming for the same reasons they listen to talk radio, because the on-air personality agrees with their opinions.

This also isn't true, as the review of Stern's listeners showed.

re: #131 Obdicut

I'll accept your point but I don't think Stern counts as a political show.

re: #130 Charles

That may be true. If it were true that would mean Fox, at one point or another, had a larger share of African-american viewer's which is something the article doesn't argue. I tried google to do a comparison but couldn't find anything that suggests otherwise. Your analysis may be correct but my belief is cable news programs do nothing but preach to the choir which is why I don't generally watch.

re: #132 RogueOne

You didn't specify that it had to be a political show, anyway.

Your point, to me, is six of one, half a dozen of another. Your contention is that blacks don't watch Fox because they embrace the GOP, the party currently engaging in race-baiting on an epic scale and openly embraced the Southern Strategy some time ago, rather than because FOX is racist.

What's the difference, exactly?

I don't really see the statistic as strange, I recently read that about 12.5% of Blacks consider themselves conservative, and by the #s (approx. 295,000 black prime time views and 29,000 watching Fox) I don't think that they can get much larger in the Black viewer share.

However, they did not play the Sherrod story until after she had resigned...

re: #134 NC Gray

I don't really see the statistic as strange, I recently read that about 12.5% of Blacks consider themselves conservative, and by the #s (approx. 295,000 black prime time views and 29,000 watching Fox) I don't think that they can get much larger in the Black viewer share.

However, they did not play the Sherrod story until after she had resigned...

Three thoughts:

1> You are "dead thread trolling". (I noticed you on Spy)
2> Your numbers are wrong. For example, per Nielsen, the most popular prime time TV show among blacks would pull between 900,000 and 1,100,000 viewers. See [Link: en-us.nielsen.com...]

And that is just one show. In the free part of their page you can't get total views, but if there are million or so blacks watching one show, then you can reasonably assume that the total universe of black viewers is much higher.

3> Finally, Fox fronted the hit version of the Sherrod video on Foxnews.com before airing it and before the shit hit the fan. It was obvious to all that the Foxnews.com piece was the opening salvo in what would have been an extended campaign.

When liberals stop thinking of minorities as separate groups, I'll take their "yeraracist!" idiocy more seriously.

Til then, you're just a bunch of partisan hacks. EXACTLY LIKE THOSE YOU HATE.

re: #136 Stinson

When liberals stop thinking of minorities as separate groups, I'll take their "yeraracist!" idiocy more seriously.

Til then, you're just a bunch of partisan hacks. EXACTLY LIKE THOSE YOU HATE.

Welcome aboard. Interesting choice for a first post: dead thread and an information-free posting.

.re: #135 garhighway
RE # 1: I have posted this comment only here
RE # 2: I was speaking about black viewers of CNN, MSNBC & FOX News. The % of black views that FN has of this population.
RE # 3: Obvious to whom? This might make sense if the NAACP & the Dept of Ag had not acted so quickly.

Finally, the Sherrods are not the epitome of mainstream thinking on race in America

re: #138 nc gray

Another dead thread coward! Man, you guys are really pathetic