Reply #17: IT'S A LIE !

[stewert]

The O'Reilly Factor gets roughly 2.2 million viewers a night, so in other words, O'Reilly is lying. Not only did he say he gets 4 million viewers a night, he said he is creeping up on CBS news, even though they get 8 million viewers a night.

In fact, the Factor ratings have dropped 5 ratings periods in a row.

This is the 3rd quarter O'Reilly Factor rating from 6-27-05 to 9-25-05

Rating - 2.5
Total Viewers - 2,820,000

http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/q305ranker...

This is the average O'Reilly Factor rating for October 2005

Rating - 2.3
Total Viewers - 2,600,000

www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/oct05ranker.pdf

This is the average O'Reilly Factor rating for November 2005

Rating - 2.2
Total Viewers - 2,500,000

www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/nov05ranker.pdf

This is the yearly average for the O'Reilly Factor from 12-27-04 to 12-25-05.

Rating - 2.2 -- Total Viewers - 2,490,000 -- 25 to 54 Demographic - 564,000

www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/2005ranker.pdf

O'Reilly Factor Ratings Drop to 2.0 For January 2006

Rating - 2.0
Total Viewers - 2,325,000

www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/jan06ranker.pdf

O'Reilly Factor Ratings Drop Again to 1.9 For February 2006

Rating - 1.9
Total Viewers - 2,228,000

www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/original/feb06ranker.pdf

Here is exactly what he said:

O'REILLY: Time now for "The Most Ridiculous Item of the Day."

This morning, USA Today ran a nice box in the "Life" section showing "The Factor's" ratings success. We really appreciate that. But as usual, our total audience was underestimated, because cable is different from broadcast TV.

Those of you on the West Coast, for example, can watch network news at the same time those of us on the East Coast see it, early in the evening. That's because the networks delay the West Coast and Mountain Time zone broadcast.

But cable does not delay. We feed out at 8 Eastern, and it's seen at 5 Pacific. That's why we rerun "The Factor" twice, so that everybody can have a shot to see it in prime time.

"The Factor's" total cumulative, 24 hours, about four million viewers a night, not counting the Direct TV people and the college people. That makes us very competitive with the late night network shows and the net morning programs. We also are creeping up on "The CBS Evening News".

Finally, I don't think I thank you guys enough for your loyalty, and that might be ridiculous.