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Tue Feb-02-10 03:39 PM
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| 74. This article is horseshit |
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First, it compares January 2009 to January 2010. A year ago was the inauguration, which was heavily political. This January, the big news story was Haiti, in which political shows mostly took a backseat. The writer is essentially comparing apples and oranges.
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| -Keith Olbermann's ratings plunged 44% |
apples and oranges |
Feb-02-10 09:05 AM |
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now isn't that special |
spanone |
Feb-02-10 09:07 AM |
#1 |
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So apparently that Daily Show comment went completely over the head |
bullwinkle428 |
Feb-02-10 09:08 AM |
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Maybe he shouldn't take so much time off |
Bluzmann57 |
Feb-02-10 09:09 AM |
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Keith's father is very sick |
CatWoman |
Feb-02-10 09:17 AM |
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Seriously? Boy, don't you feel silly. |
xultar |
Feb-02-10 10:00 AM |
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Why should they feel silly? |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 11:07 AM |
#37 |
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No not at all |
Bluzmann57 |
Feb-02-10 12:41 PM |
#54 |
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O'Donnell has the charisma of a sack of flour.... |
WCGreen |
Feb-02-10 02:09 PM |
#60 |
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O'Donnell is rather dull. |
bdamomma |
Feb-02-10 02:28 PM |
#64 |
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Objective reporting at its finest. |
blondeatlast |
Feb-02-10 09:09 AM |
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I think Keith has been away from the show a lot the last 2 or 3 months... |
kentuck |
Feb-02-10 09:10 AM |
#5 |
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yes. nt |
Deep13 |
Feb-02-10 09:22 AM |
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His father has been sick |
proud2BlibKansan |
Feb-02-10 09:58 AM |
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He has been off a lot ... |
gleaner |
Feb-02-10 04:31 PM |
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Yawn! |
devilgrrl |
Feb-02-10 09:11 AM |
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Probably the same reason FOX is up |
Kurt_and_Hunter |
Feb-02-10 09:13 AM |
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And Foxnoise is still on most cable basic packages... |
Dont_Bogart_the_Pretzel |
Feb-02-10 09:17 AM |
#8 |
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BINGO |
havocmom |
Feb-04-10 09:02 AM |
#128 |
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Why do we have to support him? Did I miss a memo? nt |
blondeatlast |
Feb-02-10 09:18 AM |
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So that MSNBC doesn't go the way of Air America? |
apples and oranges |
Feb-02-10 09:20 AM |
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You're kidding, right? What part of MS (Microsoft) and NBC (GE) passed you by? nt |
blondeatlast |
Feb-02-10 09:23 AM |
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There's No MS Money In MSNBC Any Longer... |
KharmaTrain |
Feb-02-10 09:27 AM |
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Yeah Comcast that is a left leaning organization if I ever heard one. |
Statistical |
Feb-02-10 10:01 AM |
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BECAUSE HE IS A VOICE FOR THE LEFT IN A SEA OF RIGHT WING TV NOISE! |
ourbluenation |
Feb-02-10 10:43 AM |
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Hear hear! |
mzmolly |
Feb-02-10 12:38 PM |
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YOU, SIR, ARE A SHRILL, STRIDENT... NAY, HYSTERICAL VOICE FOR THE LEFT! |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-02-10 02:15 PM |
#61 |
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Olbermann has always had the disadvantage, since MSNBC isn't carried |
AndyA |
Feb-02-10 09:18 AM |
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That's true. If I could pay a little bit extra just to get MSNBC I would. |
johnaries |
Feb-02-10 09:23 AM |
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We don't have cable |
Irishonly |
Feb-02-10 02:36 PM |
#67 |
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When I decided to reduce my package to limited cable |
suffragette |
Feb-02-10 11:20 AM |
#39 |
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How convenient for the right -- cable drops MSNBC and they say Keith's popularity is down. |
Overseas |
Feb-02-10 05:39 PM |
#88 |
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I had to downgrade my service last year and no longer get MSNBC. :-( nt |
Lisa0825 |
Feb-04-10 08:55 AM |
#122 |
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Did anyone catch Keith's response to Stewart? |
johnaries |
Feb-02-10 09:20 AM |
#12 |
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Keith is a class act if you're into class. |
lonestarnot |
Feb-02-10 09:42 AM |
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welcome to DU |
grasswire |
Feb-02-10 09:34 AM |
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MSNBC should have news |
optimator |
Feb-02-10 09:47 AM |
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Yes, MSNBC is on our side, but they really don't deserve much respect as a news station. |
Towlie |
Feb-02-10 09:50 AM |
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I watch Keith EVERY night, but I have to admit... |
kjackson227 |
Feb-02-10 09:54 AM |
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Yeah, like this article is sooooo unbiased...not. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 10:27 AM |
#26 |
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Probably has to do with all the Comcast markets that have cut off MSNBC from their subscribers |
Sebastian Doyle |
Feb-02-10 10:28 AM |
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Excellent point! |
Cetacea |
Feb-02-10 10:35 AM |
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I have Comcast, but had to go to their digital tier to get MSNBC. |
Fla Dem |
Feb-02-10 11:06 AM |
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I have the cheapest digital Comcast package and that includes |
quiller4 |
Feb-02-10 11:22 AM |
#40 |
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My Thoughts Exactly! |
lse7581011 |
Feb-04-10 09:42 AM |
#137 |
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I helped that number plunge. |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 10:30 AM |
#28 |
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Finally, a voice of truth and reason. |
kctim |
Feb-02-10 12:21 PM |
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+1000000 |
Uzybone |
Feb-02-10 02:06 PM |
#58 |
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MSNBC is not a "mouthpiece for the left" |
The Gunslinger |
Feb-02-10 02:33 PM |
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Riiiiight. It's just a coincidence that liberals who like cable talk like MSNBC. |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 03:27 PM |
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sigh |
The Gunslinger |
Feb-02-10 05:08 PM |
#86 |
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Highest rated shows at night. |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 08:51 AM |
#119 |
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And the morning panders to conservatives. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 08:53 PM |
#96 |
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The ratings are at night. That's when they put on their bread and butter shows. |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 08:53 AM |
#120 |
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Is that 1.6 percent for real? |
Brickbat |
Feb-02-10 02:40 PM |
#69 |
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Yes. |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 03:29 PM |
#73 |
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Same here |
rcrush |
Feb-02-10 06:51 PM |
#94 |
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I watch |
cowman |
Feb-04-10 09:16 AM |
#132 |
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And you'd be wrong. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Feb-04-10 09:22 AM |
#134 |
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Wrong according |
cowman |
Feb-04-10 09:31 AM |
#136 |
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Truth is (almost) NEVER in the middle. |
RUMMYisFROSTED |
Feb-04-10 01:02 PM |
#142 |
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Well, aren't YOU precious. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 08:52 PM |
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Thanks. |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 08:53 AM |
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truth is not marketable |
branders seine |
Feb-02-10 10:45 AM |
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my cable co(Charter) doesn't carry MSNBC |
w8liftinglady |
Feb-02-10 10:46 AM |
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Nice concern post. |
lpbk2713 |
Feb-02-10 10:48 AM |
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In reality, Olbermann has returned to pre-election levels |
SOS |
Feb-02-10 10:52 AM |
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Exactly. No one can maintain the election levels. |
Jennicut |
Feb-02-10 11:05 AM |
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Keith is getting squeezed. |
bvar22 |
Feb-02-10 11:09 AM |
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the whole family watches KO and Rachel every night |
newspeak |
Feb-02-10 11:27 AM |
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His popularity went to his head |
Zomby Woof |
Feb-02-10 11:34 AM |
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+1 on the overbearing and pompus !!! |
crazyjoe |
Feb-02-10 11:59 AM |
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Oh, here we go again. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 08:56 PM |
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I've always liked KO BUT... |
blueworld |
Feb-02-10 11:55 AM |
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Rachel makes me think, Keith makes me angry. |
Dappleganger |
Feb-02-10 12:03 PM |
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If KO and Rachel |
LatteLibertine |
Feb-02-10 12:05 PM |
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Give it time.... |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 03:40 PM |
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You'd like that, wouldn't you? |
Eric Condon |
Feb-02-10 04:08 PM |
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The motivation is easy to understand. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 08:57 PM |
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Not all forms on TV. |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 09:00 AM |
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If propagandists were off the air? |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 08:59 AM |
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this is how I look at it: |
ginnyinWI |
Feb-04-10 09:07 AM |
#130 |
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The fact that you're willing to lump Keith and Rachel in with HANNITY says more about you than them. |
Eric Condon |
Feb-04-10 01:04 PM |
#143 |
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LOL |
Zywiec |
Feb-02-10 06:22 PM |
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Ever since DST went off...its right at supper hour here. |
Desertrose |
Feb-02-10 12:11 PM |
#47 |
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I am down to watching him once a week on average now |
bluestateguy |
Feb-02-10 12:14 PM |
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About the Daily Show take down of KO, Keith agreed with JS and apologized to him. |
Cleita |
Feb-02-10 12:16 PM |
#49 |
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KO mentioned on his show tonight that the columnist's Web site is a conservative one. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 08:58 PM |
#101 |
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And Limbaugh's ratings are probably up |
Freddie Stubbs |
Feb-02-10 12:20 PM |
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It's the same old, same old with him. |
AngryOldDem |
Feb-02-10 12:34 PM |
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If you don't watch it all the time, you don't know it's the same old same old. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 08:59 PM |
#102 |
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MSNBC attributes the drop to Haiti taking over the news cycle |
mzmolly |
Feb-02-10 12:51 PM |
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OK, my wife is a contrarian, maybe I'm just wacked |
Mopar151 |
Feb-02-10 03:16 PM |
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I like Keith, always have |
Mudoria |
Feb-02-10 01:07 PM |
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Regarding the issue of guests, Olbermann is a lot like Limbaugh. |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 03:52 PM |
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False equivalency. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 09:00 PM |
#103 |
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How so? |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 08:57 AM |
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CNN ratings went up because they had better reporting on the Haiti Earthquake |
JI7 |
Feb-02-10 02:03 PM |
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Anderson Cooper and Dr. Sanjay Gupta very good team there. |
bdamomma |
Feb-02-10 02:35 PM |
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yeah, but they suck at reporting national politics and CNN will go down |
JI7 |
Feb-02-10 02:48 PM |
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Daily Finance.com? I'm sure there's no agenda attached to this piece of.....journalism. |
marmar |
Feb-02-10 02:08 PM |
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I blame Bush. |
AngryAmish |
Feb-02-10 02:23 PM |
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I always watch Keith and Rachel, I can go without Matthews, |
bdamomma |
Feb-02-10 02:26 PM |
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I never miss Countdown, but I have to admit I'm not terribly fond of his new segments |
Vinca |
Feb-02-10 02:37 PM |
#68 |
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This article is horseshit |
LTR |
Feb-02-10 03:39 PM |
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I watch Keith every night |
proud patriot |
Feb-02-10 03:43 PM |
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Sorry, I want an unbiased news program. |
laureloak |
Feb-02-10 03:52 PM |
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Anderson Cooper's show is the closest you'll get to that on cable talk. |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 04:00 PM |
#81 |
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Are you kidding? |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 09:01 PM |
#104 |
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No. |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 08:56 AM |
#123 |
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That show already exists on PBS. |
ginnyinWI |
Feb-04-10 09:15 AM |
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Wow, that's crazy! O'Lielly gets three times as many viewers, and he doubled the # of viewers within |
inna |
Feb-02-10 03:55 PM |
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consider the source. Not the OP, but the SOURCE of the ratings? This is bs. nt |
LaydeeBug |
Feb-02-10 09:02 PM |
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I don't watch him or any other opinion "news" shows. I can't stand them. |
goldcanyonaz |
Feb-02-10 03:59 PM |
#80 |
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Exactly, life is much better without them. It's really interesting, though to tune in after |
dem629 |
Feb-02-10 04:03 PM |
#82 |
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Oh yeah, just manufactured sensationalism. Like that Supreme Court decision |
B Calm |
Feb-02-10 05:08 PM |
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Good thing you put the "sarcasm" word in there. |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 09:25 AM |
#135 |
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Did you know you put a lobster into cold water and gradually turn up the heat |
B Calm |
Feb-04-10 12:23 PM |
#140 |
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It isn't all bullshit, and some people are perfectly capable of forming their own opinions |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 09:02 PM |
#105 |
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CNN has done a great job with the earthquake in Haiti |
Raine |
Feb-02-10 05:29 PM |
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I DVR almost everything...how they include that in ratings.. |
HipChick |
Feb-02-10 05:40 PM |
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They don't |
Confusious |
Feb-02-10 06:27 PM |
#91 |
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excellent point. nt |
inna |
Feb-02-10 09:24 PM |
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"Nielsen to combine TV, online ratings" |
Garbo 2004 |
Feb-02-10 10:26 PM |
#116 |
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I DVR his and Rachels shows |
DiverDave |
Feb-02-10 06:45 PM |
#93 |
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"Nielsen Includes DVR TV Ratings" |
Garbo 2004 |
Feb-02-10 10:02 PM |
#115 |
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Reasons why KO was down in January from a year ago |
RamboLiberal |
Feb-02-10 06:40 PM |
#92 |
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I've actually seen some different faces on. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-02-10 09:03 PM |
#107 |
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I watch his show every night |
RamboLiberal |
Feb-04-10 10:27 AM |
#138 |
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Agreed. Rachel does a better job. |
dem629 |
Feb-04-10 09:04 AM |
#129 |
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Well I watch him every night and could give a fuck about this lie about his ratings. |
lonestarnot |
Feb-02-10 08:54 PM |
#97 |
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Stopped watching him during the primaries. n/t |
slipslidingaway |
Feb-02-10 08:55 PM |
#98 |
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Olbermann doesn't give a damn about ratings |
marshall |
Feb-02-10 09:07 PM |
#108 |
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O'Reilly says, "You're a pin-head! Get off my show!" KO has yet to say, "Harrumph!!" once... |
bridgit |
Feb-02-10 09:24 PM |
#110 |
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I'm a loyal watcher but, |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Feb-02-10 09:32 PM |
#111 |
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KO is a joke - a cartoon of the left the way Hannity is a cartoon of the right. |
Maru Kitteh |
Feb-02-10 09:43 PM |
#112 |
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I love Keith, but .. |
FreedomRain |
Feb-02-10 09:44 PM |
#113 |
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...and this is incorrect |
sfpcjock |
Feb-02-10 09:46 PM |
#114 |
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I watch every show. Nobody asks me. Who are they measuring? I've never been approached! nt |
onehandle |
Feb-03-10 07:41 AM |
#117 |
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Nielson Families |
Freddie Stubbs |
Feb-04-10 08:50 AM |
#118 |
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KO has to decide what he wants more--during football season he misses too much "Countdown" |
WI_DEM |
Feb-04-10 08:59 AM |
#125 |
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Freepers hate him-- he's too much of a Democrat |
Kingofalldems |
Feb-04-10 09:19 AM |
#133 |
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Fox News is kicking everyones butt in ratings. What is wrong with this country?? |
BennyD |
Feb-04-10 10:56 AM |
#139 |
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Couldn't care less about ratings |
LatteLibertine |
Feb-04-10 12:38 PM |
#141 |
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